Karrin's Crazy World: Hattie's Baskets

Tuesday, March 03, 2020

350 Blocks Report-February

I got quite a few blocks done in February.

Buhl-Bushong: 3 blocks. This was finishing the border, and I counted each flower section as 1. I counted the other 4 last month.

Hattie's Baskets: 4 blocks.

Cassandra's Circle: 1 huge block

Couch Project: 25 blocks. I actually made this quilt into a slipcover for the chaise part of my couch. Part of the blocks were made long ago in a swap with quilting friends.

Frolic: 3 blocks. Not much progress on this due to other projects.

Ella Maria Duncan: 4 blocks

Lucy's Bag: 1 block

Dust Off a Book Blog Hop project: 21 blocks. This is going on right now, and my day is Thursday so can't share yet.

Pieces from the Past: 1 block

Pillow Cover: 1 block

Total for February 64 blocks.

Reporting in to Prairie Moon Quilts for my total last month.

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Welcome to my day of the Color It Red Blog Hop, hosted by Carol @ Just Let Me Quilt. Many thanks to Carol for thinking of this blog hop, as it prompted me to start and finish several items I have wanted to do for a long time.

I first started searching through my books for a project, and I came up with this book, in which I love all the projects!

I had always loved one of the small quilts called Hattie's Basket, and it was red, perfect for this blog hop. I pulled out the Civil War reproduction scraps I have cut up and started putting the quilt together. This measures 15 inches square.

I really love how it came out. I hand-quilted it, and it was a small enough project I could get it finished too! I used the Hobbs Tuscany Collection Silk Blend which I won last year in a contest from Hobbs. This was so much easier to use than whatever I used in my first and second attempts at hand-quilting! Loved it! I think I have enough to use for another hand-quilting project.

Sometime in January, Kathy Schmitz came out with the Love Sampler. I bought it, and thought maybe I could get it done for the Color it Red Blog Hop. Stitching went pretty fast, and I was able to finish it up before Valentine's Day!

I have a number of stitchery projects that are not quite finished. I had this one from a Redwork Club my LQS used to have sitting in a pile, along with a baggie, with some fabric and buttons. This UFO probably goes back to 2003 or so.

I made it into a cushion. Didn't use the buttons. The baggie didn't have any instructions about what I was supposed to do, but it was enough fabric for the back of the cushion and a border. The little border around the heart says LOVE.

One last project I made was a bag for my grand-niece Lucy. I found the pattern for the bunny here on Just Let Me Quilt with Therm O Web.

Today is the last day of the Color it Red Blog Hop. The list for the whole hop is below. Hope you have been having as good a time as I have with this hop! Thanks again Carol for organizing it!

February 17^th

Creatin' in the Sticks

Kathy's Kwilts and More

February 18^th