Scrappy Pincushion Swap

Last month I signed up for the Scrappy Pincushion Swap on Flickr. After checking out my partner's favorites and looking through her Flickr pages I narrowed my decision down to two different designs. So what better than to combine them and make one design out of the two. One side is made using this tutorial and the other is made out of a grid of one inch squares or postage stamp blocks. The zigzags were easy to make and even easier to attach following the tutorial. The yellow and gray prints are Andrea Victoria by My Minds Eye. I love these prints! The black and white is part of the Kiwi line from Timeless Treasures. The white and tan solids are both scraps linen I had leftover from other projects. Now I'm off to work on October blocks for the Vintage Sheet Quilting bee and I need to start getting my act together as far as decisions for the Savvy Seasons Swap due later this month.

September's Vintage Sheet Bee Block

I am so far behind! I finished September's Vintage Sheet Bee blocks today. Colima chose a flower block for which she sent us yellow and white squares for the corners. We could then add any colors from our stash. Being so far behind schedule, I was able to see a few of the completed blocks and even though I have a pretty good stash of vintage sheets I didn't have enough fabric in the pattern I wanted use, so I opted to use one pattern/color for the entire block. I also cut the scraps into smaller squares and made a 5 inch block. I'm not sure if she can use it but she had requested us to start with either 5 1/2 or 6 1/2 inch blocks which indicates to me that she is planning to have some smaller blocks in her quilt. The block made from scraps measures 5 inches. I hope she likes them!