30 Quilt Blocks in 30 Days--Day 5

When Carla at Creatin In the Sticks put word out she wanted to do a blog hop with 30 blocks in 30 days.  I thought I can do that!  I even have some fabric I can use!  (Because using up stash is a total win right?)  I can do a small project!  I chose the day I wanted quickly because it would work the best with the fabric I was going to use.  I even went and located the fabric and brought it down out of the sewing room, to my sewing area downstairs......then I procrastinated.

The pattern I chose is called surround.  You can find the instructions on Carla's Blog, plus the instructions for all 30 blocks under the tab labeled 30 Quilt Blocks in 30 Days

Then I started, and my small project grew bigger, and bigger until I had a lap size quilt! It ended up measuring 50 X 70.   I am calling it Bridgetown Surround. 

Sorry no quilt holder so I had to improvise, and of course it is extremely windy, overcast, and snowing off and on now that I need to take a picture--and I am just not up to chasing a quilt across the lot.

The fabric I had was Bridgetown by Violet Craft for Michael Miller.  The line had came out in 2013 and I had purchased a couple  of yards when I was visiting Oregon that year.  The bridges are the many bridges that cross the Willamette River in Portland from the East side to the West side.  I used Robert Kaufman's Maze in the Ivory colorway for my surround.   I knew I needed an alternating block surround, but the two different blues in Robert Kaufman's Maze line did not work.  Do you know how hard it is to match a navy blue?  I finally settled on a navy blue grunge that I purchased at my LQS.

I fussy cut the bridges.  I used the ivory maze fabric for the center of the alternating blocks, and the surround of the bridge blocks. 

Tuesday afternoon I did a crash course on how to make a water ripples quilt pattern.  I think it turned out alright.

Here is a better picture of the back of my quilt and my quilting. Of course I had some assistance while trying to square up my quilt before binding.

I used the left over grunge  for the binding which I machine stitched down Wednesday morning (I told you I was procrastinating).  As you can see I must have constant supervision.  

I am very pleased with how the quilt turned out.

Here is the line up for the rest of the month.  And if you missed the first four go check them out for some awesome projects!

Date

Project Designer

Block

April 1st	Creatin’ in the Sticks	Block 1- 4 Patch
April 2nd	Kwilty Pleasures Blog	Block 2 - Double Stuffed
April 3rd	Sew Incredibly Crazy	Block 3 - Baby in a Corner
April 4th	SBD Embroidery and Quilting	Block 4 - Dutch Door
April 5th	What About Rheema	Block 5 - Surrounded
April 6th	Quilted Delights	Block 6 - Tacked Up
April 7th	Joy Studio	Block 7 - Stripper
April 8th	Just Sew Quilter	Block 8 - Staggered
April 9th	Quiltscapes	Block 9 - Topsy Turvy
April 10th	beaquilter	Block 10 - Chunky Pinwheel
April 11th	Freemotion by the River	Block 11 - Painted WIndow
April 12th	krislovesfabric	Block 12 - Broken Cinder Block
April 13th	MooseStashQuilting	Block 13 - Reaction
April 14th	Quilts by Joanne	Block 14 - Median Strip
April 15th	Persimon Dreams	Block 15 - Center of Attention
April 16th	Needled Mom	Block 16 - Bounce
April 17th	Just Let Me Quilt	Block 17 - Sweet Sixteen
April 18th	Life in Scrapatch	Block 18 - Yeah Eights
April 19th	Quarter Inch Crafter	Block 19 - Weave
April 20th	Seams To Be Sew	Block 20 - Classic
April 21st	Just Let Me Quilt	Block 21 - Spot
April 22nd	Something Rosemade	Block 22 - Cross Walk
April 23rd	Thimblemouse and Spouse	Block 23 - Opposites Attract
April 24th	Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc.	Block 24 - Possibility
April 25th	Words & Stitches	Block 25 - Camper Window
April 26th	Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats	Block 26 - Catching Z's
April 27th	Selinaquilts	Block 27 - Broken Stripes
April 28th	QuiltFabrication	Block 28 - Stockade
April 29th	Lakeshore Stitches	Block 29 - Dovetail
April 30th	Creatin’ in the Sticks	Block 30 - Slow Tee

Thank you Carla for an awesome blog hop!