Summer Scraps, Bowties, Tisket a Tasket, Dear Jane and 30s Fabric

Okay, I’ve not yet done my blue/red/white rainbow block for July but I have used more of my yellow scraps to make this  scrappy doll quilt for my DD’s Ball Jointed Doll Claudia…  She chose the scraps from my yellow stash.  It just requires layering and quilting and binding.  The pattern is from Kathleen Tracy’s new book “The Civil War Sewing Circle”.

It’s not in CW fabrics but most are 30s.

The next picture is my Summer Bow Ties quilt along project.  I’ve got a few more to make to keep up to date.  This is a fun, quick, easy peasy project.

 

I also, finally, finished July 2009 Tisket A Tasket block by  Anne from Bunny hill designs.    Since I live in Scotland, I decided to change the flag from “4th July” to a Scottish Flag.

The final picture I have to show you is my latest completion of a Dear Jane block.

Ooops, I lie, I have one more picture.  Just delivered by my posty today is my new fabric acquisition.  Some orange 30s fabrics by Karen Snyd    Yes the same lady who has organized the Summer Bow Ties quilt along.

  

Now I’m not generally a fan of orange. But I LOVE 30s orange fabric (hmmmmm? I love all 30s fabrics) but it is so hard to come by.   So when I clocked these fabrics I just had to leap off the wagon to go buy some for moi.  OH OUI!!  :))  I bought them from Quilting Possibilities.   

After I took this picture I went straight and put them in the wash so I could use them later to make some Bow Ties :))

That’s all from me just now :-D

Have a lovely weekend,

Ellyx

Rainbow Scrappy Saturday report and a finish :-D

Okay I know I’m not supposed to be starting something new but I couldn’t help it your honour!  

I have a email subscription to Pleasant Home’s blog posts and in this one  she spoke about

Karen’s Summer Bow Tie Quilt Along  that was being held on this   Face Book page.   I love the Bow Tie block and I was trying hard to resist but one of my Buddettes Rosa took on the challenge after I had “tongue in cheek” tried to tempt her into starting a new project…. well that back fired and the tables were turned, LOL… but all in good fun ;)) 

Anyway, I ramble on, I decided to make mine in 30s fabrics with bleached muslin background and since the Rainbow Scrappy colours for this month are Red, White and Blue, I thought I’d start with the red 30s and kill two birds with one stone. :)  And here are my first blocks.

 

And at long last I have completed Monkey… I’m not an expert knitter and I don’t know if it was me or the pattern but the T-shirt didn’t turn out quite as it should have.  So rather than start again I added a few rows of crochet to the neck…. However, now I think that Monkey looks more like a girl than a boy, LOL… what do you think… can he have a sex  (oops should I say the S word on here?) gender change?

So no ‘He’ is a ‘She’.  I am quite pleased with the out come and I’m sure she’ll be a lovely surprise for DD when she returns home from her holiday.

Now onto another one thread a day ufo but what shall it be??  :-D

Have a great quilty weekend,

hugs Ellyx