Q1 - Envelope organizer

First project from my FAL Q1 list is finished (1/7). When I'm looking at he pictures I think I should have used B&W binding instead. As I didn't measure so well the background fabric is not very visible.

Anyway I like this B&W combo and with all these dots I used it fits perfectly for this month Le Challenge theme. The reason why I used white binding is because it fits well on the wall.

The back is plain white. I only quilted one way.

I have also quilted around each envelope. Plus I top stitched the top edge of the pocket which you can not see on my crappy pics.

I almost forgot I made it my February goal of ALYoF as well.

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Elephant parade

Have you seen the elephants everywhere? Oh yes, there is Elephant parade QAL and you don't want to miss it!

I'm going scrappy. I knew I wanted to make some elephants. I love grey but my daughter not so much so she asked me to do them colorful instead.

I used these batiks in number of projects last year and there are only last few bits. Probably just enough for an A side of bed side wall hanging.

Once you have all the pieces cut, the piecing goes pretty quickly.

That is mom and dad plus the baby elephants.

I'm feeling pretty well making these blocks on time so here comes little challenge. Am I going to be able to use those tiny bits for something? Stay tuned!

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ALYoF - February goal

Before I introduce you to my February goal, please meet my delayed January goal. Scrappy Log cabins wall hanging.

I added one square to one side. It looks a bit wonky but I hope the quilting will take care of it.

And two little ones on the other side. It no longer fits on my wall. Not sure if I'll be making it any wider. I only have few scraps left. We'll see.

Let's move on into February though. I'm going with Envelope organizer as my ALYoF goal.

I only need two envelopes which sounds quite doable. I'm using B&W fabrics and pattern from Patchwork, Please! book.

That is another paper pieced project. Let's party over @ Quilt Art Design
Maybe I should consider this as my Le Challenge project as well since the theme is DOTS! Are you playing along?

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Paper Piecing Party

Maybe some of you know I'm not a huge fan of paper piecing but there is a party and I want to be there, lol.

I paper pieced the bird but I did not the other parts as I wanted to try it that way. I just like to do things my way, I guess. The size of wreath is perfect for jelly roll strip and that is exactly what I used.

I'll square that up once quilted. The pattern is by Kristy @ Quiet Play and you can find it in her shop.
If you made anything paper pieced this week, join the party @ Quilt Art Designs. You'll find many original patterns there as well.

Mug rugs detour

Just when some of you commented how well organized I am, things got out of control. Two weeks without sign of creating. Oh well, that's life. We all have one.

Let's talk about my detour. As others I want to use as much of my stash this year as possible. I made those woven hearts last year and they just waited for the right project. I knew the time has come while reading Amanda's post.

I just needed some quick easy project. You can find tutorial for those here.
At first I played with decorative stitch.

I also played with some organic lines. Those are not straight for sure.

I used some batting scraps and the backing are also scraps. Binding is leftover from my previous quilts. I don't really measure when I have enough fabric. I really like this dots and stripes combo.

As I would like to keep that organized image I'm also working on my Q4 list projects. Paper piecing is the thing for next week. See those scraps I created while making the first wreath. I just have to use them for another one.

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