Done for now

Just need to add sashing to the top and bottom.

For those that are joining me from Pinterest, as mentioned earlier in the blog, I used this tutorial to make the pinwheels: http://www.schlosserdesigns.com/2013/04/spring-pinwheel-potholders-and-giveaway/

The fabric is Kate Spain for Moda's Sunnyside charm pack collection. This was my final post for now on this quilt top. If you want to see the process, click through the rest of my blog.  I did a day-by-day update on what I was able to finish (which given the amount of free sewing time I have, it wasn't much). If someone has several hours to kill, this quilt top is incredibly easy to create.

Sashing added and it's done for now. I'll need to get some matching fabric for borders, backing, binding and such. 

All blocks done!

All blocks are now done. Now I just need to sew them all to each other. :)

It's coming together!!!

So excited to see the pieces coming together! I still have a lot of sewing and some trimming to do, but everything is here!

I really do love Kate Spain's Sunnyside fabric!!!! I have never been so completely enamored with a fabric collection before. 

Last block!!

Block number ten!!

Now I just need to do the framing row pieces. It'll be jelly roll and mini charm pieces. 

Block number nine.

Finished block nine and started ten. Ten will be going on the back. 

Ten: (HSTs sewn and pinned to themselves)

Block for another quilt?

I was playing around with a new technique and I think I like it! I have no idea how I'll frame it, but I'll figure something out. 

Adding... These are fun and easy. And then there were two!

8.

Block number 8. I love the rain and clouds here. 

Seven.

The seventh block. I have enough materials for three more at this point. The mini charm pack came in today as well. :)

Six?!!?!

Block number six. 

And all six blocks together:

Number Five is Alive!

Here is my fifth block! Yay! Blues and greens. 

Block Number Four

Getting into the blues and grays of the collection. :) Block #4:

3D Pinwheel Block #3

And here's number three:

All three blocks together:

A Second Block!

Yay! I sewed up another pinwheel. I looked at my charm pack and I think I'll do a nine patch quilt. :) Two down, seven to go. 

Getting back to it...

It's been way too long since I last had the sewing bug. I wasn't in the mood to sew for about a year. I finally built my armoire for the sewing room a couple of months ago. I still need to organize and get rid of a lot of stuff in that room, though. I want to sew up some One Hour fabric bins to help contain the chaos.  :)

A friend of mine recently passed away. :( She was diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2013. Several friends and I were making a quilt for her, hoping to get it done before she passed (it happened quickly and unfortunately, the quilt was finished just days after her passing). Sewing that quilt got me back into it, though. She would have loved it.

For Mother's Day, I made my mom a tote and printed up a bunch of patterns to put inside.  I finally used that Kate Spain Sunnyside fabric that I adore so much! I made the bag from a "3-piece 10-step Lined Tote" pattern I found for free on Craftsy. I did a little modification by adding a pocket, a magnetic closure, stitching around the top of the tote, and connecting a zip pouch (with a beaded chain with a clasp). Here's the pattern I used: http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/sewing/accessory/3-fabric-10-step-lined-tote/123714?_ct=fhezusj-tujqyb-fqjjuhd-ydifyhqjyed&_ctp=123714

I really enjoyed making that tote set! 

So next I decided to try my hand at sewing a 3-D pinwheel quilt block.  I've been wanting to try sewing that block for ages. Here's the tutorial I used to make the pinwheel: http://www.schlosserdesigns.com/2013/04/spring-pinwheel-potholders-and-giveaway/

I decided to use one of my precious Sunnyside charm packs for this block, along with a solid gray charm pack. I'm looking back now, wondering if I should have used the gray as the flip side of the print and white for the back, but it's too late now. I think what I'll do is frame all of the blocks (I plan to use the entire charm pack) with a skinny solid white jelly roll. What would be cool is if I could find a mini Sunnyside charm pack to make 'rosettes' with. Hm...

Without further adu, here's the block. Not too bad for my first pinwheel attempt. I'll be cutting the square down a bit, so the finished block will be 8" before construction of the quilt. The gray background actually hides the seams better than white would, but I do love a white background on a quilt. ::sigh::

I hope to get a few blocks knocked out each week.  We'll see how that goes.  Right now I'm sewing at about 11pm at night, so I'm rather tired. I am ordering a white jelly roll and a mini Sunnyside charm pack. I think I'm going to create a cool looking charm pack/jelly roll border. I'll make mini 2D pinwheels with the mini pack (on a white back) to go at the corners.