One in a minion QAL pattern testing

Back in January the news broke of several new QAL's (quilt-a-longs) coming up on the Fandom in Stitches group, and the call was put out for pattern testers.  Having a serious minion lover at my house, so I could hardly pass up the opportunity!  We LOVED getting each new pattern to test :)  Kudos to Jennifer Rowles (Playful Piecing) for her awesome designs.  So glad I got to be a part of it!

Patterns are 12 inches finished.

Tim

Banana

Hula Minion

Egyptian

French Maid

Kevin

Hippie

Soldier

Bee Doh

Girl Minion

Stuart

There were also several patterns we opted NOT to make including

Papagena (Hydrant)

The Vampire

Golfer

News also broke at the end of this project that there will be a Minion Design Invitational

so we saved up our space for our last block to choose one from those designs!  Keep your eyes open to find out which one we choose!

Squee.... Super secret project coming....

I promise.  I'm not doing nothing. There are projects in the works - just several I can't actually share yet.  sigh.  that's the hardest part of quilting and pattern testing...

but I can leave a hint right here for you...

and it's coming soon...

before summer...

and it's super happy making!

Hunger Games...

I've been slowly but surely taking on the Hunger Games quilt squares designed by Lil at liljabs.com and thought I'd show some of the progress...

HG - Pattern Testing District 5

So I am playing a bit with a new HG square for this quilt.  I'm still in the dark as far as how I'm putting this whole thing together, but I have a few ideas.

This pattern was put together with a red alphabet set, and a green alphabet set - Gotta love that liljabs LOVES all those little pieces!  Slow and steady!

Putting all those little bits together really took some time.  I feel like on squares like this it's important to remove paper as you go, and trim seams down to 1/8th an inch to avoid bulky seams.  I read somewhere that you can "hammer" those bulky spots too to help reduce, but I'm too chicken to do it.

Just a little more.....

and finally - whala!  I've got to work on my own lining up skills (thinking that switching to clips over quilt pins may help).  It's not perfect, but I'm happy enough with it.

Hogwarts wall hanging /back of my PoD?

So I stumbled across Owlsea's Harry Potter Castle Quilt (isn't it GORGEOUS?)

and she'd posted this new large (36x36") Hogwarts Crest pattern for testing and I couldn't resist.

So I went and picked out fabric (one of the best parts of the process)

It took a bit - and it was really a challenge, but I finally got it done!   I'm happy with it.  I think it will be spectacular on the back of my PoD.  Title was painted using Matte tulip fabric paint.