Design Wall Monday

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I worked on more 365 Challenge blocks.

These are the blocks for May 21 - 31.

I have mentioned that I started this in 2016 and am very far behind. I do check daily to see if there are blocks that are different or new since then. This year there was a bonus block for February 14th.

The pieces for these quilt blocks are TINY!

And, just because I was curious and I hate to 'waste' fabric, I decided to stitch a few bonus triangles from one of the blocks.

And, because I am not totally insane I decided NOT to make any more of these.

Today I will be catching up on some other things that I have been putting off because they just aren't as much fun as sewing but still need to be done. Tomorrow will be a fun outing day with my quilty friends. Sew Day is coming up on Thursday so I will get a whole day with my projects and friends. 

Another Finish

The next Quilt Exchange is coming up, 

a week from tomorrow. 

CW has chosen beautiful purples and teals/aquas for her quilt. I got busy today and got my block made. This quilt has blocks in several sizes. Mine is 16 inches.

An Oops and a Finish

Well, an almost finish. Today I added borders to a top that has been finished (except the border) for a loooonnnggg time. I don't remember when I started it. I know there are photos, but I have been trying to organize my photos and haven't found it yet. It started out as a panel, I am thinking maybe for pillows, but it's been so long I can't remember. Anyway, I put some 4-patch blocks together with some plain blocks with fabric I probably had in my stash and came up with a top, but I wanted it bigger. Then I found this awesome border.  

Now it is 63 x 80, a good size.

The oops is that when I was sewing the borders to the top I found a small - 1/2 inch - cut in the fabric just outside of the seam line. 

If I sew a bigger seam I will lose the scroll design. So I fused a small piece of black fabric on the back where the cut is. 

I did a little bit of stitching to hold it closed before I fused it. Hopefully the quilting will help hold it all together, too. I know where it is and can find it easily, but I think it is hard to see. Can you see it?

Adventure

with my quilty friends is always fun. Yesterday we went on a quick trip because of the weather that was predicted for later in the day. We picked up my sewing machine after it had a cleaning at The Fabric Center, a lovely shop with friendly staff and then went on to Countryside Village, a nice place that had lots of interesting things and fabric.

I showed great restraint! 

At the Fabric Center I got one FQ. 

I love this texture, not quite a solid, and color, a lovely dark teal.

I enjoyed Countryside Village. They have lovely home decorating items, kitchen supplies, soup and dip mixes, jams and jellies, wine and a fabric room. I did find four FQs that will be used for the 365 Challenge. I cut fabric for some more blocks. 

Here are two of the fabrics before I cut into them.

The top right triangles and the triangles just below them are two of the other FQs from Countryside Village. 

Then it was time for lunch and home. We got home just as the snow started - good timing!

Before I went to bed it was still snowing.

The small dots are flakes of snow that are lit up by the laser light. Yes, it's still on. We like it.

This morning looks like this.

Not a LOT of snow, but enough to cause problems and slick roads. 

Two days ago the sunset looked like this.

I thought the clouds were interesting.

The colors became more beautiful as the sun set, although I can never seem to quite capture that with a photo.