Good Fortune with Scrap Squares

Two more quilts are out of the UFO pile this month. I've made so much progress in quilting things up this winter! 

One more queen size quilt is pinned and ready to quilt, but that might not be done for a while.  My Elna is in the shop for repairs.  I prefer to do my quilting on that machine.  She seemed to think that the top thread was always broken.  After 6 or 7 re-threads I finally just took her in to the shop.   I was hoping that a piece of broken thread was stuck in there.  Looks like it will be a more expensive repair than that. (sigh) They seemed to think a sensor has gone bad. 

Fortunately, I have a back-up machine that does nice piecing and applique.  The lights are shot in the display panel, but a flashlight seems to do the trick to help me see where to press on the panel to get the stitch I want.  (Don't let anyone tell you quilters aren't persistent.)

Here's the second version of Scrap Squares.  This pattern sure helped use a lot of 5-inch scraps!  The backing is a cute fleece print, and there's no batting.  It will make a great little throw to curl up and watch television or read a book.

And...  Good Fortune is all quilted up too.   That makes 4 Queen, 2 Twin, 2 Lap quilts, 1 small wall hanging and 2 table runners so far.

Navy and Tan

Navy and Tan throw 53x45 inches

This little lap quilt went together over the summer.  It was an attempt to use up some matching, but fairly dull fabrics from my stash.  On their own, the colors weren't much to write home about, but put together they make a nice combination. 

It' great to get these fabrics moved along from the stash and made into something useful! The backing is fleece, and there's no batting.  Fleece is warm enough for a little throw.   Time to snuggle up with this quilt and some popcorn to watch a little television.

A peek of Summer

A really snowy Minnesota February was brightened by quilting up this cheery quilt.  It's a traditional Hen and Chicks block, and the crisp colors in the fabrics are a burst of summer.  The border is a chicken wire print found at JoAnn.  Perfect!

Cute Chick!  61x73 inches

It's so exciting to see the quilt tops that I've pieced up over the past year or so being finished, and that UFO pile dwindling.  Hope I can keep it up for another month!  So far this is the 5th quilt for 2019, and two table runners besides.

Here's the table runner I made with the three leftover blocks from this quilt.

Love the little chicks in the red print fabric.  So sweet!