OMG March Finish-Citrus Cooler

I've finally finished Citrus Cooler.  It is my OMG finish for March.  

This is another of the patterns I've developed to use 10 inch squares.  It is actually just half square triangle blocks arranged in this pattern.  There are a million ways to arrange your half square triangle blocks to get a stunning result.  

I have posted the pattern for you to try too.  I used Robert Kaufman's  Kona Cotton Citrus Fruit Palette half stack and Kona Cotton yardage in white for the background.  You can use a 10 inch square pack of white Kona Cotton to make the blocks too.  The pattern lists what you need for the background fabric if you use just yardage and if you use the 10 inch squares and yardage.

You can see the pattern if you enlarge your screen

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Lucious Lipstick Quilt Pattern

My 4th 10 inch square pattern is finished.  Find the original post HERE.

This quilt is made with the Lipstick 10-inch square bundle by Kaffe Fassett and the Bird of Paradise 10-inch square Half Stack from Kona Fabrics.  

This is rendition of the traditional pattern called Double X.  This is the pattern I used to make the quilt.  You will have 3/4 of your second scrappy square left over when you cut this pattern, an I am developing a pattern that will use the leftover fabric.  Stay tuned.

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March Goal

My goal is to finally finish this quilt top.  It needs sashing and a border.  Can I quilt it too?  Maybe.

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Juicy Citrus Block Finish

My goal was to finish all of the blocks for this quilt and maybe put the sashing on.  I didn't bring the right white for the sashing, so I have to wait until I get home to put this quilt together.  

It will also be good to have a larger space for laying out the blocks. The bed in my dark little trailer bedroom doesn't let me get it right.

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Another 10 Inch Square Quilt

I am working on my 4th 10-inch square pattern.  For this quilt I used a Kaffe Fassett 10 inch 'Lipstick' pack from the Classics Collection and a half stack of Kona Cotton Birds of Paradise Collection.

I knew I wanted to do something with half square triangles so I sewed a bunch together.  

From each set of a solid and print 10 in square I was able to get 8 half square triangle blocks.

The Kaffe Fassett bundle had 2 squares of 8 different fabrics and 3 squares of 2 different fabrics.  I used on square for the half square triangle blocks and I cut a 4.5 inch square from the second square of each of the different fabrics.  I arranged and rearranged the squares and finally decided on this block.  

I had some great suggestions for the name of my last 10 inch square quilt.  I would love suggestions for this one.  I am so bad at naming quilts.  Any ideas?

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Quilt Pattern

This is my OMG for February.  I would like to finish all of the blocks this month.  I may be able to get the sashing in too.

With all of the hiking and driving and shopping, apron making and general travel stuff, you'd think there wouldn't be time to work on a quilt.  I still crave quilting and I am inspired when I visit fabric shops.  After I visit a shop, I have to pull out my quilt project and sew a few seams. I am working on another quilt pattern for my 10 inch squares. For this pattern, I chose the Citrus Fruit Palette half stack from Robert Kaufman.  Half Stacks have 24 ten inch square pieces.  There are two of each color in the stack.  I really love these colors with the white background.

You can see I have blocks in all stages of completion including uncut triangles 

This is a half square triangle pattern.

Patience is a virtue and you become very virtuous when making this quilt.  I pressed all of my seams open to reduce the bulk on the back.  Pressing seams open takes time.

I would like to finish this quilt by the end of February but it's hard to be inside sewing when it's so warm and lovely outside.  I am creating the pattern for this quilt and will post the finished top when the pattern is ready.  I haven't named this quilt yet-I'm terrible at naming quilts.  Any suggestions?

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Jewel Top

Here are a couple of photos of the progress on my Jewel quilt top.  

Isn't it hard to find just the right placement for a scrappy quilt.  I also need a design wall.

The lighting inside is much different than the outside lighting.

Here is the borderless top.  I'm still thinking about the border.  It will most likely be a strip of the background fabric.  I think 'Jewel' is the perfect name for this quilt.  Now, I am going to attempt to write a publishable pattern for this.  Thank you to Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts for giving me tips and sharing a link to Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs for pattern publishing.  Stay tuned!

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