Two More Great Granny Blocks

Christine and I got together again tonight to make some more Great Granny Square blocks.  (Yes--we really did sew together twice this week!) My two blocks are in the picture above. I have decided to make 20 blocks. I am trying not to use the same fabric twice. It is fun to put the fabrics together for each block. The red centres will be the same in every Great Granny!

Christine made another GGS block and this picture shows both of her blocks that she has made so far. She continued to put together some more blocks for another UFO after completing her block.

Here are my 4 completed blocks.

I have another block laid out ready to sew together.

Until next time...

Flying Geese Borders



Jacqui invited me to her house tonight for some QNIC (Quilting Night in Canada). I resisted the temptation to make another Swoon block or another couple of Great Granny Squares and took along the flying geese units for my Stars for My Friends mystery quilt. I had to make more Flying Geese units first and then I put them together into these long borders for my quilt. I am hoping to get this quilt to the long armers in the next week or two so that it will be done for the September meeting of the London Friendship Quilters' Guild. I may have to ignore Swoon for a day or two...

Swoon #4 out of 9

I made my 4th swoon block tonight. I am not sure  if the yellow is a bit too subtle when I put this block with the others. I may find myself re-doing this one. I will have to look again in the daylight and also when I have more blocks finished. What do you think???

Off on a Tangent

 Christine has been away at her cottage for the last couple of weeks so she came over tonight to sew with me. We decided to make some Great Granny Square blocks. I decided to put red solid squares in the centre of my blocks. I got my first one done and put it on my design floor with my 3 completed Swoon blocks. Then, I started pulling fabrics for the 2nd one. Here is the second one:

After taking this picture, I put it beside the first one and ...OOPS!  They are fairly similar in colour scheme in the outer two rows of squares!  Yikes!  I guess I will have to make at least 20 blocks for this quilt so these two will not have to be near each other! I will have to pay more attention the next time I work on these blocks.

Christine made one block and then finished off some other blocks for a quilt she started before her holiday.

Like Swoon, these Great Granny Squares are addictive!

I have another Swoon block cut out and ready to sew. I will try to do that tomorrow night.

Here are some more quilts from the Fabric Party Show and Tell last Thursday.

Cathy made this beauty:

And Chris made this applique quilt:

It is very inspiring to have such talented quilty friends!

Until next time...

Still Swooning...

I sewed most of the day today and made two more Swoon blocks. On the right is the block I made last night and the red, black and white one is the one I made this morning. 

This afternoon, I made a third block from black and periwinkle polka dots. The black fabric has sewing notions on it. :)

It rained here a bit this week so the grass is looking very green and lush--it needs to be cut. I will have to do that tomorrow night. The gardens are also looking great!

Pole Beans are in bloom.

Purple Cone Flowers

I may work on my flannel mystery quilt tonight, or maybe I should try making a great granny block...

Decisions, decisions...

Happy Sewing!

Swooning, again

I have decided to make a Swoon quilt. Here is my first block. The colours for the other 8 blocks will be taken from the black print in the middle star. I have the fabric picked for my next block and hope to make it tomorrow. This is a 24" block with lots of pieces. I will try to make a few blocks this week--no evening plans so far for this week.

Now, off to bed!  Good night!

Fabric Feeding Frenzy or Enhancing Our Fat Quarters...

Tonight, I hosted a FABRIC PARTY!  I had spoken to Pam from Mad About Patchwork a month or two ago and found out she was going to be nearby visiting her Mom and that she was going to have her fabric with her...   On a whim, I asked if she would be interested in doing a fabric party at my house for me and some of my quilty friends. She said "YES"!

I invited the members of the Elgin Piecemakers and some other friends and most said they would love to come!  A few could not come because they were on vacation.

My husband helped to bring all the fabric into the house. We set it up in the dining room and we were all ready when everyone got here.

The party started just as a huge rainstorm started. I had to provide towels at the door for people to dry off! It poured!!! We really needed the rain, but it would have been nice if it had waited another 15 minutes before starting!

We started with some show and tell and introductions. Here are some quilts that were displayed on my "design floor" this evening...

Jacqui's purple quilt--a wedding gift.

Roxene made this for a wedding gift--lucky bride and groom!

Amalia's "Quartered Squares"--taught by Pam last October.

Shirley's "Fire Escape"

Heather made this quilt for a baby boy.

This one is called "Frank". Joanne made this Frank Lloyd Wright quilt for her brother's king sized bed.

Pat P's paper piecing project

Pam taught this class at London Friendship Quilters' Guild last October.

"Through the Trees"

Charlene's solids

Pam made this quilt between Christmas and New Year's this past year.

Once show and tell was over, it was time for the fabric feeding frenzy!

Look at all those Yummy Solids!

Lots of eye candy!

After shopping, we all indulged in "enhancing our Fat Quarters"... Thanks to Karen and Joanne for providing our feast!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Fresh Fruit

And Peach and Strawberry Semifreddo

Delicious!

At the end of the night, everyone left happy, with their bags a bit heavier, and their wallets a bit lighter!  Here is my stash enhancement:

I need to do some sewing...

Thanks everyone for making this such a fun evening!  Some of the proceeds of the evening will be going towards backing fabric for the Elgin Piecemakers' Charity quilts!