285 Blocks Later

I have always luved the ole tyme tie quilts,I'd planned to make one a few weeks back when we had a freeze come through but now Mother Nature has decided to let us have Spring with a touch of Summer lol my Grace jumped in to help so I could hurry up & play with her lol

this is my first attempt at a full size quilt, guesstimating I just laid 5" flannel blocks on top of one of my bed quilts & arranged them till I liked the look, I'm thinking of a 2 1/2" block border as of now laid out there are 15 rows of 19 5"blocks totaling 285 & if Mother Nature decides all the cold fronts are over,I'm going to sleep under it at least once if I have to turn the air down low🤣

Grace luvs adventures,I took her to  see the Easter Bunny  Sunday evening lol

He Makerh Everything Beautiful

 spite our crazy weather ,80's one day ,20's the next Spring has kept up a good fight, my Grace & me took advantage of those warm spurts lol hopefully Mother Nature has calmed down & will let Spring do her thing which is simply just to be beautiful

Some Days Calls For Cornbread

 helping my niece with yard work ,she sent me home with vegetable soup & what goes better than cornbread 

so many pretty wild flowers ,almost a shame to have to cut the grass 

the bees were buzzing around faster than we could cut the grass

then there was the first ladybug siteing for Spring lol

Spring is definitely in the air🌺🐞🐝

Catching Up & Starting new Prrojects

Do we really ever get caught up? Why do we start new projects with so many UFO'fluttering about? these are questions that will go unanswered throughout eternity 🤣

all caught up on my RSC blocks

Jan/blues

Feb/pinks

Mar/greens

for the 2023 RSC (rainbow Scrappy challenge) I'm making 4" blocks & going to attempt to lay them in a fashion that will give the illusion of a color wash quilt, guestimating a good lap size of 56X60 it seems I'll need a little over 300, roughly 27 for each months color,give or take a few depending on the size of the borders I choose

Flannel tie quilt, a new project in the making,I thought I had grabbed the wider fabrics but there's were still over the 45

I cut 224 / 5" flannel squares this morning,long quilting rulers & rotery cutters are a blessing!😄this will be my first full size ,I lean toward the larger lap size lol & of course all sites will tell you for a 5" blocks you'll need 200 plus, 300,I even seen one saying 400 plus🤔 so this will be a guestimation,I measured one the the store quilts I have & divided & added by rows & roughly I should have enough, I'll lay them out soon to make sure

nothing like poping popcorn the old way in a pot on the stove eye,a few spoons of sugar in a glass of water & a squeezed lemon makes for homemade lemonade,be sure to scrape some pulp outta the lemon for extra yumminess!

Spring? Who you kidding?

 

Today's the first day of Spring & if the calendar says it is then it must be true spite our 27 degree weather that came with a freeze warning & tomorrow's not looking any warmer lol! Just have to luv Ala weather!

perhaps it will encourage the makings of an ole tyme flannel tied quilt lol I've been wanting to make one for ages & finally got fabrics,backing & wool yarn to get it going,it was hard to resist a 30% off sale especially when they're all 108"wide

so far I've only made lap size quilts in the 57X60 range,this one will be a full size ,Google says for 5" blocks I'll need over 400🤔since this type of quilting isn't quilted,it should go fast?? let's go to the sewing room & see what happens!

How Do You Define Joy

JOY

a feeling of great happiness
the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying

if you look closely you'll discover you don't have to go far to find things that bring you joy, the sound of birds singing, a cool breeze on a hot day,for me it can be as simple as watching my grandbabies, fish, being in my sewing room, making cookies with the girls,the list is way too long to list

you can take joy in a hard days work

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor.( Ecclesiastes 2:10 )

there is joy in the Lord

Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Habbakuk 3:19 )

JOY! such a little word, but so much impact!

It's National Quilting Day

 Today is National Quilting Day, whether quilting,enjoying a quilt show,or showing off your finishes as well as quilts in progress,it's a day to celebrate quilts,I've just gotten back into quilting a few years ago & managed to finish a few in the last two years this is a wonky log cabin block with a keyboard border I made for a Rainbow Scrap Challenge 

I had a lot of Americana fabrics left from when I use to make dolls & made this take five blocks quilt

last year I decided I wanted to make a Fall rag quilt,all fabrics were from my stash

my last finish was a week ago,I wanted a cottagee look & had just enough fabrics from other projects to pull this quilt together,I did the take five block on this one as well 

each of these quilts come out to around a 56X 60, the perfect lap size for snuggling,I have plans for my first full size quilt coming up soon,there's a few UFOs flying around that will turn into a

*chicken quilt

*red/white large stars quilt

*little houses quilt

Quilt in progress 

 4"blocks for a yearly Rainbow Scrap Challenge  that I participate in over at So Scrappy ,I'm doing a color wash theme with my blocks this year

when things settle down🤣yes that's a funny thought,this is my very first quilt I made with my Aunt over 15 years ago waiting to be quilted,she taught me to quilt old school on her 100 yr old quilting frame,shed always told me do it right  which ment by hand,many have told me to just run it through the machine but I said I would & I will,it's been on my heart to finish it up & hoping to get to it as soon as possible,I have no idea what the block is called ,I think she made it up but she if anybody knows if there's a name for this old block I'd luv to know