This weekend I was able to sew Saturday night and most of Sunday. The weekend sure goes fast when your having fun!
First up on the agenda was "S'mores" This is in last months American Patchwork & Quilting magazine. A few friends and I decided to tackle this one together. I am going to making mine BIG. I need a few bed quilts and this will be one of them. I will need 365 square in a square blocks, 12 side triangles and 4 corner triangles. I decided to make one block for each day in the month and 1 side triangle a month. Here are January and February's blocks. I am hoping to have this put together by next January. I have 59 of 365 Square in a Square blocks done, 3 of 12 side blocks and 4 of 4 corner blocks done.
I was also able to do this months "Afternoon Delight" blocks. Here are all that I have done so far. So far I have done four applique and two pieced blocks a month. I bought the patterns for these and am using stash. LOVE using up the stash.
I was also able to finish the binding on two quilts. This one is called "Comfort & Joy". I left off the border applique. I could say that I thought the quilt was busy enough but the truth is that I just got lazy. I have to say that I do think I like it without. My quilter did another beautiful job. She is the best and I am so thankful to have her close by.
The last finish is called "Pine Tree Ridge" This is one of the quickest quilts I have ever made. I tried to get closeups of the quilting so you can see what a great job she did.
That's it for this weekend. I am going to kick back and applique a little before I go to bed. Hopefully I will be done by next weekend to show you what I am working on.
I wish you all a wonderful, safe, healthy week.
Yvette
21 comments:
The S'Mores is going to be beautiful! I love your Bow Ties with the yellow background. Love the two finishes and yes, your quilter is great. Have a good week.
Beautiful projects Yvette.
You accomplish so much, Yvette. You leave me in awe! So many beautiful projects. :-)
You have such wonderful projects here! Love the S'mores blocks, and those bow ties look scrumptious! Your quilts are stunning!
S'mores. What a terrific name. Your fabrics are delicious. Kathleen
http://kathysnest32.wordpress.com/
gorgeous works in progress. love the s'mores and the bow ties!
Your finishes are just so beautiful. Well done on your finishes.
That S'Mores pattern tempted me, but I actually resisted (miracle). Your blocks look great. You are very patient in your approach to this quilt.
Those Afternoon Delight blocks are so pretty. Don't think I've seen this pattern.
Comfort and Joy looks very nice, but Pine Tree Ridge really caught my eye. That is new to me, too.
Wonderful projects Yvette!
Great projects to see. I especially like your two finished quilts!
Très très joli !!:)
Your S'Mores blocks look great! I love that quilt and thought about making it, but I have so many other things I need to work on. Your quilts look wonderful too! :0)
OH my word, Yvette, did you sleep? Or did you sew with your eyes shut? With this many beautiful accomplishments, you definitely spent serious time at your machine.
Beautiful, beautiful works of art!!
Hi! What a fun post with finishes as well as super projects. I really - really - love your S'mores project!
Yvette, so much eye candy today. Wonderful, wonderful. I have been so tempted to purchase the "Pine Tree Ridge" pattern set. Your finish puts me in that mood again.
The Smores blocks look very good. I don't always ahve the best luck making square in a square style blocks.
I am not familiar with the "Afternoon Delight" blocks. That's a tempting project too. I am going to do a Google Search and see if I can see the whole quilt.
Me again. I did the search and found that it is Sue Garman's pattern. I remember seeing it on her blog but didn't recognize it by the Afternoon Delights name. What a intricate project.
What a fantastic post! Love your S'mores...I think that's the perfect way to tackle that project. Fantastic bowties...Comfort and Joy is out of this world and I'm loving Pine Ridge...your such an inspiration.
OMG don't you sleep? I know everyone wants to know the answer to that question but are afraid to ask. Your quilts are beyond beautiful!!
Yvette...I'm so glad you are back! What an inspiration you are and your work is just beautiful!! Looking forward to seeing more of your projects!!
What a great post! You have really been busy, all so very beautiful:))
You always have the greatest projects. I saw that first quilt in the magazine and it was all I could do to keep from starting to cut (and start yet another project). Love everything in your post.
Whoa, how did I miss this post? Your Comfort and Joy looks fabulous! Don't you just love it. I'm so glad to see that you're back in the blogging world. I've missed you!
Wow Yvette. You're going great guns! Everything is so lovely. What's a s'more? I read that word in lots of American stories.
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