Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Friday, March 9, 2018

Penguins Love Green!

This week I spent some time cutting a little more, sewing a little more, and organizing for Libby's Magical Mystery Block QAL.

These penguins have hats!

I sewed the little penguin 2.5 x 4.5 rectangles into their Block A and Block B selves.


And made some 4.5 inch HSTs from the 5 inch squares that I've cut so far.



Finally, I bagged up all the cut and sewn pieces and stashed everything in one of my now-empty project boxes. (That means I finished a quilt - yay!  But more about that another day!)


I also managed one of this month's Squared Away blocks in green for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge sampler.


This was a fun one to put together, and I only needed my seam ripper a couple times, lol!  I kept turning those corner pieces wrong and didn't notice until a seam had been sewn.  But all's well that ends well!  I plan to make one more of these in light greens before month's end.

Sharing at SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday!  






23 comments:

Libby in TN said...

Looking good! I liked Mari's tip to make a churn dash in the center. Kept me from turning wrong.

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

love your penguins and the green/white block

chrisknits said...

What cute penguins! I love that green block, but then I love all that's green.

Cynthia Brunz Designs said...

Great looking sampler block. I have mine cut but not sewn. I look forward to seeing how the penguins turn out !

Linda said...

Love the colors in the squared away block, and of course the penguins - oh so cute! You are inspiring me again with the neatly organized project box . . .

Mary in Peoria Handmade said...

Penguins with hats! How cute. I'm also lovin that sampler block.

Kathy S. said...

Fun penguins, Deb.

scraphappy said...

Mystery quilt is coming along nicely and your squared away block is beautiful. Great progress so far.

Quiltdivajulie said...

Happy penguins! (my older son collected penguins of all sorts except live ones for years). Great green block, too.

Vicki in MN said...

Hmmm-it was the week for you and I to bond with our seam ripper! Pretty green block.

Mari said...

Those penguins are so cute! Your Squared Away block looks great, too. Hurray for an empty project box!

Deb @ Frugal Little Bungalow said...

lol those penguins are too cute! :) Nice progress on a variety of projects this week!

Marly said...

Fun penguins Diann, and your Squared away block is looking good.

Cathy said...

I really like your sampler block. But that penguin fabric just melts me every time I see it!

Frédérique - Quilting Patchwork Appliqué said...

Cute penguins with hat!! That's a lot of eyes too! Love your green block also

Barb Neiwert said...

I was going to say "Cute penguins!" but then noticed everyone else was saying that, lol. So I'll just say, "YES! - empty box!"

gayle said...

You're going to talk me right into buying more of that penguin fabric, aren't you? 8)
Love your Squared Away block, too! I haven't gotten to that one yet, but it's on my to-do list!

Siouxzq64@gmail.com said...

Oh you penguins are too cute. Love your green squared away block.

Cathy said...

It's fun to see what fabrics everyone picked for Libby's Mystery. Those penguins are cute!

Deb A said...

Love that penguin fabric! So fun to have a new project in process after getting a finish (can't wait to see it!). Your squared away block came out lovely.

Sally Trude said...

The penguin fabric is wonderful. And its funny to see them peeking out from various places in your neatly stacked block.

Katie Z. said...

Nice work!

Karen S said...

It is going to be interesting to see what the penguins turn into. great progress.