Bee Blocks Round Up

Today was the first day of my sewing and blogging week so I caught up on my Bee Blocks for Fresh Modern Bee 2 finally.

For May Lisa who blogs at Shiners View sent fabrics and inspired by her trip to Amsterdam asked for blocks based on whirlys or pinwheels.

I made 2 blocks one whirly and one pinwheel by stripping together some of the darker fabrics, pairing them with a neutral solid and then framing them in a pale yellow.

June is  Lil's month and she sent mostly neutral fabrics and a few colours and requested blocks in a liberated log cabin style.

I didn't feel like my first block was particularly liberated and preferred the next one:

Granny's Quilt

Delilah by Tanya Whelan

My Granny has been saying for the last year that she loves the quilts I have made and would love one but she just wouldn't get the use or "wear" out of it!  She turns 80 soon so I decided that I wanted to make her one for her birthday.  I love Tanya Whelan fabrics and have been trying to think of an excuse to buy some of her newer range - Delilah.  I thought it would be the perfect range for my Granny as its got lots of lovely flowers in pinks and greens but is still fresh and modern.

What attracted me to quilting is all the fabulous fabric and I really wanted to choose a design that showcases all the gorgeous fabrics in this range and wouldn't take too long to make as it would need to be double bed sized and my time limit was tight (as usual!).  This is my inspiration mosaic:

1. wonderland baby quilt, 2. Summer Blooms Quilt, 3. postcards from the park quilt, 4. Mia's Quilt, 5. oddysea bricks quilt (1), 6. New Image23, 7. birthday quilt, front, 8. Color Brick Quilt Front, 9. Hushabye Quilt

Created with fd's Flickr Toys

 

I decided to base it on The Road Trip Quilt from Cluck Cluck Sew

Quilt top

Taking Stock

No I am not taking stock of my fabric - that would be far too scary of a task.  No I am taking stock of my WIPs now that I finally have some time to work on them.  So here they are:

1. Baby Girl Coin Quilt - needs ironing (a lot),  backing, basting, quilting, binding is almost finished hurrah!  This was my first attempt at hand quilting and I like the look.

2. Sampler Quilt - finished hurrah!

being replaced with . . . . . ..

Delilah by Tanya Whelan

3. Wild Oddyysea - this one is all cut out and I am starting to piece the blocks. 

4. Red & Aqua Little Windows

5. Nine Patch - only 4 new ones added since my last post

6. Tilda Hexagons - which I will be working on until I am at least 83 80 and a half! (I basted lots of these on holiday so need to sew them together).

7. Tilda Red Quilt - lots of squares cut and waiting to be paired with squares of Kona Bone which are yet to be cut.

Well 4, 5 & 6 are ongoing projects with no specific end date but with the others I am determined to finish one  before starting another new quilt.  I am so pleased to be able to replace number 2 with something new (post coming soon) and I really need to spend 1 hour finishing number 1 so I can add another WIP!

It's been too long . . .

Bricks Block for Leila for April Fresh Modern Bee 2

I have really missed sewing.

I have 1,245 posts in my Google Reader, lots of pictures to look at on Flickr, lots of Pins to stick on Pinterest, a trip to the Festival of Quilts to sort out. Oh and a quilt I need to finish for my Granny's 80th on 12 June hmmm better get going!

Bee Blocks

After being away I have been catching up on blogging, bee blocks and blogging about bee blocks.

Jan/Feb was Amy's  turn in Bee Quilted and she requested these wonky Quilt As You Go blocks.  These were super quick and easy to make.

February was Justine's month in Fresh Modern Bee 2 and she chose Modified Bento Box Blocks based on the tutorial from Film in the Fridge.

The fabric was Amy Butler Love and some co-ordinating solids which really helped to frame the fabrics.  They are cut into quarters and then Justine will mix them all around.

Sunday Stash - the Vancouver edition

My husband thought he was safe from quilt shops on this holiday - we were going skiing.  There would be mountains and snow and fresh air.  There would be no quilt shops and no sewing machine.  The only sewing I would be doing was hand sewing hexagons in the evening (whilst watching the snow with a glass of wine).

But he forgot about the 3 days we were spending in Vancouver which I certainly had not forgotten.  In fact I had done my research well.  One short bus trip would take us to Spool of Thread.  I actually thought I was very restrained . . . .

Now I think I mentionned once or twice  before how much I love Momo Wonderland.  I may have also mentionned that I was done collecting it as I now have a little bit of each of the fabrics in the collection.  Well the new rule is that doesn't apply if I happen to walk into a shop and find 2 yards left of the pink scissors fabric.

And I bought this Central Park fabric just because I liked it!

Sunday Stash

Dots from Bliss by Moda's Bonnie & Camille 

My Fabric Diet is going well - I've lost 9lbs so far this year.  This is my first purchase this year as I am saving most of my money for the release of Sherbert Pips in April. But I couldn't resist these lovely dots on sale from Simply Solids.