"Winter Citrus"

I have given up all hope of seeing the sun again,

so nasty indoor photos will have to do.

I have recently finished putting together 

this quilt top....

"Bonnie Lass" from Quilt Lovely, 

my third Jen Kingwell finish!

I am calling this one "Winter Citrus", which I hope is 

self-explanatory.

Oranges, mandarines, limes!

Made entirely from stash, this is my next charity 

quilt!

I even have a vintage sheet ready for backing!

Happy sewing!

SUZ

Flitting...

between projects.

A hand pieced block for a new 'round robin'....

helping my sister....

with her sampler blocks...

practising a bee block...

starting a charity quilt from my stash...

making tissue covers....

and shopping!

Thanks Carla for my new linen zippy pouch!

Happy sewing!

SUZ

Making Sand...wiches!

From fabric hamburger....

to rainbow sandwiches.....

to Scrappy Sandwich blocks!

Here's how I make them.....

STEP 1: Making the scrappy strips

The scrappy strips are 

made from a variety of scraps....

Each scrap is at least 3 and 1/2" long, and any width from 3/4" to about 2".

Try for a variety of widths to give the blocks interest.

Continue adding strips until each set is 3 and 1/2" in width 

and 10 and 1/2 " in length, 

trimming if necessary.

Then. white strips- 1 and 1/2" by 10 1/2"   are sewn to either side,

Make another 79!

I finger pressed across the centre of the white strip...

(I want the length of this edge to measure 5" when the corners are cut off. It will become obvious at the next stage)

then lined up my ruler at either end,

to give me the diagonal cutting line,

marking each point if required.

(You will notice the centre line of my ruler is parallel with the edge of block)

Cut triangles off each corner.

I'm using these for another fun project!-link here

My sewing machine cover is here

There! 

The distance across the top of the white strip 

should now measure 5"

(see below)

STEP 2:

The solid contrast fabric is cut next.

I used about a yard and a quarter of this fabric

Cut 4 and 1/2" squares of the coloured solid fabric, in this case the sandy colour,

and cross cut them....

and attach the bias edge to either side of the white strips....

Press carefully 

Square this block to measure

7 and 3/8 inches 

STEP 3:

Join four together, giving the block I call....

Scrappy 'Sand'wiches!

I hope you enjoyed my little tutorial.

Happy sewing!

SUZ

PS If there are any questions please contact me at my email. Many of you are no-reply bloggers and I have no way of helping you!

A Rainbow Sandwich!

or two, 

or three....

A picnic in the making?

Can you guess what this will become?

Reminds me of the saying,

"When life gives you lemons..."

Well, when life gives you scraps, make sandwiches!

Happy sewing!

SUZ

A Friendly Neighborhood!

A while back, on this post, I told you about a fun project that Beth from Love, Laugh, Quilt was 

organizing. 

She asked for all her friends in Blogland to send her 12" blocks of Houses.

She would then randomly select winners to receive some of them to make into a quilt top.

However one generous lady, Em, from  www.wonkyquilter.com sent a WHOLE quilt top!

This is it-

And now it lives at MY house!

I was lucky enough to be the winner of this really lovely quilt!

Em used some really cute fabric!

The yellow in the one above is "Little Golden Books", which I have never seen before.

And this one with cup cakes is yummy!

This, I think, is from Eric Carle's "Hungry Caterpillar" picture story book!

And this one houses a family of cats!

And finally chickens in the henhouse!

It is really very pretty and my photos don't do it justice!

I am intending to hand quilt it in a naive manner over the winter months and offer it to a local charity, for 

a raffle or fundraiser of some kind.

I will show you again when it is finished!

Happy sewing

SUZ