Final Final 2020 Fabric

 

Okay, now that the USPS has burped out my final fabric purchase from Fabric Bubb, here it is, my final final fabric purchase for 2020. Three more solid Konas for the BOTEOM for SBAMQG. As soon as I get them washed, I can get them incorporated into the cutting I'm doing for the blocks. And yes, I've purchased that ruler fabric before, but it's just that perfect color, and it has numbers. 

I think these four fabrics would make a lovely quilt all on their own.

Last of 2020

 

Here are the very last fabric buys of 2020 for me. First, from Spoonflower, a yard of the Calamityware design, Things Could Be Worse. I will either make napkins or placemats to go with our plates. And two of the matchstick quilting panels in case I jump off the waitlist in to the class with Cassandra Beaver. She has instructions on her blog, so if I don't get into the class I can try it out myself with these panels. I noticed that Spoonflower had masks and mask making kits for sale as well, but I didn't buy any.

From Sewtopia, I bought the RubyStar mask panel, a lot of those designs are really cute, and I'm definitely keeping the octopus one for myself. I got the Ruby Star Rising Alma Field Rising in Persimmon for the center of my Lone Round Robin quilt for SBAMQG. If I get it done in time it will be in the PVQA exhibit. And one more Ruby Star, the cool stripe on the left. I loved the mint chocolate truffle they included in the package, yum.

From SFBayQuilts, I got a Marcia Derse panel and the Kona solid Grellow for the SBAMQG Block of the Every Other Month. Such a perfect name for that color, Grellow. They threw in a freebie which is that cute Paris print.

And for local pickup, from Hart's Fabric I got three solids for SBAMQG Block of the Every Other Month, and a pack of bobbins. Memo to me, the back door of Hart's is inaccessible because of having to limit how many people at a time come in the store, so don't park there unless you want to walk around the whole building. And Hart's has a fabric they're recommending for mask making, it's a very finely woven cotton, smooth and soft, the one on the right, this one is a brick red. 

I'm still waiting on a package from Fabric Bubb that has the last of the Kona solids I need for the BOTEOM, so this isn't strictly *the last of 2020* after all. 

More BOTEOM Piecing

And lo there were many more strips cut for the BOTEOM, and thus there were more blocks made...definitely got myself into one of those "if you give a mouse a cookie" type of situations. 

I couldn't stop once I started with these, because hey all the fabric is already cut so why not, right? 

So now I have these big pieced triangles. 

Not sure where I go from here, but there are still more scraps and pieced together bits that may be made into other shapes and sizes and then I'll fit it all into one piece. Or it'll all end up in a project box for "another" time" to figure out how it all goes together. 

(Sssh...don't tell anyone but, ometimes I think I'm making a room full of jigsaw puzzles for the future. Hopefully someone will know how to sew things together.)

More Improv Blocks

 After making the BOTEOM blocks I had some leftover grey triangles, the ones I'd cut off in the first step, so I did the reverse, added strips on to the small triangles. I had a lot of strips cut, so I wanted to use them up.

 Here's how they all look together, the top six are the original ones. The bottom six are the new blocks. I caught the cold my DH was home sick with, so I unfortunately missed the SBAMQG meeting :( So...that means I still have all these blocks, and lots of strips left, so they'll get turned into something because I really like this color combo after working with it a bit.

Wise words indeed!

Improv Blocks

Time for the block of the every other month, this time it's an improv block in a color palette called Emerald City. The background of the blocks are a medium gray, with one corner cut off in random and hopefully varied enough angles.

  Strips were cut in the colors in sizes from .75" to 1.5".  I found a huge blank spot in my greens collection for this true green color.

  One strip is sewn on to each background.

Trimmed off the strip in line with the background square.

 Much better.

Second strip added.

Third strip added.

And then the fourth strip.

 Here's how they look together.  I think I'm supposed to trim them down to a certain size.

Is six enough to give me a good chance to win the block lottery? I have some leftover strips, so maybe I'll make a few more before the meeting next week.  I do like these colors together quite a lot now that I've used them in making these blocks.

Color Schemes

 Some new fabrics for the block of the every other month for the SBAMQG. This picture doesn't show the colors very well, but they're supposed to be in a color palette called Emerald City. Now to actually sew some of these improv blocks before the next meeting!

 I added a few more when I stopped in at the new Santa Cruz Vac & Sew, a lot has changed already, there was tons of new stuff that they are adding to the stock, so I'm sure it'll be very different the next time I get a chance to go.

Echo Block

To get ready to actually show up to a SBAMQG meeting, I decided to jump in and participate in the 'block of the every other month block' lottery. They post the color scheme and block instructions, so it was easy to figure out. There were several color combinations to choose from, I pulled these fabrics from my stash.

The Echo block is paper-pieced, designed by member Karen Foster.  I printed it out, and luckily remembered to measure it before preceding, and it was off by a lot. It turns out my printer settings were scaling or something, so I reprinted the actual size and it was all good. Always good to remember to check before sewing.

I used paper for sewing the first block and then remembered I had printable interfacing for paper-piecing applications, and the rest of the blocks were done on that. Much nicer to stitch on, not as slippery under the machine needle. I hadn't done any paper-piecing in quite a while, so I was glad it came back to me easily.

I ended up making six blocks, but unfortunately didn't win them, it was fun to see how they all looked on the design wall at the meeting. Everyone's were all so different but they looked great together.