Pink Bricks - 2nd Finish for Q3 FAL

My second finish for Q3 of the 2019 Finish-A-Long.  Wow, I can't believe it! Two finishes already this quarter.  I have already doubled last quarter finishes.  Haha!

I think it helped my sew-jo by putting small, almost completed projects on the list.  This one had been a top waiting for quilting.  It is about 34 x 40 inches. Once I got it on the machine, it only took about 35 minute to quilt using this all over quilt design.  

I started this one sometime in 2018.  I think in the spring.  

This is one of the few that I don't have an actual start date for but I do remember having a lot of pink "bricks" cut out so I whipped this little top together to have a gift ready to go in case a baby girl ever comes around.

Now it is finished and ready for gifting.

You can check out my full Q3 list here.

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That 70's Halloween Quilt - 1st Finish Q3 FAL

I know it is supposed to be Christmas in July not Halloween in July, but I finished my first UFO for the third Quarter of the 2019 Finish-A-Long and had to post it.

This one was started in October 2014 when I was doing the Black Cat Crossing Blog Hop.  

It is a pattern called "That 70's Quilt" from the book Strip Savvy by Kate Henderson.

I had made several projects for Black Cat Crossing hop and this was a final project I started with some of the leftovers of the zig zag quilt.  I didn't have enough background fabric to finish it though, so it got put on the UFO pile while I waited for that fabric to come in.  Then other projects kept it on the UFO pile.

I almost had it finished for the fourth quarter Finish-A-Long of 2018. I got the whole top together In October that year and I was about to start quilting it when I realized I had left out some fabric pieces.  Ack!

In my haste to get the sashing added four years later, I didn't look back at the pattern and I sewed all the blocks and sashing together before adding the background corner triangles to each square and I totally left out the cornerstones!  So much for thinking I remembered what it was supposed to look like.

I contemplated keeping it the way it was, but the actual pattern looked so much better to me, so I unstitched all the sashing enough to get to the corners of the blocks and redid it.  It didn't take too long, just one night and a good movie to listen to and I am so glad I did it.

It is now stored with the Halloween quilts and will come back out at the end of September when we decorate for the fall.

The Back.


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Quilts of Valor Blog Hop Featuring Freedom by Island Batik

Welcome to the final day of the Quilts of Valor Blog Hop, hosted by Jen of Dizzy Quilter

The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.

 This past November I happened upon a Quilt of Valor Ceremony during the city's yearly Jingle Bell Market.  I had never been to one, so I sat down to see what it was all about.

I had heard of Quilts of Valor and knew of their mission, but had never actually witnessed anyone getting a quilt from them before. It was a wonderful ceremony and got me thinking about volunteering for Quilts of Valor.

So this Spring when Jennifer of  dizzyquilter.com asked the other Island Batik Ambassadors if they wanted to make Quilts of Valor, I couldn't sign up fast enough.

I was ready go go buy myself some red white and blue fabric, but Island Batik graciously donated the fabric for these quilts. They sent a stack of 10 inch precuts along with red, white, and, blue yardage from their new Freedom line coming out.

For the pattern I played around in EQ8.  I fiddled around with the 54-40 Fight block altering some of the 4 patches and came up with this color way.

I used all but one print from the 10 inch squares, all the dark and medium blue yardage, all the white yardage, and almost all the red yardage.

Once all my four patches and triangle squares were done it was just like sewing a 9 patch together.

I had 18 blocks with four patches in the corners and 17 with Half Square Triangles in the corner and alternated between the two.

We spent the 4th visiting with family and hit the beach in the evening after most of the crowds left.  It was raining in the evening, but it stopped sprinkling long enough for me to take some photos.

The quilt measures approximately 62 x 80.

I used Hobbs Theramore batting for this one. This bating was sent to me as part of the Island Batik Ambassador program.  It is super light and thin and perfect for a summer quilt down here in the south.

Now I need to get in touch with the closest QOV chapter to get this to its new home.  The chapter who did the ceremony in the fall is not local.  If I remember right they were the chapter from the beach.   I go down to the beach a lot to visit family, so it will be easy to get it where it needs to go.

Today is the last day of the hop, make sure you go back and visit any posts from previous days if you missed them.  And check out Jen's post from Dizzy Quilter, she giving away a stack of Freedom fabric from Island Batik! 

Participants

July 1

Becca Fenstermaker — Pretty Piney

Denise Looney — For the Love of Geese

Gail Sheppard — Quilting Gail

July 2

Pamela Boatright — Pamela Quilts

Anne Wiens — Sweetgrass Designs

July 3

Bea Lee —Bea Quilter

Carla Henton — Creatin’ In the Sticks

July 4

Emily Leachman — The Darling Dogwood

Joan Kawano — MooseStash Quilting

Jen Strauser – Dizzy Quilter

July 5

Steph Jacobson — Steph Jacobsen Designs

Leah Malasky — Quilted Delights  (Me)

Anja Clyke — Anja Quilts

Maryellen McAuliffe — Mary Mack Made Mine

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