The End of the Orange Brick Road

It was a fun month playing with orange, but all fun things come to an end. I did managed to sew ...

 one more orange Stained Glass block accompanied by one 18 Bricks block . . . 

and two not-yet-trimmed 8.5 X 6.5 crumb blocks (mindless sewing). Some prints look peachy-pink in this picture but they're staying. 

Again, the colours aren't true in the picture below. We have rain and thunderstorms today. It's a dark but cool day. 

Only two April Fool blocks were done. Six are MIA.

In my own defense, the month is not officially over, so I still have a bit of time. 

June is my birth month and I spoiled myself this year. 

First I got a new sewing chair. 

It's mint green (because I didn't want it white, or black and they didn't have it in orange). I should have taken a picture of my old chair. It was part of my foster-mother's kitchen set back in the 70's. It was the last surviving one from a set of six. We got our money out of that one, lol. 

Then I spoiled myself again. I bought a pergola. 

(Image from Internet)

We will be able to enjoy our deck any time of the day. We should have bought this a long time ago.  If the rain could stop, we would finish setting it up. More photos to come with me enjoy it. :^D 

Baby Quilt Kits

And I cut, and cut, and cut, and cut some more. I know some of you suggested that I keep the quilt kit patterns to simple ones. I understand the logic behind this but I also know that these ladies have been sewing long before I started quilting. So, my logic is if I can make these patterns, so can they. ;^) 

I drew this pattern (I call it Stack) inspired by a photo seen on Quarter Inch Caper blog. Since my scraps don't have very big pieces (especially that this one needs 3 big pieces and 6 more pieces of the same print), I decided to add some white pieces. It works better with my scraps now. 

Instructions:

For the six different prints or colours, cut 6 rectangles of 6.5 X 2.5 and 12 rectangles of 3.5 X 2.5 

Then cut 12 white rectangles of 3.5 X 2.5, for each colour. It should finish at 36" square. It is different yet very easy. 

I also cut some fabric for the one.  I call it I Spy Black N White. 

It's from Pinterest and I can't find the maker. (I was sure it was from Treadlestitches but nope.) If you know who did this, please let me know so I can give her credit. 

Instructions:

Cut 35 squares at 6", only one square per print. Cut 35 white squares at 3.25 and the same for the black blocks. It does make a fast and easy I Spy quilt. (Makes sure that the black squares are facing each other.) 

I kitted two like this. The black squares are still to be cut for both kits. My blocks aren't as bright and happy as the prints in the picture but it will be good enough for a donation quilt. 

I have more patterns to write and cut. Since Canada Day is on Tuesday (day off), I'll be working on at least one more pattern. 

I've emptied a scrap bag then I thought about my multicoloured scrap basket AFTER I finished cutting 70 different prints for the quilt above!! Ugh!  

Let's see how many prints I can get out of this one. 

And, of course, my forever to-go block done with pink and brown.

They were SHIBs (Squirrel Hiding in Bags) that wouldn't stop nagging me but they turned out so cute. Pink and Brown look so good together. Ohhhh! You know what? I could cut a kit in pink and brown . . . OH! and I love brown and blue together too . . . . Oh! MY! BLT Sandwich! I need more TIME! 🤪 Lol. 

Hope you have time to sew and cut and to enjoy your sewing room. 

😎 ᓚᘏᗢ

 

Visiting my stitching sisters for more inspiration. 

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Cynthia for Oh Scrap!

Alycia for Finished or NOT Finished Friday

Nina Marie at Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever