Lucky Pinwheels Quilt

Here is the finished Lucky Pinwhells Quilt!  Front:

And the back:

The fabric used is from my Heather Bailey stash that I love!  The pattern is Carnival from JayBird Quilts.  I made this quilt for a very special person.  She was so excited when I gave it to her yesterday!  I know she will love it.  The quilting is straight line, stitch in the ditch following the geometric shapes of the block designs.  

Tula Pink 100 Modern Blocks BOM

Happy 4th of July!   Hope everyone is having a fun, sunny and safe day!

I am catching up with my Architexture June blocks!  I decided to make July's at the same time.  That means 20 blocks with the Architexture fabric line and 10 with the Tula Pink fabrics.  Guess I'll be busy.  Thank goodness that some of them sew up pretty quickly!  The ones with quite a few itty bitty pieces take some time.  Then there is deciding which fabrics to use - although that is one of the best parts.

I've got other projects from the 2nd Quarter that are still unfinished, not just the June blocks for the Fearless Fabric Fiends Flickr Group.  I will post that list later.  A post about them will be good reminder for me to get them done and crossed off the list!

Block #2

 

 

Block #3

 

 

 

Block #12

 

 

Block #13







July Blocks of the Month

I really like doing BOM's - Blocks of the Month.  It gives me a whole month to finish one block.  There are different blocks every month, usually something I haven't done yet.  Keeps it fresh, challenging and fun. 

Hop, Skip & Jump BOM, Block #2 with SewLuxFabric.com, Flickr Group:

I found this particular block quite challenging.  Had to use the seam ripper a few times.  It isn't perfect, but that's okay.  I love the Happy Go Lucky fabric line!

The next block I made is for our BOM swap with the Coastal Carolina Modern Quilt Guild.  We each pick 4 one yard cuts of fabric, put it in a unused pizza box, and swap it every month with another member.  We make our very first 12.5" unfinished block for ourselves.  At the end of the year, we get our pizza box back with our own and 11 different blocks made by those in our guild.  Fun!  I got my fabrics, all Sketch solids and made the first block.  Here it is:

 

 

I pressed all the seams open (which I don't usually do).  Matching seams is harder for me to do with pressed open seams.  I squared up each individual HST (half square triangle).  This helped and I think the block turned out great.  I am going through a phase of navy, pinwheels and stars.  Maybe it's not a phase?  Excited to see what the other guild members come up with for their first block!

 

I do have a finish from June that I can't post yet.  I love how it turned out!  It will be a gift and I hope she loves it!  Yes, I do want to keep it, but I can't keep every quilt I make!  I'd run out of room for more stash to make more quilts...  : )