Week 13, PoD Blocks

This week's block, the sorting hat, takes up the equivalent of two spaces in the quilt.  I chose the version with the face but without the cat. 

I also pulled out the rest of my PoD blocks to check the color balance.  Right now it looks ok to me.  I haven't decided where the blocks will be arranged in the quilt.  

Fall Sew Many Strips, Top Complete

After working on Fall Sew Many Strips almost every day for 2 weeks, I finally finished the top:

I am very happy with how this one turned out since a lot of the fabrics are ugly.  It is true what Bonnie Hunter says, 'if it is still ugly, you didn't cut it small enough.' 

This quilt is 85" x 85".

Stash Report:

Used this week: 6 yards (Fall Sew Many Strips)

Used YTD: 23.75 yards

Added this week: 3 yards  (Backing)

Added YTD: 37.0 yards

Net:  +13.25 yards

Week 12, PoD Block

Scabbers the rat is the block I chose this week.

This is a block I have never made before, and it went together easily, considering how many pieces it has.

One Nation

It's time to check in with my cross stitch group.  I've forced myself to work on One Nation the past few weeks.  I've lost my cross stitching joy, but I'm making a little progress. Here's where I was 3 weeks ago:

Here's where I am now:

I am finding the white stripes very hard to work on.  I may try stitching during the daylight to see if that helps.

To see what others in the group are working on: 

Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Jocelyn, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda

Social Distancing Sewing

I've been sewing 4-5 hours every day for about a week, and I still haven't finished anything.   The whole time I was working on Sew Many Strips, I kept thinking this will be the ugliest quilt ever.  As soon as I got the blocks together, though, and got it laid out, I changed my mind.  The color looks  pretty good for a quilt that is over 50% ugly, weird and odd ball fabric.

Now I can relax and just sew it all together.  I know someone in my life will like it.  

I had to lay it out on my son's bed because my design wall is occupied by  Sew Fresh Quilt's Forest Friends.

Each quadrant of the quilt has the same blocks arranged in a different order.  I have another fox block,  deer tracks and oars left to make.  Then I will need to see if all my blocks turned out to be the right size, and figure out how and where to add more background if they don't.  This is a time consuming quilt.  I would enjoy sewing it more if the blocks were paper pieced.  

Week 11, PoD Block

I made the cauldron block this week. 

This was a quick and easy block.  The hardest part was choosing the fabric.  For my other PoDs, I tried to find the perfect fabric for each block.  For this PoD, I'm using scraps.

Fall Sew Many Strips

This week I've been working on another Sew Many Strips Quilt.  I am forcing myself to use a fall-colored palette which are not my favorite colors.  I want to use up some browns and some old-fashioned looking dark florals.  I also have some dull oranges to get rid of.  I threw in a few greens and yellows too.   It will make a good Thanksgiving gift for someone.

I have spent the whole week cutting and sewing these patches:

Even though I'm using fabrics that are not my favorites, I have high hopes for this quilt.  I have never seen an ugly Sew Many Strips quilt, and I have seen a lot of them on the American Patchwork and Quilting Facebook site, since they hosted a SAL there last spring.

I have made 2 of these quilts already: