Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Friday, November 4, 2022

A rainbow of progress...

Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilt projects are progressing in my sewing room this week!   A leftover from 2021 is getting closer to a finish - the Full Stop sampler.  I'm almost done with the quilting.


There is quite a bit of negative space in this quilt, and I thought it needed more quilting than just the horizontal serpentine stitch, so I've been adding some vertical quilting there as well.
Just a little bit more to do, and then binding!

I've also been slowly hand stitching the Dancing Plus blocks together into sections of four, six, or nine.  Here's where they are at this point.


I'm feeling good about this week's progress!  Sharing at SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday and at Quilting is More Fun than Housework for Oh Scrap!






25 comments:

Pat at Bell Creek Quilts said...

great quilting and love, love, love your rainbows!!

Vicki in MN said...

Both projects are looking great. The background of Dancing Plus looks like newsprint;)

Michele McLaughlin said...

Really getting things done Diann! Way to go! love both of these quilts!

Susie H said...

Your Dancing Plus quilt is so FUN! The scrappy B&W backgrounds were perfect.

Libby in TN said...

Great progress. What kind of machine does the serpentine stitch?

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

I love the Plus quilt. My Babylock does the serpentine stitch too and I really like it on quilts

Mari said...

Beautiful rainbow projects. I love that you did the plus blocks by hand. And isn't that serpentine stitch useful? Enjoy the weekend!

Linda said...

You are getting close to a finish! Love the dancing pluses.

scraphappy said...

Love the texture that the quilting is adding to the #Fullstop. Seeing the finished tops coming together at the end of the year is always the best part. Those plus blocks might be first on my list for next year.

grammajudyb said...

Full Stop is coming along. You'll be d binding before you know it! And Dancing Plus is a great name for your precious small quilt. I love it. I didn't get to all my blog reading from Thursday and Friday....I must go back. I glimpsed pumpkin cookies on your post!I must to back!!!
Have a good weekend. See you at Slow Sunday Stitching!!

Michelle said...

Both of those projects are moving right along and look amazing!

Deb said...

Two great projects! Love the low volume background on the Dancing Plus blocks. And the name is fantastic!

Deb A said...

Great progress and I love how you are stitching the Full Stop. I have mine out on the floor still mulling over ways to put it together. Have a good weekend.

Cathy said...

You did make great progress this week. I love your rainbow dancing plusses! I’ve only ever had my plus blocks dance in color groups (warm, cool), but the rainbow idea is so cheerful! And you’re doing it by hand, so that’s doubly impressive. Go Diann!!

PaintedThread said...

These are looking great!

Sara said...

Looking so great!

Jenny said...

I know I'm getting repetitive but I love your Plus quilt! I can see this pattern added to my RSC want-to-do list in the future.

Ivani said...

Great progress on both quilts, and they are lovely, Diann.

chrisknits said...

Wonderful progress on all things, but I love your Austin table runner! Can't wait to see how you finish it.

Kate said...

Both projects are moving along. I really like your dancing plus blocks, it's so colorful.

MissPat said...

The dancing Plus quilt is so much more interesting with the low volume backgrounds than just using a plain solid. And your hand sewing continues to impress me. Hope your snow has melted. I think we set a record high yesterday.
Pat

Sylvia@Treadlestitches said...

Great progress, great fun!

Jasmine said...

Progress always feels good. Your plus quilt has a really fun layout. I need to make more progress on my hand quilting project.

JanineMarie said...

It's so much fun to see the rainbow scrap blocks come together!

Linda @ kokaquilts said...

Loving your dancing plus quilt, the variety of LV backgrounds really adds depth!