RSC 15: One Final Pink Project

While enjoying Beach Music and birds at the camp last weekend, I discovered a forgotten project.  During last year's month of RSC pink, I finished a Lemoyne Star doll quilt made with some well-aged Robyn Pandolph fabrics.  That quilt didn't use up all the RP fabrics, so I decided to do the prep work for another doll quilt, this one featuring the Broken Dishes quilt block.  The resulting package of pre-cut HSTs got taken to the camp and forgotten.  When I discovered it last weekend, I knew it would be the perfect project to wrap up a month of pink scrappy playtime!

 

I was able to sew all the HSTs together during the week and sew the blocks into rows last night.  The scraps were pretty random, so I didn't worry too much about setting the blocks together in any particular order.  I found some scraps from my Austen Family Album project for the border and machine quilted everything today.  I had just enough the the pink RP fabric for the binding.  The final quilt measures 15" x 15".  If I can find something to watch on Netflix, maybe I can get the binding stitched down tonight.

I'll also be enjoying everyone's last day of pink playtime over at Angela's Soscrappy blog - go take a look for some scrappy inspiration!

Slow Down Stitching

I find myself with several hand-stitching projects to play with and wonderful fall weather to enjoy some outdoor stitching.  It's a perfect combo for slowing down and relaxing now that the heat of summer has passed - not to mention the worst of hurricane season!

This is a completely hand-stitched project - a doll quilt featuring Lemoyne Stars and some well-aged Robyn Pandolph fabric.  All the stars are pieced, now I just have to join the blocks and strips, then add the borders.  I'm excited to see this one coming together!

This baby is in the process of having the binding hand-stitched.  My niece asked if I would donate a quilt for a fund-raiser she is holding, so I need to finish this one soon and mail it off to her.  I really love this quilt, but I'm happy it will be used to raise money for a worthy cause. 

I'm going to link up with some more hand-stitchers over at Kathy's Quilts and then head outdoors to enjoy some gorgeous weather and relaxing stitching!

Lemoyne Stars Revisited

I'm still playing with the iPad Blogger app.  It doesn't have many bells and whistles, but it gets the job done.  It does have a camera option built into the program, so I thought I'd give that a try.  The camera option allows you to snap an iPad picture while in the process of typing a blog entry.  You also have the option of using a photo already stored on your iPad.

So, I snapped a quick picture of the progress I've made on the Lemoyne Star doll quilt.  I've been hand-piecing the stars during quiet moments, and only have one more to complete.  The plain blocks are ready to go once the stars are finished.  The large scale pink flowered print will be the outer border.  I'm looking forward to hand quilting this!

Grrrr!  One major drawback to this app is there is no way to put links in your blog post.  That's a big negative for me, so I guess I'll have to keep looking for the perfect iPad blogging app!

Addendum:  link to original Lemoyne star quilt added & picture re-sized via regular Blogger interface on my laptop.

Pumpkin Juice Mini Churn Dash

I was (happily) seduced into sewing along with Lori's latest antique-inspired doll quilt project.  Lori's quilt was dubbed "Pink Lemonade".  I wanted to quilt-along, but I had completely different colors in my stash. So, in keeping with the beverage theme, I decided my quilt was best described as Pumpkin Juice!

Lori's doll quilt instructions are always clear and easy to follow.  This was a fun opportunity to play with some of my reproduction fabric stash.

I enjoy hand-quilting quilts of this size

I haven't decided on a quilting plan, and I have some other hand-sewing projects to finish before I start quilting this top.

In the meantime, I'll just enjoy my Pumpkin Juice!

Many thanks to Lori for hosting another great quilt-along!  Check out the Pink Lemonade Quilt Show at her website to see all the variations and color combinations created by other quilters.