Summer Table Cloth

Here is a tablecloth that I recently got back from the quilter.  About 2 years ago, I found a set of napkins at a yard sale for 75 cents.  I knew I wanted to make something with them, I just didn't know what.  

It finally came to me and this was the end result.  A tablecloth for my outside patio table.  We also have game boards for the game "bags" or "cornhole"....depending on where you live. :)  I had enough of this fabric left to make a set of matching green bags and a set of yellow bags.

I absolutely love the quilting that was done on this.  The back is white and every bit as cute as the front with those little black ants marching!

This would look adorable in a red and white gingham as well!

Quilted by Janice Dugger, Piney Flats, TN

As you can see, this still needs to be bound.  It is sadly on a stack of items that need binding :)

Summer Sampler Fun!

I came across a fantastic quilt along sampler on Pintrest recently.  I took a look and it was from 2011, but hey, if I haven't seen it before it's new to me!

This sampler has 12 blocks and a hand full of bloggers doing tutorials on each.

I am not a big fan of solids, but when I saw this sampler, I fell in love.  It is also very interesting to see everyone's blocks on the various blogs that have tutorials!  But, my favorite by far was the white and solids.

I decided to take up this project for the summer and do one block each week.  I will post links to the original instructions each week also.

I am really excited about this project!  I think it will be a skill builder and I am looking forward to learning a new thing or two :)

For my first block, I chose the "Mosaic".  

Here is a shot of mine before final assembly of the 16 HST in it.  (These will be laid out a little differently before assembly)

Mosaic

Here are some shots of the assembled block:

Mosaic Assembled 

Mosaic Assembled

The tutorial for this block can be found at FreshlyPieced, just click here.

I am so excited to see how mine comes along this summer!