New projects are always fun to work on. With lots of scraps and left overs finding a project can be an interesting hunt. Often other blogs will post a block or quilt and one gets a great idea to try out a different setting or color way.
This past week I dug around in my stash and pulled out a pile of Kaffe Fassett leftovers from a couple of different quilts plus some addition really old fabrics that had been hanging around for ages.I cut some 4.5 inch white squares and used 2 and 1.5 inch strips to finish the 9.5 inch blocks. Three rows done and 4 more to go. It should finish at 54 by 63 inches. It is destined to be given to the charity division of my quilt guild. With Covid keeping us away from meeting monthly I have tried to keep up at home with making them. I have 6 done over the last several months and this one and two more mystery quilts that will be donated once the mysteries are revealed and I get them done. I finished the top of the Cozy Stripes quilt this past week. Fortunately I do not have provide a back, batting, or quilt it. Others in the group take care of that. Just this top and prepare a binding to go with it and it is off for others to finish. The quilt will finish at 62 by 70 inches. I did manage to finish my three Valentine Day runners. Two daughters and a granddaughter received them on Saturday while celebrating one of my daughter's birthday. A nice surprise to add to her gifts and fun for the other two to get something fun for the day. These four have been very naughty lately. They refuse to stay in their pen and have been causing havoc. You see here they just hop out of their current pen and they are off. They have been up to absolutely no good. My daughter's husband and possibly the neighbors have had enough. His threats of having BBQed peacock seems to have been taken seriously. Even my daughter admits that she has been running around after them trying to keep them out of trouble. The contractor was called and this last Friday a new large pen 10 feet high and an area of 25 feet by 20 feet is being constructed with a netting ceiling to keep them contained, along with plenty of perching areas. While husband is gone, he travels with his business a couple days a week, they may get a temporary release for good behavior as long as she has time to watch them and keep them from causing too much trouble.
Love those Valentine runners! They are the nicest I've seen yet! :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Kaffe Fassett blocks, and great strips quilt top, they are going to be very pretty quilts. I love your Valentine table runners too, very sweet!
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Hi DonnaleeQ! Those four just LOOK like trouble don't they?!! With a capital T, I might add. I can just imagine them as high school seniors, hanging out in the packing lot luring freshman girls for a ride on a nice Spring day. It's so nice that you can make so many charity quilts and not have to actually finish them or quilt them. Very cool and such a nice variety. I'm certain your daughters and granddaughter will just love the Valentine runners. Thanks for linking up today! ~smile~ Roseanne
ReplyDeleteI love the hearts the very best. I love all the colors of Valentines day.
ReplyDeleteThe peacocks are most amazing.
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Your Valentine runners have turned out beautifully! And I love your charity quilts. You are AWESOME! Have an amazing day!
ReplyDeleteOh my - your Kaffe scrappy is an inspiration!
ReplyDeleteLovely Valentines Day runners....like the idea of "just because gifts" for the others. Great scrap busting designs there.
ReplyDeleteSweet deal with those donation quilts! Piecing the top is the fun part of the process!
ReplyDeleteWow! The striped one is so beautiful! I know the recipient will love it, too! All your work is lovely to see.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to see you at 'My Corner of the World' this week!
Both of those quilts are beautiful - I really like the one with the Kaffe fabrics - its so nice a bright!!! I love that!!
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing better than dumping out a happy collection of leftovers from other quilts and turning them into something lovely. What pretty blocks!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts...really like the cozy stripes. We have a couple peacocks in our little zoo. They don't stay penned up either. The get out and bother everyone. Have a great day!
You are very productive! Love the Kaffe Fassett fabrics. It's always fun to find a good project to use up some scraps.
ReplyDeleteYour charity quilts are so pretty and good for you for putting your scraps to good use.
ReplyDeleteThe color on those naughty peacocks is amazing! Should inspire a quilt or two.
Great charity tops, and such nice Valentine's Day gifts. I wonder what kind of adventures those naughty peacocks think they're having.
ReplyDeletePeacocks are so pretty, but sometimes not exactly nice. LOL Yours are beautiful. Love all your quilts. You are so creative with your scraps.
ReplyDeleteSuch naughty peacocks no doubt they assume that being beautiful they can get away with anything!
ReplyDeleteIt is fun to play with scraps on a new project from time to time. Oh those peacocks. When I contained my chickens they ended up eating EVERYTHING green in the pen. I finally started to find plants that they didn't eat as much to put in there for them to get bugs from this year.
ReplyDeleteWith my husband doing a bunch of earth work here (excavating) the fox have moved on. My raccoon problem was solved when I had time to take care of that during the summer of 2020. Now my flock and roam freely again while supervised.
Oh dear! I hope those peacocks learn to behave long enough for their cage to be built. They are awfully pretty though.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, I simply love your charity quilts! So pretty and scrappy. And your valentine's runners had to have been a big hit. Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.
Love the cozy stripes. The colors look so soft and inviting!
ReplyDeleteStay safe and sew on !
Hi DonnaLee, I really love your first scrappy quilt. It really looks great with the white square. Just enough relief from all of those lovely strips. It's going to be lovely. It's great not to have to do all of the work to make those charity quilts. I'm sure that they will be loved! Cute Valentines runners...and those peacocks sound like a lot of trouble. Oh well, I guess they provide excitement now that the rest of our lives are rather dull :-) Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks. Take care.
ReplyDeleteI stumbled upon your blog and have enjoyed scrolling down and seeing your beautiful peacocks. They have always interested me. They are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your pictures and of course your quilts.
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