July Schnibble - Our Choice

Decoy

This month, we got to choose whichever Schnibble we wanted to make.  I knew I wanted to make a star in red, white, and blue for July and had purchased this charm pack of Minnick and Simpson fabrics when I saw it a few months ago.  I don't remember the name of the line but if I find the tag I'll edit this post later.  

I decided on the pattern Decoy from the book Another Bite of Schnibbles.  If you look at all the patterns, you'll see there are several that feature stars.  What put Decoy at the top of the list was the amount of background fabric needed.  I had 1/2 yard and this was the only one that didn't need more than that.  The pattern has sashing and borders pieced from charms but I wanted a plain sashing and will leave the border off.  I'll piece the binding from the charms I have left over - there are quite a few.   I'm going to have this in the stack of small quilts my grandchildren play with when they're here and I wanted a stars quilt for next summer.

This star is cut and sewn in a different way than most.  I have to say that I get my points lined up better when I make traditional flying geese but I still like this one.

June Schnibble - Leap Year

Leap Year

Schnibbles Parade

All of us who participated last month on either Sinta's blog or Sherri's blog were given a new pattern, Leap Year, by Carrie of Miss Rosie's Quilt Company even before it was available!  How cool is that?  Be sure you check the Schnibbles Parades again on July 1st, just like every month, on Sinta's and Sherri's blogs.  You'll see all of the pictures participants post of this quilt and find out the project for next month.  To me, Schnibbles are really fun projects.  Most take two charm packs plus background but I've done a couple that took only one charm pack.  I made Leap Year using fabrics from my '30's box.  Each square is one fabric plus white.  I haven't decided if I'll use one fabric for the binding or make it scrappy.  I'll quilt it before I decide and see how I feel that day.

I hope everyone (at least those of us in the northern hemisphere) is enjoying summer.  I have most of my garden in and just have a couple of things left to plant.  

     

May Schnibble - Doc

Basically, Doc is what Carrie has named a quilt made from Card Trick blocks.  The last time I tried one of these, I had to name it Misdeal and I haven't tried another since.  That just made me more determined to get it right this time - and I succeeded!  I used charm packs of Fresh Flowers by Deb Strain.  (Fresh Flowers - May quilt.  Get it?)  

The first thing that came to mind when I spread out the squares of fabrics was the saying everything old is new again.  The prints and colors really remind me of the '60's, first because of this fabric -

Picture it about as dark as along the right side of the photo, pretend it's flocked wallpaper, and it's what my mother put in the downstairs powder room of their new home.  Honestly, I hated that wallpaper.  It reminded me of a brothel in a B-Western.  I did like the rest of the fabrics, though.

The next thing I realized is I should do this -

 

and not this -

There's a difference in the way they're cut.  Unfortunately, the orange print was one of my favorites and I couldn't use it.

All the blocks cut out and stacked individually

 

 

I use sheets of deli paper (from Costco) to keep each block separate from the others

These are finished blocks

And here is the completed top.  I know I won't finish the quilting this month so decided to show it just as the flimsy.

March Schnibble

Tag Along Flimsy

Officially, this month's Schnibble project is Bibelot, a T quilt.  But I've never been that crazy about T quilts and have always liked this pattern so chose to make it instead.  This is Tag Along from Another Bite of Schnibbles made from French General's Panier de Fleurs.  Carrie's book has the same great instructions as her patterns.  All I changed this month is the border.  Using charm squares makes the center so busy that I wanted a border calmer than piano keys so chose this style.  The binding will be the same red as the inner border.   Now I have to decide on the quilting.