Another border added

We are having a challenge at my quilt guild. 

Each month there is a new fabric and shape requirements.

This is my finish for month 2.

I know the colors are all over the place but I like it.

I have used my scraps and stash so far.

I borrowed the purple tulips idea from a free block on the interwebs.

Oops. That bottom bit is off center.

Can I say it's part of the scrappy charm?

The required fabric is the green in the block on the corner.

The shape requirement was at least one square and one rectangle.

Check. Check.

Monday we will meet and get the next instructions and fabric.

Are you having fun quilting, sewing, and crafting? I am.

PS Thanks for the helpful comments about taking out the color that bled in the wash. 

Let you know how it goes.

Help! A Finish with a problem

First I will share these two little squares that I'm making for my medallion challenge. The green fabric is required for this border. I'm still working on the other parts but I love the purple tulips for the corners.

Here is the finish with a problem. I thought I would wash the jar collection before gifting.

I put a color catcher in the wash.

It may not be visible in these photos but the black jar lids bled on the cream background fabric.

Several spots of black. Any suggestions for spot removal?

I'm thinking Dawn dish detergent. But open to other ideas.

The label is ready for the finished info.

Hoping for a remedy...

Long and winding road....finally a finish!

I think this may be my oldest UFO. I wrote about it here. That was the summer of 2013.

I know that I made it earlier in a Saturday Sampler called Jamestown meets Ramblin' Rose.

I originally thought I would hand quilt it. Inset laughing face here.

When I saw how big it was I packed it up and took it to be machine quilted.

The quilter's receipt is dated January, 2015.

My only excuse is that we had a black cat who loved to sleep and shed on the king size bed

and I didn't feel like finishing the quilt for her to shed all over.

My quilt group is having a challenge to finish UFOs. Sweet black cat has gone to kitty heaven. 

Time to finish this quilt.

Above is the binding - eleven WOF - the longest binding I've ever done.

I do like this log cabin/sampler and the colors are very rich.

It was much easier to bind using the dining table to hold the quilt.

More of the blocks.

Here it is on the bed. It fits!

Another view.

The binding above and below.

Now in the record books. This quilt is FINALLY FINISHED.

What are little boys made of?

Do you know that nursery rhyme?

What are little boys made of?

Snips and snails and puppy dog tails.

That's what little boys are made of.

That's what came to my mind when I started making this baby quilt.

I like the bug jar idea but didn't have many bug prints.

So I decided to fill the jars with things I think a boy likes.

Cowboys, stamps from different states - our state smack in the middle of the jar,

drums, monkeys, lizards, trains, balls, guitars, construction signs and tools.

You get the idea.

I took several pattern formats for bug jars and made up my own dimensions.

More close ups,

and more,

and a few more,

The dark strip is the shelf...

Hope it looks like a shelf.

One outside shot on this windy day.

It was a productive week. Next week is spring break.

I hope to get the binding on a king size quilt that has been waiting for over a year to be finished.

We'll see if it happens.

See you on Amanda Jean's link up.

Busy Week

Last week end I was busy sewing and cutting out and didn't write my post until late Sunday.

Here are some of my projects.

I made 3 knit tops like the one above. I cut the pattern out several weeks ago but kept delaying the sewing part. Once I made the first one I found the pattern was so easy I became obsessed.

The pattern is one main piece with a bias strip for the neck edge.

I haven't sewn knit fabric very often. I gave away my serger a few years ago

because I didn't like threading it and the cutter freaked me out.

So I made these knit tops using my regular machine and a slight zigzag stitch.

I did finish this Color Challenge blue block and one more that I haven't photographed yet.

Today I hope to cut out the yellow Color Challenge block. I have an idea for a bug jar type quilt top that may get cut out this morning. 

What are you sewing today?