Design Wall Monday

I spent some time yesterday working on the BQ Goes Mini table runner and placemats and I'm loving how the fabrics are working together. Check out yesterday's post to read about the P & B Textile fabrics (Norman Wyatt's Earthtones 2 and Bear Essentials) I'm using. 

The pattern is pretty straight forward and since I had decided that I was making all four placemats and the small table runner, I knew exactly how many blocks I needed so I chain pieced everything. This went pretty darn fast!

The sub-cutting was fast, but the pieces are all pretty darn small.

Once I had all the small pieces, it was time to construct the blocks. Easy Peasy!

Sewing the final seam for the blocks. Woo Hoo!

All the blocks are sewn!

The pattern provided a variety of layout options for the placemats. I knew I wanted to make one of each layout, so I just followed the pattern and laid them all out and started sewing away.

Oops! I got so excited that I forgot to take pictures of the last two layouts before sewing them!

Here's all four placemats sewn together. I like the variety, but think the top left layout is my favorite. 

I've got the table runner laid out and ready to sew.

I had to stop sewing and could not finish this yesterday. I'll get back to it this afternoon and then I'll be ready to choose my backing and get these babies quilted. Yay!

What are you working on today?

For some quilting eye candy, check out

Judy's Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

and

Beth's Monday Making

Time to Play with Fabric!

I received this bundle of fabric from P & B Textiles recently, and love it!

The top two fabrics are from the Norman Wyatt Signature Earthtones 2 and I fell in love with them the first time I saw them at M&E Quilt Shoppe. I was thrilled when they were included in the bundle! The other fabrics are Bear Essentials 3 fabrics, and since all of the Bear Essential lines have been a favorite of mine, I'm happy they were included too. 

I've been mulling ideas around in my head for what to make with the fabrics and finally decided that the first project is going to be four placemats and a table runner using the BQ Goes Mini pattern from Maple Island Quilts. I'm going to make one of each of the four placemat designs and the smaller table runner,  which will measure 18" x 45". The placemats will measure 18" x 13 1/2".

Here are the fabrics I've pulled for that.

I already have a couple of the Norman Wyatt fabrics in my stash and decided to include them for the project. And, I just bought a little more since there was an End of Summer Sale at M&E this past weekend. Lucky me!  👍 

The gold will be the background and I'm thinking about the stripe for binding.

I'm also using to use this bundle to participate in Quilting Jetgirl's Wayward Transparency Quilt Along. Here's what I've pulled for that. Yes, I've pulled two of the same fabrics for this project. (The brown is different.) I really like these two fabrics and since I already had some in my stash, I decided to use them. 

I've got some thinking to do for the remaining fabrics, but I'm sure it won't take long to figure out how to use them.  😊

Check back tomorrow to see how far I've gotten. 

What are you working on this beautiful Sunday?