Quilts of September #13

Purple Mountain Majesties

(Split Nine Patch)

60 x 72

Back in 2016 I was one of the August Block Lotto winners of Split Nine Patch blocks in a purple, gray and white colorway.  

In June  I pulled out my winnings and assessed how best to move those blocks forward and into a top. 

I knew I wanted a nice sized donation quilt so I made enough blocks to add to my winnings to equal 120 blocks to be set 10 x 12.  For the longest time I could not decide on a layout because there are so many different ways to use Split Nine Patches. Actually you can use a Split Nine Patch any way you would use a 6 inch HST (half square triangle). 

I quilted it on my DSM.

I used a variegated purple thread and quilted swirls in the purple zigzags. 

I used light gray thread and just kind of quilted in some squiggly lines.

The backing is pieced with two completely different fabrics...

...but I think they blend together rather nicely.

Lots of different purple fabrics were used to make the binding.

That's finish #13 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????) 

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Purple Mountain Majesties

Purple Mountain Majesties

It's a top!

60 x 72

Back in 2016 I was one of the August Block Lotto winners of Split Nine Patch blocks in a purple, gray and white colorway. 

Late last month I pulled out my winnings and assessed how best to move those blocks forward and into a top. 

 I knew I wanted a nice sized donation quilt so I made enough blocks to add to my winnings to equal 120 blocks to be set 10 x 12.  For the longest time I could not decide on a layout because there are so many different ways to use Split Nine Patches. Actually you can use a Split Nine Patch any way you would use a 6 inch HST (half square triangle). 

And now I think that leaves me with two more sets of Block Lotto winnings...

 

Moving An Old UFO Forward

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge color for June has been purple. I used most of my purple scrap chunks making what RSC blocks I could and then decided to move on to a UFO that has purple in it.  Back in 2016 I won a Block Lotto. About 50 Split Nine Patches made their way to my doorstep. 

There were specific instructions as to how to assemble the blocks with a dark, light and two medium value fabrics in grays and purples. 

Somewhere along the line I made up pieces including the HSTs for 20 more blocks. 

So I sewed up those 20 blocks.

And then I decided 120 six inch blocks would make a nice sized donation quilt  with blocks in a 10 x 12 layout.  So I made up the pieces for about 45 more blocks. 

Now I am looking forward to the RSC color for July. 

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Not Just Because

I was doing a bit of blog reading one day and came across Nann's (With Strings Attached) blog post about some Sawtooth Stars she made "just because".   I love Sawtooth Stars and haven't made any in awhile although I have had two different ideas for Sawtooth Stars in the back of my mind for quite some time.   BUT I have a UFO started in 2018 according to my UFO list that was inspired by The Lincoln Museum Quilt.   A lot of times when inspired I will make a couple of blocks just to remind myself I want to use a certain set of fabrics to make a certain quilt. In this case I made two Sawtooth Stars and two Sixteen Patches and the fabrics I want to use up are old shirts and a small pile of homespun fabrics. 

So I recently made 16 more Sawtooth Stars not just because but because I want to move this UFO forward. 

Now I just need to make 15 more Sixteen Patch blocks and maybe by month end this set of blocks will be complete and ready for the Some Assembly Required box. 

You know...back in the day when I used to make clothes I would have really been bothered by unmatched plaids but that doesn't bother me at all today. 

Then one day I wandered into Gretchen's Little Corner and saw that she was making Split Nine Patch blocks. Well, how about that! I won a bunch of Split Nine Patches back in August 2016 and haven't done a thing with them. I think I counted 54 blocks and it's a good thing I put the directions for making the blocks in with them because I could not remember what was going on here. We were supposed to use either dark gray or dark purple on one side and white on the other. And then two squares on both sides were to be medium grays or purples. 

So anyway...Gretchen linked to a post at Quilting Twin that had a layout for Split Nine Patches that formed a star. I loved it. And that's what had me digging out my Split Nines. But my Split Nine blocks don't really seem like they look as nice in a Star layout, darn it. 

Guess I'll use this layout. A kind of secondary pattern is formed with the medium fabrics in the light and dark sections although the definition of medium is all over the place as far as value. But I think that will be okay. 

 So not just because but because I feel like moving this UFO forward I've been cutting pieces for more blocks on quilting breaks. Hopefully I can find enough purples and grays in the scrap bags. Make do!

Purple 2.5 Edition

Lady of the Lake

10 inch block

This week I worked with the purple 2.5 inch scraps.  I have a box of all different colors of strips of scraps 2.5 inches long.  They get in there various ways - I use other than scraps in a project that requires a 2.5 cut of fabric or I get to the end of a piece of fabric and all that's left is 2.5 inches and maybe a little string.  Anyway...I used up most of the purple in the 2.5 inch box because I actually have very little purple in my stash. 

I'm making Lady of the Lake blocks this year. Two of them will be made in light/dark RSC (Rainbow Scrap Challenge) color of the month and two of them will be color of the month plus a color analogous on the  color wheel- this time blue.  6.5 inch centers will be cut from chunk pieces (yes, I have a scrap chunk crate). 

I tried out this block last year when the color of the month was orange. I used yellow for analogous color.  Here's how some of the blocks look together so far. Yes, I like them. So, I will continue this year making Lady of the Lake blocks. 

Also last year when color of the month was orange I made a 12 inch ship block.  I belonged to a "birthday club" where members make a requested birthday girl's block of choice and sent it to birthday girl in her birthday month.    This ship block was birthday girl's choice. I found it easy to make and cute AND I have a piece of ship fabric perfect for backing what will be this baby sized quilt. I'm using a variety of blue backgrounds...may even add gray...don't know yet. 

Each month I'm going to see if I can move toward finishing any UFOs with scraps from the color of the month.  I won some six inch Split Nine Patch blocks last year from Block Lotto.  They were made in purple, gray and white tone on tones.   So I made a couple of blocks from scraps but actually had to cut some purple 2.5 inch pieces because these are made with tone on tones and most of my remaining purple scraps after making the above were NOT tone on tone. 

So now I think that brings me to 54 blocks and that will make a baby sized quilt.  I have a piece of purple to use as a border. 

Another Block Lotto win last year was six inch Birds in the Air blocks.  These blocks are made in tone on tone purples and blues with white.   So, since I made some new 2.5 inch scraps from making the above blocks I immediately used them to make six birds in the air blocks. I'm going to make a big quilt from these and will probably use blue tone on tones to make more blocks for this quilt. So watch for same blocks in RSC blue month. Otherwise you won't see these blocks again for ScrapHappy Saturday. Merely trying to move a UFO forward this month. 

Sprouts 

6 x 13

I made the three sprouts on the left. The two on the right were made last year from my purple scraps. It's kind of fun to compare scraps from year to year.  I actually don't know where I'm going with these blocks so maybe I should figure that out now since these are rolling over from last year and I have different numbers of blocks in each scrappy color. 

Now I'm down to some miscellaneous blocks and parts. 

I made two eight inch Depression blocks. I've been making these for several years. I guess I should count the stack. I like big quilts so sometimes it takes awhile to get there when you make a few blocks each month from scraps.  But what's the hurry? 

The second row of blocks goes into the four inch parts department. Gosh, I have a big bag of 4 inch parts. I've been throwing things into there for years.   And the bottom row is a strip of wonky HSTs leftover from Lady of the Lake.  Usually I throw wonkies into the crumb pile but I decided to make a strip from them. I have "made strips" in various colors and sizes so will now add to them with hst strips.  Use to be determined later. 

Speaking of strips...I made one with the ends of some purple scraps. 

I also have been making triangles following the tutorial on Molly Flanders. I have a LOT of these. I guess I need to figure out the diagonal measurement of the quilt I want to make and then figure out how many of these things it takes sewn together to make that measurement. 

And that's the Purple 2.5 Scrap Edition. 

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Catching Up With Old MacDonald

With all that's been going on here I had fallen behind with my Old MacDonald Mystery Sampler blocks  - a fun Block Lotto mystery sampler designed by Sophie.   

I think I'm now caught up.   These are the alternate July Spikey Blocks I'm using in my sampler because  I just couldn't seem to get the hang of the curved ones...

...even though I tried them (and sent them to the July Lotto winner). 

Split Nine Patches  - They were the August Block Lotto block.  

They are my Purple Mountain Majesties for the sampler. 

As are these on sky background. 

As a side note...I won 48 of these Lotto Blocks! 

In September our Old MacDonald Sampler needs two barn doors.  Here's mine. 

And here's my 9 September Barn Door Blocks to enter into the drawing. Maybe I'll win two months in a row? Or not! (I love these!) 

Block Lotto

Moving it Forward Monday with Em's Scrapbag

Monday Making with Love Laugh Quilt

Purple/Gray 2.5

This month the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color is dusty purple or gray with acid green accents. 

This week I worked with my 2.5 inch scraps and made some six inch split nine patches which happens to be the Block Lotto block of the month. 

I mixed a few purple and gray 2.5 inch scraps and made a couple of 8 inch Depression Blocks.

Finally I made a bunch of little Pyramid Units

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