National Parks Quilt-a-Long - Block 5

I read about this interesting quilt-a-long on this Piecework magazine website. This article directs participants to the Park’s Website for instructions for blocks 1-6.  

The fifth block is the Log Cabin Block.

All blocks are sewn by hand. Here are the first five blocks.

National Parks Quilt-a-Long - Block 4 The Schoolhouse Block

I read about this interesting quilt-a-long on this Piecework magazine website. This article directs participants to the Park’s Website for instructions for blocks 1-6. 

The fourth block is the Schoolhouse Block. I am using small scrappy pieces of fabric that I have and am hand sewing the blocks. 

Previous three blocks -

National Park Quilt A-long, Block 3 Double Pin Wheel

I read about this interesting quilt-a-long on this Piecework magazine website. This article directs participants to the Park’s Website for instructions for blocks 1-6. 

The third block is the Double Pinwheel. There are step by step instructions, as well as diagrams, photographs, and stories. I am using small scrappy pieces of fabric that I have and am hand sewing the blocks. I have to say, the instructions are good, and there are a couple of videos explaining how to cut the blocks with both a rotary cutter/ruler and with templates and scissors.

National Parks Quilt-a-Long - Block 2 Churn Dash

I read about this interesting quilt-a-long on this Piecework magazine website. This article directs participants to the Park’s website for instructions for blocks 1-6. 

The second block is the Churn Dash. There are step by step instructions, as well as diagrams, photographs, and stories. I am using small scrappy pieces of fabric that I have and am hand sewing the blocks.

Here are the first two blocks

National Parks Quilt-a-Long - Block 1 Nine Patch

I read about this interesting quilt-a-long on this Piecework magazine website. This article directs participants to the Park’s website for instructions for blocks 1-6. The first block is the nine patch. There are step by step instructions, as well as diagrams, photographs, and stories. I plan to use small scrappy pieces of fabric I have to hand sew the blocks. Will you join me with this Quilt-a-Long? 

Nine Patch 12 inch block, plus quarter inch seams.

Work in Progress Wednesday

The Trixie blocks. This project needs a little background. When I was young, Trixie Belden was my favorite book character. I think she still is. She and her friends were members of The Bobwhites of the Glen. I read and reread the 39 mystery books in the series. You can see a list of the books here on Wikipedia.

In the summers of 2003 and 2004, I joined other Trixie fans, all adults, to attend “Trixie Camp”. The camps were held somewhere the books were set and were planned by group members, going to places and doing things the Bobwhites did in the books. I only attended twice, but it was held other years too. 

Someone had the idea to make quilts. Each participant was to make multiples of the same block which had some connection to Trixie, and send them to a coordinator of the project, who would divide them up and send them out, so each participant would have one of each block. I received 14 blocks, plus two extra of mine. I think two people must have dropped out before making their blocks. The blocks were supposed to be 8.5 inches square, so they would finish at 8 inches. None of them, including mine, are the proper size. Mine is the blue and gray block in the lower left of the picture. It represents The Mystery of the Blinking Eye, which took place in New York City.

I haven’t known what to do with them, so I did nothing. Now I think I will even them all at 8 inches square. I hate to cut off the points of the two star blocks, but I think it can’t be helped. I briefly thought about adding a little border around each one, but decided that would be a nightmare. Many are made with odd materials, two have some kind of iron-on plastic stuff, one has little pompoms, one has beads, one has velour and suede. You get the idea. Maybe I will have something more to show soon…

Friday Finish - Quilted Pin Book

One evening this week, I made this little “book” to hold pins. I sewed four 2 1/2 inch strips together, the cut them into six squares. I sewed them together in a circle, added some batting in the middle (leftover from one of the temperature quilts). The binding is made from another 2 1/2 inch strip. I folded the strip in thirds and used two buttons and braided embroidery floss as a closure. 

It is simple, but I like how it turned out.

WIP/UFO End of the Year Update

I saw this in the window of a T-shirt Shop.  Luckily I never have to say that.

I last posted about my WIP/UFO's here. This is my latest update. I've taken out the finished projects and added the newly started ones. Bold titles show the ones I have worked on in 2023. My Summer One Thread a Week Challenge helped me make progress and even finish some things and take them off this list. I think I've had a good stitching year!

Year 3 of the Temperature Quilt 

Year 4 of the Temperature Quilt 

Year 5 of the Temperature Quilt

The House Quilt

Scrappy Hexagons

Japanese Hanging

The Trixie Blocks

Ribbon Album Wall Quilt

Mary Queen of Scots  

Bess of Hardwick 

Paisley Purse - Deborah Forney

RSN Knot Garden 

RSN Rice Fields

Cross Stitch and Buttons

Miniature Chair Cushion 

Silk Gauze Cat 

The Virgin Queen's Pocket - Betsy Morgan

Stitching is finished, but needs to be finish finished.

EGA Drawn Thread GCC 

Blue Hardanger 

White Hardanger - Linda Driskell

Dogwood Afghan 

Sneek Sampler

International Pandas

Cross Stitch Border

Stitching is finished but needs to be finish finished

Ice Moth 

Stitching is finished but needs to be finish finished

Sashiko Table Runner

Temari

Fashionable Ladies 

Stitching is finished but needs to be finish finished

Scarf 

Stumpwork 

Bead Earrings

Sardinian Filet

I think visiting this list from time to time is helpful.  It reminds me what I have that is still unfinished (and also how many things are still unfinished).