Quilt a longs are fun

 

the quilt above was a quilt along a few years ago called "Fonthill" this was one of those quilts where I dove into the scrap barrel and picked whatever came up, each block had a personality the challenge was picking the borders and sashing for this one

Then Border Creek Station had a stash buster  pattern that was almost the same a little smaller in diameter so I changed the layout and made this applique to compliment the blocks It was a great challenge to design the layout but very happy with the end result. 

Below are quilt a longs I did with friends we exchanged strips of supposedly our ugly strips but as you can see there are just no ugly fabrics one of my friends has a blog Applique and Patches   go to her blog she is a very creative quilter 

The pattern was called waves and as you can see I could not make just one they are both the same pattern but I did a little tweeking on the layout my dad loved the red one so it was given to him as I was finishing the turning of the edges since there were prairie points as the finishing. 

I love to do sew alongs with sites that promote their different blocks of the week/month. Question would you rather a block a week or month? I like a week it keeps you in high gear as you build your quilt. this one below was from Piecing in the Past signing up to her newsletter always keeps you busy with new free projects 

The one above was a semi completed Kit that a fellow quilter did not want to finish and I was at the right place at the right time I was able to purchase this as a small nominal fee and finish it I love this quilt! The quilter did a wonderful job of what she had completed with piecing and ironing the pieces so continuing was like a dream! Sometimes a quilter will find your half finished projects treasures. 

Well this is a little look back on some quilts since I am slow stitching right now I thought I would share some that I have been working on the last few years. hope you enjoyed some of my memories and it gives you incentive to get involved in your quilt room again.