Tower Tonga

The new Tonga Treats squares came.  Four different delicious color combos.  Each pack has 40 10" squares, 2 of each fabric.  To make one quickly, because they are all so gorgeous,  I started with a RoseCard already published--Tower Bridge.  The Coffee Cake divided up nicely into lights and darks.  Four of the squares are not needed from the pack of 40, and there were 2 that were quite different in color--any easy elimination before any cutting or sewing.  If all 40 were perfect for the pattern, I would go ahead and make all 40 blocks, and elimate 4 different ones during the layout process.  So here is the top--all in a night's work.

A richly elegant group of color and pattern--go Tonga, thank you Timeless Treasures.

New Model for a New Baby

Leann has just finished the Freedom quilt for her friend's baby shower.  We love how it finished up.  And the kits are ready and listed.  How Meadowsweet it is...

Angel Face Grown Up

Getting closer to publishing a new card with the 20 block version of Angel Face.  I expect this Anthology Batik quilt to be the cover.

Sunny Meadow

Opening Night was indeed a great success in the Meadowsweet 2 group, Garden colors.  Started on Tuesday night, it was bound by noon Wednesday.   The pattern has an easy formula for laying out the colors, so no design board--just sew and sew.   No waste, so it makes a very economical quilt in a great throw size.

 

Easy Read

Another reason to love working from RoseCards.  While I sewed my new Meadowsweet Opening Night, I propped the card on the spare thread holder.  Just about the right distance for the bifocals.

 There are a lot of cute noteholders out there too, that should sit very nicely on a sewing table. 

Poppy Freedom

It's quilted and bound.  This aqua colorway of the Poppy Collection by Laura Gunn.  There are 8 pieces in this collection, so the fat quarter bundle worked out perfectly.  6 Fat Quarters are used for the quilt top.  The last 2 Fat Quarters were the 2 colors of the Peking Dot--great for piecing the binding.  So if you have 8 Fat Quarter bundles, you have a complete kit for this pattern!

When I was choosing the pairs for this quilt, I did not follow my usual plan of dividing the 6 fabrics into 2 sets of three.  Instead, I just paired up any way I pleased.  With only 6 fabrics total, it is very hard to keep like fabrics out of the same row.  So I think I will go back to the 3 set plan.  Each set of 3 can be scrambled exactly 3 ways.  And the blocks made from each of the 2 sets can be alternated, so like fabrics don't end up in a row.  Make sense?--probably not till you do it. 

Angel Face Owls

Our Angel Face pattern actually began as Marguerite's Frame Up many years ago.  Our friend Marguerite shared it with us, and it has made the rounds in Thursday clubs, Friday night sews, Friday night Merced College classes, and a basic handout pattern anytime we need a theme print design.






For the Angel Face RoseCard, I wanted to write it up for the 3 One Yard bundles.  It finished 38"x50", with 12 blocks, and used only the three one yard pieces.

Marguerite's is a 20 block quilt and usually had borders, to make it a very generous throw.  The next RoseCard version will be written up for 20 blocks.

Here is a preview.  Dorothy had this wonderful owl batik, and I thought it might work.  It did.  She had the perfect subtle contrast fabrics to go with it.  She decided not to border it.  It looks good, and still finishes a nice size--about 50"x63".