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March - quite busy!

This year just seems to be rushing by!

I spent the first half of the month working in Budapest again, and Jane came with me. I made five blocks using English Paper Piecing technique (blogged here and here), and wrote a tutorial on how I did it.


When I got back I completed my entry for the Emerald Challenge - a block keeper for storing all those blocks I'm making as part of many many BOMs.


I have written a tutorial for this too - you can find it over on Leanne's blog today as part of the 2013 Finish Along

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 I'd love it if you'd pop over and take a look.

The second half of the month was about catching up and starting new things

I made my block for Stash Bee - It's enormous, and not my normal colour scheme but I really enjoyed it. And the Queen Bee for April has picked the same block in different colours, so I get to play with it again!

I made the March block in the Lucky Stars BOM - I absolutely love these little blocks and have some plans for them next month!

I've been working on some long term projects and moving them all along:
Rhubarb and Custard: I'm now sashing this using a quilt as you go technique and I'm loving how the brown is toning it down a bit and giving it some depth.
Daniela's quilt (in the centre of the picture above) is now fully pieced and basted. It comes in at 116" x 116" (I have no idea how I will fight this through my machine to quilt it...)
Steph's quilt (bottom right) is also now fully pieced and basted - a more modest 80" x 80".
Three Peaks Quilt (grey and pink on top row above) - I added all three border and finally bought a backing, so this ready to be quilted too.

And I started a few things too:
Two baby quilts, both in colour schemes I'm not normally comfortable with: a blue and orange square within a square quilt which I've called "Stepping Stones" - you can find the tutorial here. This needs to be basted and quilted. And a red and blue quilt with appliqued circles. I've done all the cutting, but got no further.

Fireworks - one of the new patterns from Camilly Roskelly. I'm using Rock and Romance from Art Gallery.

And a Double Wedding Ring quilt - all of the pieces are die-cut and I am busy chain piecing the arcs and fighting Y-seams... The fabric if Poetica from Art Gallery.

I'm now quite behind in the Skill Builder BOM, and a month behind in the Gen X BOM. My own BOM needs some attention before I can share the April block next weekend. I have been asked by my Dad to make a double bed quilt by the end of June, and I need to finish off some of the quilts above. Let's see how April goes!

I'm linking up with Fresh Sewing Day over at Lily's Quilts

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Anonymous said…
Wow, those a great projects!
Esther
1 April 2013 at 20:11
Jessica Pyykkonen said…
Lots of lovely projects.
Linking up with Lily's Quilts - Fresh Sewing Day
1 April 2013 at 21:14
audrey said…
Oooh! So much lovely! I saw a link to your block keeper tutorial earlier, and I meant to go back later and read it since I really need to make one! Thanks for sharing so much fun!
1 April 2013 at 23:35
Jo Jo said…
Love your block keeper - that is a great idea! You have had a busy month :)
1 April 2013 at 23:39
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1 April 2013 at 23:39
Nita said…
Oh, my goodness you have busy times coming up to make a quilt for your dad by June! But you seem up to the challenge judging by all your beautiful squares.
2 April 2013 at 03:19
Leanne said…
Wow, there is just more and more loveliness here, you had a lovely month and looks like another to come!
2 April 2013 at 15:11
Lin said…
Not sure how you have time to draw breath!
2 April 2013 at 18:49
Archie The Wonder Dog said…
What a great month! A double bed quilt by the end of June, though - really?! He does know it's April already, doesn't he?!
2 April 2013 at 19:45
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