In the works this May...

I have been spending my "free" sewing time working on a T-Shirt quilt for a good friend of my daughter's, who is graduating from high school. He rounded up a good amount of tees but half are black and he really , REALLY wants dark green sashing between the blocks.  I am worried the whole quilt will be too dark so I have decided to put in a few patchwork and applique blocks in to brighten it.  

The receiver is a Violin player ( thus the music fabrics)

Challenging to "brighten" a quilt without making it girly!

I made these three blocks so far with the Lazy and Loving it! book by Joan Hawley. After two failed attempts at this block I broke down and read the excellent directions in the book and BAM! perfect block! Why didn't I do that the first time? 

Go figure huh? You can make this block finish at up to 18" using the Lazy angle ruler, this one finishes at 15 which is perfect for coordinating with some of my Tee shirt sizes.

Check out my Ed Emberley owls in the block above! ( some  have graduation caps on!)

I know these are a little childish but with the little caps on I couldn't resist. My hubby and I both noted that these owls look a lot like the ghosts in the old Pac-Man arcade game. Don't they???

I am planning on a block with the year on it for his graduation year but that will be machine appliqued on and he is Jewish and wears a necklace with the Hebrew character for life on it so I am thinking I might put that on a block as well.

Hopefully it will be enjoyed by the graduate in time for graduation! 

More Lazy Angle

This little cutie was made from scraps from my stash of fabrics leftover from recent (and non recent) projects.

The pattern uses 5" squares or a charm pack which would cut down on cutting a lot, I however used my stash so I had a good deal of cutting but I think it came out cute.

It is made using the Lazy Angle Ruler from Creative Grids too!

Lazy Angle Ruler Quilts

I have been sort of obsessed with this ruler called the Lazy Angle Ruler put out by Checkers.

I made Firecracker with it a few months ago:

 This week I used Julie Herman's pattern "Taffy"

to make this with some cute Riley Blake prints:

 And a couple weeks ago I used Julie's pattern "Unwind" to make this with the leftover bits I had from Firecracker! It was neat to get two for one this way- I just had to add the background, for a change I used black instead of white not sure I am sold on it but it was just for fun.

Next on the table is this little guy which also uses the ruler and is charm pack friendly but I am using my stash and have it cut out as you can see I just need to get to sewing.

Think I better get a couple customer quilts done before I indulge in more piecing though!