January Quilting Bee Blocks

Sweet Dreams Quilting Bee for quiltedoma.

I had a very hard time with this block because the fabric was textured and rather monochrome. It was neat to work outside of my comfort zone, but I wish I could have thought up another block.

Sew Kid @ Heart II for sweetteamom

She is creating an I-SPY type quilt for her son and this was so fun and simple that I really enjoyed it.


Buzzcuts for sewwunderful

Pink is my least favorite color on the planet so it took me forever to decide what to do for this fabric. I was sent more than enough to make a second block, but the creativity was missing. This block is quite lovely though and it will fit in well with the blocks all the other participants created.


Stash Busting Bee - International for Mimipark

She wanted logcabins with red centers and the colors pink, red, brown and tan. I really had to dig in my scrap bag to find some pink and reds, but the blocks turned out fun and I cannot wait to see how all of our blocks look together!

I also finished my last block in the original Sew Kid @ Heart Bee. They are 30's string blocks for tessophia.

December Quilting Bee Blocks

I had to finish all my December bee blocks early because we spent 2 weeks in Texas visiting my parents and sisters (plus Brian). We had a wonderful time, but the drive down was frustrating as we got stuck on a 4 mile stretch of I-35 in OKC for almost 8 hours because of the weather.

Sweet Dreams Quilting Bee for quiltinkimmie



For the Sew Kid @ Heart II Bee Terrie had us making wonky stars with some WWE fabric and I completely forgot to get a photo before mailing them.

Buzzcuts for Isaacsmama



Stash Busting Bee was on Christmas hiatus and will resume in January with Mimipark.

UFO Final Update

I am at my parents until after the new year and have two quilts that I have almost finished binding. I am unable to sew here on holiday so I am doing my final update for the Joy in the New Year UFO challenge.

Beginner RR Mine - Completely Done (need to be washed and hang in the baby room)


Knot Block Quilt 1 - Completely Done (binding today and mailing to Holland next week)


Knot Block Quilt 2 - Ready for Quilting - Done


Black and Bright Swap - Completely Done (need to find a new owner)


Swap L'Orange - Ready for Quilting - Done


Purple and White Swap - At the Quilters - Done


Triple Four Patch Swap - Top Sandwiched

Blue and White/Yellow Swap - At the Quilters - Done


Scrappy Rail Fence Swap - Blocks together - needs borders and backing pieced


Spring Fling String Block Swap - Ready for Quilting - Done


So I have 8 out of 10 complete and the last two are almost done as well. If I were not spending the last 10 days of the year in Texas, then I am sure I could have finished them all. So I plan to finish the last two during the first half of January and start a new list of 10 UFOSs to finish next year. I might not even have 10 WIPs left now. I will have to check!

UFO Update Plus the last Nov Bee Block

I had been updating the post where I listed my UFOs, but I think it might be more entertaining to give you all a play by play. So I deleted all the changes I had made so that list is in it's original form.

Here is what I have actually done...

I did most of the quilting on my Beginner RR at my UFO Sweatshop night at the local Quilt Shop, The Quilter's Studio. It still needs to be bound.

Knot Block Quilt 1 and my Black and Brights top have already returned from Margaret's and they are wonderful! Both still need trimmed and bound. Knot Block Quilt 2 has had the blocks pieced, but I still need the borders cut and sewn on. Plus I have to find a backing fabric large enough for it.

Both my Purple and White top and my Blue and White/Yellow are ready for the quilters. So I marking them off as done. I need to save up some cash and send them to the quilters after Christmas.

Swap L'Orange is what I am currently working on and hope to finish this Friday at UFO Sweatshop night. Each of the 20 blocks has one half of it's sashing attached, so it should not take too much longer.

I dug out the Triple Four Patch top and found a backing fabric (still needs cut to size). I also hope to use up some pieces of batting so I need to seam those for this quilt./ Maybe I can get it ready for quilting on Friday night.

I did get both the Scrappy Rail Fence blocks and the Spring Fling String blocks out of the chaos that is my sewing room, so I might start playing with layouts this week.

Overall, I have moved to the next step in 9 of my 10 UFOs and have 3 that only need binding and two I consider done (for now). If I got my binding butt in gear over the next few days I could be half done. Woohoo!!!

My last set of blocks for November are the Sew Kid @ Heart II Bee. littletykesmom has us make blocks from firemen fabric for her son.

Mid Novermber Update

Newest Update...

So I have not been quilting as much as normally because we have battled H1N1 and the stomach flu here for the last 2 weeks. I even missed my LQS Sweatshop sewing night because I was so super sick!

I did finish some November quilting bee blocks in the few minutes I was not nursing a sick kid or sick myself.

My entry into the 'Hand Stitched' Embroidery SWAP for Jessica of twinfibers.



Missy sent us lovely Katie Jump Rope fabrics for the Sweet Dreams Bee. I barely got these done in October and mailed them 2 days late.



For November in the Sweet Dreams Bee, we got to make black and bright log cabins for Lori.



In October for Sew Kid @ Heart II, we worked with a fabric from Desiree.



For November in the Stash Busting Bee, we made wonky log cabins for Jill.



For November in BUZZCUTs Bee, I enjoyed playing with the Moda Neptune fabrics that Julie sent.



For November in the Sew Kid @ Heart Bee , I enjoyed making these airplane themed blocks for miniaturequilter.



I had a chance to get the border on my purple/white swap blocks and the backing done so it is ready for the quilter while tending to sick kids. I think it turned out lovely even though it is bigger than I expected.



I have had this black and bright swap block top finished for a little while, but recently got the border on and the backing ready.



I sent this and my Knot block top that I finished last month to Margaret from Quilts of Love for quilting. She is having a special on her blog so I decided to try her out!

UFO accountablity post

So I have joined a UFO challenge over at Tallgrass Prairie Studio. I admit to 22+ projects that I have fabric for and 10 of those are in some stage of completion. So this post is my list of projects that I hope to finish by the end of the year and the stage where they are currently.

1. Beginner RR Mine - Top Sandwiched
   
2. Knot Block Quilt 1 - Needs Borders
   
3. Knot Block Quilt 2 - Blocks Here
   
4. Black and Bright Swap - Needs Borders
5. Swap L'Orange - Blocks Here
6. Purple and White Swap - Blocks Here
   
7. Triple Four Patch Swap - Top Finished
8. Blue and White/Yellow Swap - Blocks Here
9. Scrappy Rail Fence Swap - Blocks Here
10. Spring Fling String Block Swap - Blocks Here
    

I will personally quilt the Triple Four Patch Swap and Beginner RR Mine, but will consider the others finished when they are completely ready for the quilter.

Even more Bee Blocks...

So I have been rather lazy lately. I was not really motivated to sew. Plus I made a little taggy blanket for a friend's son.

I was able to finish some quilting bee blocks, my backup DQS7 (which I sent to one of my mother's close friends) and I am working on my S.T.U.D. quilt which is a secret.

First lets start with the DQS7 that I received from Amanda! She had a baby about two weeks before sneding this to me as well, so she was one busy mama!


Beth's quilt


In September for the Stash Busting Bee - International, we made haunted houses for Terrie.


In Sew Kid @ Heart II, September was Viv's month. She sent a Moda Soriee charm and wanted wonky log cabins. I was inspired to make two since I had so many scraps that matched.


In the Sweet Dreams Quilting Bee, we made Kathy some Halloween blocks with panels she sent for September.


In the Sew Kid at Heart bee, my September block was for Susi's daughter Jamie's princess quilt. I had a hard time deciding what to make to fit the theme. But I found the funest paper pieced crown and it made the decision for me.


In the Stash Busting Bee - International, October was Brenda's month. She wanted fall themes 9 patches that she is going to cut up to make a disappearing 9 patch quilt.


Yesterday, I finished Andrea's October BUZZCUT blocks. She wanted modern blocks (not my normal forte) and sent awesome fabric that had a lot of pattern. So I just went with the flow and drew some sketches and made some interesting blocks.


Next up are Missy's Sweet Dreams Quilting Bee Blocks (made with lovely Katie Jump Rope fabrics) and finishing my S.T.U.D. quilt for Cindy.