Monday Making!

This week has been pretty productive.

I got all my gift blocks done on my newest Christmas scrap quilt (no name for it yet) and started on the nine patches that make up the Irish chain variation that will make up the rest of the blocks.

Irish Chain variation

The basis for the colors was a collection of leftovers from a kit I completed several years ago. The quilt that came from that kit wound up being a gift but since then I've made two projects with the leftovers- my tree skirt and a version of the tree wallhanging I've now made twice.

I pulled from my Christmas scrap bag for the rest of the fabrics to coordinate.

Gift block

I've now made a pretty sizeable dent in the scrap bag and used up most of the scraps from the kit. This will be a quilt that I will keep since it coordinates with other Christmas decorations.

The pattern comes from Cluck Cluck Sew. They have several versions of what is essentially the same pattern. I bought a copy of the one with pumpkins and just subbed in a gift block for the pumpkin.

Lastly I took a little time to start piecing together rows from the partial seam herringbone I started at the retreat. I used a half-jellyroll from the free table and it looks like it will make a cute sized throw that someone I know will wind up getting as a gift next year. Who will that unfortunate person be? Only time will tell.

Partial seam herringbone partially pieced

It's cute, fun and bright. And I will probably throw a border on it to bring it up to a good size.

What are you sewing today?