Quilts of September #18

Life is like ice cream. Enjoy it before it melts. 

It's a finish!

60 x 80

I finished the top back in September 2020.  I had a lot of fun figuring out what fabrics to use for the ice cream and the cones.  I ended up with some rainbow sherbet, chocolate, chocolate chip and lots of other fun flavors. 

 

On my DSM I quilted swirls in the ice cream and some diagonal lines in the cones. I changed colors of thread to match the ice cream and borders on the Happy Blocks. I used brown in the cones. The background fabric is kind of a peach color but I used a light pink that blended in. I think this may be the first time I used different colors of thread in a quilt. 

The background is loops and swirls. 

I made half a Snowball block for the ice cream and I used a Tri-Rec ruler to cut and make the cones.

I quilted squiggles (syrup drizzle) in the frame of the Happy Blocks and a swirl in the centers with the ice cream cones. 

The back is some fabric with ice cream cones and sundaes that I've had in my stash for a very long time. I think I bought it back when Hancocks went out of business. Finally I found the perfect use for it! There was just enough with a little left over for the scrap pile. 

That's finish #18 for September!

My OMG (One Monthly Goal) is to see how many quilts I can finish in September.

And on to the next!

(How many will I finish in September???? Maybe a few more?) 

I vowed that there would be no piecing, cutting or squirrels allowed in the sewing room this month . I'm starting to experience withdrawal symptoms.  Thank goodness the end of the month is near!  😅 6 days and counting!

Thanks to all who have been cheering me on! 

Finished or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts

 

Life Is Like Ice Cream. Enjoy It Before It Melts.

Ice Cream Cones

It's a flimsy!

60 x 80

I was inspired by Cynthia's (Quilting is More Fun than Housework) Summer Treat quilt. I thought it would be fun to go through my fabrics in search of cone and ice cream possibilities. Oh, joy! I had some chocolate chip fabric and fabric with scoops of different flavors of ice creams.  I also found rainbow sherbet, lime sherbet with raspberry ripples, strawberry, chocolate and many other flavors. 

The alternate block was a ten inch Happy Block with ice cream cone centers. 

I used the trimmings from the "ice cream" corners (and then some) as sprinkles in the corners of the blocks. 

The background is peach ice cream. 

That was a fun exercise. I think it will make a fun donation quilt. 

 With the left over scraps I made some Sixteen Patches for my pile. 

Life is like ice cream. Enjoy it before it melts. - Unknown

Finished or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts

Before I Forget

I saw a Confetti quilt someone made. I am always on the lookout for patterns for the wide array of novelty fabrics I seem to have collected over the years and never know how to use in anything but my usual Happy Blocks. 

I was in the mood for something new, something easy, something fun, something that would use novelties.  So before I forgot about Confetti I thought I would try a few blocks. with some small critter prints. 

I didn't really didn't like the Confetti blocks all that much after I made a few. And I made the one with the dogs in the lower right incorrectly. 

Confetti is a free pattern from Timeless Treasures. Each block is really is a set of four of the classic H blocks made all in the same fabrics. 

Well, maybe if I just made six inch (finished) H blocks...

So I folded up the sets of four and laid them out to see what that might look like. 

Well, maybe...

So I took apart the dog block that was made incorrectly and made a few more blocks with different prints.  Ok. I think I like that better. So, Animal Crackers is now in the works. 

And I saw Cynthia making Ice Cream blocks awhile ago and I commented back then that I should make some but I never did and then I saw her finished quilt and remembered that I forgot to make some. So before I forgot again I set about making a few test blocks.  Ok. That will do. Then yesterday I had a lot of fun picking out fabrics to use for the ice cream and before I knew it I had 24 scoops of ice cream made. Now I just have to put the scoops in the cones and make some alternate blocks and I'll have a cool quilt. 

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