Today is the fourth Saturday of April of the color yellow.
Time for my Meals on Wheels placemats. The theme for the Table Scraps for April is umbrellas. I had fun using yellows and other fabrics for the canopies.
pattern: Kelli Fannin's umbrella block but it is no longer available.
Sharing with SoScrappy Saturday and
I have a finish! Yay!
It's my panel Twister quilt. I even had it finished for the Twister Ruler demo at guild this week!
I've been Twisting!
I have one more Twister Ruler, the Li'l Twister. This one starts with 5 inch charms along with a 3 inch border. The ruler measure 3.5 square inches so in the quilt, the blocks will be 3 inch finished.
Here is my pull. I'm also combining these Twister blocks with another panel.
Today is the third Saturday of April of the color yellow.
Time to share my Happy Blocks. :) My yellow Happy Blocks are definitely 'living up' to their name! :)
Sharing with SoScrappy Saturday.
I have a finish to share!
I chose this to make quilt as it fulfills a few different challenges for me. The FB QOV Working Stars has a panel challenge due April 30, 2024 and I volunteered to make a Twister Ruler example for the guild meeting on April 24, 2024.
Check and check. Nice!
I am continuing work on using the Twister Ruler for the MelonHeads. I was able to sew the pinwheels together (correctly!).
pattern: Twister Ruler staring with 10 inch squares and 6.25 inch border
I needed to add 'a little bit' to the eagle panel to make it wide enough for the pinwheel piece. I was deciding on inner/outer border. Should I 'go light' or 'darker'. This is pretty much even, although it doesn't look it.
I made the decision to use the white and medium blue with stars.
pattern: Twister Ruler
I'm actually liking this quilt. It is something a little different than 'what' you normally 'see' with panels. Thanks to Marilyn of the MelonHeads who needed someone to use the Twister Ruler blocks in a quilt sample. Otherwise, I never would have combined the two! :)
Sharing today with Susan at MidWeek Makers.
My friend, Mary volunteered us to help with the Twister Ruler demonstration at the April 24, 2024 meeting. Since I had the smaller and larger Twister Rulers, I offered for Mary to pick which one she wanted to make as the demo when she couldn't locate hers.
Guess what?! She responded neither! She wasn't grooving to the idea of sewing bigger blocks together and then cutting into smaller blocks to sew together again. Plus she thought there would be a lot of waste.
She's NOT wrong! LOL
I decided to use the larger Twister Ruler that starts with 10 inch squares and partner it with a QOV panel because, you guessed it! Another panel challenge due date is May 1, 2024. How do those due dates come around so quickly?!
This is my fabric pull and inspiration photo. Of course, I can't find my original link. grrr. I'm making twister stars on the left in the photo. I thought I had a different horizontal panel but I have two of this eagle print.
Here are the 10 inch blocks sewn together with the border. Looks a little blah...
I'm going to have to make another one to show 'how' the Twister Ruler goes on the pieced piece. I'll add that when I do it, okay? I was so excited to cut and twist that I didn't take the process pictures to post.
EDIT: This is an example of how I move the Twister Ruler for the first three blocks on the initial pieced piece.
Here are the twisted pieces on the design wall.
pattern: large Twister Ruler, star arrangement
As I type, I am washing more patriotic fabric. I seem to have used all the backings I had ready to quilt. (That is simply 2 yard cuts that have been washed waiting for ironing and sewing together into bigger chunks.)
Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.
Last week, I went to my son's new apartment in Bay City, Michigan twice.
The first time, I was waiting for his couch delivery on Monday. After the delivery, I was happy to discover a quilt shop about a mile away. I'm like, for real?! So I went on a little adventure to The Dragonfly Quilt and Yarn Studio. I was happy to pick up the magazine for the all state Michigan Shop Hop happening in June/July 2024.
On Friday and Saturday there was a quilt show at the Kochville Veteran's Hall. I asked DH if he wanted to go to the show and then visit with our son. We went to the show first. I was so excited that I almost forgot to take pictures. Here are the girls manning the entry as I was leaving.
This is the view that greeted us...such lovely quilts! It was a small intimate setting and I had fun looking at the quilts and talking to the vendors. DH did buy a microwave quilted caddy to give to our son as a housewarming gift.
This is the entrance hallway to the show.
After the show, we went over to our son's and since it was lunch time, I suggested the 'hot dog' place that was closed Monday for lunch on Saturday. It is called Mr. Hot Dog and is a converted older McDonald's. It did NOT disappoint! In fact it was some of the best coleslaw ever.
We then went shopping to buy miscellaneous things for the new apartment and when we got back, the boys put together the outdoor fireplace table unit. Sorry...no pictures. :(
When we arrived home, this little beauty was waiting in the mailbox. A very sweet, fun, quilty day spent with my two guys! only DD and her dog were missing.
Today is the third Saturday of April of the color yellow.
Time for my main block from the Stash Buster 2024 Challenge.
pattern: 2024 Stash Buster Challenge main block
Sharing with SoScrappy Saturday.
