Mid-June wildflowers on my walks this week. Clockwise: coneflower, purple meadow-rue, beardtongue foxglove, wild indigo, more beardtongue, clover, field bindweed. Center: the trail at Lyons Woods.
Spangled fritillary and what I think is celestrina echo (I enlarged the snapshot of this little blue butterfly).
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I've made three of the six projects for the Villa Rosa summer challenge. Week 1: "under 50 x 50" which I interpret to be "under 200" perimeter." That's because I added a narrow border to stabilize the edges for my entry in this category. That border boosted Split Charms to 43-1/2" x 52-1/2" but the total is less than 200".
I used thrifted shirts and some other quilting cottons. The inserts are a mix of Grunge and other tone-on-tones.
I quilted it with straight meandering.
Week 1 entries are due 6/25.
The Week 2 challenge, due July 3, is "tote bag." I chose Tabitha Jane. It's reversible.
The pattern calls for six FQs but I used four. It was easy to put together. I added orange rickrack on the seamlines. The left photo is one side and the right photo is the other side.
If I made this again I'd change it so much it would hardly be this pattern -- the defining feature being using two prints on the outside. I wouldn't make it reversible (one print for the lining), the handles would be narrower, and I'd box the bottom. But I pretty much followed the instructions for the purposes of the challenge.
I have patterns in the queue for the other three weeks in this summer.. I'm sewing ahead to accommodate my travel schedule for the summer.
Will the FQ/chunks bins get any emptier? LOL!
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"Remember the ladies," Abigail Adams told her husband John. Thanks to Norah O'Donnell's research and engaging presentation I know more about some women I'd heard of and a lot more about women new to me.
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I'm watching this summer VR challenge, but not jumping in. Reminding myself that I already had too many things going on at once - not that I ever listen to myself. LOL The Potato Chip blocks are a good one for a block drive. I've been reading We the Women in small increments, and finding it fascinating.
ReplyDeleteaced this challenge already nann...liking the split charms...another inspiration for me! good book recommendation....DAR book club read "the gathering room" by maine author on kindle
ReplyDeleteI like the bright insert strips with the blues. The lawn fabric is an interesting print.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice that the VRD challenges are for more than quilts. I like the bag and the scarf - It's fun to make useful items like that! I'm interested in that book - wonder if my book club would be?!
ReplyDeleteI love Split Charms. So simple yet looks like a great quilt. Bravo and good luck at the summer challenges. (any prizes to be won?) I love your scarf too. Love the print. I need to make more bags. I use mine daily in my commute to work and they are even more tired than I. With the baby quilt drive, I don't have much time to make more but my time will come. Beautiful blocks for Cynthia's drive. Enjoy! :^)
ReplyDeleteI love that you used some shirts fabrics in your split charms which turned out great with the grunge inserts. The scrap bins just fluff up to overspill their containers no matter how much you use, don’t they 🤣
ReplyDeleteSmart thinking to get the challenge pieces done ahead of time. You're not a procrastinator like I am!
ReplyDeleteThat book went on my wishlist immediately! The projects are all great, but I'm with you on bag patterns. Once we get all the details we like into them, they're not the same bag! And now I need to ponder on the block drive. That would be a good way to decrease my stash (that is currently seeming overwhelming and not enough at the same time).
ReplyDeleteI dove into potato chip blocks this month and *finally* used up all those baseball squares from years and years of "gambling" on MLB games! Lots of other sports-related scraps were 'put to bed' in the process, and I think I've cleared every thread of sports-related scraps from my stash, thank goodness!
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