Hooray for Crumb Quilts

Now you know what I have been doing for the past couple of weeks. 

Yes, working on a crumb quilt with my red, white, and blue scraps. 

I have saved the scraps from every patriotic quilt or project I have made over the past few years. Now I'm ironing, pinning, sewing, cutting and enjoying every minute of it! I do love sewing with red, white, and blue fabrics. It gives me a good feeling about patriotism!

Most of my sewing has been at night this month with yard work consuming by daylight hours. I did get a nice surprise when I was dead heading my roses the other day.

I have about six blocks finished and think I may get five or six more by the time I'm done. If you aren't a quilter, you may be wondering what a crumb quilt might be, if so, here's a short definition:

 

Basically, it’s sewing small pieces of fabric together to make new fabric which can be cut up to make blocks, borders, sashing and more. source

So, I've been sewing every small bit and piece of these fabrics together then cutting the blocks into 12-inch squares. Here are four of the finished blocks.

I'm thinking about how to put the blocks together. Since it is my very first crumb quilt, I need your advice.  

• Should I add sashing between the blocks? 
• If so, what color should the sashing be?
• Should I use corner stones? 
• Color of corner stones?
• No sashing?
• How about borders and binding?

I would love to hear your thoughts - Judy.

Linking to:

Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty on Thursday 

Home Matters Link Party on Friday

The Peacock Party @ Wendy's Quilts and More on Friday
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations, Quilts, Whatever
Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog
Finished (or not) Friday @ Alycia Quilts 

Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Mosaic Monday @ Letting Go of the Bay Leaf on Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday

Busy Monday @ A Pinch of Joy on Sundays at 5pm

Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt on Sunday

Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Scrap Infatuation on Wednesday

Patriotic Throw Ready for Quilting

I am thankful that I have my patriotic throw pieced and ready for me to quilt. The borders and stars were sewn on tonight.

I hung it at the top of my stairs on the landing just to get these pics. My goal has been to have a seasonal quilt hung for each season. As you can see, I am really cutting it close with this one. 

Hopefully, I can take it down tomorrow, make my sandwich and start quilting. 

Blooms in my gardens this week 

I love when my flowers are blooming, it makes me happy and brings me peace in these troubling times. Look closely at the purple coneflowers in the second row. There is a beautiful swallowtail butterfly doing his job. 

I have noticed Japanese Beetles on some of my flowers and rose bushes the past few days. I have sprayed some of my flowers but want to let the pollinators work.

Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

Linking to:

Thankful Thursday @ It's A Small Town Life
Put Your Foot Down @ For the Love of Geese

The Peacock Party @ Wendy's Quilts and More on Friday
Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty on Friday
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations, Quilts, Whatever
Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog
Finished (or not) Friday @ Alycia Quilts 
Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting
TGIFF @ ChrisKnitsSews
Saturday Sparks Link Party @ Pieced Pastimes on Friday

Farmhouse Friday @ The Painted Hinge

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Sundays at Home @ My Soulful Home on Saturday

Scrap Happy Saturday @ Superscrappy  

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life on Monday 

Wonderful Wednesday @ Oh My Heartsie Girl on Monday pm

Lou Lou Girls Fabulous Party @ Lou Lou Girls at 8 pm on Monday

All About Home Link Party @ Common Ground on Tuesday

MMM Block Party @Keeping It Simple

Lou Lou Girls Fabulous Party @ Lou Lou Girls at 8 pm on Monday


Image-in-ing @Wordless Wednesday on Tuesday 


Classy Flamingo Blog Party @ Poinsettia Drive on Tuesday pm

Tuesday Turn About @ My Wee Abode

Charming Homes & Gardens @ Dabbling & Decorating on Wednesdays

To Grandma's House We Go DIY Link Party @ Grandma's House DIY on Wednesday

Share Your Style Link Party @ French Ethereal on Wednesday at 6pm

Patriotic Throw Progress

A little progress has been made on my patriotic throw. I am piecing the star blocks together now and have a couple done to share.

There are 14 stars that will go around the Robert Kaufman panel. I still have 12 stars to get done but thankfully the flying geese are all made so it is just a matter of sewing the stars together and the time to get it done.

Below is a cross stitch patriotic design that was a gift from a friend a number of years ago. I recently sent her a pic to see if she remembered it. She said she did and now says her vision isn't as good and is unable to do cross stitch. I am thankful I have this gift from her.

Blooming on my porch this week:

Thanks for stopping by - Judy

Linking to:

Thankful Thursday @ It's A Small Town Life
Put Your Foot Down @ For the Love of Geese

The Peacock Party @ Wendy's Quilts and More on Friday
Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty on Friday
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations, Quilts, Whatever
Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog
Finished (or not) Friday @ Alycia Quilts 
Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting
TGIFF @ ChrisKnitsSews
Saturday Sparks Link Party @ Pieced Pastimes on Friday

Farmhouse Friday @ The Painted Hinge

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Sundays at Home @ My Soulful Home on Saturday

Scrap Happy Saturday @ Superscrappy  

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda

Finishing Up a Patriotic Throw and A Class

I've been trying to finish up a throw for my daughter's birthday. I'm always drawn to patriotic pieces and thought this would be perfect on the back of her white couch. 

The panel is " Colors of Freedom" by Wilmington Prints. 

Wanting the panel larger for a throw, I added 15.5 blocks to the sides of the panel.

The repeating stripe from the fabric line made a quick wide border for the top and bottom of the quilt.

I had the top all pieced in time for her birthday on the 15th but didn't have it quilted. (Bad when you have to give a gift that isn't finished and need to bring it back home to finish it up).

I took a class at Calico Country in Paducah, KY, called "Edge to Edge Quilting on Your Embroidery Machine where you are quilting in the hoop. It was a fun class and I wanted to use this technique on this quilt.

The book is by Amelie Scott Designs and has several expansion packs. 

Now that the quilting is done, I'm finishing up the binding today and should gift it again tomorrow. 

Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

Linking to:

Move It Forward @ Em's Scrap Bag on Monday

To Do Tuesday @ Stitch ALL the Things on Monday

Color and Inspiration at Clever Chameleon Quilting on Tuesday

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life 
Linky Tuesday @ Free Motion by the River

Almost Finished @ Silly Mama Quilts on Wednesday

Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts on Wednesday

Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter

Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication on Wednesday

Grace at Home @ The Charm of Home

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation on Wednesday

Grace at Home @ The Charm of Home

Thankful Thursday @ It's A Small Town Life

Little Things @ Random-osity

Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage on Thursday evening

Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog

Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Finish It Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts

Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring

Saturday Sparks Link Party @ Pieced Pastimes on Friday
Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Scrap Happy Saturday @ Superscrappy

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is More Fun Than Laundry on Saturday

Saturday Shuffle Blog Hop @ Strawberry Butterscotch on Saturday

Patriotic Quilt for My Porch

My patriotic quilt is finished and displayed on my front porch for the Fourth of July.

I'm so happy that it is finished just in time for the holiday. 

Click here to see the evolution of my quilt. 

Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

I'm joining the following:

Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making

Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
BOMs Away Monday @ Katie Mae Quilts
Moving It Forward @ Em's Scrapbag

Scraptastic Tuesday at She Can Quilt

Midweek Makers for Quilt Fabrication on Wednesday

Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation 

Have A Daily Cup for Share Your cup Thursday

Busy Hands Quilts for Finished or Not Friday

Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday

Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday

Scrap Happy Saturday at Superscrappy

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Laundry on Sunday

Working on A Patriotic Throw

I have the 20 blocks done on my Wonky Star Quilt but decided to start another new project on Friday. Thinking I better start on something patriotic to have it ready for the 4th of July, I found a picture on Pinterest of a throw that appealed to me. I'm considering taking out the 4 squares in the center of the star and using one piece of fabric. What would you do with the center of the star?

So here's my take of the patriotic throw. 

I saw a picture of a similar throw and it said the size is about 40 x 60. So from those measurements, I have been piecing my project. The star is similar to the "Wonky Star" quilt I have been working on. This made it a littler easier in making the star on this patriotic throw. Hopefully, they don't look wonky.  There are four smaller stars with one in each corner. 

Later today, I finished two stars for the bottom of the throw.

Still have to piece the top corner stars plus a narrow red border and a wider blue border. I'm hoping to finish it in the next few days. 

Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

I'm joining the following:

Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making

Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
BOMs Away Monday @ Katie Mae Quilts

Scraptastic Tuesday at She Can Quilt

Midweek Makers for Quilt Fabrication on Wednesday

Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation 

Have A Daily Cup for Share Your cup Thursday

Busy Hands Quilts for Finished or Not Friday

Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday

Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday

Scrap Happy Saturday at Superscrappy

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Laundry on Sunday