Fresh Friday Finish - Fresh Sewing Day and Friday Finish

Last Fresh Sewing Day, I had mostly blocks to share and had hoped that March would be different.  Well, in a way, it is.  I barely have anything to show.  This seems strange since I feel like I've been working on a lot this month.  My projects just haven't quite gotten to the "finished" stage -  I have a bunch of mini's that are being quilted, a baby quilt that is almost done, and several beginnings to some big quilts.

Here is a new finish to share.  I completed this one just in the nick of time to be counted for my March Lazy Bum UFO challenge.  We recently had another Cyber Retreat, with the quilting stage being the focus.  So, I backed, basted and SID'd this quilt from my One Block Wonder Quilt Along prior to the retreat and stippled it during the retreat.

The ladies without kids enjoyed an entire weekend of cyber retreat quilting; I was jealous.  I got a baby sitter for a few hours and had just enough time to finish this one little quilt.  At least it is done!

March also had another long time UFO completed.  My quilt from the Beginner Quilt Along at Quilting Gallery.

I might be running out of UFO's.  I guess I will have to create some new ones.

And last but not least, my entry (and 3rd place win) for the Pantone Quilt Challenge

I was so excited to be a part of the challenge and had so much fun making this quilt.  If you want to make one yourself, check out my tutorial HERE and have a Monet moment of your own!

Thanks for reading,

Jen

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Irons in the fire - WIP Wednesday

It's been a while since I posted a WIP Wednesday post, and boy do I have some stuff in progress!

Here's what I've been working on for the last couple of days.

I started with my favorite swirls, then I worked myself up to this point....

Why oh why do I choose to make things difficult for myself by quilting a different motif in each color?  I suppose it is because it is fun too??  I've got 4 more colors to go before I'm done.

I've also got irons in a bunch of other fires, including my modern mini's, but I will share those when they are done.

As always, thanks for reading,

Jen

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Moving on - Building Blocks Tuesday

Continuing my "study" of abstract modern artists, I made this mini quilt top inspired by Piet Mondrian.  (You can read a little more about him HERE at the Museum of Modern Art website. or HERE at Artsy's Piet Mondrian artists page)

I think I have done enough squares and rectangles now, and will be moving on to other shapes and forms of modern art.

I find it interesting and exasperating that these mini modern art quilts are so easy to piece together, but the hard part comes when trying to figure out how to quilt them.  I want to keep things simple, but I also want to know it is a quilt by doing something neat with the quilting designs.  It is a tough balance and I'm not confident I am finding it.  I will share some finishes in a few days when I get them bound so you can judge.

What blocks have you been working on?  I would love to see.  Link up your fabulous blocks.  You put a lot of hard work into them - show them off!  This free linky will stay open until the first Monday of next month, but I will repost it every Tuesday until a new month starts.

Rules:

1) Please link up only to the page on your blog showing your wonderful blocks, not just the blog homepage.  Flickr pictures are also OK.
2) Make sure to put your blog name as the description so people know where they are going or the name of your block!
3) Please grab my button and post it in your blog post or sidebar.
4) Visit other linky participants!

Thanks for reading!

Jen

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