Celebrating Mary Brown update #2

I'm calling this quilt Alice Jane Blue after a name I found while doing genealogy.  I think she is the mother of the spouse of one of my ancestors.  I'd have to go look it up.  But, I loved the name and thought it was appropriate for this quilt made with Alice in Wonderland hints.

So, here are my 3rd and 4th block  The first block looks much like a block from last month except for the dangling leaf on the lower right where Alice is falling down the rabbit hole.

This is supposedly the pineapple block.  But I made it the 'down the rabbit hole' block although it looks more like a Faberge egg - ha!

And here are all four of the blocks.  Alice Jane Blue is coming together. . .

Hope you'll go visit the others who are participating in the SAL to see the way different people are interpreting this pattern.


A big welcome to Rebecca of Quilting in a Polar Bear Garden who is new to the group.
Anyone can join, just contact Karen below to be included in the monthly updates.
Karen at Log Cabin Quilter
Jennie at Over the Hill and Running
Julie K at Julie K quilts
Cathy B at Big Lake Quilter
Nanette at Do it Right Quilter  and
Jan (who has no blog)

It was time to make an apple pie, so I got some large Granny Smith apples,  used brown sugar instead of white, and put them in a 50% whole wheat crust.  It was absolutely  delicious.

I'm working on the binding of the quilt that was in the hoop on the right.  I just cut strips from the leftover scraps and made them into the binding.  Hopefully I'll have a picture before this posts.

Not a great picture but a picture nonetheless.

Enjoy you day,
Robin

A little at a time

This month has been beautiful.  My biggest maple didn't have the show it normally does but there are enough trees and shrubs in the valley that are dazzling and more than make up for it.

I have been slow to get things done quilt-wise this month.  I finally finished my cheddarback blocks this morning.

Here is the lily block that is appliqued instead of pieced like the original maker of the quilt made it.
I love the little piece of fabric I used for the stems.  It is so cute and it is all gone.

The lily block looks a little washed out.  The background fabric just blends in with the sashing.  The original maker put it on a light blue floral background but I didn't have anything like that to use.  Instead I put a strip of the pink sprigged fabric (that I'm using around the outside blocks) inbetween these two blocks as an accent since it is right smack dab in the middle of the quilt.

This is the 2nd block this month.  I originally put blue in the center but it drew too much attention to itself so I had to pick it out and re-adjust.    This block goes much better with the other blocks that you can see all together below.

Gay has begun a new QAL called the Ella Maria Deacon quilt.   It is mostly applique.  I don't know how Gay does it because she has to redraft all the patterns for the Cheddarback quilt and then make examples.  She is also drafting the patterns for Ella Maria Deacon  AND she runs a business as well as living her life.  Pretty amazing.

I'm on the last row on the quilt on the frames (see sidebar).  I will be so delighted to move on to something else.  I am so tired of these colors. 

Happy Fall Y'all.
Robin