SAHRR and some green button blocks

 My 2023 SAHRR quilt is finished! I started with an orphaned Halloween block I made in 2012 as part of the Wicked Blog Hop. I also won a fat quarter of Halloween fabrics that were just sitting on my shelf. It was time to use them. 

My quilt grew as the rounds were announced each week. 

Week 1: spools

Week 2: stars

Week 3:hourglass

Week 4: flying geese

Week 5: square in a square

Week 6: pinwheels

After Week 5, I decided to add Week 6 to the top and bottom to make a rectangular quilt instead of a square. I also decided to add 2 more rows to make it a bit longer. I drew up a paper piece pattern for a simple witches hat and some candy corn. I added one row to the top and one to the bottom.

I finally finished the quilting! I added custom quilting in the rounds like spider webs and 'ghost' quilting of the pinwheels, stars, etc.

Easier to see on the back.

Now it was photoshoot time! I went to a local park that has a cute Kids Only house. 

I'm calling it Halloween Night!

The finished size is 42" x 53.5"

I pieced the backing from most of the leftover pieces from the fat quarters. It will be fun to have a Halloween quilt ready in the Fall. 

Thanks Gail for hosting this SAHRR with all your host friends! 

I'm linking to the SAHRR Parade linky party @QuiltingGail

Edit:Linking to Favorite Finish Monthly link-up

I also finished 2 green buttons for the RSC.

Three finished and one to go!

I'm linking Scrap Happy Saturday @So Scrappy!

With my last 2 finishes, I started a new project! News about it coming soon!

Snowy Forest is Finished!

 Yay! I finished my Snowy Forest quilt! I made this quilt in conjunction with the #improvtrianglesewalong with Nicholas Ball @quiltsfromtheattic. He hosted this QAL on Instagram in February. This is the 2nd year that I participated. His book Inspiring Improv is a great resource for improv quilting! 

Once all most of the triangles were sewn, I started to make 'slabs.'

And puzzle them together adding additional triangles or pieces as needed.

All the fabric, mostly scraps, were from my stash. The Kona white is a staple in my stash, and the white/gray marble is from a cut-off from a previous quilt's backing.

It was ready for quilting! I quilted the 'forest' with intersecting diagonal lines about 1/2" apart. 

I found some evergreen trees in a local park for a photoshoot.

The backing is 2 larger pieces of green from my stash.

The quilt finishes at 33.5" x 45"

I'm linking to Midweek Makers @QuiltFabrication, NTT @My Quilt Infatuation,

Off the Wall Friday@Creations-Quilts, Arts, Whatever, Finished or Not Friday@Alycia Quilts

March color is Green, Round 5 of SAHRR, and Wedge Work

 A new month and the new color for March is GREEN! I hope to have time on Saturday to make a button or two!

Today I worked on Round 5 of the SAHRR. Gail picked the pinwheel block for the last round. At first, I made 3 pinwheels for each side separated by a solid black square. I wasn't sure what to do for the remaining part of the round. I tried a print or several     prints, I tried a solid orange and some purple. Nothing seemed to work for me.       I finally decided to skip going all the way around and just add to the top and bottom. I used 6 pinwheels for the top separated by the solid black squares and then added a cute print that coordinated to reach the correct width. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of this print...only some scraps. Here is my final round. 

I'm thinking I may add another row to the top and the bottom before finishing this! 

I'm linking to the linky party @Quilting Gail

 

Recently, I have been interested in working with wedges. I signed up for Christina Cameli's @A Few Scraps Harmony and Light quilt along. It is a beautiful pattern and I have the pieces cut and ready to go. I'm waiting to I have a good chunk of time to get started on the color placement. It is a bit intimidating! Recently, I found her book Wedge Quilt Workshop at my library. 

After reading through it, I remembered that my daughter bought me this pattern for my birthday in 2019. I never made it because I don't own a 10º wedge ruler.  

I thought that the templates from the book would work perfectly. So I copied the template and pulled some solids from my stash and started. It wasn't until I was completely finished with the table topper that I realized that the pattern was designed by Christina! It is no wonder the templates worked perfectly! 

It feels good to have finally used this pattern.