Sixteen Patch Block Set Complete

Last year I made some 8 inch Sixteen Patch blocks with civil war reproduction fabric scraps and scraps along that line like Kansas Troubles or Thimbleberries.   After using up my scraps I had 33 blocks toward a goal of 63 blocks for a 7 x 9 layout. 

Since this month my theme is "brown stuff" I decided to look through more brown scraps to see if I could find any scraps that would go well with the blocks I already had. I did. And after that I found scraps in a few other colors so I could complete my block set. For now they will go into the SAR (Some Assembly Required) box until I feel like assembling them into a quilt top.

Last year's 33 blocks.

And sew on...

 

Pavement Pattern

The theme in my sewing room this month is "brown stuff". I'm using a monthly theme to help me move forward some UFOs as well as scraps that fit the theme. 

Pavement Pattern Blocks

3.5 inch square centers

3 inch squares cut on diagonal for sides

I received a bag of 3 inch squares last month and I decided to use the brown and cream squares in that bag (if there were 4 matching squares) and then go to scraps to make these blocks.  I also used pairs of 3.5 inch squares from my Parts Department and then went to scraps.  I've used up all my squares on hand in the making of these blocks and so moving forward they will all be made of my brown and cream scraps. 

Pavement Pattern Tutorial by Beth Shibley

The blocks were inspired by a vintage quilt. 

These blocks were meant to be.  At the time I was pondering what to do with the brown squares in the gifted 3 inch squares I received last month someone with Stashbusters group  posted a link to the Pavement Pattern video.   My old laptop computer does not do well at all with videos so I rarely watch them.  But I saw this one was by Beth Shibley who used to blog at Love Laugh Quilt and since I always liked her work I thought I would try to load and get through the video for the block - basically looking for the measurements for the Square in Square blocks.  And then I had a new start! Add these 8 blocks to the 4 I made last month and now I have an even dozen and something that will maybe help whittle down that mountain of brown scraps. 

And sew on...

 

A Sunny Lanes Top

Sunny Lanes

It's a top!

60 x 72

This month the theme in my sewing room is "brown stuff". I'm trying to move forward UFOS and scraps that fit the theme.  This is a UFO that dates back to a swap that took place in 2015. 

I made 15 blocks in January 2015 and swapped 12 of the best in February 2015. 

The Sunny Lanes block instructions can be found at Quilter's Cache.  

For the blocks we were to use civil war reproduction fabrics and for the sides - golden tan and white. 

In January 2021 when I was looking at UFOs that needed civil war reproduction fabrics I made 15 more blocks and put the block set in my SAR (Some Asembly Required box). 

So...one step at a time over time. Now this will go into the TBQ (To Be Quilted) pile. 

In Memory Of

Victoria Carroll-Parkhill

she was the block swap hostess and self-proclaimed civil war fabric snob. 

She used to blog at Park Hill Farm.  Her husband passed away in 2020 and after that she did not do much blogging and no longer had much of an online presence. I was thinking of her when I made this post and went to her blog again but there has been no activity for years. I went searching for an obituary but did not find one but I did find a probate notice dated May 2023.  

May she rest in peace.

 

A Finish! Soul Searching In The Chocolate Box

Soul Searching In The Chocolate Box

It's a finish!

56 x 72

It was inspired by a quilt called Soul Searching in the book Making Quilts by Kathy Doughty. I say "inspired" because Kathy's quilt called for 2.5 inch width pieces and I modified the pattern and used 1.5 inch width pieces because I was cleaning out my 1.5 inch scrap bin last year (finally!) and most of the scraps in there were brown. 

I made the top in October 2022.

This month the theme in my sewing space is "brown stuff" so I decided to get this brown stuff quilted. I quilted it on my DSM with chocolate swirls in a variegated brown thread. 

The binding is scrappy - all brown pieces from my left over binding box. 

Pieced backing.

Pieced backing close up. I thought it kind of echoed the blocks on the front. The other neutral fabric is a wide back trimming. 

And sew on...

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And Now My Set of Brown Monkey Wrenches Is Complete

I started this month of "Brown Stuff" with fourteen 10 inch Monkey Wrench blocks. 

And now there are 48 blocks for a 60 x 80 quilt.

And now my brown scrap bag is a little lighter.

And sew on...

 

Chocolate Box Finished!

Chocolate Box

It's a finish! 

63 x 75

I mentioned in a previous post that I was inspired to make this by a photo of a quilt called Baum Chocolate Box in my book "History Repeated" by Betsy Chutchian and Carol Staehle. 

The blocks are a Double Nine Patch. I made this quilt because I wanted to use a lot of brown scraps. There's a few red scraps in there too. 

I started making blocks and finished the top back in November 2021 when the theme in my sewing room was "Nine Patch November". 

The theme this month in my sewing room is "Brown Stuff" so this mostly brown quilt got quilted on my DSM with chocolate swirls. 

The binding is scrappy -- various browns found in my leftover binding box. 

I have to note that the sashing strips are NOT purple. It is actually a small print blue floral on a dark red background. I guess the camera combined the two to make it look like purple. 

The backing is tea dyed muslin with chocolate swirls.

And sew on...

 

Mooving Forward

"Brown Stuff"

is the theme in my sewing space this month. I hope to move a lot of UFOs and scraps forward that fit the theme.

I just finished 7 Brown Cows (Moovers and Shakers) to my herd. That makes 18 Cows and I think I only needed 15. Right now the layout is only in my mind. I know there will be a border so I'm going to work on it next. 

It looks like I made 5 Cows way back in November 2017. 

At that time I cut out pieces for 5 Cow blocks and chain pieced them. But I learned that it was probably far better to cut pieces and make the blocks one at a time. 

The tutorial came from Sally at The Objects of Design

January 2022 a few more Cows joined the herd when my theme was "Making Brownies" (Brown Stuff). 

And sew on...

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