Hazel's Daughter: quilt block

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Saturday, January 30, 2021

RSC January 2021 Pink! and Table Scraps Challenge

I was overjoyed to see that pink was the chosen color for January's Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) ...such a pretty, happy color to start off the year!

It's also perfect to use for a Valentine's table runner.

I saw this block called "Be Mine" on the Perkins Dry Goods blog.

I loved it the moment I saw it.

I made 3 blocks (12.5" x 12.5" each) and added a sashing on each side of the middle one.

I chose a loop and heart motif as I free-motion quilted.

I'm getting more comfortable with my FMQ !

I really enjoyed using up some of my pretty pink scraps to make

this runner for Valentine's Day.

Joy at The Joyful Quilter has started a new link up this month called

Table Scraps. Please consider adding a project to join the fun.

Linking up with:

So Scrappy RSC January

The Joyful Quilter Table Scraps Challenge January

A Modern Table Runner

It all started with this:

I came across a big tub of college textbooks in our capped garage. The moment I opened the lid, I knew they were mine. Children's Literature, Teaching Math in Elementary Grades, Roget's Thesaurus...all were nearly 35 years old! Time to go, right? I cut off the hard covers and bindings and threw the insides in the recycle bin. But at the very bottom lay the little book of lens papers. Likely from my freshman semester of Biology and dissecting frogs, pig hearts, and building fruit fly farms. Not one of the lens papers had been used...all 50 sheets were intact.

They, too, went into the recycle bin. But soon came out!

I knew I could put them to use. I'd seen scraps sewn onto long strips of calculator paper. I didn't have any calculator paper, but Lord knows I have scraps and now I had lens paper! Plus, this paper is so much thinner that regular paper, so I didn't have to worry as much with my needle dulling.

I had no project in mind, but I just enjoyed gathering like colors to make blocks, that when trimmed, were about 4" x 6". Mindless sewing is just the best, isn't it?

On the left are the blocks before tearing off the backing (lens) papers. The right photo is after I had them all sewn together and trimmed.

Deciding this would make a great layout for a table runner, I kept the sashing simple.

I used Kona Snow for the sashing and binding.

I was very tempted to use a striped fabric for the binding,

but it pulled the attention away from the center blocks.

I'm SO glad I went with the Kona Snow binding...it's perfect!

I followed Debbie Jeske's tutorial for organic straight line quilting.

I love Debbie's style and tutorials at A Quilter's Table blog.

Her tutorial made this quilting fun, easy and so modern!

I used 6 different thread colors to create interest in this wavy technique.

I will definitely use it again!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linking up with:

Confessions of a Fabric Addict

MMMQuilts

Inquiring Quilter Wednesday Wait Loss

Meadow Mist

Free Motion Mavericks

Sarah Goer Quilts

Quilt Fabrications

Monday, March 5, 2018

My Day on the Small, Smaller, Smallest Blog Hop!

It's already the second day of the Small, Smaller, Smallest Blog Hop!

Hosted by the lovely Carol S. from Just Let Me Quilt,

you will find an awesome range of projects by fabulous quilters!

Today, I am sharing a (small) gift I made for my sweet friend, Toni.

At our last Galentine's Day party, my friend talked about the poor condition of her pot holders.

(You'd think we'd have better things to talk about, right?)

My mind immediately jumped to how I could remedy that!

Another excuse to spend a few hours in my sewing room AND take part in this blog hop!

I had seen the Friendship Star Quilt Block at Craftsy and figured it would make a great design for a pot holder for a friend!

I chose the smallest size at the 6" finished block.

My added border and binding took it up to 8.5" square.

Craftsy also offers measurements for 9", 12" and 15" blocks.

I set out cutting my pieces and setting up the pattern.

I wanted to add her initials to the center of the star, so I traced the letters onto the paper side of Heat 'n Bond Lite and fused it to a square of fabric. Once cut out and ironed down, I simply free-motioned around each letter a few times.