Stars and Scrappy Stripes

 

It's all done. 

This is my latest scrap buster and it busts those little 1 1/2" pieces, you thought were safe to throw away! LOL!!

I stumbled on this pattern saved in the file of a zillion quilts, I thought I was actually going to be able to complete in one lifetime. How many of you have files like it on your computers?

This one was from the Alamosa Quilter, way back from 2014. Best yet, it's still on her blog.

You can find the pattern HERE.

I added a few additional rows and the sashing and scrappy border to mine to make it a nice picnic size quilt. Now I have visions of bright stars and more planned stripes for a baby quilt. You never know, it might happen.

Check out her tutorials tab while you are there. She has an awesome pattern for a circle wallet, I can't stop making right now, as well.

The sun was just rising when this photo was taken. While the colors are not true, the glow just warms my heart.

Wonder what project I can find to sink my teeth into next???

 

I'm Still Here...and Scrapping Away

 It seems like I've fallen off the face of the earth, but I promise I have not. I've been down in the sewing room every second of the day I can squeeze in.

You know how much I love my scrappy quilts, and when Bonnie Hunter announced her mystery last November, I knew it was going on the top of my list of things to do.

This year's quilt was...

The colors just melted my heart, and of course, that of a certain 5 year old who claimed it was hers before it was even done. LOL!!

I kept up with each clue weekly and even had time to work on another of  her quilts at the same time.

This is "Kismet". I actually saw the quilt on the "Quiltville's Open Studio" Facebook page, during the mystery.  With the gentle prodding of one of the members, I decided to take on the challenge myself.

It was so much fun to work on, that I found myself staying up to all hours of the night piecing away on it. The string blocks are pieced on phone book pages. 

One might think that my scrap bins are about empty after all the Bonnie quilts I've done in the past year...but oh NO!! 

About the time I thought I was going to put them away for awhile, I found another pattern on my computer that I saved years ago. 

Hopefully I will have that to share with you soon!

Sew, what's on your list of to-do's this year?