BluePip Designs

July certainly was the longest month of the year so far.  I had travel both planned and unplanned, and felt like I mostly worked on one project ( my new quilt-along! ).  However, when I looked back at my camera roll for the month I accomplished more than I remembered.  August should be spent at home as we ramp up for back-to-school.  The kids and I have a summer bucket list of things we want to do before school happens so I'll be busy with that! Quilt Tally WIP List at beginning of month: 12 WIP List at end of month: 12 Untouched in 2023: 4 Active QAL Projects: 1 Quilts Finished Hello Spring (May 2023) Quilts Started 100 Days 100 Blocks 2023 - My favorite quilt-along started again !  One block a day is perfect for my small chunks of summer sewing time.  I'm a fan of joining as I go, so this picture shows some blocks that I haven't shared on Instagram yet and omits some of the others that don't go in this section of my layout.  I predict

It's time, it's time!  My favorite quilt-along starts again today: 100 Days 100 Blocks 2023 !  All the details are at that link, but in a nutshell, there are 100 different blocks that you sew over 100 days.  This year, the quilt-along is using a brand-new pattern called Maple and Eucalyptus.  I really like that the blocks are all different sizes, which you can see in this photo I took of my blocks 1 and 2 together: Yes, I did make 4 identical block 2 blocks.  I love the rainbow cover version of this quilt, but I also love a challenge so I am going to make the Bananas variation , a free pattern expansion.  This means I'll be making 246 total blocks.  As with all versions of the quilt, I've set some rules for myself.  In other years I've done  black and white , pandas , and blue/green blocks .  This year I'm focusing on solids and low volume!  My rules starting out are: The feature fabric of each block is a solid and the background fabric is low volume. The low vo