Hand Pieced Quilt Along....

 I have joined in on two hand pieced quilt alongs that Patty Dudek and Kristin Esser have hosted in 2019 and 2020. As you can tell by all the hand piecing I have been doing lately (endless diamonds and flowering snowball blocks) they might have created a monster! There are tutorials and videos on their blogs on how to hand piece if you are interested in learning a new skill. I will warn you, it is very portable and a wee bit addicting. 

This is the first quilt along in 2019. I chose to make 2 of each block and used blue and white scraps. These are smaller blocks finishing at 6 inches. The quilt is 28.5x38.5 and is now pinned for hand quilting. I'll fold the excess and pin it to the front of the quilt edges so the cat's won't tear it up while I am working on it.... and should give me enough room to work the edges in the hoop. I try to think ahead occasionally!

This was the 2020 quilt along - Book Club - where we learned template making and curved piecing. That bottom block in the middle was called 'Emma' and is also known as the Flowering Snowball block. I got the die to cut that one (so easy and quick to make all those parts perfectly!). I am working on a blue and green little throw right now... and will plan to cut some parts each month in the RSC color way to build up a nice scrappy quilt project to be pieced at a later date.

They will be announcing the 3rd sew along Monday January 25th. I can't wait to see what we will be learning this time!