It's A Sampler

Had nice morning light to snap a couple pictures of the Second Ever Quilt Top - It's A Sampler.... 

Here are some pictures of creation of some Nine Patch Blocks... and Nine Patch Variations.

The colors are so bright and cheery......  I really learned a lot about matching seams.  

Here is the design wall.... (Some of the blocks did not make it into the final quilt top)  I had fun with all the different blocks for this sampler - Friendship Star, Flying Geese, Nine Patch, Pinwheel and the beloved Log Cabin...... Here is a close-up... Oh Yes. I love the focus fabric. I used it for cornerstones in the purple sashing.

Here is the Second Ever Quilt Top - It's A Sampler......

I am so happy with this quilt top because I learned so many techniques.... Almost a little sad to be done with the top, except I have started a Mystery Quilt Class.  Pure trust because I have no idea what the Third Ever Quilt Top - It's A Mystery will look like except for this.....

I do love rusts, yellows and fall leaves.... The first instruction was to cut, cut, cut and cut fabric..... Now I am working on the second set of instructions - sewing strips and cutting, sewing and cutting....  

Yesterday, I went on a Shop Hop.  So MUCH FUN!  I bought more fabric... Oh my....  I understand all the talk I heard when I started this journey about a new addiction.  So Funny.

Next Saturday is more Shop Hop, so I must go and sew, cut, sew and cut on the Mystery Quilt.  

Where Has The Time Gone........

Oh I know... right into my craft room.  Since my last, every excited, post about my First Ever Quilt Top... I have been playing in the craft room.  I must confess that the craft room is morphing (slowly) into a sewing room.  Yes, that is right.... I think all of the beading, crocheting, card making and all other crafting I have done up to this point (and that is over 30 years) has led me to this.... quilting.  I LOVE FABRIC.  I love cutting perfectly lovely pieces of fabric into strips, squares and triangles... only to sew them back together again into beautiful blocks.  Did you notice that I left the word "perfectly" out of that last little bit?  It was intentional as I am just a beginner and have a LONG LONG LONG way to go to even remotely use any form of the word "perfect" in the same phrase or sentence as "quilting," "piecing," "sewing".....  However that is not a problem.... because to get anywhere near "perfect" one must practice and that means..................................sewing room time!  

I have made another quilt top since the First Ever Quilt Top... I signed up for Quilt 102 and we made a sampler quilt.... There are 35 blocks which consist of Rail Fence, Nine Patch and Nine Patch Variation, Pinwheel, Friendship Star and my all-time favorite - Log Cabin.  (Yes, there is a post in the works on the Log Cabin block).  I have pictures of this fun Sampler while it was in the works - but not one of the complete top yet... I will post later.  

Also took a binding class and signed up for a Mystery Quilt.... oooo this one is fun so far... I get my second sent of clues/instructions tonight.  Our instructor (Ellen) for the binding class, really encouraged us to make a small project and then bind it within a week of the class.... so I made a little table topper - but I am hand quilting it (poorly I might add) so I am afraid that it may be a little more than a week before I get it bound!   

So I am not ignoring my blog - just so busy learning, cutting, sewing, making lots of mistakes and having a blast. 

And I completely forgot...... I won a blog giveaway!!!!  Oh my gosh..... I won the most beautiful book from Lovey at Fabric Memories. You must go and see how wonderful this book is.  I want to use her techniques in a quilt at some point so it was just so awesome to win and receive her book!  Thanks Lovey!!!!