Sunday September 7: Quilting Projects Update

Good Sunday morning!

The Monarch butterflies are, once again, here–on their way to their breeding grounds. What a pleasure it is to see them flittering around the red roses when I sit on my porch.

“Stacks 2,” a design taught by Tara Faughnan in her first “The Color Collective” year (2019?), is on the longarm. It is interesting to me that Tara has never released this pattern, as she did for many others from The Color Collective’s five years. I still find it very graphic and interesting. I used the remnants of cut blocks and fabric from this project that I saved when I finished the first quilt. So, six years and a new home later…

It’s a handsome quilt.

AND, I just signed up for Tara’s new “Blocks” class, which will be starting October 1. I debated, but these classes really do give me so much room to play.

“Four Patch Fun 2”–made with the free 8-inch version of Bonnie Hunter’s 2025 leader/ender block, released in July–is ready to be sewn together. Note that I used the setting version that adds sashing. I might still be moving blocks around–I moved some yesterday–so I’ll let this one simmer a few more days while I play with other design wall projects. (This quilt’s destination will be a baby girl who will arrive in my backdoor neighbor’s home late November–and this quilt will be the third that I have given to new babies in our neighborhood.)

Play Progress:

I won’t proceed with “neutral Stacks 3” until I finish the new “Four Patch Fun” quilt and the “Crayon Colors” log cabin quilt made from solid strips AND have played with more blocks for whatever is happening above “Crayon Colors.” That is some sort of improv project… And I did add a block to the grouping yesterday. Play like these blocks will use up some of the cut solid strips and bits, but play like these blocks also gives me MORE creative energy and ideas.

The new leader/ender project seems to be making more placemats. Four are now layered and an orange one is almost ready to layer. The goal is six placemats. Then I’ll switch to another leader/ender project with these 2-inch cut squares. I have an idea…

I will try again to put on bindings using my sewing machine to sew down the front side.

We’ll see…

Have a great week everyone!