Row 4 on the SAHRR was a square in a square. You would think that it would be an easy one to finish. Somehow, it took all week to just get it done. The problem was the cat fabric. I wanted to include it in this row. The cats were too large to fit into a square in a square. After a lot of thinking, I decided to just put a row of cats in the top and bottom borders of this round. By the time it was finished, the clue for row 5 was posted. There are more cats left to go into other rounds.

Row 5 is the number 4. We could do 4 of anything. This was easy. Four patches in the corners. All four sides of the quilt were the same. There are four colors, purple, orange, white and black. It went together quickly.

There was even a spot for the orange polka dot fabric. The most difficult part of making this quilt is using the small amounts of fabric from the sample package that I won. Also using colors that I don’t usually use. There is one ten by twelve piece left that has not been used. It will have to go in the next row, along with the small left-over pieces.

Have a great day and happy quilting.

Years ago, I inherited a partially made hexagon quilt from my mother.

She had some hexagons prepared. I added some of my fabric and finished it. It is a two-generation quilt.

One of my daughters watched me working on the quilt. She started making hexagon quilts when she went home. When my quilt was finished, I gave her the leftover hexagons and she made a three-generation quilt. The hexagon quilt is the only type of quilt that she makes.

While visiting another daughter last summer, she mentioned that her sister was going to teach her how to make a hexagon quilt. I offered to teach her and the next thing we knew, we were at Joann’s buying fabric. She has made a wall hanging for her son and is working on a bed quilt.

A week ago, both daughters came for a visit. We had a hexagon party. We chatted and sewed on our quilts. The top quilt is made from the daughter who has been quilting longer. It is finished. The bottom quilt is the first quilt of the other daughter. It will have another row.

Quilting is fun. The reason why they are laughing is because of this piece of fabric.

The background fabric is a mixture of white-on-white fabric. This white on white is dog paws. The other white on white fabrics are scattered throughout the quilt. The dog print white on white starts at one corner and meanders across the quilt, around the flowers. It’s as if a dog walked across the quilt.

more hexagons

Now that the blue quilt is finished, a new quilt has been started.

Three of my daughters and a daughter in law are quilters. It is a joy to share my passion with them.

Have a great day and happy quilting.

The row 2 prompt for the SAHRR is triangles. I thought of lots of patterns including a fox head made of triangles, Then, I was reminded of my favorite block, the cat’s cradle. It is a block that has triangles but is made of two squares, two small rectangles and one larger rectangle. It looks difficult but is very easy to make with the Creative Grid Cat’s Cradle ruler. The ruler lets you make this block in six different sizes. 

The last time that I used the ruler, I made enough blocks for a quilt with enough left over for another quilt which is not made yet.

All the cutting instructions for each size are on the ruler. 

I had three small pieces in the sample fabric. I was able to get twelve small squares from these pieces. Hand dyed fabric would be used with the rest. I also had a light piece of fabric that had been stamped in a class at the Vermont Quilt Festival. That would be cut into rectangles. More hand dyed would finish the larger rectangles. I needed twenty-eight cat’s cradle blocks with four corner blocks. The squares and rectangles were cut very fast. 

With a little bit of sewing and trimming, the blocks were finished.

The blocks are three inches square.  

There were several ways to turn the blocks. The triangles looked best this way.

I’m beginning to like orange and purple.

In the evenings, I sew hexagons. All the pieces are in the basket. The pieces are all cut and in baggies according to which section they belong. I can work on different sections and then put them together.

This is a long-term project. 

Have a great day and happy quilting.

At first glance, the prompt for round two was easy. Just use two colors. I could use any blocks that I wanted. As my quilt was using purple and orange, those would be the two colors that I would use. 

My first plan was to make purple and orange triangles all around the block. I’m using the fabric sample package and small yardage hand dyed fabric. That plan couldn’t be used as there wasn’t enough yardage. I did make some triangles for the corners. 

There was enough fish fabric to use in the round. This quilt will be the most unusual one that I’ve ever made and not at all like the quilts that I like to make. I was really stretching using purple and orange and using cats and fish. Sometimes it’s good to get out of your zone.

When this is finished, a baby will like it. 

Have a great day and happy quilting.