Wednesday, December 29, 2010

December Sewing Projects

Two more days & 2010 will be done & over with... it's incredible how time flies!

I didn't do too much sewing this month as we were busy with work and Christmas. C'est la vie.

This is the December star for the monthly Sawtooth Star Sampler (Two Toonies Thursday) sold at Freckles Quilt Shop here in Calgary. I am loving these stars so far!

The 4 sawtooth stars:

Block #4 for the Layer Cake Quilt Along using Lollipops fabric.

The 4 blocks of the LCQA.

I also bought some flannel & knotted flannel panels together for baby gifts.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

More Quilt Blocks... & Need Help!

First of all, here is this week's Layer Cake Quilt Along (Week #3) quilt block. This block is a basket, but I call it "Fish & Bubbles in a Basket" because of the fabric I chose. This line of fabric is "Lollipops" by Sandy Gervais. Oh, this is going to be such a fun child's quilt when done.

From left to right: LCQA Weeks 1, 2, 3:

Back in July I had started some quilt blocks which were free patterns on Moose Quilts but I had only completed 9 of the 12 quilt blocks. I finished off the last 3 quilt blocks this week:

Block 10: Bears Paws

Week 11: Duck & Ducklings

Week 12: Corn & Beans

Here are all 12 blocks laid out in chronological order from 1-12, left to right, top/middle/bottom rows.

I have a dilemma: WHAT COLOUR OR PATTERNS OF FABRIC SHOULD I USE FOR SASHING & BORDERS???? I want to insert sashing between & around the blocks, then add the borders. The fabric store where I bought the fabrics doesn't have these fabrics in stock anymore... sigh!! What's a gal to do????? Please help me decide!!