Around the world quilt in progress

I'm still cutting 3" squares for this. I want to do an Around the World pattern. This is what I've cut so far, and organized roughly into color sequences, although I'll probably change them as I keep cutting. At some point I'm going to have to do some kind of math too probably.

Cabbage flower quilt in progress

This will be a spin-off from Posy Power block no. 542, pg. 278, from Quiltmaker's 1,000 blocks. I cut out the flowers and I'm going to piece plain colors around them. I haven't decided what colors to use yet - the original uses light and medium greens - but I'll look at what I have and then decide. They won't all be equal-sized squares.

Boxed in flannel quilts in progress

This is taken from Quiltmaker's 1,000 blocks, Boxed In, Block no. 609, pg. 312. I've got pieces cut for two variations, one darker (bugs, foxes, dark pink strips) and one lighter (bunnies, pastel foxes, cream strips).

Flowered flannel quilt in progress

I worked through a couple plans for this - it's 5" flowered flannel squares surrounded by colored flannel strips.

Getting ready for fall in the garden

 

Cleared out some morning glories on the left, now the entry looks more balanced. There will be a pot with a smaller plant/flowers behind the post next year.

Bee butt. The squash is still blooming away.

August blooms

 

Sack Dress

 First try at a dress. It was basically two pieces of knit fabric sewn together. The neckline only works if I'm not wearing a bra, so not ideal for work lol.

August blooms

 

This was the calla lilies bulbs I ordered online. They were tricky to grow intially b/c the chipmunks kept digging them up and chewing on them, but the wire cloches took care of that and they made a good show. I'll have to decide whether I want to try digging and saving them for next year.

The dahlias are starting to bloom. This is a new location, multiple pots at the corner of the house. They don't get quite as much sun as dahlias would like, but this isn't the ideal climate for dahlias anyways. They probably will not reach their full size (some of these should be dinner plate dahlias) but I'm ok with that.

Mushrooms and foxes

 I made two of these - one for my sister and one for me. I had trouble getting the first one to match up with the backing and ended up with having to do a weird fold thing. The second one I basted, but it still came out a little uneven. The stretchiness of flannel I guess. Also just using my tiny card table to put them together.

Second quilt

Purple tulip skirt and matching bag

I made this skirt out of remnants - I don't really remember what I originally got this fabric for, maybe I used it in a quilt - I matched it with purple Kona cotton and made a waistband out of salmon cotton broadcloth. I spent a lot of time fine-tuning the waistband and did a lot of basting and removing stitches afterwards. The even smaller remnants I used to make a little cross-body bag, since I didn't want to put a pocket in the skirt.

Flannel peaches and trees

Just have to sew the binding, but it's basically done.

Borders added and backing chosen - just have to sew it together!

I did a pattern of triangles, sewed in strips - sort of hexies, but not as complicated. I added half-triangles at the ends to even it off, but of course it didn't come out even so I had to add bits to get it even. The basic top is finished, but I want ti frame it with strips of orange and green and then a pale yellow backing. I haven't found the right shades yet though.

Strips laid out

Strips sewn together

Small purple flannel quilt

 One corner has a little raised bit for a child to play with. I totally did that on purpose. It's about 2x3 feet. Maybe.

Strawberry mouse flannel quilts

 There are two of these, they are about a yard square. I had not quite enough of the dull red for the backing, went to Joanns to get more, didn't take the original with me, got the wrong shade, so one has a much brighter red backing than the other.

Flannel deer quilt

 This quilt is about... 4x4 feet maybe? For something that was just using up the deer flannel I randomly bought, it took a long time and lots of redoing. Mostly because I measured the small green and brown strips wrong.

T-shirt dresses

 I finished off a couple more knit skirts attached to t-shirts. This finishes this project and I'm going back to work on some quilts, while I think about trying some more ambitious clothing projects.