Not Afraid of Color

"Dragonflies on the pond"  42" X 42"

I had to make a big push to get this finished for the parade of SAHRR quilts at It was in three sections to make quilting on my small machine doable... sky section,  Dragonfly section was largest at 30" by 42" , and waterlillies along the bottomafter completely quilting each section I needed to join them to the center leaving backing free to cover the seams I used a long hoarded garden scene for the large center section, a blue water for this one, and a cloudy sky fabric for backing the top section. 

oops took the photo  of my sky join upside down, to show how it looks after joining quilted rows

oh but I had some fantastic fabrics in my dragonfly collection, fussy cut them, actually used them and so happy I did. One of those sky fabrics is photo realistic with golden highlights. A row print fussy cut to get dragonflies in one section. 
There were 6 prompts to include... the lilly is fussy cut out of a batik, fused to each other and a rawedged leaf gathered and shaped with quilting, lots of metallic sparkly threads on the petals, and it was two prompts, "two color" and the leaf shapes I can't remember. The 9 patches were following another prompt, the little pinwheel came from a "parts dept" scrappy bin. added this in at the end...
I actually love the water lilies and might need to make a quilt showcasing them 

Alfie says thanks for visiting

but it's time to walk the mommy.... see you later

Find all the SAHRR finishes here
https://kathleenmcmusing.com/2026/03/2026-sahrr-the-parade/

 

I've been spending my creative time sewing on two projects this week... 

The first is my hexie spiral in green scraps... and this year I'm trying to do blocks based on holidays or seasons, 

This time I am trying to make a St. Patrick's Day theme... I couldn't find one print I know I have, but did find two clover prints. and there is gold on one spiral fabric for the pot of gold, and a worm dressed up on clovers and some clovers blowing in the wind! 

I quite like this one, it's so bright and happy. Note the yellow green one next to the blowing clover has printed spiral dots when you see it close up

I took a moment to think about the prompt for this row of Stay at home Round Robin... maker's choice

it's gonna be much larger than I originally thought. All of it has grown from the dragonflies, outwardI did 4 patches of two color White with glitter and blue sky  continuing last week's prompt, and then for my block choice I thought a row of flying geese would be good above

 

it's too much this year, adding in a row each week is frantic to me.... 

we brought this lovely boy into our home on Sunday... a  one and a half year old standard rescue.... 
I betcha when I sew the whole quilt together in the end, this block will get another applique of a lilyor the two other circles will join the party.... at that point I've met the challenges, but have to make the quilt that's in my mind also.... so for now, finally at 8pm dinner, rest my eyes, pet my puppy and remember my life includes more than creativity even though sometimes it takes over! lol   

mama, put down the fabric and come pet me now

My posting schedule is kind of sporadic now that I have 3 deadlines to make and post my work. 

Today I am sharing this week's work for the stay at home round robin, the prompt is "curves" and I needed to make the prompt fit in my scene

this week I joined the hourglass blocks, love how they blend and look, thank you to the challenge organizers. Then I worked on this week's curves.... decided to use this fabric

I used some misty fuse on a fussy cut strip, then cut out petal shapes and arranged them into lily shapeand chose a background fabric to fit in with the double blocks row I did last week, and pieced this week

it's easier to move the whole thing than keep individual petals together

heat bonds the petals and mistyfuse

tucked it under the petals and I plan to embroider all the petals and leaf when the quilt is basted, to create more dimension, and that thread color will create more depth then

 

I worked on the prompt for stay at home round robin (animals or live things) row this week

(first, the dragonfly doll was made last year for PQ challenge, she guards my design wall) 

My piece for SAHRR this year is one of dragonflies, they have eyes, so I continued in my theme. 

my first thought, because I am having trouble with my bodily pain this week, was to cut a row from a print with dragonflies/frogs/and turtles. I started by sewing together the hourglass blocks from another prompt, having to commit to placement. hmmm not sure,

gotta add in this print somewheremaybe if I add in this little batik strip in the sky, it has dragonflies