Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Quilty 365 March Progress

My Quilty 365 circles for March are complete and now total 144 little circles!  Without further ado, here's the March lineup:
March was a month of beginnings - the first day of spring, beginning to clean out part of the abundance of scraps littering corners of the sewing room, donating said scraps to our church's new quilt ministry, and spending several days working to get our ministry off the ground and running.  It's been a busy and rewarding month!

During the course of sorting fabrics for donation several small pieces found their way into Quilty 365 circles.

Pussy willows and butterflies - Spring!

In memory of Griffen, my husband's favorite cat

Some vintage old West fabrics from a yard sale scrap bag

Debbie of Stitchin' Therapy gifted me with these two pieces recently when she came to the rescue with some dark blue tone-on-tone fabric I needed to finish up the Oregon Memories top.   These became my 'first day of spring' and Easter Day blocks.  Thanks Debbie!


And last, but not least, while sorting through several more bins of scraps, I found two more little pieces of that sweet bird fabric from my son and DIL's wedding quilt.  No more cardinals unfortunately, but these two hint at the future occupants of the nest-building activity on the little ledge atop the post on our front porch.
After nearly five months of stitching these circles, I'm still enjoying that (almost) daily time of relaxing hand stitching.   And if you read this blog often you'll know these aren't the only circles being stitched around here in the past couple months.   You can see the finished Oregon Memories quilt top in my previous post here.

Linking up with Audrey at Quilty Folk where you can see an abundance of creative quilters circling around!   Happy Friday!


24 comments:

Debbie said...

Great circles....flip flops are so cute too. I had to move to a bigger box after hitting 100.....I like this project so much. Of course, the challenge will be to fit it all together :)

Dana Gaffney said...

I love seeing your circles, good memories and thoughtful pics. I hope the ministry is coming together, rewarding sounds really good :)

Kyle said...

Your circles are offering some great I spy opportunities. Congrats for keeping up!

Needled Mom said...

Those are gorgeous.

audrey said...

So many good little scraps making their way into your circles!

Janet O. said...

It is really fun to see what you come up with for your circles. I especially like the birds of a feather in the last block. Looks very vintage to me. : )

Barbara said...

Wow look at you go! I love the blocks you made this week...the flip flops and the kitty are my faves, but I love them all.

Ruth said...

Lots of really cute fabrics in the months' circles! Keep up the good work!

Heidi said...

Your blocks are looking great! Love those hungry birds ;)

liniecat said...

Wonderful blocks and with such lovely memories attached to some of them too - delightful!

Marle said...

You have great deal of wonderful fabrics! I like your way to go.

Sophie Zaugg said...

Cute circles ! Nice to see your fussy cutting.

Stephie said...

How lovely to see all these fussy cut circles - the little birds are so cute!

Bonnie said...

Oh those circles....so beautiful!! I've got to find some more bird fabric for my project!!

Angie said...

Such fun focus fabrics - the two little birds are adorable!

Paulette said...

I just love looking at your fussy cut circles! They hold such beautiful details.

Mary said...

You found some real gems in your stash for this month's circles!

Sandi said...

Some lovely circles you've stitched.

tella-toys said...

I love! Beautiful pictures.

Cynthia@wabi-sabi-quilts said...

Your novelty fabrics are just so terrific! I enjoyed seeing each one. And your applique is so well done.

Ann said...

What a lovely group of fussy cut circles. You have some very special one.

cspoonquilt said...

Ooooh, I love all the fussy cut circles, very fun!

Rebecca in AK said...

Wonderful circles! I love your fussy cutting.

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