January round up....,

So, what did I accomplish this month?

I finished one quilt. 

My Sun Down quilt only needed binding to finish. 

 

I had a finished flimsy.

My Scrappy Rainbow Medallion Quilt is still not quilted. I need to make a backing for it and buy batting. I'm on a tight budget right now. That's why it's not done. 

I made a bunch of quilt blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge and started making blocks for my En Provence quilt. 

I also added a round to my Millefiori quilt rosette #1. I started an improv quarter log cabin crumb mini quilt too. 

I also made two pincushions and a needle case for a swap. My swap partner hasn't received the package yet so I'll show those in February. 

My quilt related purchases this month totalled $23.73

I bought 1 3/8 metres of fabric. These were all fat eighth.  

I'm going to try to keep track of how much I spend for quilting this year. I'll do one post at the end of each month to see how I'm doing. I have a lot of fabric. But most of my fabric is fat quarters or smaller. I don't have much yardage. I also don't have any batting. So a lot of my purchases will be for batting and backings. 

Why am I watching how much I spend?

Well, my daughter is going to university in September. She is taking Neuroscience. She loves learning about the brain. Lol! She will be going to school out of town. So the costs are much higher then when my boys went to community college in town. We are paying a chunk of her expenses and she is working towards paying a chunk. It will be about $20000.00 per year for four years. And if she decides to do pre-med after, well it will be even more. So, I'm trying to be good and use what I have. If any of you feel like getting rid of any fabric, scraps or whatever..... think of me. Lol!

 

 

En Provence quilt progress...

Hi everyone, 

The month is almost over. Time is just flying by. It's crazy!

I don't seem to be getting as much done as I want. But, I've been tired a lot lately, and I think it has a lot to do with the weather. It's been a mild January. We've had a lot of rain, instead of snow. It's been cloudy, humid and just plain crappy. I like snow. It brightens everything up.  The constant change in air pressure has caused me to get a lot of migraines. 

Let's hope February is nicer. 

Here's my progress of my En Provence quilt. I only have a picture of four blocks, but I have five blocks completed. 

I changed the colours a bit from Bonnie's. This quilt is for my daughter, so I used colours she liked. I have five other blocks prepped. I'll keep working on it.  

I was hoping to get more done, but life happens. I'm just glad this project is moving forward. 

 

RSC 2017, week #4 - purple

I did quite well this month with my purple blocks. 

I finished 30 spool blocks. 

These are 3.5 inch blocks, made from my 1.5 inch strips.  

These blocks are so cute. I love these. 

I also made four 16-patch variation blocks. These used up 2.5 inch squares, and the block is 12.5 inches. 

I really like these blocks and the secondary pattern it creates. 

I then decided to start making some 6.5 inch plus blocks. 

These were also made with 2.5 inch squares and 1.5 inch strips. I only have three of these made. I will need to make more. But that's okay. These are easy and fast to make. 

 I'm really enjoying participating in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge this year.  I hope you like my January blocks. Now I'm excited to see what next months colour is. 

Go see http://superscrappy.blogspot.ca to see what the others are making. 

 

It's a flimsy!!

Yep! My scrappy medallion quilt top is done!! I'm so happy!! I love it!!

 

The final border was made with 2.5 inch squares of neutral background fabric. 

Now I need to make a backing and figure out how to quilt it! 

Hope you like it!!