Saturday, July 14, 2012

New Quilt Project

I am working to finish the first two quilts I made in time for the Lyon County Fair. They have been quilted with the backing and batting, but now I just have to finish the binding....which I have no idea how to do!!

In the meantime, my quilt group has started another project!! A 12x12 block is designed or chosen by one of us each month. Then, we will each complete that 12x12 block with the fabric we have selected. This is the second month and there are 11 of us...so this will be a long project and a large quilt when completed.

I purchased my fabric at Sarah's in Lawrence and here in town at Prairie Pieces. I chose a background fabric of Black with Coral/Red, Wild Circles, Lime Green, Sky Blue, and a Purple. Each block won't contain every fabric so, it has been fun to sketch out with my grid paper and color pencils how I want my block to look.

Here are my first two blocks completed.


World's Fair Puzzle Block

  
Almost all of the World's Fair Puzzle blocks from our meeting in June. Same pattern but it is amazing how different all the blocks turned out!


Four Winds Quilt Block

I always wait until the last minute! I have been sewing all day and tomorrow is our next group meeting. We will show off our Four Winds blocks and get to see the next month's block! Can't wait!