Gnome in my postage stamp blocks

I need a break! :)

I'm totally obsessed by those small 2.5 inch / 6cm squares and have been cutting, sewing, cutting, sewing for hours today. It's fun, fun, fun - and I'm sure it is addictive! :0

How did this happen?! Where is the gnome who did it?! It can't be me - huh?!

Well, this should not happen; two of the same fabric next to each other! I think I'm a bit dizzy with all those strips sewn together and I don't always see how it is going to look like... I discovered it when I was going to piece the blocks together.

I said to hubby; 'I'll have to change those squares!'

Hubby; 'No, it's not needed, nobody will see it when the quilt is done'.

I said; 'Yes, but it will haunt me forever!'

And I know I was right; it will annoy me to death if I hadn't changed it! :) I did change it!

The two greens are not good either, too near each other, but those I didn't bother to change since they are not next to each other as the two light yellow fabrics.

This is what I've been doing since my previous post. This is the center piece. I'm not going to make the entire quilt of 2.5 inch squares - I have another plan in mind, which is a secret - until my next post! :)

Off to cut more fabric! :) I've pulled out the few browns I have and amazingly I did find the perfect one! :)

Postage stamp quilt

Over at NNC we have talked about 'Postage Stamp' quilts made of jelly rolls lately... Ever since I saw a 'Postage Stamp' quilt for the very first time, I have wanted to make one - at least one! If you read my previous post, you may remember I finished a quilt top using yellow, brown, green and white/ecru fabrics. I have some leftover fabrics from that quilt and a couple of days ago I decided to make a 'Postage Stamp' quilt using the same fabrics/colors, where yellow is the background color. (I was supposed to sandwich, pin and quilt the two quilt tops... always sidetracked!)  

I've gone totally hooked on it and I've been sewing the entire day for the last two days! If it hadn't been for hubby making dinner - we had starved to death - lol!

I took a break in the middle of the day today, thought I was going to do some gardening... How wrong I was; it started raining after half an hour! :( I had no choice than to go back to the sewing machine to finish the blocks! Good for me! :)) I've pieced 15 blocks of each, but I believe I need a few more... I have a layout in my head - it's going to be interesting to see if it turns out like that - :))! Don't know if I'll be able to sew more tonight or if I go just lazy...

Any of you remember this block? Once again thanks for all the comments and suggestions how to finish the center square! I thought of doing the poinsettia applique, but.... OK! Next time! :) I'm not sure I am happy with the way it ended up, but we can't be happy with all the projects we make - or...??

I'm not sure what it will end up as... the idea is a pillow case, but that idea may change... :)    

I have a pattern for a similar block, but haven't decided on fabrics or the centre square... If both blocks end up pillow cases, perhaps I'm using the same fabric for #2 too... Have yet to decide on that...



Quilt tops done

A couple of weeks ago I pulled out all my Christmas/winter fabrics from the shelf and thought I was going to start at least one Christmas project. Then I fell ill and didn't do any sewing for one week. When I felt for sewing again, the spirit I had for Christmas projects had vanished... and the Christmas/winter fabrics are back in the shelf again! :) It wasn't the right time.....

I have a couple of projects 'on hold'; I haven't decided how to proceed... While trying to figure that out, I pulled out a couple of quilt tops from the shelf - and I even managed finishing them both!

Finally, the polar bear quilt top is done! I didn't have any pattern for it and I didn't plan it before I started. I like to do it like that, I think doing it that way is more a challenge to me than planning it in advance. The quilt could have been better if planned, but I love it the way it turned out! It is sort of a scrappy quilt, because I have used different colors - dark brown and indigo - on the lattice (is it called lattice?) and there are two different ecru fabrics. I think I started working on this one last year, so it isn't that old - really! :) It's meant to be a bedspread.

My sun- and earth quilt top! :) I started piecing the blocks back in February/March this year, too young to be called a UFO! At that time I couldn't decide on the layout and size... 

Here I have used only scraps; yellow, brown and yellow. The light (whitish) background  fabrics are 4-5 different fabrics, but that doesn't really matter and it isn't that visible either.

After all it is a scrappy quilt! :))

Now the 'dreadful' work has to be done; sandwiching! I have to look for backing, don't know if I have anything suitable.... (I know I'm fooling myself! lol).