I wasn't going to do this Sew Along....no sir! I'd picked my few projects for 2014 and was going to stick to them along with finishing some UFO's. Then it happened. We had a little issue with the satellite cable in my sewing room so hubby had to take some of the fabric bundles I had off a shelf to rearrange things and when he handed me 3 of those little bundles, I forget what they call the 2.5 inch square bundles.... Anyhow, he handed me 3 of the Fig Tree bundles and my Fig Tree scrap bin so I said to myself "self....use these for Terry's Sew Along
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So, last night after we got home from being out, I cut the background fabric, which happens to be a silver/grey fabric I bought this summer in my search for the "perfect" grey, pulled the bin down, cut some 2.5 inch squares, and voile! I had my 5 blocks for the week. The blocks are 8.5 inch square which would give me approximately a 48 inch square quilt top after a border or two, so I'm thinking I might just use a larger layout and get at least a single or double quilt from it. I have sooooo much Fig Tree scraps from programs I did with them a few years back that I just know I need to use them up.
Here's my first 5 blocks.....
I did get my "Celtic Solstice" quilt center finished and the first neutral border on but yesterday was a busy day so I'll have to get back to it tomorrow. Today is hubby's birthday so we need to make some birthday brownies, wrap presents and cook dinner...no Bonnie Mystery today :)
Happy Monday!
19 comments:
Your blocks look great! I'm so glad you're sewing along with us! :0)
Sounds like Al was in the Magic Cupboard! They are cute, cute blocks!
I like the fabrics for your blocks.
Looking great so far!
Linnea
Your blocks are beautiful and love your fabrics combo.Have a fun week!
Your blocks look great! I wasn't going to start any new projects either, but in a moment of weakness, I did.
Lovely start!
Nice job. I am debating about the size I want it to be also. I will see as I go I guess.
Great blocks , I just decided to se along as well and started my blocks today .
Looking good.
this is so nice...I need to sew my blocks together.
Fig Tree fabrics ... great idea! Your background gray looks perfect. Looking forward to seeing more of your quilt ... :) Pat
Your Goodnight Irene blocks look great!
Nice blocks! I like the grey/silver fabric too.
Your blocks are looking good. I have been wanting to use grey in a quilt.
Your fabric choices are so fun! The blocks look great!
Hope your hubby had a great birthday :)
Those fabrics look so pretty. I love the gray to go with those colors. Very nice!
The blocks are so lovely in the Fig Tree fabris - can never go wrong using Fig Tree.
I'm hopping around to others who are doing the sew along hoping for the motivation I need to get into my craft room and finish up the other 3 blocks for this month!
This is such a fun quilt and I have a huge popcorn tin of pre-cut small squares.
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