Batik Arrowheads

 Another completed quilt! This was a quick one. Once I started making blocks, I couldn't stop! I started it on Friday, March 29 and completed it on Friday, April 5.

The pattern is Anita's Arrowheads from Anita Grossman Solomon's book Rotary Cutting Revolution and her Craftsy class Traditional Blocks Made Simple. (If you purchase the class, you get the e-book for free!)

 

All of the batiks came out of my stash. The only thing I had to buy was the back. It is quilted in the ditch with a variegated YLI machine quilting thread that blended perfectly with the back.

 

 It looks really good on the back of my brown sofa, but it won't be there for long. I'll bring it to guild show & tell tomorrow, then it will be given to a friend who needs to be wrapped in love and prayers.

My mother tested it out for him! If you saw yesterday's post, you know we went to a Marine Corps Poolee family day. The recruiters put them through their paces, then turned them over to the Drill Instructor standing behind mom.  It was a fun day for all of us!

Batik Arrowheads

March 29-April 5, 2013

50" x 76"

Family Day

 My husband, mother and I spent a few glorious hours at a lovely state park watching Pete and about a hundred other Marine Corps Poolees being run through their paces by their recruiters and a real live Drill Instructor.

My mother was not dressed appropriately for the cool breeze, so it's a good thing this quilt was in the car to bundle her up in. I brought it thinking I could take cool outdoor pics at the park. We were so focused on the action, I never did get any other photos.

 The day started at 10:30am with pull ups. If Pete looks like he's struggling, this was pull up number 25, perhaps the most he's ever done. My mother was very proud!

 Their day ended just before 2pm with volunteers rolling around in the mud with the DI.

 This muddy mess hugged me! He ships out for Parris Island in September.

 After family day, mom and I went to the Modern Guild meeting down the street from the park. Convenient, considering we were almost an hour from home. The current challenge is a crayon challenge and you can see my crayon in the middle of this pic. I pulled some fabric last night and made a sample block this morning, inspired by a quilt in Camille Roskelley's new book. I love this Martha Negley Dahlia print. It is literally the only thing in my stash that matches the crayon color.

Off to church, then I'll take the batik quilt out for photos. 

Have a great day!

Ready to Quilt

Arrowhead Progress

 I'm making progress on the Anita's Arrowhead quilt for Sean. All the blocks are done and I think I'm done rearranging. It is what it is.

Some of the blue/green blocks are a little muddy- not enough contrast. You can see it better with the color removed. Live and learn.

 

My little design board made from the Bee in My Bonnet tutorial really came in handy for this project.

 

Anita's technique creates a little waste, but it is totally worth it!

 

I'm headed back to the machine to sew the top together.

WIP Wednesday

I hope you all had a beautiful Easter weekend. I didn't do any sewing on Sunday(Easter) or Monday (drove Julia back to school). I did get back to the arrowheads yesterday and have more to stitch today.

Finished:

Fabric Box Tutorial: Check it out!

 Friendship Star Mini

Arrowhead table runner:  In my frenzy of stitching up batik arrowhead blocks,  I made three pink blocks that didn't have a purpose. So I stitched them together into this quick tablerunner.

Some simple in-the-ditch straight line quilting was all it needed.

In progress:

The main arrowhead project is growing! This layout works, but I decided to add another row in each direction so I won't need to add a border. Not every block is a winner, so I'm making extras to swap out the ones I don't like. I'm hoping to get the top together today and get it quilted tomorrow.

Here's the pile of batik squares waiting for me at the machine. I just noticed that the bobbin door is open on my machine. I almost never close it. Does anyone else do that?

Next on the list:
Quilting Mod Bento
Quilting Swap Soup

New: I'm really tempted to jump in on this quilt along.

Time for the link up!

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2013 Finish Along- Q1 Finishes

 It is time for the Q1 2013 Finish Along report. I had listed eight projects in January that I hoped to finish. I'm really pleased that I finished five of them!

Madrona Road Herringbone was finished in time to enter it in the challenge, and it was selected to be displayed in the Michael Miller booth at QuiltCon!

Olivia's quilt was made for my fourth grand-niece. Technically, it doesn't count for the FAL because I hadn't started it yet in January. That's OK. I'm counting it for myself.

After  ripening in the WIP pile for two years, Sugar Wave is done and I love it!

Highest priority, the Ninigret raffle quilt had its day in the sun last week.

My most recent and quickest finish was quilting up this mini Friendship Star quilt. 

I will be linking up everything but Olivia's quilt. Stay tuned for the Q2 list.