March Wrap Up
I have a little March Wrap Up to share with you today. While I haven’t been posting much on my blog for the month of March, I’ve been participating in the Instagram QuiltFest and posting there daily. It’s been fun to post my thoughts on each day’s theme, but I’m glad the month is done!
Meanwhile, I’ve been keeping up on a few ongoing projects here at Pieceful Thoughts, so I thought I’d share a March Wrap Up so you can see where I’m at.
Diatom Quilt Along
The Diatom Quilt Along, hosted and designed by Quilting JetGirl, has been a very enjoyable project for me. The blocks go together easily and are finished pretty quickly. I have six blocks completed, and I’ll be working on Block 7 soon. Here are Blocks 1-4.
And Blocks 5 and 6.
I’m really wishing I had that big design wall now, so I could see these blocks all together!
Dreamlines Project 2023
The Dreamlines Project is a monthly art project for those who subscribe to Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting newsletter with Brenda Gael Smith. This month’s project was to make improv diamond strips. I’ve only made three, but will definitely make a few more. They are much faster to make than I thought they would be! Here are all of the strips I’ve made for January through March.
It’s a colorful bunch! I will just keep making each month’s project, then worry about the layout at the end of the year. I leave them untrimmed until I put the quilt top together.
100 Days of Stitching
The Hundred Day Stitch Book is a sew along offered by Ann Wood Handmade. The idea is to sew for 15 minutes each day for 100 days, stitching up fabric pages, and then making them into a book. I have fallen way behind on this one, but I’m still stitching up my pages. I finished the handwork on these two oddballs, and enjoyed the quietness of the stitching.
Most of the thread I’m using is Aurifil 12 wt, which is very soothing to pull through the fabric. I had no plan with these two, I just played a bit, adding stitches here and there. I’ll show you a few more pages soon!
Tuxedo’s Tales – Wilbs’ Style
Wilbs had fun helping me choose wool pieces and thread for the March block. He preferred the bright green shamrocks (matches his eyes, he said) and the purple-y variegated thread for the clover. I’m using a 10″ layer cake of black fabric for the backgrounds; this block hasn’t been trimmed yet.
SAHRR Winners!
I can’t think of a better way to wrap up a month than to celebrate the winners of the prizes from the Stay at Home Round Robin Sew Along (SAHRR)! We had so many quilting along with us this year, which made it so much fun. Congrats to all the winners, and many thanks to Quilting Gail for all her work on this fun event!
- Island Batik fat quarter bundle: Mari @ Academic Quilter
- Island Batik fat quarter bundle: Julie Ann @ Quilts and Costumes
- Island Batik fat quarter bundle: Janice @ Sing Read Sew.com
- Hobbs Wool Batt: Bernie @ Needle & Foot
- Aurfil Thread: Heather F
- Oliso Mini Iron : Laura Kate @ Daily Fiber Fun
- Pattern from For the Love of Geese (Denise): Dawn at Quilting by Dawn
- Prairie Spirit Alpaca Pressing Mat: Diann at Little Penguin Quilts
- Gift Certificate of choice from Chris: Carol @ Quilt Schmidt
- Fat Quarter Shop Gift Certificate: Gretchen from Gretchen’s Little Quilts
- MSQ Gift Certificate from Roseanne: Joy at The Joyful Quilter
Thanks for stopping by to read my March Wrap Up! I so appreciate you taking time from your day to read my posts!
Happy Friday, all! Enjoy your weekend!
Wendy
20 Comments
Barbara J Stanbro
Oh my gosh…cute projects. I love the lines, and your Tuxedo block is adorable. I like the orange houndstooth you’re using for Wilbur. Very cute.
Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Your Diatom blocks look fantastic! I know you are going to be so happy in your new sewing room when it’s all complete. 🙂
Cindy Pieters
I love the colours in your Diatom blocks. Your book pages look like you had fun, how many pages are you thinking of doing.
marissthequilter
Lots of exciting things are happening in your sewing room. I also enjoyed following your Instagram posts. Your body of work is impressive and inspiring.
Helen
The Diatom one is certainly coming along beautifully. Such a different color palette for you though!
The Dreamlines are just yummy! I cannot wait to see what they’ll become a part of.
Cocoa Quilts
I am loving those colors on your Diatom blocks. Not my usual picks but they look beautiful together, can’t wait to see that finish!
The Joyful Quilter
You packed SEW much in this post, Wendy!! Lovely work on those quilt projects and thanks to you and the SAHRR crew for offering prizes this year!!
rl2b2017
Hi Wendy! A fitting end to the month by sharing all this eye candy with us. Your Diatom blocks are looking good, Mr. Kotter. And the Dreamlines look like fun! Happy Friday to you as well. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
Vicki in MN
I am glad you are still keeping busy with projects! You always have such fun ones going!
Brenda @ Songbird Designs
Congratulations to the winners! What a fun Wilbs block in wool. Love it!
Diann@ Little Penguin Quilts
Looks like you’ve been having lots of fun sewing, even if your new studio isn’t quite ready yet! I love those Diatom blocks – especially #5. It’s a really neat design! I’ve only made one of the March Dreamlines strips, but I enjoyed putting it together – maybe I’ll make another one this afternoon!
Laura Kate
I like the projects you show this week. I am especially intrigued by the 100-day stitch book, which feels like a good one for me to try – first I finish my 100-day photos to art object challenge.
Laura
I really enjoyed this wrap up post, Wendy! So fun and inspiring to see the projects and your progress! 🙂
Katherine Duquette
You had a busy sewing month. Thank you for posting winners and pics of your projects. Your posts are always interesting.
Eva
Contratulation to all winners!! And – yes – thanks and applaus to Gail – initiator (hope the word works…), thanks to the sponsors aaaaand big thanks for Wendy to communicate and motivate. The first month of a year are so important to have success and fun and Q1 is done. Spring will come soon … we all need sun and energy. But I am really happy that we had much rain …to dry last year(s). But happy and sunny easter days will be super.
The diatom quilt will look fantastic as all of your work. Will be interesting what we get in April from Dreamline.
within this minute I got the idea what to do with the stripes. Have a new Yoga mat ..and need a big bag..
Thanks for sharing the picture of the stripes. You write and sew so diligently – thanks for motivation. Have a great week-end!
Kathleen McCormick
You have been busy! Love your Diatom blocks, the grunge is so nice with these blocks. Love the improve piece, I may have to sign up for that once I get through may QALs – mid summer. It will be fun to see how that grows. You are doing fine on the book pages, too. I love the wool Wilbs, just perfect.
Anorina Morris
You have shared lots of cute projects. Love the fabrics you’ve used in your Diatom quilt. Super sweet kitty cat.
texasquiltgal
Your Diatom blocks are really nice, and I love the diamond improvs – really adds to that pretty design. Of course I’m in love with the Wilbs block – such great colors. I’m so happy for the SAHRR winners!
Preeti Harris
Such a happy post chock full of fun projects, new designs. loads of sewing and happy winners. You do know how to pack a punch. I am crushing on your improv strips!
aquilterstable
You have some fun projects going! I was interesting in the 100 Days of Stitching but had too much else going…maybe another time. And your Diatom is looking great!