So this past week I have been working on my Riley Blake challenge. I made flying geese and then figured out how I wanted to lay them out and needed to sew it together. Math and quilting go together however that has never been my strong suit. So I am much more let's see how it goes and figure it out.
My first attempt left the final square too small so with that information I unsewed the pieces and tried again and it was a success. I actually wrote down what I cut so I can repeat the process on the other half. When I did get it to work I was really happy and loving how it is turning out.
With the fly geese came HST large enough for me to want to do something with them. I shared this the other day and now I just need to figure out the back and quilt it.
I wanted to share this little ornament I found while on a quilting weekend with friends and gave to my husband to put in my stocking. I had forgotten about it and actually thought - "wow how did he find this?"
That is my motto this year! I have so many things I want to sew with plenty of fabric to sew through. So hopefully this will be my reminder as I am not buying anything new for awhile.
In my hope to stay on task and a little more organized this year I had bought a small white board and each week I am writing down small goals that I would like to get done. I think it is working. I do have a few of the items checked off already for the week. My plan is to update weekly but we will see. This hangs right above my cutting table.
#2 and #5 are done. I think #1 and #3 can be done tonight. It is gearing up to pull fabric for the City Sampler that I am not getting around to.
This weekend should be fun since I am going with a few friends to the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. There is a truck show lecture on Saturday all day that I am going to and it should be fun! Lee will be there! Plus there is a Modern Quilt Exhibit and one of my quilts will be hanging in there with several others from the MMQG.
Happy Sewing! I am linking up to Lee at WIP Wednesday.
What a coincidence: I've just made some hst's after making flying geese! Yours are a whole lot neater than mine though! Love the way the white you've used makes them really crisp and I especially like your hst layout :) Have fun at the quilt fair. Stephie @ www.dawnchorusstudio.com visiting via Freshly Pieced
ReplyDeleteI really like your HST quilt Beth. I like the nice crisp lines and the white background really makes it a modern design! That little ornament is adorable! :) I need one of those! :)
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What an adorable little ornament! I'm a little crazy for Riley Blake fabrics and I love what you did with the HST leftovers. Well done!
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visiting from WIP wednesday. I love how neat and tidy you have the flying geese on the angle. That block is going to look amazing
ReplyDeleteI love your geese and your triangles! so bright!!! Have fun at your quilty show...it must be exciting to have one of your own hanging too!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love all the movement flying geese provide in a quilt, hence the term 'flying' I suppose, regardless it looks great. How will you quilt it?
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