Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Friday, May 29, 2026

Catching Up!

It's been nice to have a week to catch up on some quilting tasks.  Earlier in the week I finished the top for my Lyra tablerunner, and it's now layered and ready to quilt.

Then I got busy working on block 9 for the Little House sew-along at Melva Loves Scraps and it's now finished, too!  It started with a sweet center block that Melva calls Prairie Rose.  Choosing the fabrics for this one, using my fall-themed prints, was more challenging than sewing it up.  Of course this one looks like a sunflower rather than a rose!


Add the log cabin strips, and here it is.


Now all nine blocks are made, and we can start to play with layouts.  I think the finishing instructions will be out next week.

I can already see a block or two ⬆️
that I'm going to have to rearrange.

I fussy cut a favorite bit of orange from the jelly roll for this block!


Having a leader/ender block is helpful when sewing these log cabins together, so I was able to finish a gameboard block along the way, too.  It even uses scraps from the Little House project!


And there goes orange month!  I'm wondering what our next color will be.
Linking up with SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday 
and at Melva Loves Scraps for the Little House sew-along, block 9.












16 comments:

Michele McLaughlin said...

Love the lyra table runner. Little house is a really charming mini quilt! I like the colors you used! Very summery! Have a wonderful weekend Diann!

Linda at Texas Quilt Gal said...

Oh that's pretty Diann! I like the sunflower. I just fussy cut my center and modified Melva's pattern a little bit. I like your layout. I'm trying to decide whether or not to make mine bigger - I don't have a lot of use for that size quilt.
I spent some time perusing your blog last night for chain block layouts! I found some chain blocks in my closet yesterday and needed some ideas. ;)

scraphappy said...

What a fun quilt pattern. The blocks turned out great!

Vicki in MN said...

My favorite blocks are the maple leaf and the teal block in the center.

Sara said...

I just love the colors in the Little House project. And you've reminded me that my Gameboard blocks have been neglected for a couple of months.

Carole @ From My Carolina Home said...

Great use of those fabrics, I recognize that Benartex line!

Kat Scribner said...

I just love your oranges and teals, Diann. Great progress.

Deb A said...

Your little house blocks look great! I think I'm going to lay mine out again and check them before I sew them up. It is handy to have other things to sew in between adding the logs onto these. Looks like pastels for the month of June.

Anonymous said...

Such pretty fabrics in your little house project. Nice to get the orange blocks done by the end of the month. I see we are to use pastels in June. I don’t have very many of those in my stash…. Gail at the cozy quilter.

TerryKnott.blogspot.com said...

Love the bit of fussy cutting you did for the block! Together is such a positive word!

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

the log cabin is really looking good. Nice fussy cutting also

Astrid said...

Beautiful little quilt, Diann! Love the fabric and colors. Love the Gameboard blocks too, pretty in orange.

Preeti said...

Looking good already. Orange and Turquoise is such a beautiful combination - summery and beachy!

Sylvia@Treadlestitches said...

Lovely quilt blocks! They look so good together. I love the fussy cut word too.

Jeanna said...

I just love the colors in the log cabin quilt. Can't wait to see the final layout.

Kate said...

Your sunflower block turned out beautifully. You picked such a fun color palette for that project. Looking forward to seeing your final layout for that project.