Finishing it Friday ~

leftover strips from Modern Workshop quilt

9 patch square

cutting

assembled

layout and ideas sketch
inspiration from Pleasant Home

strips cut for 4-square

piles to stitch

I feel like a clever little bunny. Rubbing two brain cells together I figured out a way I could use my never-ending scraps from my Tea with the Queen fat quarter set I purchased from Alewives so long ago. Yes, I am officially done with this set of fabric, after I complete this top or back, I am giving the rest away! But I thought I would share how I figured it out with the inspiration coming from Pleasant Home's blog. I looked to see if it was a pattern to be purchased and haven't found anything in my search. I do not want to step on any toes. The Modern Workshop Quilt was a free pattern. The strips that were leftover were 2.5 wide and the square attached to the white strip is 2.5 square.

So in brief ~

 For the 9 patch ~ using 5 of the strips, I cut down 4 strips so that the white strip now measures 2.5. I used a seam ripper to remove one print square from the 5th white strip and stitched it to one of the 4 print/white strips. Save the white...maybe it can be used. Then arrange 3 of the print/white strips so that you have a print that will wind up in the center. Then stitch the print/white/print to the 3 stitched print/white rectangle...so confusing. Please lay out before beginning and it will all make sense. For my purposes I set aside 60 strips for the 12- 9 patch squares.

Using the remaining strips for the 4 patch squares ~ This also required some mental math. I kept looking at my graph to figure out the best way to arrange and cut the remaining strips. So what I came up with is that half of the remaining strips I cut so that the white was 2.5 and the other were cut down to 4.5. The only fabric I am missing will the be 8-2.5 by 6.5 white pieces for the sides and 8- 4.5 by 6.5 for connecting the 9 patch squares. I am looking for my stash of white. I know it is here somewhere. 

So my finished Friday is that I finished figuring it all out. If this is a pattern for purchase please let me know.

I will be taking this project to the San Diego Modern Quilt sewing day...so Maybe Monday

Have a great cool weekend

It will be rather hot here in So Cal. It is the never-ending summer

Finished ~

Mara Shawl on a little girl
She looks like a butterfly

Modern Workshop quilt pattern
Tea with the Queen fat quarters from Alewives

I guess it all depends on what is considered finished. All things are a work in progress or in a state of completion in this home of mine. These two projects I began some time ago. Now I feel a little bit better starting something new. I love the toes peeking out.

Have a wonderful weekend

WIP's

Maybe these are really QIP's....quilts in progress

On top, all cut out and ready to stitch, is a free pattern from Oliver & S for the Modern Workshop line of fabulous fabrics. In the next few images is the quilt from The Practical Guide to Patchwork  by Elizabeth Hartman,' Rain or Shine' and 'Little Leaves'.

 I purchased a fat quarter set, "Tea with the Queen' from the sweet gals from Alewives Fabrics in Maine and am able to sew 3 quilt tops with the addition of solid/background fabric. I love how they select fabrics and I still have not yet developed that skill. With the remaining fabric I realized that I could cut out strips and still had scraps left over. With these I began tracing and cutting then ironing a bunch of leaves for Ms Hartman's pattern 'Little Leaves' from the same book. I do some of this while watching hockey....Go Canucks!

I am still putting my room together. I wanted to be able to hang the quilts in progress so I found these Umbra magnetic strips and I purchased an extra set of mighty magnets. No pin holes and I can hang individual blocks, strips or a whole quilt front. My room is coming along. It is desperate need of some editing....maybe this weekend I will come up with a plan.

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