Bridal Party Quilts, Part Four

I am on my way to completing gift quilts for the bridesmaids. One has been gifted to the maid of honor, one is at the longarm quilter in Kansas, and one will be on its way.  

For this project, I utilized a full Riley Blake National Parks panel. This fabric grouping has been in my stash for a few years. Why reinvent the wheel? This also fits into bridesmaid Haley's outdoorsy interests of camping and dirt biking.  

I trimmed and sashed up the X blocks. Then I hated it. ASR (angry seam ripping) ensued. I knew better than to try and sew the blocks in sections rather than singly. Another project abandoned. Gonna thrift them back. This is the second attempt to spin something wonderful from these blocks. 

Two months to go until the wedding day, and there is time to make the plaid quilts. Here is my tub-full of plaid fabric from my offsite storage. 

Gonna call these quick and dirty quilts, I will match up the plaids in the same colorway and cut squares to either 6 or 8 inches.  

After all of the bridal party gift quilts are completed, I will post the entire collection. 

Bridal Party Quilts, Part Three

This redwork flimsy I created some years ago. The applique flowers need to be sewn down and some borders added to make it throw sized. Because of the extra work involved, I won't be adding it to the bridal party quilt collection. 

What I will be adding to the gift quilts is this X blocks version. I began this project God knows when. Time for it to realize its full potential.  

Another easy peasy finish will be these batik stars (with one outlier). Both of these sets of quilt blocks were created by a mystery quilter. 

Tried to spin another dog prints version of a pet/car quilt. I created four patches of dog-themed fabric. Then, it stalled. Since I am on a short time limit, I don't have time to ponder whether these will work or not. I thrifted them back to the Great Thrift Shop Beyond. 

None of these bridal party quilts are going to be masterpieces in pieced patchwork. I resort to four patches bordered in fabric. If I want to get fancy with quilt borders, my favorite is piano key. The first of the collection has been sent off to the longarm quilter in Kansas. 

As an aside, I have battling with Blogger. It has been up, it has been down. I am wondering whether I will have to switch platforms.