I turned one of my Sister's Ten BOM blocks into a pretty little pillow :) I decided to try a loopy FMQ pattern on this one. It's a bit inconsistent as far as spacing goes. But that's what practice is for, right? I really love how it turned out! I had put these blocks away because I could decide what color to use as borders for the pillows... I thought I would use a neutral, but I didn't like any of the ones I held up to the block, so into a bin they went to wait. Then today I decided I needed a little break from scrappy tripping- I'm up to 11 blocks! And now I need to cut more strips. Which I really didn't feel like doing. It was quite by chance that I settled on this green for the borders. It was laying on my cutting table waiting to have a strip cut from it for my scrappy trip and they just looked so perfect together! I cut a couple more strips and a little while later I had a pretty finished pillow. The back is a simple envelop closure in the same green as the border. The other block is waiting to be quilted and will join its sister as a pillow hopefully this weekend. Yay!
I also finished my bee block for the month.
Isn't it pretty? I don't think I would have picked these colors, but I really love how it looks now that it's all together! It will be making its way to Virginia tomorrow morning :)
Okay. So I didn't achieve my goal for the week, which was to knock out all my BOM blocks. My scrappy trip quilt is still totally distracting me... and covering my sewing table! There is a fabric explosion in here and I really don't feel like cleaning it up to make a couple of blocks and then have to get it all out again. So I'm probably going to fall behind in the BOM department. But for my scrappy trip quilt... that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make!
Now I can't decide if I should finish my pillow this afternoon or make a few more scrappy trip blocks... Decisions.
Linking up to Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts!
Lovely loopy quilting, Anna. I keep saying I will make up some practice blocks so that I can try some new FMQ shapes ... you're so right, we all have to practise :)
ReplyDeleteMake ALL the scrappy trip blocks!
ReplyDeleteI tried FMQ for the first time tonight, and I suck at it. My loops look like a child's crayon drawing. Your loops look beautiful! They look like tiny leaves.
Lovely fmq and that green is the perfect border! Your Vegas trip looks fab too, btw :)
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