Another day another block

These are the next 2 blocks in the Craftsy BOM. The red and green are Christmas fabrics.

The quilt for my room is done and at the quilt shop to be picked up by the LAQ next week. Anxious to see what she does with it. I've never used this lady before, but I liked the samples she showed.
I need to pick up the background fabric for my niece's quilt, and then I can start on that.

 

9-Patch without cutting squares

Saw this great idea. It can, of course, be adjusted to the size you want. In this case I started with 8" squares of fabric. I used a dark thread so it could be seen more easily.

With the fabric placed right sides together, sew a 1/4" seam down each side. Cut a 2.5" piece from each side, and cut 2.5" piece from the center. Press the 2 seamed pieces open to the dark fabric. The fabric from the center will be added to each strip to make 3 strip pieces.

Since you pressed seams to the dark, they will nest together as shown above. Again, sew down the sides like before and cut 2.5" strips as before.

Again, press to the dark on the 2 seamed pieces and add the center piece to each block.

Press seam and you now have 2 perfect 9-patch blocks without cutting any individual squares. I hope my directions are clear.

BOM

I decided to do the free BOM that craftsy.com has. If I do one month's blocks each week I'll catch up before too long. It should only take one day to do them. These are the 2 blocks for January. As you can see, it will be very scrappy. I like the idea of each block being 2 shades of the same basic color. What do you think?

Curtains

I made a curtain for the lower part of our bathroom/utility room window. They will only be used when we are entertaining outside as our house is isolated from the surrounding homes. I love being able to look out that window when I am in there doing laundry. I used a blue batik and they looked good for a really quick project.