Bodega Bay block of the month

 I'm doing a block of the month from Fig Tree Quilts. It's called Bodega Bay and it's a mystery. The only clues we get is the name - we get can guess that it involves water/oceanside themes. I finished month 3 last week. 

 

 

Block of the month from Sauder Village

 Worked on my Sauder Village quilt shop's block of the month. We're on month 5 now. The patterns are in a book called Strawberry Garden by Fig Tree Quilts. We only had to get one of the bigger blocks done, the rest are bonus blocks. Those bow tie blocks were fun!

 

 

Keychain wallets

 And while we were making keychain wallets, I made a bunch for my friends at Bible study.

 

 

Granddaughters keychain wallets

 My granddaughter and I were working on a fun project together - making little bags to give to her friends. She's getting really good at putting in zippers. The only thing that I have to help her with is using the iron and the rotary cutter. I took the Zippy Strippy Bag pattern and modified it to make it extra small, then added a lobster clasp swivel ring. She and I made all these fun bags together. Then we went to a dollar store and filled them with little candies and stickers. What a fun project to do together!

 

 

My Strippy Bag

 For the last 2 weeks, I've been teaching myself a new bag. It's called the Zippy Bag, by Sallie Tomato. I made it out of Sallie Tomato chevron cork with gold Sallie Tomato hardware. It's got a zipper top enclosure and 3 zippered outer pockets. I used fusible fleece on the lining, but I don't think I'd do that again. When I was turning the bag inside out, it was quite voluminous trying to turn that bulk through a 4 inch hole. Next time, I'll stick to Shapeflex. I learn something new with every bag I make. I'm truly having a great time learning new things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Fancy Forest quilt

 Last month, I finished up this quilt for our son's fiancée. It's an Elizabeth Hartman pattern called Fancy Forest. By adding borders, I was able to make it big enough to be full size. I am particularly proud of how I was able to make the butterfly border line up on all 4 sides. I used the quilting pattern Interlocking Loopy and used a light blue thread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grateful block 4

 As I mentioned in my last post, I've been catching up on my blocks from the Grateful block of the month with The Quilt Shop at Sauder Village. This post is how I changed up the 4th block.

The first picture is how my blocks ended up - scrappy background with a solid piece for the triangle. The second picture is half of the block of how it was supposed to be - every strip (color and background) scrappy.