Snowflake in October

Snowflake Quilt Progress : Fresh Lemons Quilts

Things have been very busy here over the last week. I've completed my Snowflake quilt top! These blocks went together quite quickly. I think I spent one morning cutting and then one day piecing. However, once I had all the blocks laid out, I decided that some of my fabric choices weren't the best suited for the design. Basically anything too "busy" and with too much contrast really took away the focus. So I ended up remaking about 8 blocks (which is always a bit of a downer when you think you are done!).

It only took a morning to sew the blocks together to form the quilt top. We were on the go a lot the weekend, so it was nice to spend Monday relaxing and stitching away.

Today I'm planning on basting and getting started on my quilting! I can't wait to share this pattern with you all soon. As I mentioned last week, I'll be posting directions as a 3 week quilt along over at BERNINA's We All Sew blog. If you want to be notified of when the posts are going up, you can always subscribe to my email notifications here.

Not Your Mama's Bee : Fresh Lemons Quilts

In quilting bee updates, my kids had off school last Thursday and Friday so we took advantage and whipped up their October blocks for Not Your Mama's Bee. (Yes, my son keeps me on my toes. :) ) These blocks are for Katie of Swim Bike Quilt's daughter. She requested 9 patch plus blocks using fabric with dots. The squares are cut at 5" x 5". We were all assigned a color so that her quilt will have a great variety. This month I decided not to tackle sewing with both kids at the same time. It was much less stressful going with a one-on-one plan. Lessons learned every month!