Author: Mary

Day 2

So much being accomplished here in Maine!

Our stack of quilts is growing, some were finished before the sew-in and brought to donate and others are being pieced, tied, and bound here. You can see, we’re all hard at work! Plenty of HeartStrings blocks but we like making other patterns too.

Click on any of the photos below to see the slide show!

Inspiration

I was looking back over some old photos tonight and came across these two HeartStrings quilts that I’d quilted for the group and donated years ago.

I loved the project we did with the black and white strings with bright centers …

And here’s a limited color scheme that works great too!

February finishes

Stephanie has been busy as usual and is sharing her February finishes with us!

First up was Interlocking Plus, one of many Plus quilts I started over the past couple of years. I finished piecing this one in January for Charm Squares month, and quilted it in February.

This Zipper quilt is from a Missouri Star U-tube. 

It used a single Kate Spain Horizon charm pack. Border and background found in my stash. I think the background is actually a Christmas fabric, it has tiny silver stars all over. 

This Heartstrings one is another 24 blocks towards my 365 challenge. 

A friend gave me the solid blue, there was exactly enough to cut 24 pieces, 2.5 inches wide. Next I chose the fleece backing, then picked my strings and selvages to coordinate. 

These two were FQ UFOs, both designs by Allison Harris (Cluck Cluck Sew). 

Stacks is from her book “Growing Up Modern”, with a small modification by me. I made the two sides from the same fabric and added a matching strip top and bottom to give a faux border effect.

Road Trip is a free tutorial from her blog, again with a modification by me. I added sashing cut at 1.5 inches, both to add to the size of the quilt, and to separate the prints.

Ann’s February finishes

The Dresden Fan was my oldest ufo. 104×104. There was never a plan on how many blocks or how to set them so it has languished for years I just decided to sew until it was all gone. The brown and teal Yellow brick road was fabric I was gifted 11 years ago for doggy sitting for a friend. The brown and pink was a kit a friend bought and decided it was too much work to appliqué those flowers so she gave it to me a couple of weeks ago. It feels good to get stuff done.