Lavender Patchwork ~ Sew & Tell - 7/14/25

Half of July is in the rearview mirror!  Whoa... slow down there, bubba-looey!  We are in or near the beginning (depending on the source) of the "dog days of summer."  

The term “Dog Days” traditionally refers to a period of particularly hot and humid weather occurring during the summer months of July and August in the Northern Hemisphere... the hottest days of the summer... causing dogs to be especially lazy. ;)

We still do not have any AC units blocking our windows and our "creative solution" on the one night it was especially hot in the house - 83 degrees F - we utilized the AC in our camper.  It was a brilliant idea, if I say so myself... and I do say so. LOL

We slept like babies and even needed a quilt!  The following days were much cooler with highs in the mid 80s and overnight temps in the 60s.  It has been beautiful! 💗

If you missed it, I finished the Crown Royal quilt.  You can see all of the photos and details here.  I wrote about my summer "stay cool" drinks and gave a quick tutorial on how to finish a quilt with a flange binding.  I posted the quilt photos of the quilt on fb and the quilt was snatched up and had a new home within a few hours.  I may have celebrated with a refreshing glass of wine. ;)

As I quilted the Crown Royal quilt, I had been considering the purple scrap bin and what I might want to create.  I knew I wanted to use the final 9 purple tropical pre-cut squares that I got from my daughters when the traveled to Hawaii with their Girl Scout Troop.  I had used some smaller scraps for the korner foundation of my RSC Korner Kabin blocks...

The varying shades of purple running from red violet to blue violet in these blocks made it easy to choose accompanying fabrics... 

Here's what I ended up with!

I plan to get the Patchwork top complete before we (finally) respond to the call of the mountains... this time we will retreat to the Red River area for three nights.  I'll be taking along my RSC hexagon project... I had to really work dig search my scraps and stash to find the right fabrics to help with the transitions as colors come together.  But I really didn't mind at all. ;)  Petting the fabric is a form of therapy, after all.  LOL!

This shows how they will blend together

Below is a view of my growing hexie project!

This week's randomly selected feature is Deb from A Scrappy Quilter.  She was getting ready to participate in a strip block race.  The blocks for the race are to be 10 inches and the time limit was 2 hours.  You can check out all of the details on her blog... click the link above.

It sounds like a fun and interesting challenge!  Deb stated that she has never sewn for speed... neither have I!  I'm not sure how I would handle the pressure.  Hmmmm...

But the fact that all blocks are string pieced, it would remove the risk of blocks being slightly different sizes.  It sounds like a good plan and could make for some very interesting quilts. 

I'm gonna run now because I have a few things to do before we leave on Tuesday... like the Lavender Patchwork quilt!  I'll check back in at the end of the week.  

But before you go, tell me...

Have you ever participated in a "Sew for speed" event?

What sort of blocks or quilt did you make?

Are there prizes?

Leave a comment... I'd love to hear from you!

Keep Piecing,

Melva

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