A Little of This and A Little of That

Just a little post before I do my Fabriholics Anonymous post this evening.  I did get a few things done over the long holiday.  I had Tuesday through Friday off.

I started out with this stack of string blocks and added six more to make a lap size quilt. I got these string blocks in a swap a couple of years ago.  I am determined to finish up all of my projects that had completed blocks.

It finished up like this.  I gave it to a friend who will finish it up and give it to the Alzheimer wing at her Mom's assisted living.  It has lots of nice seams to fiddle with.

I also had  numerous blocks from my Block Swap Adventure.  I had enough for the quilt top and enough to piece some into the back.  I have finished the top but do not have a picture yet.  It turned out to be twin-sized and will make a nice quilt for our guest bed.  Below is my stack of blocks.  I never changed my profile so all of these are in traditional fabric.  I wanted to have enough to make a quilt.

I also have a picture of the Lucy Boston blocks I have so far.  I have a long way to go to make a queen sized quilt.

I did get some additional goodies before I start my fabric diet.  I got some more Denyse Schmidt fabric both FMF and Chicopee for my stash. I do so love her fabric.  Also, Craftsy was having a wonderful fabric sale and I got a stack of Amy Butler Soul Blossoms for about $1.25 per FQ.  I also scored on a stack of Kona FQ's.  I got 40% off of the sale price on these since I bought a four yard cut of Kona Snow a few weeks back.  I am finally going to get around to doing the 2012 Block of the Month quilt with Amy Gibson.  Love all of her blocks in the sampler quilt.  I got a spider web ruler from my Amazon gift cards.  I am going to make a few spider web quilts with fabric from my ever growing scrap bins.

Flea Market Fancy

Well I got my Katie Jump Rope in the mail.  Yeh.  I did some bidding on ebay and scored a yard of Flea Market Fancy fabric.  I followed that up with two fat quarters on Etsy.  Now I am the proud owner of 1.5 yards of Flea Market Fancy in a few different pinks.  I still have a few bids outstanding but who knows if I will win any more.  I can make what I have into a baby quilt if nothing else.

Katie Jump Rope

I just tracked down and bought some Katie Jump Rope fabric on Ebay.  A yard and a half in total. Three different patterns.  I guess when I get it I will have to go the the LQS and track down something to match. I also bid on some FMF fabric.  I didn't look at the auction too closely.  I was bidding on 9" x 11" pieces.  The bidding for four was up to $12.00.  I hope someone outbids me.  I am not that fond of the fabric.  Someone had an auction for fat quarters of the whole Katie Jump Rope line for $85.00.  Little out of my league at least for right now.  If I am going to pay that much I will get some of that fancy Australian "Ink and Squiggles" for $15.00 per fat quarter.