Another Quilting Bee 1: May Blocks

So I am the over achiever this month for Another Quilting Bee 1. I was so excited to get this fabric that I got started tight away. I added a few scraps of the Heather Ross I had as well as adding the orange/brown dots and another turquoise. I had so much fun with these blocks!!!

The first was inspired by watching Sewing with Nancy teach basic quilting. She was showing the court house steps and my head quickly created this block. I was so pleased it came together so well. The second is so simple, but I was kinda thrown by the one turquoise and had no idea what to make. I added the turquoise seahorses and made this basic yet effective block.

The last two where free pieced. The third was a lark that turned out much better then I would have thought. It is kinda crazy meets log cabin. The fourth is what I am calling a garbage block. I took all the little scraps and bits that would have gone in the scrap bin to create something not half bad. When I look at it in the picture it seems more put together then it seemed as I was making it.

I really hope Chen @ Mushyhed's Sweatshop loves my blocks and the fabric I added. After working on these "sewers choice" blocks, I am getting so exited for July! I really think my quilt will be amazing after everyone works their magic.

Another Quilting Bee 1: April Houses... try again!

Here are the fun house blocks I made for Sarah's April Another Quilting Bee project. She fell in love with Tony from Quiltville's quilt in the March/April Quiltmaker Magazine. It is called Wonky Town... and it is TOTALLY wonky!!! Try free piecing... this was my first time and I had so much fun... until I ran out of "sky" on the last house. OOPS! And yes, the tall on with the three window is my fave!

Another Quilting Bee 1: March re-do and BONUS

So I was not 100% happy with the wonky log cabin blocks I created for Sarah for March's Another Quilting Bee 1. Sarah was insistent that I be totally happy with my finished blocks and offered to send me some more fabric. I was a bit embarrassed by the offer... but what the heck! I am so glad I did! I am much happier with borders of the original two and made a third out of the scraps. In my own stash I found a white piece of matching Heather Ross fabric. I have bought scrap bags of fabric on Etsy.com, one of which must have included the little gem.

I really hope Sarah is happy... I know I am... now!

You Capture Week #5

Here it is... reflections... a bit late... better late than never! Check out what everyone else is capturing over @ Beth's site.












"Honey, I am home... oh by the way, I bought a dump truck."

PS: YES... we now own a dump truck!

Another Quilting Bee 1: April Houses...

Ok so Blogger is not letting post the house pictures! I have tried to upload them about 10 times and nothing... grrrrrr.

So please check them out in my Flicker folder until I can post them here.

Another Quilting Bee 1

So here are the two blocks I made for the Another Quilting Bee project. Sarah sent us the loveliest Heather Ross fabric I was so excited I could hardly wait to get off the plane Saturday, get home, the kids in bed and start sewing.

I am not 100% pleased with my blocks. I got confused with the size, making them more wide then tall. To make up for this I had trouble filling out the sides. The one has really "thin" edges that may get lost when worked into the finished quilt, but I hate to ask for more fabric to rework/remake the blocks. I have never done free-form sewing like this before... I am sure it will be FINE... it is just like me to over think the finished product.

What do you think? I really hope Sarah likes them!!!

5/40 Days of Blogging, Lent 2009

Wow is it only day 5? What to post... what to post!

Ok here are a few pictures of the bib's I did for Valentine's Day. I will post the ones for St. Pat's and Easter as soon as I get them finished. Enjoy!

3/40 Days of Blogging, Lent 2009

I sew with a wonderful online group called The Heartstrings Quilt Project. For January and February, we were to sew fun Happy Blocks to be sent in and transformed into colorful quilts for kids. I sent about 205 block... I kinda got carried away. I made the mistake of leaving the trimming of all 205 blocks until the end. YUCKKY! Well the blocks have been received and I love knowing they will be put to good use.

Pictures: "The Big Quilt"

So this is the quilt I made for my husband's boss. It was a huge labor of love from me to him as well as from our family to her. She went out on a limb hiring him to be the "care taker" for her son, paying him well to manage him home and in many ways his life. She is a remarkable woman who we are blessed to have in our lives.

The fabric for this quilt is from the "City Girl" collection by Kitty Yoshida for Benartex. She lives in cute little house over looking the Hudson River so I wanted this to be for lazy afternoons reading on the deck or late nights watching movies. The colors in this fabric spoke to me, reminding me of her house, which is painted a warm lightish blue. In all the magazines these days you see amazing square block quilts. This pattern, called "Squares N Squares", came from a small company, Meme's Quilts. I kept the basic measurements for the squares but did not to the applique on the boarder. For the backing, I used 12 inch squares.

The quilting was an unexpected gift from Coleen @ Quilters Crossing. She offered to put it on the Handi Quilter and quilt it for me. Such an amazingly simple thing for her but for me a HUGE relief! I was not sure how I was going to quilt this big quilt on my little machine.

So here it is, in all it's glory. I was so proud to learn it was resting on the foot of her bed. Does it get any better?