3.20.13

KD's Flower Basket

This is the last of KD's blocks that I photographed. I think she may have some vintage feedsacks in her stash. Each one is lovely. I could imagine them framed and on the wall in a little cottage like the one I showed you a few days back.

Yesterday, I got a lap sized quilt "sammached", and I also had time to "sammach" the little ugly one. Sammaching means stretching out the backing and taping it to a table, spray basting the batt to it and then spray basting the top to the batt. Smoothe everything out, then pin it with special curved safety pins. I have another which is ready but I don't have any more pins. In the mean time, I am trying to keep up with my Audrey assignments. I have almost caught up to where I wanted to be for Kindergarten, but I have so many more blocks to make for the quilt I drafted for the grade 1/2 levels.

She keeps having us do complicated blocks which I did not include in my draft so my plan is having to wait a little. Right HERE is where I would insert a picture of my kaleidoscope block but I haven't photographed it yet. Maybe I will get somewhere on my feathered star tomorrow and have a photo session. If not, when you return here tomorrow, there won't be anything new to see, probably.

I haven't yet had time to work on my Blue and White BOM (block of the month), this month's Scrappy, (I usually get those done the first two days after they are handed out),or my Barn of the month. Plus, I will be in class all day Thursday, busy all day Friday, out of town on Saturday, and packing for a doll and bear display on Sunday. And the next week, our class got moved to the same day I have to set up the doll and bear display. I am feeling a little jammed up.

3.17.13

MARDI GRAS Quilt Pattern from Butterfly Threads

Look! I won another contest! This came from Butterfly Threads. No, Not the quilt. I won the pattern and a copy of QUILT magazine and maybe another surprise.

And here is some more quilty happiness from KD, my Audrey classmate.






KD says she gets some of her ideas from kids' coloring books. Good idea!

3.16.13

Happy International Quilt Day! 
I am going to help you celebrate by showing you more of KD's applique. The watering can is sweet, 




 but I especially like the little cottage and tree. I have a few things going with this type of 30s feedsack style fabric but nothing as ambitious as this.

I won another contest. This is a package of charm squares--5"--and these are all Kona solid darks. They were part of a blog hop giveaway from Fabric Engineer.

I am not sure what I am going to do with them. Whatever it is, it will be filled with pretty colors!

 Maybe I will do THIS. Made from charm packs.  I am working on making a back for this quilt today. I will piece it from Kona Snow yardage and a couple blue and green charms left over from the top. I had a package of Kona Snow charms and I just bought more of the yardage to finish it off. Good think I did. You can't have enough white if you are doing modern quilting.

and then on to work on THIS one. More charm packs, beautiful oranges, reds, violets, fuschia, yellow with milk chocolate brown. I plan to hand quilt but we will see.
 

3.15.13

Jacob's Ladder for my Kindergarten Audrey Class. I enjoyed making this block but in isolation it just looks like lots of pieces. I have in mind to do a Jacob's Ladder quilt. The ladder rungs make an on-point square. Click HERE and see one made by someone who is not me.
Want to see some more colorful work? This is the first few of a BUNCH of hand appliqued and hand embroidered blocks by a fellow Audrey classmate, K.D. She is PROLIFIC with block production. And very talented!

KD has enough for a quilt! I will show you two a day until you have seen them all.