Something different

I needed to clean up my sewing room this weekend and came across these blocks. I decided to put them together in the quilt as you go method. So this is the same on both sides. It's very small though, each block is 9 inches. This is from the International mystery class (this one is Mexico-I think it may be called a Mexican cross?) I took earlier in the year, maybe in February. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do next in my winter class with Tonya so I decided to work on this. I need to add a border and then I think I will give it as a baby quilt -not sure who exactly will get it. It is kinda bright, maybe tomorrow I will get back to my free piecing. I think I may have ADD. Have to change things up every once in a while. Can't work until finished on any one thing, have to have many projects going at the same time.

Getting there!

So I have been putting together these swap blocks in the quilt as you go method. I have not been working on it for a lot of time, but it is going very fast. I am enjoying this process. It's nice that when I get the blocks together, and I am half way there, I am pretty much done, except for the binding (and label). I just purchased some more fabric for the rows of sashing. Because I was using fat quarters, there wasn't going to be enough length to cut the strips for the whole length across each row. Zack is over at a friend's house today so I guess I could get a lot done if I put my mind to it. We'll see. I would like to get another UFO off my list!

Swap blocks

I pulled out the swap blocks the other day and have been doing a little quilting of each block separately. I am trying out the "quilt as you go" method I saw on Simply Quilts the other day. I recorded it and am currently trying to attach a couple blocks to see how it goes. It is going a lot better than I thought it would. Hopefully the sashing between rows will go as well as these. I am using a multi color print with a black background for the sashing. It really brings out the brightness in the blocks. These blocks are so cute, like an I spy quilt with having the novelties in the middle. They are small blocks though, but I am enjoying this process. It's nice to think when I am done putting the blocks together it will be all done-so much easier to quilt a small block than to try to do a whole top at one time.

I'm not sure why I can't manipulate these pictures, I thought I could move them. Anyway, I tried to post a picture at the end here of the string x quilt top that I recently finished. It ended up being on top. It is fairly small, I guess it's a baby size quilt top but I decided I am done with it. That's as big as it gets. Now I just have to quilt it and get it finished up. I liked doing that one, but I don't think I will do that pattern again. It wasn't hard, just for some reason it wasn't my favorite pattern to do. I do like the scrappy look to it and using up all those leftover scraps! There are so many patterns I want to try though, so I need to finish these quilts up so I can get to them too-

Well I did end up manipulating the pictures a little bit. I switched the order and changed their size but I couldn't move them to be in between text. Oh well, maybe someday I'll figure that out.