Hazel's Daughter: blog hop

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

My Favorite Quilt Block Blog Hop!

It's such fun to join a blog hop with fellow quilters!

Today is the third day of the hop.

Over the course of 5 days, the hop will feature 38 creative quilters who are anxious to show you their favorite blocks!
Many thanks to Carla, our hostess, at Create In The Sticks for making this blog hop possible!

Today, my favorite quilt block is the Half Log Cabin.

I've been hooked on this block for a few weeks after seeing a quilt on Pinterest (what a rabbit hole to fall into!).

I didn't follow a pattern for it, but just figured it out to work for me.

I made this table runner for my best friend for what I thought was her 60th birthday.

Turned out, she was only 59!

Oh well, she'll have something special to remember her 59th year around the sun!

She loooooves color, so working from my batik basket was a given!

I started with a 3" square and worked around 2 sides, alternating widths as I went. Keeping it rather wonky, I'd sew on strips til the block was at least 10" square, then I'd trim them all to be the same size.

Here they are laid out ready for stitching together and auditioning

for a white background.

Quilting was fun using a leaf-type design on the batik blocks and

straight line on the white.

I'm getting better with my FMQ. Still makes me nervous.

I added a sweet label to the back corner.

Don't ask my why I threw grass clippings on there.

I even made her a birthday card using batik strips!

This is the runner in her new home!

She is adorned with a lovely vase and garden flowers!

Since then, I've made another smaller table topper using all scraps,

not just batiks.

Of course, before I could finish it, I had to make a few more smaller blocks.

This time, I thought I'd keep the outer strip in a solid color.

Not sure what this will be yet!

My Favorite Quilt Block Blog Hop Schedule

Monday, September 9th

Tuesday, September 10th

Quiltscapes

Melva Loves Scraps

Stitchin At Home

Homespun Hannah's Blog

Mary Mack Made Mine
Just Because Quilts

Den syende himmel
Selina Quilts

Wednesday, September 11th

MooseStashQuilting

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Kathleen McMusing

Karrin's Crazy World
April Grace Quilts
you are here---> Hazel’s Daughter
Seams To Be Sew
Limeleaves

Thursday, September 12th

Websterquilt

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Nutz 4 Redwork
Quiltsbyjoanne
Ms P Designs USA
Pampered Pettit
Hill Valley Quilter

Friday, September 13th

For the love of geese
Life in the Scrapatch

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Alycia Quilts - quiltygirl
Domestic Felicity
The Joyful Quilter
QuiltFabrication
Creatin' in the Sticks

Whew! You made it this far!

Would you like a chance at a prize?

I've got a Clara's Garden quilt pattern and

Kansas Troubles Wedge Template for one lucky reader!

The winner will be notified Saturday, September 14 by email and will have 48 hours to reply. An alternate will be chosen if no contact is made.

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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Pick A Pumpkin Blog Hop!

Pumpkin, pumpkin!

Who's got the pumpkin?

We all do!

Every single one of the blogs on this hop has pumpkin projects to share.

Hosted by Carla from Creatin' In The Sticks, a 4-day line-up of bloggers are all spiced up to show you their creations! Follow along and have fun!

My project was almost not a project at all! My sewing machine literally had a break down before I could start. She had to be serviced and that meant a 2 hour trip to the repair shop and a 2 week wait!

I was not a happy pumpkin!

So I opted for a small project. One that I could use on a side table in our sitting room where we read.