Biggs Quilt block 18

Just finished this block today. It will look nice with all the other blocks. 

Also today, I trimmed all the completed blocks to their appropriate size of 16.5" which will make them 16" finished. I now have them all stitched into rows. I don't want to get to the end of these blocks and just have a stack of blocks to do something with. If I don't want it to become a UFO ( unfinished object) I need to work on parts along the way. 

B. Biggs block A-1

I've completed my 1st block for the Just Takes Two Benjamin Biggs quilt project. This block is called Apple Pie Ridge Star. I wasn't familiar with this block but I'll recognize it now. I made an adaptation to the JT2 pattern and that was to use a comma shape in place of the ball shapes on the Biggs quilt. I like it better this way. It is more like the blocks I saw online when I looked for info on this block. 

I used a purple batik for the corner flower buds and after several attempts to get a photo, they still look darker in the photo than they appear to be on the fabric. I will try to use a lighter green for the corner leaves in the future. I think this will help the flower buds to show up better. 

I haven't yet trimmed the block. I may wait and do several at one time. 

Blocks 27 and 28

Blocks 27 and 28 are finished! The first section of the Just Takes 2 quilt is ready for final assembly. The applique block did, as I thought it would, take awhile to complete. I learned a lot on this block as well as getting applique practice. I'd never done back basting before but the more I did it the more I liked it.

Small pincushion

I very much enjoyed making the pincushion for the pincushion swap but I liked it so much, I was reluctant to give it away. Does that ever happen to you? So the solution was to make one for myself. I chose to use the same applique pattern and tatted edging (they went together so well). This time I chose to put a button on as the flower center. In my button collection, I was able to find one about the same shade as the flower fabric. This pincushion is a little smaller than the original one as I only had a strip of muslin that I was working with and I wanted to use it. The strip wasn't as wide as what I used first. Still, the muslin made a nice background for the applique and since I used a double thickness (on both pincushions), I think the muslin will nicely contain the fine sand that it is stuffed/filled with. So - here's MY little pincushion for you to see.