HSTeria Quilt Along

I can't believe it:

just finished the 2 charity HST quilts!

Wohoo, what a relief!

And then I saw 

on Mystic Quilter's blog

that Vicky was holding a

HSTeria quilt along.

What a perfect occasion

to show all 3 HST charity quilt tops 

I have sewn this 'guild' year:

# 1 - Zig Zag (done much earlier in the year)

# 2 HST concentric (still warm from pressing and adding the borders)

# 3 HST arrows (finished a few days ago)

They were all made with donated fabric,

GLHQ guild provided pre-cut packages

of 5 or 6 inch squares

+ border fabric.

Some I spiffed up a bit ;-)

Vicky,

thanks for hosting HSTeria QA - 

it gave me the last push

to finish them up!

Barb

Design Wall Monday

Ok, after yet another unplanned blogging break

I am back with my latest projects:

finished the quilting on Hashtag quilt today
and just sewed the binding

to the front.

It's my April UFO 

and I better get the binding
hand stitched to the back

by Wednesday April 30th...

Also sewn is the HST Charity top,

minus the border:

(oops, the quilt underneath 

is showing on bottom edge, sorry)

And I have been playing around with Hexagons

for the Quilt Guild challenge:

used some Honeycomb "Sunnyside"

and Craftsy Class pattern "Juggle" by Camille Roskelley,

trying to decide on background fabric:

Then I got Sarah  Fielke's book 

"Hand quilted with love"

from the library and

love her "Bangles quilt",

but not so much the hand sewing or y-seams.

So here is my easy Bangles approach:

sew 6 pentagons from her pattern into a hexie ring

and applique them on your background fabric!

See the first test ring on the left:

If I am attempting this quilt

I'll be using raw edge on white fabric,

even with some white edges showing thru

between the rings,

I imagine it's going to look fabulous!

So what have you been up to?

Hopefully some sewing made it into your schedule!

Linking up to

  Judy's design wall Monday,

Back to sewing my binding,

the clock is ticking,

Barb

Design Wall Monday

After the GLHQ Guild's 

Charity Sewing day on Saturday

I have been playing around with HST
for the final lay-out of this donation quilt:

So here comes my question to you:

do you like the left side better

or the right side?

I just changed the position 

of the pinkish HST's

to a solid strip on left

and a 'broken' strip on  the right.

Thanks you for your feedback!

I also received a fabulous package in the mail

from my BQFF Judy - 

have a look:

I just love the Log Cabin pillow

and it fits my living room colors perfectly.

And then she added 

some Aurifil spools and bobbins

for my new 'used' Bernina 230 - 

Yes, I am blessed to have such 

fabulous and generous friends!

Thanks Judy,

you are the best!!!

Last week I tried my new EZ boards 

Flamingo in 6 inch size

on a Charity quilt:

(Oops, it's sideways...)

The front was not too exciting 

with cheater fabric,

but hopefully the quilt will help 

keep someone warm 

and feel loved!

Linking up on Monday

to all the other DWM posts

on Judy's blog.

Happy stitching,

Barb

Design Wall Monday

For a while now

I have been fascinated by Scrap Attack 

hosted by Stitched in Color.

I checked out the tutorials and beautiful scrap quilt -

and finally got started.

But I couldn't make up my mind

which scrap block I liked most -

so I had to try several.

Have a look:

There is still some fine tuning going on

and not all rows have been sewn together yet.

But I like it!

It has scrumb blocks, left over HST's, strip blocks,

Granny square and hour glass blocks, and postage (well, a bit bigger).

I still meant to do the Japanese blocks as well,

 but ran out of time. Oops.

First my lay-out

did not have the added white sashing,

and looked a bit dull & dreary.

Now with white it looks so much cleaner & fresher,

nice!

And the racing flag border (?) gives it a more finished look,

even though I will keep it on 2 sides only.

Hopefully I will be able to submit a finished top

to the Festival Of Scrappiness,

taking place March 26th - 28th!

Please go and check other Design Wall Monday's

on Judy's blog!

Barb