When Mother Nature...........
 

sends you some "poor mans fertilizer", you make quilts. I know it's late April, I know everyone is over winter and wanting warm sunny days, but I could not help but see the beauty Wednesday on my way to work. The picture is taken at the end of my driveway, and that blue sky contrasting with the snowy trees was just beautiful.
So while it's still cold and miserable outside, I have worked on two quilt tops, the pattern is Strip Stacks by GE Designs. It suggest using a stripology ruler, which I did not have, and I did not exactly follow the directions. All my cuts were according to the directions, but instead of cutting strips and subcutting the rectangles then sewing them together individually, I chose to make strip sets and subcut them according to the pattern recommended width of the individual rectangles. It went so much quicker this way, which is why I have been able to get two tops done this week. I'm thinking about venturing out tomorrow for basting glue spray at Dollar General. I have only been to the grocery store and gas station for the past 5 weeks, and work, so we'll see.
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Beautiful tops, I'm drooling over the first one. The snowscape is lovely too.

Magnificent view from your drive and magnificent quilts. Good idea to use strip sets and streamline the piecing in your quilts!

Your snowscape could be a postcard! It's that beautiful, as are your quilt tops. Smart to streamline your quilts!

great quilts

Love your photo - what inspiration nature gives us! Your colors of fabrics are perfect, and both quilts are winners!

Both quilts are splendid Kara, wonderful choice of colors. It looks like you are making good use of your time at home during these weeks of staying safe.

Absolutely love the choice of black for the background for your batiks and prints. Lovely work.

Beautiful quilts and scenery.

Love that pattern, and you did a beautiful job! Bummer! Another one for my ever-growing bucket list!

Great quilts and love the picture from your driveway.

Love them!

What an inspiring picture! Masterful work on the quilts.

I love the look of a snowy field on a bright sun shiny day! Your quilt tops are really pretty too :)

How lovely that view! And the quilts are so pretty too!

Very nice. Not a fan of snow but it is beautiful.

Beautiful view and I do agree with you that the contrast between the beautiful blue sky and the snow is breathtaking. Your quilts are so pretty and love the fabrics you used. Thank you for sharing your pics.

Your quilts are pretty. Your scenery is gorgeous.

Your quilt tops are 'rich' the colors just pop right out at you! I love the view from your driveway. Thanks for sharing.

Very pretty quilts. Nice work and the colors are great.

Beautiful scenery and beautiful tops. I never get tired of winter, snowy scenes. Love the pattern on your quilts.

Beautiful view and beautiful quilts.

Beautiful!

I'll have to look it up because I don't know what a Stripology ruler does.

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Your tops are beautiful!

Your fabric choices are marvelous! I enjoyed seeing them.

Loved your color choices! Mother nature is truly beautiful in any season. You created 2 beautiful quilts!https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/heart.gif

Gorgeous view! No wonder you were inspired! Very cool how you came up with your own way to construct the quilts. Also, just curious, what kind of basting spray do you get at the Dollar General? I've never seen any at the locations around here and would love to be able to grab it there as my LQS hours are quite limited right now.

Your quilts are lovely. What a beautiful scene you have for your inspiration.