AYOS and A Little Bit More

I'm joining another online quilting group, I just couldn't resist!

I love Greg's blog @ grey dogwood studio, he always makes the most beautiful quilts and he's extremely talented.

The first time I heard about "Another Year of Schnibbles", was on his blog.

You can read about the rules at Sherri's blog, A Quilting Life.

Our mini quilt for the month of September is a "Little Bites" pattern called "Whit".

A "Little Bites" pattern is made from a mini charm pack, which usually includes 40 - 2 l/2" squares from a complete fabric line.

I cut 128 2 l/2" squares of background fabric, and a few other pieces as well.

My background fabric is Kona Stone.

Here they are, all 128 squares in a stack.

I used a charm pack of Moda 1974 by Urban Chicks for my flying geese, a change from my usual color scheme of bright fabrics.

Here is my pattern, surrounded by some flying geese under construction.

I'm going to make the top pattern, mainly because I'm pressed for time and it has 64 geese, the fewest of the three :)

The mini quilt will finish at 22" X 22".

I'm trimming geese while I visit my mom in Montreal.

I guess they will be authentic Canadian geese!!!

Quilty Fun Sew Along, Week Five

I'm playing catch up today, but better late than never!

Week Five is flying geese, which is one of my favorite blocks.

You can follow my "Quilty Fun Sew Along" board on Pinterest, it's always up to date.

Here are my little geese coming into formation, using Lori's method of sewing flying geese.

There is a tutorial on my "Quilty Fun Sew Along" board.

My little hearts turned into flying geese.

I trimmed them all up, and they are ready to sew together.

I had some geese left over from another project so I didn't have to cut out as many, bonus!!!

Here they are, all joined and pressed!  

Now I can get to work on my little cocoa cups :)

Flying Geese

I have been away from home for a few weeks, helping out with the birth of a new grandchild.  I have been itching to sew.  There are a couple of blessing outfits that I need to smock and sew, but first I had to get some quilting out of my system :)

I am really behind on "The Bee in my Bonnet Row Along". 

I have seen everyone's cute rows online and have been dying to catch up.

Today the "geese flew the coup", and I worked on row 5.

I love choosing and pairing fabrics.

I think these prints are really "happy".

Today I ran errands, made and received phone calls, set up appointments, prepared dinner and was able to finish my flying geese.