Week 3, PoD Block

This week's block is the one with the test tube.

I wish I had chosen fabric with more contrast for the tube.  I am learning that I need a lot of contrast for the items to show up well on this background.  It isn't bad enough to redo, but I need to keep this in mind as I move forward.

Design Wall Monday, Frolic and OBW

This quilt is still on my design wall in the same state it was last week.

I had good intentions of getting it all sewn together and off my design wall, so I could use the space for Frolic, but that didn't happen.

Instead, I used the floor and got the center of Frolic done.  

It took days and days for me to get it to this state.  I worked on it a couple of hours every day. I pinned every intersection and pressed as I went along.  It was in danger of becoming a UFO.  Now that the center is done, I should be able to get the border on this week.  

I still like my color combination. Some years my mystery color combinations are downright ugly!  I try to use colors that I have a lot of, not the colors Bonnie uses.

Linking up:  https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2020/01/design-wall-monday-january-27-2020.html

Easy Does It Bag

I took a class today with a friend of mine.  I am not much of a bag maker and neither is she, but we both managed to finish our Easy Does It Bags.

The fabric was already pre-quilted in our kits.  

I like the double zipper.

The inside seams are all covered with bias binding; mine is not perfect, but good enough!

This may be a gift for my niece for Christmas.  I drew her name again, and she already has a quilt.

The best thing to come out of this class was that I finally found my walking foot!  It has been missing for over 2 years. It was hiding a pocket in my travel sewing machine case.  I'm very happy to have it back!

Linking up: https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2020/01/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-fun-week.html

Week 2, PoD Block

Here's my Project of Doom block for the week.  I like my crystal ball fabric.   I'm less than in love with my purple background.  Hoping it will grow on me!

Design Wall Monday, Blue OBW & Frolic

I have two quilts competing for space on my design wall.  I need to get the blue quilt put together and off the wall, so I will have room for Frolic.  Frolic is going to be set on point, and I know I will make a lot of mistakes unless it is totally laid out before the final sewing.  I also  have 2 small projects on the wall that I am not currently working on.  They are just there so I don't loose them in the chaos of my sewing room.

I'm really happy this year with  the colors I chose for the mystery quilt.  It was just luck that my light yellow happened to be a constant that will frame all the stars.  It was also luck that I chose gray, a color that doesn't compete with the rest of the block, and that the gray ended up being a kind of background.   I decided early on not to do all the matching sets for each block.  It was more organizing than I felt was necessary for a scrap quilt mystery.  I like my mismatched stars the way they are.  I have 17 more whole blocks to make plus the pieced side triangles and corners.  It's a lot of sewing!

Linking up:  https://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2020/01/design-wall-monday-january-20-2020.html

Frolic, Clue 8

I made my flying geese this week.  The dog ears still need to be trimmed.

I also got my units separated into set As and Bs.

Clue 9 comes out tomorrow.  I hope we will start putting the actual blocks together! 

Project of Doom, Take 4

I almost can't believe I'm making another Project of Doom quilt, but here I go again.  This time I'm using a brighter background, which is going to make it look like a little girl's quilt even though there are no little girls in our family right now.  I am planning to make one block a week, which should be doable as long as I don't add any embroidered titles to my books.

Here are my first 3 PoD quilts:

Here is the first block of PoD4:

Coincidentally,  Jennifer is hosting a Year of Doom, celebrating the tenth anniversary of this pattern.   http://www.fandominstitches.com/2020/01/coming-on-fandom-in-stitches.html

If you have ever wanted to make a PoD quilt, jump in!  Don't let the paper piecing scare you. There are lots of tutorials online to help you.  I taught myself how to do it.  Just start with an easy block.  Jennifer has rated her blocks between one (easy) and five (harder) broomsticks to give you an idea of difficulty.