Design Wall Monday- January 28, 2013

I got out my Leader/Ender Bow ties from last year on Quiltville to add the sashings to the 9-1/2" blocks.  I dutifully cut the sashings at 9"- so I guess it's back to finding another sashing that I can cut to the correct size.  
I can't put my hands on the fabric I chose to use HERE, oh well...

There's always my Block of the Month that I need to sew on. You can see the first blocks from our class at Thread and Bolts HERE.

The 1st block is called "Champagne Toast".

I have my second Block ready to sew.  It's called "Waltzing Together".

I like that the blocks are named for events in a wedding.  Remember these are 12" blocks and I have Alternate Blocks to create the chain in the pattern. Lynn decided to give us the instructions for 2 Blocks a Month. I could have this one done before the end of the Year...at least to Flimsy, right?

DH brought home the Grandchildren sign I ordered at the Ransom-Made December event. I need to find a place to hang this and the "Crowther" Picture too.

Today is the 4th Birthday for my Grandson who celebrated on Saturday.  DS #2 did send home the black eye patch for me. Here I am wearing it- trying to be a good sport. It's really not as bad as it looks.  I'm not wearing the patch anymore.

I have another BIG Birthday party this week for 3 of the DD#1 Children.  There's a 10 yr, 5 yr and 2 yr old at their house celebrating together.

Click over to Judy L's HERE

I've Gone Totally Crazy! 6" blocks

 YEP, I have made some more of my Sylvia's Bridal Sampler and Farmers Wife Blocks this week. The SBS are the 5 on the Left.  Four FW Blocks with similar names and templates used to make the SBS Blocks.  What a difference Fabric Placement makes.
The Butterfly at the Crossroads looks a lot like the Sister's Choice and the Farmer's Daughter Block.
It all started with my need to make the Block of the Week F-8 Ladies Aid Album (2nd on the top row) for the SBS Group. And I wanted to figure out which templates I needed to use for  the SBS Birds in the Air (1st on the 2nd row).

 I thought I was keeping track better.   Whoops!  I have made four of the blocks for my SBS two times.  Now I'll have to choose which one to put in the SBS Quilt. When I made my First SBS quilt I had the blocks in order on the wall at Lynn's for most of the time when I was cutting out my blocks.  That helped a lot in keeping me on track. That wall isn't there anymore.  I'll have to get my FW sashings on as much as I can so I can put up the 30's SBS and see how it looks with almost all the blocks.  The order of the blocks and rows won't be too much of an issue on this one. There is NO row G at all.  I think it is funny that I haven't made any of that row.
Below shows the Extra Blocks with their Duplicates...
The top row is Duck and Ducklings, row 2 is Farmer's Daughter, Row 3 are Ocean Waves, Row 5 is The Friendship Quilt (I made the 2nd one in February), last row is The Friendship Block.  I had the Friendship Quilt block made and needed to make the Friendship Block. So confusing. The SBS duplicates are the two rows on the left, same block for FW on the right.

SBS Total = 92 of 140 (includes 4 extra Blocks)

FW Total = 90 of 111 (includes the 3 extra blocks I made from Lynn's Scrap bag)

I'm ALMOST Finished making blocks for these two quilts!!!  I only really NEED 100 total for my 30's SBS to earn another PIN from Jennifer. I'm not planning on making all of them this time. SO, 8 more or 12 more new Blocks if I don't use the 4 extra blocks. Choices, choices.  And the new Loyal Union Sampler Quilt Book will be out around this time 2013. A very LUCKY Annlies from the Netherlands got all 122 Patterns ahead of time to make this quilt.  She used Purples and the pictures of her Quilt in Progress is found HERE .  Her finished quilt will be in the Published Pattern book.  She also had her quilt in the SBS Pattern Book.  That will be another quilt with 6" Blocks to make.  I tested 5 of the LUS Patterns so I have 5 Blocks made already.  They aren't in the same type or color combo of fabrics though. I have  3 Blue and White and 2 in Jennifer Chiaverini's fabric line, she sent the fabric with the last 2 patterns.

For the FW Quilt it's 21 more or 24, if I don't use the Duplicates. I'm still ahead of the FW Group that I am in with my Quilt Buddy. I'm working on Month 9 and10.  I have 9 more that are the Paper-pieced ones
(IF I MAKE THEM...LOL)
I'll put the extra ones on the back or I could add them to the Orphan/Extra blocks I still have from my first SBS. What a Scrappy backing that would be!

And of course there were more Bow ties made while I sewed the FW and SBS blocks.

TOTAL Bow tie Blocks = 380