All the patches, as well as how they're arranged, are the same as the Cain and Abel block, just the arrangement of color is different......hmmm, wonder how many other looks you could get from this idea?
Hope you have fun with this one!
Carolyn
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
April BOM #2
How about another Block of the Month for April? In the post for the first April block, I had suggested playing around with the colors on the Cain and Abel block to see what other combinations might appeal to you. I was looking through the blocks on Quilterscache, and it looks like someone else had the same idea way back in time and came up with a block called The Wishing Ring. (Click on the Quilterscache link to get the instructions.)
Friday, April 10, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
April Block of the Month
Okay, here I am, running late on the April block of the month. I had actually chosen a block for April some time ago, and then I promptly forgot about it. Yesterday morning in church, Pastor had a reference to Cain and Abel in his sermon, and I felt my short-term memory click into place. The block for April is a traditional one (instructions from Quilterscache) called Cain and Abel. It's another 10" block and I took a pic of the pieces laid out before I started sewing.
You can maybe tell from my patches that I didn't exactly follow the directions in the link. Since I was in a hurry to get the block done, I cut 2.5" strips of everything and used my easy angle ruler to cut the triangles. That's the way I most often make half-square triangles, so that's the fastest way for me. Here's a pic showing how I pressed each row after sewing the pieces together:
I'm a big advocate in putting a little thought into pressing because I like the block intersections to snug up against each other when I sew the rows together (seams going in opposing directions).
If you are making this one, you might want to play with the colors. I had originally made different choices on the colors, but after laying the individual patches out to see how it looked, I changed my mind and this is how the block ended up:
You can maybe tell from my patches that I didn't exactly follow the directions in the link. Since I was in a hurry to get the block done, I cut 2.5" strips of everything and used my easy angle ruler to cut the triangles. That's the way I most often make half-square triangles, so that's the fastest way for me. Here's a pic showing how I pressed each row after sewing the pieces together:
I'm a big advocate in putting a little thought into pressing because I like the block intersections to snug up against each other when I sew the rows together (seams going in opposing directions).
If you are making this one, you might want to play with the colors. I had originally made different choices on the colors, but after laying the individual patches out to see how it looked, I changed my mind and this is how the block ended up:
Please feel free to leave a comment, and if you make the block, I'd love to see a picture!
Carolyn
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Vintage Thingie Thursday
This time it was this little vanity bench. The top is covered with an old quilt piece that repurposed into upholstery fabric. Normally, I don't like the idea of cutting up old quilts, but this one is a little threadbare and machine pieced and quilted so I can live with it. This one wasn't a fabulous bargain, but at $20.00, still not too bad. Anyway, it's cute and I can always use it for something (?), maybe to stack folded quilts on........
Visit Colorodolady's blog to see who else is participating this week and happy Thursday!
Carolyn
Sunday, March 22, 2009
No finishes.....
...on my UFO's yet. But I did make some progress on a couple of the BOM quilts. Also have the Mosaic Tiles mystery quilt almost finished, but I had precut some pieces for the border, and now I can't find them! I could have cut more, but I'm thinking that as I make a dent in the UFO pile they'll most likely turn up somewhere. Since I didn't finish anything, I don't have any project pics to post so here's a pic of my two favorite girls (DD and DGD):
BTW, I went to Market Days on Saturday and will have something new to blog about on Vintage Thingie Thursday.
BTW, I went to Market Days on Saturday and will have something new to blog about on Vintage Thingie Thursday.
Until then,
Carolyn
Monday, March 16, 2009
2009 UFO List
One of my primary goals for creating this blog was to track my UFO progress (for non-quilters, UFO's are unfinished objects), but I got caught up in all the fun stuff and never did get my hand-written list typed up into a blog list. Another problem was that the list was so long it was just intimidating. Easier to close the notebook and pretend that list didn't exist. In the meantime, things are still stacked up in my sewing room, not much progress gets made, and I dream of new projects I want to start. I decided I'd better get that list posted and commit to some progress before I give in to my natural inclinations to start new things.
Are you ready for this? Nine completed tops need to be quilted, one quilt needs binding (my least favorite quilty thing to do), and I have 20 tops or sets of blocks that I need to finish piecing! One dates back to 1998--that's over 10 years old. I'd say things are definitely getting out of hand! I divided my list into three categories (piecing to finish, tops to quilt, and quilts to bind) with the idea that once I finish piecing the top, I'll mark through it on that list and move it to the tops to be quilted list. That way I can at least see some progress even if a project isn't completely finished. Time to get off the computer and get busy at the sewing machine.
Are you ready for this? Nine completed tops need to be quilted, one quilt needs binding (my least favorite quilty thing to do), and I have 20 tops or sets of blocks that I need to finish piecing! One dates back to 1998--that's over 10 years old. I'd say things are definitely getting out of hand! I divided my list into three categories (piecing to finish, tops to quilt, and quilts to bind) with the idea that once I finish piecing the top, I'll mark through it on that list and move it to the tops to be quilted list. That way I can at least see some progress even if a project isn't completely finished. Time to get off the computer and get busy at the sewing machine.
Oh, I forgot to say the list is on the right side near the bottom of the blog.
Carolyn
Sunday, March 15, 2009
March BOM #2
The second BOM for March is called Plaid, and here’s the Quilterscache link:
http://www.quilterscache.com/P/PlaidBlock.html
This is a really easy block with no triangles or partial seams, only squares and rectangles, perfect for a Sunday afternoon.
Have fun with this one. You can change the colors around to get different looks, but you may want to keep the darker colors running through the middle to get the “plaid” effect. Here's what mine looks like:
http://www.quilterscache.com/P/PlaidBlock.html
This is a really easy block with no triangles or partial seams, only squares and rectangles, perfect for a Sunday afternoon.
Have fun with this one. You can change the colors around to get different looks, but you may want to keep the darker colors running through the middle to get the “plaid” effect. Here's what mine looks like:
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