Land That I Love Linky Party

It's okay if you aren't quite finished or just want to share your top. Yay! Can't wait to see them!

 Thanks for sewing along! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Land That I Love Part 3

We will sew the half square triangles and 2" squares to make this block. Lights/mediums/darks really don't matter much although I did try and keep my darker prints in the half square triangles pointing to each other.  Make 12 of these little blocks. Tada! Admire your handiwork!

Judy Stout, a blog reader, sent me this adorable pattern by Cheri Payne. 

It was given to her and she thought of me. Thank you Judy! That is so kind!!

Kindness Matters is the name of it and so appropriate for these days!

Have an amazing weekend!

Oh yea, Welcome October!

 

Land That I Love Part 1

We will start by making some half square triangles. 

Using your favorite method make 24 half square triangles that will finish at 1 1/2" 

If you make them a tad oversized, then trim, you will be trimming them to 2".

I want my quilt like the antique and the blocks are very scrappy. I opted to make mine one at a time so they would all be different. You can use light/dark or light/mediums or dark/mediums or a little of all!

Funny, I was just looking at my finished quilt and notice an unintended design element! (A humble error!) Haha no surprise here.

 

Land That I Love 2021 Quiltalong!

This weekend you can prep for the quiltalong! Overall size of the quilt is 25x17 so you won't need a lot of fabric. 

I'm using American flag colors and adding a few little patches of a black print. (I'm copying the antique) I encourage you to use the colors of your country flag!

It is called 

Land That I Love

so make the fabric and colors work for you.

I keep my Americana fabric in it's own tub so it made it easy to pick and choose some scraps.

Just choose some fabrics that you'd like to make your sewalong with. The original vintage quilt is very scrappy. If you want yours a little less "crazY' then choose only a few prints in red/white/tan/ blue. (or YOUR flag colors)

I love my patriotic fabs!

You'll need a little more for your setting squares and sides. This is the blue I used. You'll only need about 1/3yard x WOF. This can be a similar color, different print. 

Make it uniquely yours!

Last week while at the Alpine Lakes Wilderness we did a day hike to this beautiful glacial lake called Colchuck Lake. 

The trail was rough with lots of rocks

And roots!

                                                         Yep! This is the land I love!

2021 QuiltALong coming soon!

I put a shout out last week on my Facebook group (Humble Quilts) for the name of this years quiltalong.

Land That I Love 

is what I chose. Mary Thom suggested it! Whoop! Whoop! So many great suggestions.

And it can be representative of any country so it isn't exclusively an American name. 

Got my binding on. This is how I usually attach my labels.

Binding sewn and quilt completed!

I told you I was going on a backpacking adventure with hubby (turned out EPIC!) but before that my son and I went on a hike last Wednesday.  I had a special permit but then we went to the wrong trailhead! lol It was still cool, but in a volcano kind of way!

If you haven't heard Oregon is on fire. My town has been spared the brunt of smoke days, which I am super happy for. We ended up climbing this volcanic cone on a smoky afternoon.

In the background hazy Sisters peaks as part of the Cascade range.

 Four in One Cone tops out at 6211' elevation. 

We stopped here on our way back. It is called Dee Wright Observatory and is quite a feat! It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930's. If you are interested here is a link- HERE. 

Let's make it a great week!