Parade Ready

Voila!!

My Canasta is all done!

This is Lifetime Quilt Number 114.

The pattern is Canasta by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company.

The fabric is all by Fig Tree for Moda.

It finished at 50" x 57".

It has approximately 1,252 pieces.

I love this Schnibbles!

Thanks Sinta and Sherri for another great Schnibbles Sew Along.  I can hardly wait to see what's up next!

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A Bunch of Baskets

I've finished my baskets for Canasta, all 61 of them.

And I found the perfect place for each one in my top.

I really liked the random setting on the Canasta pattern cover, but thought that might be a little too much with all my assorted baskets, so they are going to be setting up straight.

Someone asked about my fabric, it's all Fig Tree by Moda.

Here's how I came up with all the different baskets, one piece of graph paper, one pencil, and one highlighter!  Even though I drew them all up, I still wasn't sure how they would look when I put them all together.

But I think they all turned out just fine.

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More Baskets

I don't get as much sewing done on the weekends as I do during the week, but I do have a few more Canasta basket blocks to show you.

I've named this one "bikini basket"

The parade will be here before you know it, are you ready?

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Summer Fun

I got another quilt home from the quilter.  This project was a Schnibbles Sew Along from last April!  The pattern was Summer Day, but I changed mine up a little and named it Summer Fun.  And since my summer isn't over until I say it's over, I immediately hung this quilt up and intend to keep it up until summer is over.

This was quilted by Dawn at The Sewing Basket in Charleston, Illinois.  Here's a nice view of the back, she went with a custom design.

I love the quilting, especially the quilting around these dots, like little rays of sunshine, perfect for a quilt named Summer Fun.

I've made several quilts to hang in that spot in the guest room, but this is the first one I've gotten back from the quilter, "T" Stands for Thelma has been up quite awhile, and I thought it would be best to give that quilt a break from the sun.

Then I threw it over the banister while I decided what to do with it (I don't like to fold quilts that I hang) and decided I liked it there, so "T" Stands for Thelma is still out, just in a different location.

I'm going to town on my Canasta baskets. I thought it would be fun to make a variety of basket blocks, so far I've drawn up 23 different patterns.

Like this for example.

I think I'll make the parade, how about you?

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Next Up

I've pieced all the small Dresden blocks for Dresden Doilies.   I still need to make and appliqué the red centers, they look done because I took this picture of them sitting on my red ottoman!!

These blocks have 14 blades and finish around 4 1/2".

Now it's time to get going on Canasta, for Sinta and Sherri's Schnibbles Sew Along. Eleven days  until the end of the month, I think I'm good, there's not much going on at my house from now until the parade.

I'm making my version of Canasta using Fig Tree fabric.  I have a bin of Fig Tree layer cakes, fat quarters and fat eighths that need to be used.

So I dug through all the fabric and put together over 30 different "perfect" combinations of fabric.  I plan to make the 61 block version of Canasta.

I'm also thinking about changing up the basket pattern a little, maybe making some different baskets instead of 61 baskets exactly alike and exactly like the pattern, shocking, I know!

Times a wastin', I hope you're able to squeeze in this project before the end of the month too!

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