Small projects in progress

I finally found a pattern that works with this linen/silk yarn.

Like many of my crocheting projects, it doesn't follow the pattern exactly. 

This is the third project I have tried with this yarn. I have 3 balls of it. 

I really like the color and want to have something to wear made from it.

Eventually this will be a shawl/wrap.

There are twenty days of school left in this school year.

I have 9 students who will be moving up to high school.

I want to make them something useful but couldn't decide what

to make. I found a pattern for a small pouch that could be used for many things.

These are 10 inch squares that I have paired up.

The plan is to assembly line them.

It is a beautiful day here and I replanted my succulent bed with new

and recycled plants. The rocks are a new feature.

Hope to keep two cats from napping on the plants.

Mr. M said another bed is ready for seeds.

After that I'm going to start cutting and sewing pouches.

See you next week end.

April Color is Orange

Here are my orange blocks for April

My March yellow blocks missed the link up.

My red blocks for January.

I made two blue blocks but can't find the photo.

So here is a substitute blue/purple picture.

Waiting for the May block pattern.

Hexie Bug Jars

The medallion challenge in my guild (due tomorrow) is a 3.5 inch border with at least one hexie and using the bug fabric somewhere in the border.

I had a different idea but hexies are not my friend, so I came up with the hexie bug jar.

It briefly entered my mind to do this as paper piecing but nope.

So I made a plan for cutting and machine sewing the hexie jars.

After making one trial jar I was ready to assembly line the other three.

In writing we say 'sloppy copy' for the rough draft.

Below are my sloppy blocks before trimming.

Untrimmed/trimmed

All ready to sew in the corners of the border.

Border done! Sorry about the background clutter. 

Happy to be finished in time to join Crazy Mom's link up.

New border assignment tomorrow. What will they think of next?

Ancient UFO finished!

First, look what's blooming in our yard.

The center of the quilt top below is my oldest UFO.

The pattern is hopscotch.

I added borders to make it lap quilt size.

Today I finished quilting it with a few detours for ripping and redoing one side.

I finished the binding and included a corner label as I was binding.

It is not technically a great quilt. Some of the blocks are missing points.

These are some OLD blocks, made when I was learning how to put blocks together.

It turned out to be 48" by 56". It has lots of my favorite fabrics.

The back is cream minky dots which led to some of the messy quilting problems.

But I like the snuggly feel of minky and I hope the person who uses it will, too.

Here are my orange April blocks. Early this time.

A very satisfying rainy day.

Now to ponder the design for my next border for the medallion challenge.

Happy sewing!

March was yellow

The color challenge for March was yellow.

These jonquils are from my mom's yard.

Below are the yellow blocks I made in March.

I was so busy getting a presentation ready for a conference that I missed the link up for my blocks.

Oh, well. At least I did the yellow blocks.

When we got back from the conference I was inspired to finish the quilt top below.

No telling how long it waited in a drawer. All I added were the borders. The corners were UFOs, too. Next I plan to finish it with cream minky on the back.  

This will be my 2nd UFO finish for our guild challenge.

I'll post the completed quilt. Hopefully, this week end.

Any finishes at your place?