Work In Progress Wednesday

I have made a lot of progress this week on several projects.

I finished my two blocks of the month for my craftsy.com class.

Family Tree Quilt- The background has been put together, the tree is cut out and appliqued on, and the leaves are being cut out and hand embroidered.  I thought I had until July 16th, but the anniversary party for my husband's parents is June 16th.  I have to get moving.

Tradewinds Quilt- My mom bought me a layer cake and my sashing fabric came in the mail today. I have a plan, but it will have to wait until the family tree is completed.

Granny Squares Quilt-  I have 8 blocks of the estimated 42 needed.  I may sneak in a few blocks here and there while working on my family tree quilt.

May for Me Bingo-  I am not doing very well but I am having fun!

I also finished up a little something for my mom for mother's day! No pictures so I don't spoil the gift!

May Day!

Today is the first day of May and I can't believe we are already into the 5th month of the year.  I have neglected my sewing machine and I have gotten back in the groove the last few days.  I have finished up several granny squares, 6 total so far.  Only 35 to go.

Today was the start of May for Me Bingo!  If you created a card, don't forget to check in on the items called. 20 are being called each day!  Today I was lucky and got 2 spots covered.  Maybe I will win a prize.

Rainbow Goodness

Friday I received my rainbow charms from a swap at Sweet Diesel Designs.  I couldn't wait to open up my charms and go through all of the delicious fabrics. They were separated into eight even color groups; red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, aqua, and purple

I decided long ago that I wanted to make a granny squares quilt mixing my current scraps with the rainbow scraps.  Here are my 2.5" square piles.  I decided to add onto my eight original piles and selected black, brown, grey, and multi colored fabrics.

That is 708 squares! I had to keep track and total them out as I was cutting and sorting.

After some calculations, I decided I was going to need approximately 700-1000 colored squares depending on the size of quilt I am going for. The plan is to make a few blocks until I am tired of making them or run out of scraps, collect more scraps and sew some more.

I was making layouts and decided to make a larger granny square than I have been seeing on other blogs.  I am really pleased with my decision and if I calculated right I will need 42 blocks to make a queen size quilt.  I will post more about the dimensions and number of squares later this week.

May for Me Bingo Card

I have been lacking on posting lately due to preparing taxes.  So today I decided to do something for me.  I went through all of my scraps and pulled out just enough for my May for Me Bingo card.  I am very pleased with my results.  Check out more of the cards and make your own at  Marcia's Crafty and Sewing Blog. You have until April 22nd to link up, so go ahead and make yourself a card!

B- Dog, Mickey Mouse, Swirls, Present, Anchor

I- Lemon, Fluer-de-Lis, Light, Car, Ornament

N- Dots, Penguin, Free Space, Ladybug, Fire Hydrant

G- Snail, Candy, Snow Flake, Holly, Lime

O- Stripes, Bird, Flower, Fan, Butterfly