Hi and welcome. It's a very short post today - just too many things on the go and not much stitching to share.
Update: I'll be travelling the first week of March, so I've extended the Free Motion Mavericks linking party by a week. Please link up 😍
Week 6 - Kite block
I didn't really find any methods that I wanted to use to make the kite block so I did a stitch and flip. It mostly worked. Too bad my math wasn't quite right.
This is the first kite block that I made since it was the closest fabric at hand 😁. I made each quarter using the stitch and flip method, starting the stitching line at 1" at the wide part, going down to ¼" from the end. It worked out really well.
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| Kite block - starting the stitching at 1" |
This is the second block I made - starting the stitching at 1½" from the edge. It made it wider. It does waste a lot of fabric but I'm working with scraps so I really don't care. You have to stop clinging to those scraps eventually! 😂
The only issue that I had is my math - my calculations made a 6" block instead of 6½" . I forgot to take into account that each quarter has to have an extra ½" . Darn. I was so proud - but it's not a problem. When I put all the blocks together, I'll just add a border or something. As you can imagine, my blocks are not all 6½" so there will be a lot of setting borders happening. 😉
Kawandi style neutral mat
I mentioned in an earlier post that I'm making a Kawandi style mat with neutral colours for my niece. I'm probably about a quarter done. There was stitching done during the hockey game and then as I listened to some training. I love it!
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| Kawandi style neutral mat |
I'm writing this post at my son's place, while Poppy sitting. Here's our girl!
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| Poppy 😍 |
What I learned and updates
- When I don't have much to share on the learning front, I'll add "updates" to this section.
- As I mentioned above, I'm really happy with my stitch and flip version of the kite block. I just wasn't in the mood for foundation paper piecing so this was a great compromise. I figured that if it didn't work out, that it could be a wonky version, but I didn't even have to do that!
- I've decided to make only one kite block for each panel.
- Now I'm working on finishing my blocks for both panels. I figure that I have 4 more blocks to make for the Cowboy panel and 6 more blocks for the Christmas panel.
- I've started making appliqué blocks for the Cowboy panel. I found a free baby quilt pattern that had cool cowboy related appliqué blocks and I'll be using those. I'll link up to the pattern when I'm done.
- Two of the blocks will include the shape appliqué as well as fussy cut appliqués of animals. That will be very cute!
- I haven't really thought about the extra blocks for the Christmas panel but it will include at least one bird appliqué block.
- I started quilting-in-the-ditch the blue scrappy baby quilt that I'm making for the February Table Scraps Challenge. I'm assuming that the linking up party will start on Friday but I'm hoping to have the weekend to finish most of it. I'm really looking forward to FMQ it.
Sneak peek at
Blue Scraps - I also want to FMQ Poppy's mat but she's probably not visiting for a couple of weeks, so I have time (right, like she'd even notice!)🐶
- Thanks for your kind words and wishes for hubby and me - we're probably off to the emergency this afternoon since it looks like it's a disk problem.😔
Related links
- SAHRR Cowboy Panel Update, February 22, 2025
- SAHRR - Week 5 and Free Motion Mavericks, February 20, 2025
- Blocks for both panels with SAHRR, February 13, 2025
- Snow Happens Finish, SAHRR & Mom's Mat, February 10, 2025
- Lots of Updates and Free Motion Mavericks, January 30, 2025
- SAHRR and Snow Happens on Free Motion Mavericks, January 23, 2025
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to many fun linking parties, as well as the SAHRR week 6 link up. Monday Musings, Design Wall Monday, Sew & Tell, Put your foot down, Needle & Thread Thursday, Off The Wall Friday, Finished (Or Not) Friday, Patchwork & Quilts, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2025, Oh Scrap!, Slow Sunday Stitching,
Free Motion Mavericks
Welcome to week 521 of Free Motion Mavericks! It was a very productive week! Thanks so much for linking up. Here are the projects from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting.
Quilting Gail took part in the Runner Up Blog Hop. This featured a runner made using one of the rulers that they received, as well as Island Batik fabric. I couldn't resist the picture with her grand dog. Gail quilted the runner using the Silly Moon Rocket ruler and meandering.
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| Gail's grand-dog guarding the bench...or runner? |
Preeti of Sew Preeti Quilts created a runner called Crystal Pendants. It's also reversable!
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| Preeti's Crystal Pendants runner |
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| Preeti's Crystal Pendants runner - the other side! |
Kat of Scrapbox quilts made a Little Blu Bear Hug - her 4th bear hug quilts. It's so sweet. Kat used her walking foot to quilt it!
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| Kat's Little Blu Bear Hug |
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| Here is the mini quilt - Little Blu Bear Hug by Kat |
Donnalee quilted a very cute placemat, the first of four - fabric chosen by her husband.
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| Donnalee's first of 4 placemats |
Gwyned quilted this amazing piece, Pond Life, for Project Quilting 16.4. Her densely FMQ is so fun! You'll want to read the post for her inspiration.
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| Pond Life by Gwyned |
It's now your turn! The linking party is open for two weeks. Enjoy!
Kite blocks can be hard with the quilty math sometimes. You did great and I'm sure you will make these fit right into your SAHRR. Thanks for joining us and for sharing with us at Monday Musings.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Brenda. I'm really happy that I was able to figure most of it out! I've really enjoyed SAHRR. Thanks for helping to host it! Now to put something together!
DeleteYes, the math is something that is often difficult for me. Your kite blocks look great.
ReplyDeleteThanks Danice, and I thought I was doing so good, but it's all good!
DeleteI'm impressed that you did those kites freehand! I admit to cheating with my accuquilt. Your blocks look great! Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Emily!
DeletePoppy is a sweet girl. As for maths....it's always a big fail for me. My head is mathematically challenged. I think your kite blocks will look fabulous when all together and as for the Kawandi style mat, it's lovely. Beautiful tulips, too. It looks as if spring is on its way at your place, Andree.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kim, I'm sure that the kite blocks will work. I've now created three applique blocks for the cowboy panel, so only one more block to go before putting everything together. Thanks for dropping by 😊
DeleteYour "freestyle" kite blocks turned out nicely. Hopefully the ER room trip lead to a solution and not more doctor appointments. Hope this week is calmer.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Kate. I'm at the hospital now waiting for hubby's MRI. At least he's now in the system since we don't have a family doctor. Things are slowly getting better. Thanks.
DeleteI used the paper foundation method because I knew I would fail at making it fit. LOL
ReplyDeleteHi Chris, I was too lazy to copy the pattern and our printer is useless. I'm glad that it worked out, more or less!
DeleteI like that you used your own method - and math... it always messes things up haha!!!
ReplyDeleteThe stitch and flip method is now my favourite. As for the math, yes, I'm not terrible, but obviously not great. haha!!!
DeleteI like your kite blocks and you will make them work. I do hate when I makes those mistakes....it makes me crazy!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathleen, I don't like making mistakes but I would have been driven crazy a long time ago - I've learned to accept them and adapt. That's also why I do more art quilts than traditional quilting. But this has been a really fun change of pace.
DeleteYour kite blocks look really nice and they will look great in your quilt although it's annoying forgetting the extra 1/2" - I did that with my slashed squares. And I like your Kawandi style mat. Those neutral colours create a very peaceful and stylish effect :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Janine. That's what I'm going for with the Kawandi style mat - I'm sure that my niece will appreciate it! It also turns out that those neutrals are quite lovely. Probably because of the variety. It's not like making a large quilt and seeing all of those browns for weeks if not months on end!
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