Wee Wander Spanish Tiles - a Finish Friday

A finish!

I really shouldn't be so excited about this one considering how long it has been coming.  I mean I finished the top at least a year ago.  It and its aqua twin, sat waiting for me to quilt it until I got fed up waiting for time and gave it to one of the longarmers in the guild to quilt for me.  It was money well spent as it only took her a couple of days to do both of them.

I finished up the binding on the aqua one just in time for Christmas (quite literally Christmas Day), but the pink one still needed the binding.  Cue a full DVR and a day waiting for some deliveries, and it has finally been finished.

I intended to give the pink one to Olivia, who LOVES pink!  But, she saw that I had unicorn fabric in my stash, and some mermaids and asked for expects a quilt made with those fabrics too.  Cheeky of her!

For the back, I just took all my leftover scraps of the line and kind of threw them together log cabin style.

The pattern is "Spanish Tiles" by Heather Peterson of Anka's Treasures.  It is in her book, Living Large 2, which focuses on patterns for large-scale prints.  I love the idea of this book, and the designs are really brilliant, using sashing in ways I hadn't thought of.  BUT, I must admit I wish a little more attention was given to the math for the size options.  I made the twin size and had to do some of the border math myself and had quite a bit of waste (which I used on the back, so it wasn't really wasted).

Here is the aqua one too!



I just love the colors.  So does Tookie!




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Jen




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Broken Herringbone Blocks - Building Blocks Tuesday

The last few days have been crazy busy, but I made a few blocks on Sunday in between activities.



These are Broken Herringbone blocks for Shelly in the We Bee Canadian bee.  No, I am not Canadian.  I am only an honorary Canadian since my We Bee With It group couldn't get enough members for this 6 month period.  These ladies are very nice to allow me to join them, and there are some familiar names in the group, so I am sure it will be great.



The Broken Herringbone blocks are a little intense, but not difficult.  I must admit that I did not see where the block was headed until nearly the last step.  But, I do like how they turned out.

You can find the tutorial HERE at Play Crafts, or by clicking any of the links for Broken Herringbone above.




What blocks have you working on this week?  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.

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Gretchen's Alpine block - Building Blocks Tuesday

Just when I didn't think I had any blocks to share for today, I remembered this little beauty that I made for Gretchen a couple of weeks ago before I really set in on the Technicolor Galaxy.

I really liked the colors that Gretchen chose; that grey is Kona Charcoal and it is really lovely!  She also wanted teal and a white with black in the centers.  The blocks she gathered are stunning.  I can't wait to see how she puts them all together.

This is the Alpine Block and was one of the many Bee Hive blocks from last year.  You can find the tutorials HERE on Blossom Heart Quilts.  Alyce is currently doing a Modern HST sampler QAL, which looks like fun.  And she is only 2 blocks in, so there is plenty of time to catch up if you want to join in.

What blocks have you working on this week?  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 in your blog showing your wonderful blocks, not just the blog homepage.  Flickr and Instagram 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!

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Jen

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