Bonjour and welcome 😊 It looks like Spring is finally here. Last night I heard the Canada Geese coming back. That's such a good sign since they usually know what's going on. I'll have a huge job cleaning up my backyard since the wild rabbits have been coming by every day for apples and seeds! I'll have to wait until things dry up to tackle that 😁

Making extra blocks

Last week's SAHRR plan got rearranged a bit. The centre blocks have smaller 5" blocks on both sides. Well, that's actually not accurate. On one side are the new Chicago Geese blocks that I made to fit. I did a great job on the first block but then managed to make a few errors that I quickly changed into design options. So I have one 5" Chicago Geese block, and three variation on the Goose blocks (one is 6" while the other two are 5"). These blocks started off as an error but when I embraced the error, it got very fun! 😎 I'm really happy with my variations.

First 5" Chicago Geese block

Original 9" Chicago Geese block

Individual Variation on a Goose
block (top)

2 Variation on a Goose block

Individual Variation on a Goose
block (bottom)

6" Variation on a Goose block

While I was working on my project, I cleaned my studio since I couldn't find three of my hour-glass blocks.

MISSING 3
hour-glass blocks!

Replacement hour-
glass blocks

I ended up making four more hour-glass blocks and used the original one in the centre.

I had mentioned that I wanted to place my Anvil blocks on point. It took a bit of work but I managed to make this lovely block with 2 anvil blocks. I realised that my blocks had very little contrast, so I used a contrasting background fabric. It does seem to help a bit.

Two anvil blocks on point

Anvil block with borders and the quilt's upper border

Finally, after playing around with the layout, I realised that I needed at least one more larger block. In a book, new to me, I found an easy pineapple block. I've always wanted to make one, so I did!

My first pineapple block

So, here is how my quilt has evolved.

One set of side blocks attached

Centre blocks with both side blocks attached

What I learned

This was a lot of work - and I'm far from finished!
It's a good thing that I've enjoyed the process 😀
Making the smaller Chicago Geese block went well, until it didn't! In the first block, I used a larger half-square triangle block and then managed to add too many sides. I decided to see what it would look like - and I love it. Do you think that this is how new quilt blocks get invented? Who knows, it might have already been invented, but I'm calling it Variations on a Goose.
How does someone loose 3 blocks? I guess if I knew, I would have found them! 😂I suppose I was meant to have a variety of hour-glass blocks in my quilt.
I really like how my anvil blocks looks on-point. They are so different. When I made them, they were on a doll quilt and on-point. They looked so cool. Thanks goodness I found a good tutorial - if I had winged it, it would have been a mess. I've made on-point quilts a few times, but not enough to remember the process of putting them together. The tutorial is in Related links below.
I have no idea if the pineapple block I made is different (since it was considered easy). It was easy but I doubt that I will ever want to make enough for a whole quilt.
The layout is interesting. I'm playing with a few ideas about how to make the top row. I'll be doing something similar for the bottom row. Then I'll probably be adding small side borders. I really am looking forward to cuddling up under this quilt - so it needs to be big enough! Thanks goodness I still have lots of Kona Cotton in matching colours.

I Quilted This!

Welcome to the I Quilted This! linking party that celebrates quilting on a domestic machine or custom quilting on a long-arm. Feel free to link up and share any recent project, even if you're not quilting it! Here are the posts that included FMQ, ruler work and walking foot quilting last week. Thanks for linking up 😊 and feel free to grab the button.

Deb, A Scrappy Quilter, finished up a whole bunch of baby quilts. Here are a few. You'll want to check out her post to see the others!

A lovely baby quilt with light green backing by Deb

A purple and green baby quilt by Deb

The back of the purple and green baby quilt by Deb

Melva of Melva Loves Scraps finished 4 quilts in February. Here are two of them. One is a cute scrappy green baby quilt while the other is her vintage linens quilt. The vintage linens are hankies and samplers made by her grandmother! You'll want to read about the making and check it out here!

Melva's scrappy green baby quilt

Melva's vintage linens quilt

Details of Melva's vintage linens quilt

Raewyn, the Stitching Farm Girl, made this gorgeous animal quilt with quilts. There's a great story behind it and I'm encouraging you to hop over to read about this quilt's Show & Tell! She quilted some of the quilts using ruler work, cross hatching and meandering.

Animal and quilts made by Raewyn

Ruler work detail by Raewyn

Brenda from Songbird Designs has made block 12 of this amazing quilt! The pieces are appliquéd and then she quilted the block. It's stunning and you'll want to read the story behind it and check out her other blocks here.