The days are already getting shorter and my morning walks are now taken in air that's just a little bit crisp, there's no denying it, fall is on the way. Technically fall starts Sunday, September 22. In my mind fall usually starts the Tuesday after Labor Day weekend, but not this year, fall may not start at my house until October. I have too much summer sewing yet to do to welcome fall into my household.
I'm still working on my Dresden Doilies. I've machine appliquéd the large blocks to the backing, squared up the blocks, and have sewn them together.
I still have small and medium blocks to piece and add to this project.
To stitch the large blocks I used sulky invisible thread. It was a breeze stitching these blocks because I had not combined them yet, so moving the single block through the machine was fast and easy.
The next sets of blocks will have to be attached to this big project, I'm wondering how that will go.
The Temecula Quilt Company gave us three settings for our itsy bitsy teenie weenie ridiculously cute basket blocks. This was my favorite and I'm thrilled I have enough background fabric to make it.
What I don't have are 50 IBTWRC basket blocks, I stopped at 30. Oh well, I loved making them, guess I'll just make more.
Canasta is the August YOS pattern and I'm not missing this parade! I plan to get started on this sooner as opposed to later!
I love basket blocks and think this pattern is just adorable. I ordered the PDF version from Miss Rosie's online store. This pattern has several options and sizes, I'm hoping to make the big 61 block version that finishes somewhere around 57" x 57".
Plus, I have this book that has nothing but what I would categorize as summer projects in it.
"hand quilted with love, patchwork projects inspired by a passion for quilting by Sarah Fielke.
I didn't jump right on this book when it was first published because I thought it was a book explaining how to hand quilt a top, and I sure don't need a book telling me how to do something I'm never going to do. It wasn't until I started seeing projects on other blogs that I figured out it is a wonderful book of amazing patterns, 16 patterns to be exact, beautifully illustrated with huge color photos in a hardbound book. It's one of the nicest quality quilt books I've ever bought.
Here are just a few of my favorite patterns.
This is like my Nottingham Star civil war quilt, but with a modern spin, red, what's not to love? It's called "made in cherry".
This is "bangles"
And this is "lady marmalade".
There are projects in this book ranging from beginner to advanced.
In the introduction, the author, Sarah Fielke, talks about her love of making quilts and says, "Try new things, be adventurous, and crack your own quilting code. Don't be hung up on whether something is right or wrong, or on whether you are a "modern quilter", a "traditional quilter", or even an "art quilter": just be a QUILTER, be creative and love what you do. It's what I do every day - and I can tell you, I'm a happy girl because of it," What wonderful advice, I'm taking it to heart, I plan to be a happy girl too!
So even though I love sewing bright and colorful projects in the summer, there's no reason I can't do the same this fall, and winter. This could be the start of something new for me!