Happy mail and some baby sewing

 A while ago I commented on Mari’s blog that I loved the backing fabric she had used.

https://academicquilter.blogspot.com/2021/06/purple-morning.html

How lucky am I Mari sent me her leftovers…and a few other fabrics.

Aren’t those birds just so cute. More fabric for my stash. I knew of a design I wanted to make straight away.

First up I found some pale yellow to go with the birds.

Cut up the birds into as many squares as I could get in a workable size. 6 1/2” square. Cut some strips of the yellow to border them making a 10 1/2” square.

Then I searched for some other fabrics to match the blues and yellows. I cut them in to strips for the alternating blocks.

Put them all on the wall and cut the strips to fit the spaces. Layout no. 1

Layout no. 2 

One day I will get back to piecing it all together.

Thank you so much Mari for your kindness.

A day of yellows

I started out with this tub of yellows..

 And made an easy block... A simple 9 patch

Here are my 4 catch up blocks for a couple of weeks.

Why is it that you make a block,  take a photo  and still dont see the mistake. 

Then when you quilt it the mistake shows... OH NO!!!!! 

I can't believe it's the last Saturday of February.

So yellows it is and linking up with Angela.

ScrapHappy Saturday 7

I still have Mari's
http://academicquilter.blogspot.com/2019/02/tiny-yellow-flower-block.html
block to do and probably another from the last Tuesday of the month..

I will catch up...

I wanted to also share that I have linked up with O SCRAP.
http://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2019/02/oh-scrap-my-garden-growns.html
Have a look at all the different projects that are out ther..

A workshop on the weekend...

I have got a workshop coming up on the weekend. There is a bit of cutting to do before hand.
It is designed for a jelly roll and some background fabric. I didn't want to go and buy anything. I have had a beautiful pack of Xmas fat 1/4s sent to me by the lovely Mari..
http://academicquilter.blogspot.com.au

When I received the fabric... https://jobutterfield.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/lovely-blogging-friends-to-say-thankyou.html

Anyway I have worked out that there is enough fabric and I had some background to go with it. So now to get it all cut ready for class.

I'm not sewing tonight but I am playing with fabric. I am still joining  in with Wendy and others for

http://www.sugarlane-designs.com/2017/05/fnsi-sanity-sign-ups-for-may.html

I just can't help myself... I have to join in and sew, sew sew,.....
Sew I am sewing along with Pat Sloan and her 182 day Summer to Winter solstice...
http://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/182-day-solstice-challenge-blocks.html

I decided on using the beautiful pack of fabrics that Mari sent me...

I also added some of my Xmas bargain shopping from spotlight. The lighter fabric has snowflakes on it. This will be used as my background...
Here is the story of how I got the fabric
https://jobutterfield.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/lovely-blogging-friends-to-say-thankyou.html

And go over to see what Mari gets up to. She does amazing work and is so kind....
http://academicquilter.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/the-gratitude-sale.html
http://academicquilter.blogspot.com.au

Pat is putting up a 12" block every week Sew we can join in and sew along... I will sew as many blocks as I can with this fabric until it runs out. Wether I get 1 or 2 quilts out of it we will have to wait and see. There are 25 blocks in the sew along....

Anyway now for my blocks....
Here is week 1

Week 2

Week 3

A Folder Cover Complete

I enjoy making these folder covers.

They are great for gifts.

I received all these half square triangles from Mari at
http://academicquilter.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/hst-overload.html    .

Here is my finished item.

I have sewn another 72" of binding

I got this made the other day so

I am linking up with FNSI with WENDY at
http://sugarlanequilts.blogspot.com.au