Quilting Circles

I quilted a circle design on the green print. Some areas big as the flower button, others are smaller and are filling the space.

I used the free-motion foot for the circles and a walking foot for the straight lines on the white fabric.

  I used a light green thread that blended with the print and white thread on the solid white fabric. It's time to sandwich another quilt. 

Quilt #14- Trinkets

This pattern was just what I needed for all the 1 1/2" strips scraps and I used all the blue pieces, but there were not enough of the lighter colour or opposite contrast, so I used what was left of the solid grey. This small quilt is the perfect project to practice a new quilting design I have in mind. It has only 16 blocks and is 44" x 44". 

The pattern by Monica Dunkley does not have two borders. I have added what I could found of the solid grey and some of that blues in my precut strips. It's a very simple and easy quilt to make because it does not have too many seams to match.

Trinkets by Monica Bunkley

Spring is Here!

Spring is here! Hearing the birds is wonderful and I've prioritized my days with a good walk with my dog Merlin.  I'm feeling so much more energized when I do, but on Wednesday I was a bit under the weather, by Thursday I knew a minor cold hit me when I stalled in front of the TV all day.

Here is what I worked on this week:

Rosette #6 

All the 17 hexies are completed and will sew them together.

Quilting Circles

 Because I'm quilting circles, it takes a bit longer than I anticipated, but I'm getting there one quadrant at the time.

Scrap & Grey fabrics

 I've used all my 1 1/2" strip of blue scraps that I had pre-cut for this project.

Rosette #6: Row by Row

Last night I finished sewing one of the six hexies of the second row of rosette #6.  The hexies looked nice enough on their own, but I wasn't sure if the contrast of the medium greens would show up as planned.

My last rosette didn't turn out with much contrast as I intended too, so this time around I prepared only one row of hexies at the time. After I sewed the second row, I laid them on the table with the first one, and took a picture, then saved in on a black and white.

It was very effective to be able to visualize the tones of my project. Time to get the third row ready!