On Wednesday. June 1, the first peonies, luscious pink, bloomed. The first day lilies also opened. Our garden is also filled with white daisies everywhere. A beautiful start for my Wisconsin June.
I'm really excited about the color scheme of turquoise with lime green accents. So my first block for the month is sailing along on a sweet breeze.
However, two of my major WIPs have now become flimsies except for white borders. These are my Pinwheel Row quilts 1 and 2. The first one was pretty much done a while back, using HSTs from a giveaway to make the larger pinwheel blocks. I used two rows of them and added other rows and strips of little pinwheels.
I boxed up all the leftovers and forgot about them until last week. Ahah! Maybe I could add a good bit more to make a second one of the same size, about 42 x 42 inches. When I unpacked the box I was really surprised to find two more complete pinwheel rows plus two extra blocks and other strip groups already done. There were also plenty more of the small pinwheel strips. In less than an hour I had the second top completely laid out. Another half hour and it was all pieced, using every pinwheel block and strip.
Now I don't know which one I prefer, maybe the second. Both of them just happened as I went along and the pieces fell into place. I'm planning to make more row quilts from now on.
I hope to see what fun things all of you are doing this month. Join me for Rainbow Scrap Challenge at
soscrappy and Sew Cute Tuesday at Blossom Heart Quilts
I love row quilts too and yours are lovely! My favorite projects have 'happened as I go along" .
ReplyDeleteYou sound like me! Why do we put things away when they are almost done? And how can we forget we have them? (don't answer that; I know why!) Cute quilts and no leftovers - that's a recipe for success.
ReplyDeleteThe row by row is coming along very nicely. The sailboat is adorable.
ReplyDeleteYour row quilts are so bright and happy! How fun to find all those pieces and parts that you had put away - and enough for a complete second quilt!
ReplyDeleteHappy that your spring is finally blooming. Happy, too, that your row quilts worked out so well.
ReplyDeleteWhat cheerful looking quilts! Good time to rescue it from the closet. Why do we do things like that? But it worked out great!
ReplyDeleteLove those green sails on your boat block. Both row quilts turned out beautifully. Congrats on using up your extras.
ReplyDeleteCute little boat in teal and lime green. Beautiful row quilts, the second has my preference. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteNice work, Paula! I like them both equally well. They make me want to try a Strippy Quilt of my own!!
ReplyDeleteYour little sailboat is very cute - great colour combination :-) Great looking row-by-rows as well - how satisfying to get them to that stage!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great surprise to have other row's already completed. Love your little boat.
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely row quilts. So nice when all the pieces fall into place.
ReplyDeleteYour row quilts came out beautifully! Those pinwheels make them so bright and cheerful - love!
ReplyDelete2 very nice row quits I especially like pinwheel blocks. The little boat block looks good too
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