Category — Quilting Bee

This is the last month of the Twice Around the Block virtual quilting bee and it happens to be my month! I decided to ask the group to make scrappy log cabins. I went through my stash and made little piles of fabric using pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Since I want this quilt to be scrappy, I didn’t send anyone the same fabrics.

I’m not sure about anyone else, but I find that figuring out how much fabric to send everyone is the hardest part of being in a bee.

This month I am also starting in a new bee that sounds really exciting. It is called The Traveling Quilts and was the idea of Heather and John.

Monica made us all these cool personized buttons!

In month one, we will all start our own quilts. A block, a small section, whatever we want. Then we will mail what we created to the next person on the bee list and they will add to the quilt. This will continue throughout the year, each person’s quilt being mailed through the group and secretly growing. The last person will quilt the quilt and at the end of the year, we will receive our finished quilt back in the mail as a total surprise! I’m super excited about this concept and am not sure how I got into such an awesome group of people, but I know it’s going to be fun!

I also signed up this morning (just in time!) for the second round of For the Love of Solids Modern Swap. I didn’t participate in Round 1 but I remember a lot of amazing projects coming out of it. This morning I made my inspiration mosaic. I can’t wait to find out who I have for a partner and get sewing!

1. “everything’s coming up rainbows” , 2. escapade loves poseidon., 3. Hexagon pillow, 4. PTS6, 5. Fun and Colorful , 6. Single Girl quilt top almost done., 7. Robert Kaufman Kona Solid Challenge, 8. IMG_7450, 9. www.flickr.com/photos/54871961@N03/6606642395, 10. full view, 11. tutti frutti lieblingsdecke krabbeldecke quilt frankfurt, 12. March-2011-for-Muriel-2, 13. Kaleidoscope Baby Quilt, 14. all pieced and ready to sew together, 15. picnic quilt (9) copy, 16. 2011 2nd Quarter, Hive 15, 17. No Prints Allowed Challenge, 18. Color Your Cloth mini quilt, 19. YIP 365.344::Improv string , 20. Rainbow Squared, 21. Moda Cross Weaves, 22. Free Spirit Designer Solids, 23. Flax Essex Linen, 24. Aqua Essex Linen, 25. Lime Quilters Linen

We are in the second to last month of the Twice Around the Block Virtual Quilting Bee, and this month Sarah asked us to make star blocks. She sent fabric from an out of print Anna Maria Horner collection called Bohemian. I decided to use the same layout I used this summer in my Wonky Little Star Quilt, only this time I made Friendship Stars. I’ve heard this layout now referred to as “interlocking stars” and I think that’s a great description. I’ve really enjoyed seeing them pop up all over.

I had a lot of questions after that quilt regarding how to layout the fabric squares to achieve the look. I created a little diagram…

It’s the same layout as a Plus Quilt, where you start with the blocks in the middle and work your way out to the edges.

Next month is my turn to send out fabrics for the bee, so I am hoping to come up with a final plan over the next two days. If only there were more hours in the day!

I feel like things are settling down here from summer and I’m going back to a bit of a routine. That is a nice feeling. Yesterday I made my Twice Around the Block September bee block for Jen. She asked for Drunk Love blocks (ala Denyse Schmidt) and sent a collection of Anna Maria Horner fabrics. So fun!

I am also pulling out some UFOs and getting to work. First up is my Parisville quilt. (Excuse the bad camera phone photo.)

I really can’t believe I’ve had this one sitting around for months. Yesterday I finished all the blocks for the top and hopefully today or tomorrow I will have a chance to start sewing them together.

Today is Block #7 of the Summer Sampler Series. Head on over to Katie’s blog for the tutorial and don’t forget to post your photos in the Flickr group. Check back later for my block!

I plan on spending today quilting my Loulouthi Cross quilt. Hopefully I will have something finished to show you later this week.

Update: Here’s my block!

Check out all those seams!