Design Wall Monday

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DESIGN WALL Monday

Two design walls on the go this week. My regular design wall has these strip blocks ready to make a birthday placemat for a niece. The plan is to make it look like a butterfly. I'm also using my bi-fold closet doors so I can take pictures of my flying geese borders. Who knew a queen size bed was so long?! More of these to go. I had to go get more thread this weekend to keep going. I'm sewing them together in pairs then making the lengths required. Check out the other design walls linked at Judy's blog.

SEW, MAMA, SEW Giveaway Day! Giveaway is CLOSED. 'Happy' won!

My giveaway is for this set of 4 selvage coasters. I made them myself! They each measure just under 6 inches square.

They all have the NEST bird print on the back {or the front!}

TO WIN: Leave a comment telling me what you sew for your home besides quilts. {I'm thinking curtains, pillows, tea cozies etc.} For a Second Chance: Leave another comment telling me what colours you would use to make placemats for your home {inside or out}

I will ship Internationally.

You can leave a comment until NOON Eastern Time, May 20th. Winner will be drawn randomly from ALL COMMENTS THAT HAVE EMAIL ADDRESSES. That means, if you are a no-reply blogger you need to put an email address in your comment. (Amy has a great post on steps to take to change your profile from no-reply here} Have fun blog hopping through the Sew,Mama, Sew Giveaway!

With Joy, Sarah Vee

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Flying through My List

One of the projects I have left on my Spring to Finish list is making the borders to a quilt. The main part of the borders is made up of Flying Geese blocks.



100 to be exact.

This method saved my sanity - not to mention lots of time!

Quick Method - Four Geese No Waste

I am not a trimmer {my mantra, perhaps}, but the little bit you need to do on these blocks is painless.

I don't enjoy pressing, but find it is almost a miracle cure for making points meet and taming wild corners.


I have 100 geese ready to fly.

Next up - to put them inside the sky!

With Joy,
Sarah Vee

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Spring to Finish Design Wall

Here's my Design Wall for this Monday Morning :

I am starting to work on making a flock of geese blocks for the borders of a quilt. This is one of the projects on my Spring to Finish list. I also have several selvages cut at 6 inches and 5 foundation piece ready for them. I'm planning to get something 'extra' done this week.

Check out Judy's links to other Monday Design Wall quilters.

My Midway Point 'Spring to Finish' Finishes :

Four String Blocks finished.

I am making one of these each week for the entire year. My sister is doing the same thing - but differently! I'm counting each block as a finish because I can - and because I need to stay caught up to actually make this quilt THIS year!

Sew Modern Bee Block

May is the first month of the Canadian Sew Modern Bee. This block is for Marianne. I made a bonus block for her too (but it doesn't count as a finish).

Mystery Basket Block

I finished a mystery basket block too. It measures 18 1/2 inches square. I was supposed to do 2 blocks, but the last block hasn't been posted yet. So - this counts as a finish!

Total Finishes So Far = 6

Finishes to Go = 5
{Of Course I Left the Biggest Ones until the End!}

With Joy,
Sarah Vee

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Monday Piecing Possibilities

My design wall is packed with possibilities this week. I decided I should do some catchup work on the Mystery Basket block of the month that I'm doing. The black strips are the borders for my Bunny Lady quilt which I plan to put together and start quilting this week.

The butterfly on the far left is the centre of a wallhanging that my daughter designed. She just started blogging over the Easter weekend. She is really interested in sharing her art. It should be a fun journey for both of us!

You can see an orange basket in progress. The bottom squares are also cut to become 6 - 6 1/2 inch unfinished blocks. I figure this will give me a little piecing relief as I machine quilt the Bunny Lady quilt. I always over think this last step.

The yellow and blue flying geese are test blocks for a border for the secret project.

Here's to a busy sewing week! Stop by the blogs linked at Judy's to see more busy quilters.

With Joy,
Sarah Vee

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