Moda Love Layer cake quilt

So I jumped on the bandwagon with this "Moda Love" quilt. I've been seeing versions of it all over my facebook groups. It was a free pattern from Moda Bake Shop Blog. In fact I think it was a quilt along. The instructions were posted at the end of January.  I put it together in one day. I used a white layer cake and a batik layer cake that has been aging nicely in a drawer. Here is my first layout. 

A little out of balance with the dark blue corner.

So I had enough Aqua squares to make 2 Aqua corners. Moved the blue to the middle. 

More balanced.

Then I took the green out. It got rather dull and boring.

Switched it up a bit here. Which one do you like best? After I quilt and bind it I'll do a reveal.

I need to figure out a backing first though.

This is my Remembering Cheri block of the month for February. 

It's from a Facebook group I belong to.

This is Jan and Feb next to each other. They haven't given us the assembly instructions yet. I still need March and April blocks to finish it. This sew along started last May.

Sweet Land of Liberty - Together at Last

I found a place for the Liberty Bell. My friend suggested putting it on the flag. I like it.

I feel like I landed on the moon when I stuck this flag in the watermelon. Ha.

The bottom half of the piece is all together. 

Welcome to the neighborhood! The 3 house blocks- I shaved a little off the chimney piece at the top and added a sky strip across all of them. I did 2 star blocks and 2 filler blocks to make the row fit across. 

Admiring, admiring. Pondering a border around flying geese side and bottom just so I can stabilize all those little seams. I'll stay stitch the other sides for sure.

Sweet Land of Liberty Aug progress

I want to give a shout out to Lori of Humble Quilts for hosting this quilt a long. She is posting the final instructions today.  Ten months in the making. 

I really changed it up this month. I used this sunflower block from Lori Holt's book Farm Girl Vintage.  

I made my own watermelon block with crow. I might stick a flag in the watermelon. I got this section together but I was waiting for the final instructions to complete the bottom so I could get it all together. It's been fun.

Sweet Land assembly September

I changed my blocks for September. I made a sunflower block that was 6 inches wide. I had to add a strip to the side to make it wide enough to match up with the leaf and bird blocks. I changed the other angel block to a watermelon with crow. It needs something else in the blank area. He needs legs embroidered as well. 

Meanwhile-I haven't seen this counter in 9 months. I have to have a repair to the ceiling so I had to put all of my fabric away. I have a ridiculous amount of fabric. I really need to sew faster. Ha.

Sweet Land of Liberty August

I have made a little progress on my Sweet Land of Liberty blocks. Sew along by Humble Quilts.

These 3 fabrics are going to be the long skinny flag block.  I drew the liberty angel and Liberty Bell just have to get them fused onto the backgrounds and raw edge applique them down.

Remembering Cheri July Block

I love this Uncle Sam. I gave him longer legs than in the original design.

Changed his beard mustache slightly-made it one piece. The pie fabric has tiny stars on it. I put a cherry on top. I think it was supposed to be a button on his shirt but the beard covered the shirt.

Here are the 3 blocks next to each other. Fun project from the Cheri Facebook group.

Sweet land of liberty for July

This is my July section of the quilt for the Sweet Land of Liberty quilt along hosted by Lori at Humble Quilts. I really liked doing the fish block. I decided to add a table cloth for the flower pot background.

All the stars are assembled.

I sewed everything together and then took another look at a finished quilt and saw that I jumped the gun and assembled it without adding another strip between the stars and blocks. But it will not be unsewed. I will improvise later! I left the stars off of the victory block. I think the table cloth is busy and I don't think the stars will add anything. I like the clean look of this one.

These are not the same width. What else is new. Ha.

I think I should have used a darker fabric for the Liberty word. But it looks okay in person. I might add a heart, star or ball to the top of the flagpole. Seems like it's missing something. What do you think?