Le Petite: Introducing George

I am so sorry that the parade is late today... but it does set the tone for the month.

All things in August should be done in a lazy kind of way.

It's just too darn hot to do it any other way.

It seems like I haven't gotten much accomplished during July and I have to be honest...

I sat down to the sewing machine on Saturday and pieced the rows of

the August Le Petite project.

 Sunday morning I was able to put the rows together and

slap on the border!

So I am telling you that although this next project looks a little harder than George was

it is still a gorgeous quilt that goes together easie peasie!

 And if you haven't already learned this from

making Schnibbles... don't think, just do what Carrie says and all will be well.

Seriously. I know this project, Honeycomb" is 60 degree angles...

but just get past that. Our Ms. Carrie of Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. has it all spelled out for you and

even will hold your hand throughout the pattern.

(Well, at least it feels like she does:)

The pattern cover shows Central Park fabric by Kate Spain but

I had a little stash of Terrain by Kate, soon to be released, and was able to

 put it to good use here.

Here is what you need to gather up while you wait for your Schnibbles pattern...

80 charm squares

7/8 yard background

 So here we are in the hotter than hot

summer days of August. So what could be a better way to start the month

than to have a little parade? Go ahead, turn on the sprinklers,

 grab some ice cold lemonade and

enjoy the parade of George!

Here we have a strikingly  handsome version of George

 made by Nathalie of Wasteland Wallowing. She changed the pattern

 up a bit with the dark background.

 This is the most adorable use of a panel I have every seen!

I love the retro colors of this too... it was created by Sandi

at Crazy Bout Quilts blog! The perfect kitchen wall hanging!

This one was created by Leah, and she used a line of

fabrics called Canning Day. So cute!

From the Quilted Pineapple, Linda whipped up her version of  and  calls it

Georgette... because of the gorgeous fabrics.

Sandy F. (no blog) stepped outside the box and made her version

of George. It is so cute in these bright colors... I love the way the purple border holds it all in.

I think it turned out so sweet!  Good for you Sandy, for "embracing the bright"!



Here is a soft palate of beautiful Blackbird fabrics that

Joyce from And Sew On made! I love how the inner sashing fabric gives just the right accent

for the blocks.

This is a fun quilt that Kim of Kim's Big Quilting Adventures made...

this guy (George) is retro with attitude!

This is another adorable version of George made by Kay W.

Soft and sweet!

This one is from Michele from Island Life Quilts. Her son named her version: Go Bananas! She used Wee Woodlands and Lollipop fabrics. Perfect indeed!

Now here is one I am calling "A Picnic with George" this version was made by LeAnn with the sweet

Strawberry Fields fabric group. It reminds me of a summer picnic quilt for sure!

(LeAnn... yeah! I got your picture to work! for the first time this year).

That is the parade for my side of the street, so grab your lemonade and head over to

Sherri's blog. She has the other half of the parade.

I hope you enjoyed yourself over here!

And just in case you are worried about Le Petite ending in a few months...

I wanted to share with you that Fat Quarter Shop has put together a great

Schnibbles club. You just might want to check it out!

See you tomorrow!