A Saturday Quilty Update: November 9, 2024

It has been a busy week for me. But we did get a good rain. I’ve had a sore knee, but am now walking again. I have no idea what I did to it. And I’m so happy with my quilting work. I mailed “Pot Pourri 4” to a niece with a new baby. And I’ve been contemplating tiling my outdoor screen porch. Neighbors just tiled theirs, and it is so lovely. They are encouraging me…

“Arrowheads” is almost bound. Yeah! It’s gorgeous! Pics to follow soon now.

“Diamonds” is on the longarm. This pic does not do it justice I don’t think. I really like this quilt. And I’m enjoying making this series using the half-rectangle triangle block made with the Hurty ruler (Latifah Saafir). On to the next… I have TWO ideas to trial.

And then there are three leaf potholders–but yesterday the orange one went to a neighbor who had a birthday, along with a rope bowl. As requested by a reader I did take pics of how to do this binding and will post them soon.

Tara Faughnan, in our online “Blocks 2” class showed us her method for corralling solid scraps so they are easy to see and use. She clips color groups together and then links groups together with big rings. I had some small clips on hand, but ordered 2-inch ones and the rings. Wow! No more pawing through strips. I can just reach for the ring that holds the colors I want.

And now I can’t stop playing with these scraps rather than using the very pretty palette I pulled for this month’s block play. The pic on the left is from the grey strips–and you can see how very varied they can be and how their colors change according to what other color next to them. I’m going to hand quilt it and bind it. I have sorted all my strips but the greys–which will be a task for today.

What I want to do with the hexagon and the triangles (there will be a green triangle next–with an orange center and background) is to stretch them over 10-inch canvases to be used as little gifts. I am so excited about trying out this idea.

“Pot Pourri 5: Crosses” is all laid out. Now if I can make myself stop playing with this month’s block project, I’ll get it sewed together. (Remember this one is part of the 5+ years of using up Cotton+Steel/Ruby Star Society 3 1/2-inch squares. The bins are about half gone now, and the colors are starting to run out.)

The scrappy “Glitter” blocks are growing, but I’m not really engaged with this project. The block is intriguing, but so fiddly, even with the templates I broke down and ordered. I have two more cut out. So one more row, than…a decision.

It is another beautiful day here today! I’ll be getting out into it shortly.