Color Fix

Mostly pics.

Canyon, and an intact roll of Good Fortune sitting with them.

  I needed some color, so I ventured into the LQS (not the smelly one!) and cruised over to the jelly roll display. I chose "Canyon" by Kate Spain for Moda. It was the last they had in stock. I've been saving a jelly roll of "Good Fortune" by Kate Spain for quite a while now, pondering just what the right project was for it.

Coral perfection.

 Well I think I've got a project in mind, but for now, I'll just enjoy their prettiness.  

I really do enjoy seeing all the colors laid out. And it covers the stains on my ironing board cover.


Best,

Heather

HST Baby Quilt

We have another baby coming in the family, and I puzzled for quite a while as to what to make. I wandered into a LQS and saw the cutest little fabrics in the fat quarter sale bin. They have skunks! Any fabric that is cute and that has skunks on it is aces in my book!

I matched the print with some solids, some of which are also new additions to the stash. 

Center = Woodland Tails Owls in Cream by Sheri Berry for Riley Blake

Everything else is a Moda Bella solid, with one *exception*. They are from clockwise, Amelia Apricot, Parchment, Celery, Soft Yellow (? I think), Betty's Teal, *American Made Brand* Periwinkle, Little Boy Blue, and Breeze.

I decided, as usual, to make this up as I go. So I made up a bunch of HST's. There are as many ways to make HST's as there are ways to arrange them! I decided to use my trusty ruler from Fons & Porter.

That's right, I used a pencil. This is straight up old school here.

And I pinned. I figure that the amount of time it takes me to pin is less than I would spend constantly checking the alignments as I chain pieced. Off I went...

..and had a few trimmings to show for it. (Always with HST's, right!)

The big reveal will have to wait. The HST's are not the end of things though. I plan on getting my "Podunk" on, and doing some... applique. Dum dum dummmmm. Lee Anne makes it look so darn easy, and I need it for this quilt. So. Stay tuned. It could get real crazy up in here.

In honor of my cute new woodland additions to the stash, I'll be linking this post up with the Glittering and travelin' Molli Sparkles and his guest host for Sunday Stash!

Oh - and this quilt? It's patiently laying out on the guest bed waiting for it's last border to go on.

Best,
Heather

Hello November

November is off to quite a start here - it's been snowing off and on all day today! I am such a wuss about driving in the snow. However the precipitation is very welcome.

Pumpkins Gone Wild! by Sandy Gervais for Moda

I've had this jelly roll for years - at least I've used about half of it. Previously, I'd made a long table runner for our Thanksgiving table, using 18 strips (I think). I saved the rest of the roll, at a loss as to what to do with it. I had a eureka! moment and decided to use it in this tutorial for a nice lap-ish sized quilt for our living room. And this will be my November quilting goal!

Linking up to Melissa at Sew Bittersweet Designs for the November linky party! Head over and check out all the awesome projects!

Odds and Ends

basted and some sweet messages

A finish! I stumbled across a charm pack or two of Moda's Odds and Ends at my LQS. And I have to say, I was really taken by it. It's not what I would normally gravitate to, color-wise. But I think it's utterly charming, especially these cute little guys and gals all dressed up.

how sweet are these cutie patooties?

I paired it with a charm packs of Butter Pecan I purchased as the Daily Deal at MSQC. 

a nice crisp seam intersection

I decided that the antique y-ness of Butter Pecan went perfectly with the soft colors in Odds and Ends. The old fashioned, gently aged color scheme just begged to become a simple patchwork. Originally that's all the top was, simple patchwork squares.

basting is my least favorite part, but it looks so nice when it's done

 Happily, I did not finish the top. And it languished for a bit in my sewing room. Why happily? Because I happened upon some Odds & Ends yardage that was on sale for $4. I snatched up what was left on the bolts and added some boarders!

thanks Mr. C for being my quilt holder

I had only a limited amount of the green children print fabric, but luckily just enough to straighten it and add it to the top and bottom of the patchwork. I used the cream letters to boarder the whole quilt, and the green letters print for the backing and binding. I wanted to keep the quilting fairly simple, so SITD, straight line diagonals, and stippling in the white boarder finished the job nicely. And it looks great on the daybed in my sewing room!

Best,
CC