Apples and Mugs

 

Have you seen Lori Holt’s Row Along?  There is a Flickr group with some amazing photos.  I love to just scroll through and see what fabrics everyone has chosen.  The fabric I am using is just from my stash.  It is hopefully a good mix of retro and modern fabrics, which is my favorite kind of quilt.  The background fabric is Kona ash.  I’d probably have used white if I had any.

It was so fun piecing the mugs and apples.  I starched the heck out of everything and I think it really helped reduce any distortion at the seams, which can be a big problem for me sometimes.

There are 6 rows posted at this point, but I’ve only made 4 so far.  I have loved every moment of this project, from picking the fabrics to the cutting the little one inch blocks to sewing the blocks into beautiful rows.  I’m looking forward to making the butterflies and flying geese over Thanksgiving break.  Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Linking up to WIP Wednesday.

Picture Perfect Polaroid Swap

I saw this swap yesterday, and I knew I had to join up!  When I painted my sewing room and reorganized my stash a few months ago, I realized I basically had a collection of novelty fat quarters.  Hardly any solids, no blenders, and a few polka dots.  Since then, I’ve made some major fabric purchases to round out my stash.

When I saw this swap, I knew it would be a great way to use some of those fun novelty fabrics I have a preference for.

I just love those turtles.  I used them to make a zipper pencil case as part of a birthday gift for a friend’s daughter, along with this great book called The Girls’ Doodle Book.  I highly recommend this book for any girl ages 8-11 who likes to draw.  Now I only have scraps of the turtles left.  Perfect for this polaroid block.

I have relatively few “boy” fabrics in my stash, but the cowboys were just a perfect fit for the 2 1/2 inch center.

And you can’t go wrong with ladybugs and garden gnomes!

I wonder who will end up getting these guys???  Also, I’ve been thinking, how cute would a polaroid quilt be with Aneela Hoey fabrics?  I guess I’m going to have to pull out some of my Sherbet Pips and Little Apples scraps and make a few more…so far I have 50 done!!!

Bea and I finished her quilt for Ronnie and will be taking photos today!  Stay cool!!!