Binding Choice and Backing

This is the backing fabric for my four patch flannel quilt.  I think I have enough of this fabric for another quilt backing.  Must have gotten a great deal on it considering how much of it I have.  I went with a soft pink for the binding as I had that in my stash.  The binding is made and sewn on the quilt.  I'm now hand stitching it down. 

Quilted

I finished quilting my four patch quilt.  I decided to try and do some linear quilting, something new and different for me.  I learned many things.  I think regular cotton would work better than flannel.  I did this on my Bernina and flannel doesn't slide very well so many of the lines didn't come out as straight as I would have liked.  Plus, I should have gone a little slower, but I wanted to get it done.  But overall, I'm very happy with the results.  I haven't looked for binding yet, so I'm off to the stash to see what I can find.

Quilting

I got my four patch top sandwiched and I'm about half way done with the quilting!  I have to go check out the stash for binding fabric.  Who knows what I'll find.  LOL 

Finished

 On June 24th 2011 I finished the four patch top.  I love how soft the colors are on this quilt.  Found a backing fabric in my stash to use.  It's a white background with little pictures depicting the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme.  I've been spending a little time each day clipping strings on my rag quilt.

On Saturday I went to The Omaha Quilters Guild quilt show.  This has to be one of my favorites.  The squares are one inch and are put together with jump rings.  If you click on the picture to the left, you can read about the quilter and her journey.  Love the idea.

Today my husband and I went on a garden walk for The Dodge House in Council Bluffs, IA.  I love going on the garden walks as I get so many great ideas to use in my own garden.  Just like Quilt Shows, so inspiring! 

Stress

I hate the stress of flooding in Council Bluffs, IA.  The city just notified everyone that we are now in a Level 1 Alert.  Which means you need to be ready to move out.  I helped a friend again today with packing.  At least there is time to get some packing done, just hard to move a household.  I'm lucky that I live outside of the city limits and far enough away from the river that it's not an issue for me, but so many friends are dealing with this.

With that being said, I only got one more row done on the four patch quilt.  I made progress! 

Four Patch Part 2

I have the first 5 rows done on my little four patch quilt.  Only 3 more rows to go.  I love the way it's looking, just liked I had hoped.  (Sometimes that doesn't happen.)

Square

I have been working on getting my four patch blocks square.  I have about 20 left to go.  That's what I got done on Sunday.  But I do have my yellow flannel out and want to get going on getting this put together.

 I went on a Garden Walk fund raiser for Munroe-Meyer Institute yesterday with my friend Patti  and this was a chair on one of the patios.  I love this idea.  You could even have the seat be one quilt block.

Cinco De Mayo Rose.  Patti loved this one.

Four Patches Are Done

I made the last of my four patch blocks yesterday afternoon.  Another 36 blocks, for a grand total of 121 four patch blocks.
Amazing, because I didn't think that I had that many squares cut out.  And they didn't look like much sitting in the bin.  I still have all of these left, the darker colored blocks, mainly reds and blues.  Think I'm going to make a quilt with the blocks I have finished before I start in on the squares that are left.

Today is quilt day, so my 15 minutes will be spent working on a quilts for Project Linus.

Never Ending

 These are all of the 2.5 inch squares I have left.  It has felt like a never ending pile of squares.

 These are all of the 2 patch blocks that I have made.  The ones in back have been pressed and the ones in front still need pressing.

And this is a picture of the 55 four patch blocks that I made today.  They still need to be squared up.  Cutting squares by hand is not the most accurate means of making squares.  Gives me a new appreciation for older quilts.




(I thought I would whip those squares into a quilt in a day.  There I go thinking again........)

Stash

I found this fun little 1/2 yard piece of flannel fabric in my kids flannel bin.  I also found some yellow flannel to use for the sashing.  This quilt is on target for getting completed.

You may also notice the new button on my blog, Stash Quilts.  I'm now part of a ring. Not a drug ring, but a fabric ring.  (Although fabric is my drug of choice; it soothes me and I am soooo addicted to it.)  Kind of fun to try out new things since I'm so into using up my stash and telling you all about it.

Four Patch

The blocks on the right have been squared up.

I made more four patch blocks this afternoon.  I now have about 30 blocks made.  I think I'm going to check the stash and see if I have something that will work for sashing.