Jelly Beans and Klosjes

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Quiltobsession

That almost sounds like a song title, doesn’t it? To me it sounds like a very cheerful and fun song. I’ve added another block to the Jelly Beans quilt beginning. I love how happy this quilt is going to be. … Continue reading →

25 Stormy Seas Blocks

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Quiltobsession

I couldn’t resist putting the 25 finished Stormy Seas blocks up on the wall to see how they look. There are more blocks to be made with the darkest of the blues, some with the lightest and some of those … Continue reading →

Colourful 9-Patches Done

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Quiltobsession

The last nine are stitched. Now that they’re finished I know it’s going to take a while to add the triangles, but not as long as it took to make the little 3″ 9-patch blocks. I put just a few … Continue reading →

Possibilities

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Quiltobsession

Aren’t these pretty? I love the look and feel of batiks and these are destined to, in most instances, become 6″ sunflowers as well as — well, who knows. The work project is finished – finally. Absolutely no stitching was … Continue reading →

Five 9-Patches

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Quiltobsession

Five little nine-patch blocks that finish at 3″. That’s all that I’ve managed to stitch the past two evenings. But at least now there are only 9 left to make and I feel relatively confident that those 9 will be … Continue reading →

Stormy Seas Block 25

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Quiltobsession

I was surprised when I realized I now have 25 blocks finished. Only 17 more to go. Maybe this weekend I’ll put the 25 up on the design wall just to get a feel for how they look so far. … Continue reading →

Colourful Hunter’s Star

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Quiltobsession

Crazy workload notwithstanding, I couldn’t resist stitching the beginning of my very colourful Hunter’s Star quilt. There are some other design elements I have planned for this that will make it even more fun and colourful. I haven’t stitched it … Continue reading →

Memories of Smudge V.S. Centre Finished

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Quiltobsession

Stitching the rows together didn’t take long and now the centre of Memories of Smudge V.S. is done. All by hand. I’ve changed my mind slightly about the border treatment. First there will be a thin pink border, probably just … Continue reading →

Memories of Smudge V.S. Progress & A Small Victory

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Quiltobsession

The blocks are now all sewn together into rows. The rows will be sewn together and the centre of the quilt completed by the end of the weekend. And now I’m seriously considering what kind of border treatment to add. … Continue reading →

Memories of Smudge V.S.

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Quiltobsession

What does the V.S. stand for? Either Memories of Smudge – Very Smudge or Memories of Smudge Very Special. In the final layout, there is the V as well as lots and lots of S’s. And that’s where the idea … Continue reading →

All of the little stars are now made and last night I started surrounding them with the white squares. It takes less than an hour to get two stars surrounded.

Seams graded and pressed.

There are now 17 of the little stars left to surround with the white squares. From here on out, it’s just nothing but continuous stitching to add the squares, then the connecting red diamonds and octagons and turn this into a finished quilt top. If I can stay focused, and I am pretty intent on doing just that, I could have this finished by the end of next week and be ready to quilt it next weekend.

I may take some time out this weekend and get the binding ready for Candy Stars as well as start printing for the Inklingo Periwinkle reverse mystery quilt. I think I’ve finally decided on the colours I want to work with for the Periwinkle quilt. No big surprise here — it will be pinks, pinks and more pinks. Maybe a mauve thrown in for a little relief from the pink. Maybe. Lessons 1 to 4 are available, free, at the All About Inklingo blog.

If you’re here to see who won the giveaway from the April Showers post, the winner will be announced later this afternoon after Baxter picks a winner.

“Mum’s Making Stars” is the title of today’s ‘toon.

As we were setting up to take pictures of the two little blue stars, he was right there just waiting for his photo to be taken because, after all, there is nothing that we could possibly want to photograph other than him!

Two Blue Candy Stars