Frolic Top Complete

I finished the top of Frolic today!  I'm very happy to have this one behind me.  It was a lot of sewing!  I do like the way it turned out, though.

The pieced borders didn't go on easily, and they seemed stretchy to me.  I hope my longarmer doesn't have any problems with them.  I added the blue border to control the stretch and so that I don't lose  my points when I bind it.

Stash Report:

Used this week: 6.5 yards (Frolic top)

Used YTD: 11.625 yards

Added this week: 4.5 yards (Blues for OBW)

Added YTD: 10.5 yards

Net:  -1.125  yards

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!