More of my #scrappytripalong. I am loving making these blocks and loving playing around with placement. I also am enjoying figuring out how to fully use my camera (yes I got some batteries!). I have a couple more blocks to make to complete this quilt, but I think I am going to make all the blocks I have cut and then put them into 2 quilts. Meanwhile, I am enjoying the process…which is what I wanted to do!
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I am in love.
Happy Saturday ya’ll!
This is a picture from my bedroom window. I know it doesn’t look like a lot of snow, but it has been snowing since last night. And it’s supposed to continue to snow all day and night and all day tomorrow. So, I figured it would be a good weekend to stay inside and sew!
I started working on my 2 inch #scappytripalong quilt. I am kinda methodically in how I sew. I use (and reuse) little zipper top baggies to put my blocks in. So, before I even started to sew any strips together, I put together all my blocks individually in bags. That way, if I wanna just grab a few and do some, I don’t have everything laying out. Anyway, all of that to say this, I made 5 blocks today.
On my living room floor design wall
A close up
My blocks are truly scrappy, but I am loving the way they are turning out.
I also found a recipe for homemade refried beans over at Sewfrench. It is her friends recipe, which you can see her blog post about the recipe here.
I followed the recipe, with the exception that I added a whole jalapeno, not just a 1/2, and mine were done in like 4 hours, but my crock pot cooks fast.
Pre-mash
Post-mash
This made nine 1/2 cup servings. I froze most of them individually. They are delicious and so much more flavorful than store-bought.
Linking up to Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Crazy Mom Quilts and TGIFF! I am counting my blocks that are finished as a finish, and my beans!
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Yesterday, I finished cutting the 2 1/2 in strips from my stash/scraps into 16 inch lengths for my #scrappytripalong quilt. All together, I have 241 strips!!!! That’s enough to make over 40 blocks. But I love this pattern and I love scrappy quilts so I might make a couple from my strips. Or…I may just make it big enough for my bed, which is a queen. I know I said just last week that I will never make queen size quilt again, but, we will see.
Today, I am going to spend the day catching up on my reading (and maybe DVR…we’ll see). I subscribe to several magazines and I need to get them read and ready to pass on. My Mom and I swap magazines. The only ones I don’t pass on are my quilting ones. Although, I am thinking about letting some of them go as well, as I feel like there isn’t a lot of quilts I have made from the magazines I have and with all the blogs I subscribe to, well…I have MORE than enough inspiration. Here is the stack I have to read today.
On a side note, here are my reading companions for the day. I couldn’t resist snapping a quick picture with my phone.
And one more thing. I downloaded to my phone this cool app called Photo Grid. You can take your photos and make them into a mosaic. I have been having fun doing that with all my different pictures on my phone. Here is one of some of the quilts I made last year.
They are across the top left to right:
1.My Mom’s winterscape quilt
2.Pam’s Calico Candies and Sweet Shoppe quilt
3.Brianna’s quilt
4.Shortcake quilt
5.Shannon’s Tuxedo quilt
6.Maxton’s baby quilt
7.Chelsea’s quilt
8.Gabby quilt
9.My Pink quilt
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I was trying to figure out what I finished this week…
Does it count that I finished cutting my scraps into 2 1/2 inch strips for my #scrappytripalong? I have to cut them into 16 inch strips and then start sewing, but at least I can put my scraps away. I can’t wait to start sewing the blocks.
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For so long, I have been wanting to attempt a hexagon quilt. I am not sure what about hexagons intrigue me…but they do. So…last year when I ran into some charm packs on sale at Craftsy, I knew that it would be the right fabric for my hexagons! 
I just love this fabric! It’s Curiosities by Nancy Halvorson for Benartex. So…last night I decided to break out my hexi template and start cutting.
At first, I thought “Oh wow, this is gonna take me forever.” And because I am a new quilter (sort of) I didn’t think that charm packs are probably not the best cut of fabric for hexagons. But whatever. I ended up cutting them in stacks….and I cut 4 charm packs (40 pieces each).
I love this fabric!
160 hexies cut!
And because I am crazy about not wasting anything, I saved the itty bitty scrap pieces.
My friend Melissa, who I talked about in the great big friendship blog, and who is super creative herself, has agreed to make a ticker tape canvas for my bathroom. I got the idea from Crazy Mom Quilts blog post, which you can see here.
Also, I have put together (finally) my list of UFOs, WIPs, and upcoming projects.
UFOs:
*Gabby’s quilt
*Mom’s star quilt
*My winterscape quilt
*Crazy Daisy quilt
*Americana quilt
WIPs:
*Moda honey bun #scrappytripalong
*Regular size #scrappytripalong
*Hexagon quilt
*Ticker Tape canvas
*granny square afghan
Upcoming:
*Scrapper’s Delight from Sunday Morning Quilts (you can see it in this blog post)
*Postage Stamp quilt in pink/aqua/yellow
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Today I finished up the pillow shams that match my Mom’s queen size quilt. I am pleased with how they turned out.
Front
Back
I also worked on some more of my Moda honey bun #scrappytripalong blocks.
And when I was bored with that, I cut some more fabric strips for the 2 1/2 inch #scrappytripalong quilt I haven’t started sewing yet.
Strips not cut into 16 inch pieces yet 😦
16 inch pieces 🙂
stack of fabric yet to cut for #scrappytripalong
The best part about playing with scraps is that it creates more scraps for the other 2 scrappy quits I want to make.
Scrappy leftover scraps
the overstuffed bag of scrappy leftovers from previous quilts
I can’t wait to get started on the other quilts too. I have to hold myself back to not have 3 or 4 or 10 quilts started at once.
Linking up to Plum and June’s Let’s get acquainted party at Fabric Mutt.
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Last night I began cutting strips for my #scrappytripalong quilt. I started one this weekend with a Moda honey bun (that is 1 inch strips). I am still planning on making a 2 inch quilt too. Soooo, last night I started cutting strips. I want to get all the strips cut from the fabric I have thus far, and then start sewing. I am not sure how many strips I have, but I am really excited about the fabric and how it’s going to turn out! Here is a picture of my stack of strips:
I still have a lot of fabric to cut yet, and this stack isn’t cut into the 16 inch strips, just 2 1/2 inch strips of varied lengths. I can’t wait to get them all cut so I can see what I have.
Also, I found a really awesome other scrappy quilt that I want to make over at Quilting and Other Craft Therapy. It’s a string block quilt, and I know I have a lot of string strips! Also, I have been inspired to start looking for a used in good condition more advanced sewing machine. Mine just doesn’t have the capabilities that I need or want.
So, here are my projects I am working on:
*Moda honey bun #scrappyquiltalong quilt
*#scrappyquiltalong quilt
*My Mom’s queen size quilt
*Granny square project.
That’s it! I am linking up to Freshly Pieced.
As always, keep Simply Delighting!
I am so excited! I started sewing some #scrappytripalong blocks today. I did a few from the Moda honey bun I am using. I really like it and it’s turning out cute. The blocks are 6 x 6, not 12 x 12 like the tutorial says. Working with 1 inch squares is much more difficult than the 2 inch ones in the tutorial. You can find the tutorial for the #scrappytripalong here.
Here are a few of my blocks. I apologize for the pictures, I have have have to get some batteries for my camera and stop using my phone.
Now, I am off to work on more granny squares!
Linking up over at Plum and June.
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I love Saturdays. When I moved, I decided that no matter what, I would clean my house on Friday nights so that I’d have all weekend to do whatever I wanted. And that has been one of the best decisions I have ever made! Today, after visiting my new great-niece Jaidyn for a little while, I came home and sorted through my scraps to see what I had that I could use for my scrappytripalong quilt. This is what I found:
The fabrics in the basket are just my scraps that I need to sort through to see if they are okay for the quilt. The other two bags in front are scraps that I acquired from other people. I have a few more bags of scraps coming. Like I mentioned yesterday, I am not going to run to get this done, but just take my time and see where it leads. I am very excited about going through my fabrics and seeing what will work.
Last night as I was laying in bed, I remembered that I had a Moda Honey Bun in my stash that I thought I could use to make a smaller version of a scrappytripalong quilt. I am using the Simple Abundance by Bonnie and Camielle for Moda Fabrics collection to make a smaller block size. I have all the strips cut, I just need to start sewing…which I might do tomorrow.
I love this fabric collection! I can’t wait to see how it turns out.
As always, keep Simply Delighting!
Simply Delighting 