Mini Log Cabin Blocks

I joined the SewCanShe.com 'It's a New Year Sewalong' and this year's block is the mini log cabin. I made mine from some leftover Sweetwater Noteworthy fabric I had laying around.  These blocks use 1-inch strips so it is easy to find pieces of scraps to use to make the blocks.  Once I made a bunch in a variety of colors I decided to make it into a mini-quilt for my granddaughter's baby doll.  She is one an a half and seems to be in this nurturing phase where all she wants to do is wrap the baby doll in something warm. So now she will have her own little quilt to wrap her doll in.

CollectIn Texas Gal's Giveaway - I Won!

I won this beautiful bundle of fabric from an adorable blogger over at CollectIn Texas Gal's site.  She was generously giving it away as part of the SewCanShe New Years' SewAlong. The colors are beautiful and they are nice and soft and so touchable. I love that about fabric. So thank you so much Sue for sending me this wonderful bundle.  I look forward to seeing what you do next!

SewAlong Project Completed

I  submitted my entry to the SewCanShe SewAlong today.  I did some modern straight line quilting to compliment the linear blocks.  I also used all the left over fat quarters on the back.  I did have to purchase another half yard of the yellow owls and the orange to have enough fabric to finish the little quilt.  Not sure what I will do with this but it was fun stepping outside of my comfort zone with the cool herringbone blocks. 

SewAlong Progress

I finished 9 blocks using the herringbone tutorial.  The problem I have now is that it uses up quite a bit of fabric so even though I have lots of pieces and strips left, none are long enough to make any more blocks. So that's it for the designer fat quarter bundle and that means this is all I'm doing.  I did stop at the quilt shop and buy a larger piece of the owl print to use as backing and I bought some of the red print for the binding.  I could piece the leftover strips together to make binding but I did that with my last few projects and I don't want to get complacent. Plus the design is busy enough.

Now I have to decide what to do next.  Do I sew them together just as they are or should I put some sashing strips in-between the squares to make each square stand out on its own? I think I will leave it up on the design board for a while and decide later.

SewAlong Progress

Here is my first square for the New Years' Sewalong. It's going to be a fun project with all these nice bright happy colors.

I stitched this first block then went to move on to the next block.  That's when I realized that I sewed the two outside edges together by mistake on that first block. I could have easily just turned the thing upside down but then the trucks and the owls would be upside down.  I really want them all to go in the same direction (I think).

Doesn't it look so much better sewn correctly?!

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New Year SewAlong

I am going to join a sewalong.  It's a little different than the quilt-alongs I've participated in.  Although you can make a quilt, you can also make anything else you'd like from the quilt squares suring the sewalong.  You can link to the sewalong here.  All finished entries are eligible for a prize.

The first instruction is to choose fabric and I think I am going to use the Designer bundle from Jenn Ski's 10 Little Things collection. I have some other fabrics I will audition, so maybe by next week I will change my mind.  Or maybe make more than one thing.  I guess I should start with the first square before deciding anything.