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I am giving myself a little break on finishing up the second “Cats in Pajamas” quilt. It’s all basted and ready to be quilted. Maybe next week. Or maybe when I get back to DC. I would love to try out quilting with my Juki that’s in the apartment.

I started working on three other quilts….cause I gotta keep busy!

I’m making two new Riley quilts.

Here’s the original that I made for Riley over 10 years ago.

I already had all the denim cut out. I had some Tilda Autumn line plus I picked up some yardage at the local quilt shop.

Then I didn’t think that was enough variety so ordered a fat quarter bundle of Tilda on Etsy.

Four denim pieces and four calico Tilda per block along with a solid cream sashing.

Eight blocks done. I need twelve per quilt!

I already have all the pieces cut out, just need to stitch it together.

You can click here to get to the original Riley quilt post and instructions. I will eventually put new instructions up with the calico fabric. Eventually…..

I want to put twin beds in the granddaughters room so am making two Riley quilts. Although I do not have said twin beds, I am passively looking on FB Marketplace. I am putting the final touches on a kitchen table I bought there last week and I have a dresser and nightstands to refinish for Lauri’s guest bedroom. Then I will start really searching for two matching twin beds. Gotta have priorities!

Anyhow, the third quilt I started is the Moda Blockheads 6. I am using denim for the background and starting out using all the Tilda pieces that are not floral. The fat quarter bundle I ordered has some woven pieces which I have not used in a quilt before and am discovering that they are a little tricky to work with especially paired with denim. When I run out of the Tilda fabric I plan to hit some of my scrap fabric.

I’m not going in any order on the BH quilt. I started out with Block 6 then followed up with 1 and 2.

Most of the blocks are 9″ finished but both 6 and 7 are 18″. Bigger should be easier, right? Not so!

Block 7 came out yesterday and I thought I’d just whip that up in no time and add it to my little Blockheads design wall. Nope. I had nothing but trouble with that block. I was determined to finish it but early evening I ran out of bobbin thread which was definitely a message from the sewing godesses that it was time to quit!

Here’s how much I finished…..

I made a lot of mistakes and wasted a lot of fabric. (That little pile on the right corner is just part of the messed up pile!) And now I’m rethinking the fabric choices I made. I will most likely be remaking the middle piece. It just doesn’t fit in! Maybe I’ll use more of the gingham–but that is a problem for tomorrow!