Kool Kaleidoscope

I have been sewing along with Ricky Tims from The Quilt Show. He has a free class of the same name- Kool Kaleidoscope. 

Ricky is an amazing teacher; and it is very easy to follow his instructions. 

I have always loved kaleidoscopes and start quilts, this one was a must do.

The first photo, shows the pieces before they were sewn together. the white paper on top of one wedge is really the freezer paper pattern I made.

The lower photo (poor light on my design wall make it show darker than it is), is the completed top. It is 36 inches square. 

At this size this top fits perfectly on the wall I wanted to hung it. So, now I am debating if I should add the borders. But I think I am more inclined to keep at this size.

 

Kool Kaleidoscope top 36" square

 

Wasabi and mini blocks on a quilt

These blocks were made using my favorite Wasabi fabric.

The patterns for the blocks are from a December sew along provided by The American Patchwork and Quilting magazine published online in 2019. 

The blocks finish at 4 inches. I chose to make only 16 of them.

 The setting for this top is inspired on a quilt I saw on Pinterest.

 I plan to quilt it using straight stitch quilting.

 

Color My World - tall buildings 7 & 8

 

These blocks for Color My World SAL were done in the months of June and July. Now to make the August ones.

Mid Summer Days

The dog days of summer are here. It is very warm; but it could be worse. The Saharan dust that is over Houston, keeps us slightly cooler; but with a lot more allergies.

The walk around the Buffalo Bayou is a treat to butterfly lovers as shown below. 

I have also finished 2 more tops for donations. The Chinese coins is made from leftover stratas from previous quilts. 

The trip around the world is made with leftover 2.5 inches strips of batiks that I had precut for another project.

I am so glad all these beautiful strips of fabrics are not in a scrap box any longer.

Bonnie Hunter from Quiltsville fame has a pattern similar to both tops. 

Pollinators paradise

Chinese coins

Trip around the world

 

Color my world- June

 Some of my June tall buildings for color my world quilt. I have finished June and I have to start the July buildings. They are a lot of fun to make. 

Hand dye fabrics are being used for all the buildings.

The red puzzle quilt

 Another comforter to be donated to QGGH (my guild).

This top had been on a hanger waiting to be quilted for a couple of years. It finally saw the light of the sewing machine.

I used a jelly roll and some red yardage left over from another quilt that is still waiting to be quilted. 

This quilt was quilted on the hoop using Amelie Scott expansion set 5.

Another Comforter finished

 This was a fun and easy quilt to make. The jelly roll was a donation to our Bee and the white background was purchased at our Guild garage sale. The binding is from the same jelly roll. I saved the striped strips specially for the binding. The quilting was done in a hoop and is a pattern from Amelie Scott expansion set 7.