Monday, May 27, 2013

Forest QAL Progress

I have been falling behind on the Forest QAL as I have been pushing to get my May BOMs done and I snuck in a baby quilt for my daughter's sister-in-law that recently adopted a newborn baby boy.  I have lots to share this week but first up is my progress on my Forest QAL blocks.  I love how all of these are turning out and want to share the three I made in the last week.  

I fell in love with the red panda that Amy from Badskirt added to the Forest QAL



Love, Love, Love him...He is too cute for words.

Then I started the liverwort block with the snail that Julianna from Sewing Under Rainbow added a few weeks ago calling it Slow Spring Coming.  I got this far:





At this point I ran out of background fabric. Acccccckkk!!!
I bought it at Boardwalk Quilts about 120 miles from my house.  I tried to find it at Fabric Depot but no luck so I came home and got to work on making the latest pattern, a cute little squirrel. This little squirrel was provided to the Forest QAL by Amy from During Quiet Time. She is the same person I sent my Shoe flag to for the Boston With Love project so I got a kick out of creating her little friend.  Here is how this little fellow turned out:


After cleaning up after making this one, I decided I should tidy up my area and guess what...I found another fat quarter of the background I was missing for my liverwort block.  Cleaning really does pay off. Woot, Woot!!!  Happy Dance for sure!!!

So I was able to finish it up also.  Yeah!!!  I love how it turned out but on retrospect wish the snail's body had been a darker fabric to stand out more.


So far this is how the group looks of all the blocks together



Just three more blocks to finish the series.  Can't wait to see what the last two will be and choosing fabrics for my fern and flower block this week.

Keep Stitchin'


12 comments:

  1. They look great together! The background fabric on the Red Panda is perfect!

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  2. LOVE your red panda and the fabrics you used.

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  3. Such cute blocks but I just love that red panda too.

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  4. Very pretty blocks!! Great job!!

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  5. Very pretty blocks!! Great job!!

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  6. Very pretty blocks!! Great job!!

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  7. I love your red panda! It is super sweet! All your forest blocks are looking fantastic together!

    Yay for finding a FQ of the background fabric you needed - the block turned out beautifully!

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  8. These are all so cute - you've done a superb job!

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  9. Wow, your blocks look gorgeous! I WISH I had the time to take part in the forest quilt-along, it looks such fun and such amazing blocks!

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  10. Oh my goodness ALL your blocks are so amazing! I have printed the patterns for the Forest FAL but I am yet to start... guess you have given me the inspiration to finally get some started/done!!!

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  11. This is a fabulous collection of pp projects.

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  12. Your Forest QAL blocks look amazing! Love the snail! What great luck you had finding that extra fabric for the background!

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