2 more new starts - o boy!

I have made a bunch of the blocks for the deer panel. Now I am struggling with adding a small border to fit the block sizes. I am stuck trying to figure out my zipper foot for this machine. I've never used that foot on this machine since I used it for quilting primarily.

I am adding two strands of black yarn to an inch width of fabric to create a ridge on the side of the panel and so I want to use the zipper foot to get right up next to the ridge. I think I am going to have to resort to YouTube.

I am going to the AQS Quilt show in Virginia Beach on Wednesday. Maybe I'll just visit a Janome vendor and get them to show me how to change the needle positions when using the E foot. LOL

I should have taken some pictures of the blocks. They are really turning out nicely and they are quickly building up the size of the quilt. I am also considering making a second quilt with the same fabrics as I still have a ton of this fabric.

So the new starts. I finally figured out what I am going to do with several hundred 5-inch squares I found in my mother's stash. I am adding 1.5 inch strips on all sides and 1.5 inch cornerstones. So I have a dark 5-inch square, then I used 4 matching light-colored 1.5"x5" strips and 4 matching _dark_ 1.5-inch cornerstones to make a square. If the 5-inch square is light, then the strips are dark and the cornerstones are light. This results in a 7-inch square which will be 6.5" finished. I'm liking it.

I will alternate light and dark with no sashing. See picture below.

Viewing a sample layout

It will take a while to get enough to make a quilt, but I'm ok with that. I finshed 9 blocks this weekend.

My 2nd new start is one of Bonnie Hunter's patterns from one of her books. It uses blue and white fabric. Made with two four-patches and two half square triangles. I had way too many blue strips left over from the baby quilt that was in Mom's UFOs.

I have finished quilting all 12 squares and have cut them to square them up at 10.75 inches. They look great! I brought them to work to view my layout on the big conference table.

Laying it out

They were just filing in and I barely got a picture of it. What a mess!