Yesterday was a full day. After breakfast a colleague from work came over with her lab-border collie cross puppy for a play date with my boys. They had a great time.
My next task for the day was to head out to my favorite local quilt store to drop off my quilts to get the bindings done and I wanted to buy some fabric…. the Climbing Geraniums fabric I need for the border for the green quilt I’m making and I wanted to pick up some of the new collection of Kaffe Fassett Collective Fabric.
I picked out some of my favorites. I bought a half yard of each one except for he green in the upper right. I bought one yard of that because I love it so much.
With the exception of the two rainbow fabrics, those are all part of the most recent KFC collection. And I love them!
Here’s all the step towers prints, designed by Kaffe Fassett.
I really love that design. And I REALLY love that design in the green! It’s so good!
Unfortunately, they didn’t have the border fabric I need. They have that design in several different color ways, but not the one I need. So I ordered some online yesterday, plus one other piece of fabric that I’ve wanted.
After that visit I played pickleball for two hours. then I hightailed it home so I could make it to my friend’s place for a St. Paddy’s day dinner of corned beef and cabbage. I took my boys with me so they could have a play day with Bella the Corgi.
These are the friends I stayed with during my power outage in January. I told them that came for dinner I felt like I was moving in for four days!
It was a great dinner and it was fun to catch up with my friends. The boys were happy and worn out.
I did hit my sewing room tonight to do a quick assessment of how many more blocks I need for my green quilt. And I decided that the basic size I have on my design wall will be it. Once it’s all put together and the borders are put on, it will be a nice size throw quilt.
I did need to make two more green blocks tonight to have all I need.
Then I wanted to decide how many more of the low volume blocks I need, and it looks like a dozen is the magic number. So I cut more strips from my white with black fabrics, but them all paired up into trios, then sewed and pressed the strip sets needed for 12 blocks.
I’m playing pickleball at 8:00 in the morning so didn’t work too long in my sewing room. I should be able to finish up these nine patches tomorrow night. Most of the work is already done.
It was another glorious day in Portland today. Gorgeous spring sun. the air is filled with the aroma of all the trees in bloom. My daffodils have opened up and are in their glory!
I messaged my sheep herding teacher today to see if she’s had more lambs, and she said she’s up to fifteen or so! I can’t wait to get my hands on some lambs in a couple weeks!
The quilt is looking really good, Anne. Fresh and happy.
I’m just off to my sewing group, I hope to get six more blocks completed. I’m much slower than you!
It’s a lovely spring morning here, makes my heart sing.
Thanks! I’m ready to have it done and see how it looks with the borders.
Anne
Your green quilt just keeps looking better and better! Can’t wait to see the borders.
I didn’t much care for the latest KFC line until you showed a larger piece of the green. It’s beautiful! Tiny photographs, with just a few elements from online stores can’t do it justice.
Thanks for posting!
I’m interested to see the borders on this too. I sure hope I like it!
You really need to see the Kaffe fabrics in person to get a feeling for the scale.
Anne
spectacular ♥️ the green quilt is another work of art! Your boys have so much fun on play dates. It is so nice they get along with everyone 🥰 I love all your new fabric too.
It’s really nice to have dogs who get along so well with other dogs.
Anne
Love the new quilt, can’t wait to see it in all it’s glory! It does really scream Spring!
What fun the action photo of your dogs playing with your colleague’s dog is. They all look so happy! Well, you have to imagine the joy on Bender’s face, but his body stance shows it!
Just realized that I missed your YouTube video with the neighbor’s corgi. I can only imagine the energy of that play date! Now back to view it.
My dogs are funny… they don’t pay much attention to other dogs. If the other dog works really hard, they can sometimes get my dogs to play. But they have to really work at it!
Anne
the quilt is looking great. I love all that scrappy goodness. The only thing that would make it perfect is if it was blue, lol.
Haha! You should make one in blue!
Anne
Gorgeous ?? I love your work
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Anne
Love,Love this one! The little black and white stripe just makes it sing and pop! Sally Zimmer
It would be really blah without that stripe fabric!
Anne
Your color sense and creativity just blow me away!
Thanks! I just love working with all this color! And I have too many ideas! Can’t make them all.
Anne
Wow, a productive day. I was worn out reading by the time you got to dinner! I live in Newport and it was lovely here yesterday as well.
Definitely feeling like spring, even though we had some serious rain this evening.
Anne
Yummy fabrics came home with you. It was interesting to hear about the quantities you buy. I’ve wondered about how much to buy when shopping generally for stash fabrics. I think I’ll stick to the half yard pieces and see how that goes. Thanks for sharing! I need to get busy on some Frankenbags! Boutique sewing has begun for the next season….for our quilt guild.
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I used to purchase third yards when I first started buying fabric for my stash. But I found that it just wasn’t enough. But with the type of quilts I make, quilts that include a lot of different fabrics, half yards work really well.
Anne
The green squares make me think of Kiwi fruit, lol!
Ha! hadn’t thought of that.
Anne
hi what are you going to do with the lambs when you get them,
I’m not getting lambs. I’m just going to help my friend with the lambing chores. the last thing I need is lambs!
Anne
I really like your green quilt. I have been salivating over the new Kaffe fabric! There are so many fabrics in the line, I can’t make up my mind…maybe get some of each, lol!
I didn’t buy everything in the new collection. It’s just too much! I have to be selective and just buy what I really love.
Anne
Hi there,
I have really enjoyed watching your green quilt come together. Do you have a pattern somewhere? I can kinda figure it out but a pattern is always helpful!!!
Thanks a bunch and thanks for posting your progress and day to day activities. I have truly enjoyed following you though I am not real assertive with comments.
Have a beautiful day, Annie in New Mexico
It’s just made with quarter log cabin blocks. There are lots of tutorials on YouTube for making them. I started with a 2.5 inch square. My strips are cut in various widths from 1 inch wide to 2 inches wide. I square them up to 8 inches. The low volume nine patches are made from 3 inch strip sets.
Easy peasy!
Anne
Love the green quilt! I saw a lovely green and white Dresden plate quilt on Pinterest today and no I am wondering whether I should go down that track for my next quilt……! I agree with Sally’s comment too, the b/w stripe really adds something sparkling to your quilt!
I love green! Can’t believe I waited so long to make a green quilt. and yes… those little black stripes are a great detail!
Anne
If you do not get the MSQ daily blog there are some KF fabrics on a great sale and I think at least two of them have your name on !!. just thought you may need to know. Happy Thursday. cleo
Thanks. I took a look and there wasn’t anything I needed.
Anne
ahhhh! 🥰 lovely, just lovely, that is a beautiful color combination
thanks! I’m pretty happy with how this is turning out.
Anne