Quilt Matters: Simply Solids Bee

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Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Snowflakes, Snowflakes Everywhere

Happy New Year, all! I was hoping to be back yesterday, but Mother Nature had other plans and the kids got an extra day of Christmas break. More ice than snow this time, but I made a snowflake block so that's today theme. This is the December block for Sheila in my Simply Solids Carmine group. I absolutely adore this block, but it isn't for the faint of heart. There was much unsewing. I left the extra so Sheila can trim it to fit with the other blocks. The tutorial can be found on Mad Quilter's Disease.

This was made with Kona Cerise, Red, Flame, Orange, Kumquat and Papaya. And you know how I know that? 'Cause I got a Kona colour card for Christmas. It's just so purdy.

Speaking of Kona, the Wake Up to Kona Blog Hop begins today. Here is the fun line-up of participants:

January 7

Just Let Me Quilt

Sparrow in Flight

Geta’s Quilting Studio

How ART You

Desertsky Quilts

January 8

Stitchin’ By The Lake

That’s Sew Julie

Living With Purpose

Nini’s Patchwork Blog

January 9

Marjorie’s Busy Corner

A Stitch In Time

Freemotion by the River

Everyone Deserves A Quilt

January 10

Life in the Scrapatch

January 13

Creatin’ In The Sticks

January 14

Sew Me Something Good

Sew Peace to Peace

Quilting Prolifically

Linda D. (shown on Just Let Me Quilt)

In The Boon Docks

The Cosmic Quilter

January 15

Thimblemouse & Spouse

Daisy Days

My Addiction to Quilting

Mountain Mist Designs

January 16

CeLynn’s Sunflower Patch

January 17

Debby Kratovil Quilts

January 20

More Stars in Comanche

The Quilting Queen Online

January 21

Childlike Fascination

Renee Luvs Quilting

Cherry Blossoms

Sew We Quilt

Yes, that's me on the schedule for tomorrow! :)

Thursday, 28 November 2013

Snow Day for Works in Progress Wednesday

It was the first snow day of the year here yesterday. The kids were outside at 8 a.m. building forts and planning their epic snowball fight. How is it that getting them ready for the bus at 8:45 is a battle, but they can be dressed out the door by 8 when there's snow?! I had plans to do a WIP post yesterday, but alas the snow was calling. We all slept very well last night!

New Projects:

Yes, two new projects!

Baby Quilt: One of my cousins (I have a lot of cousins :) ) is expecting her first in February. Her requests were 1) grey, aqua, white and 2) elephants. The grey background is looking a little dark so I think I may change it to Kona Ash. I ordered some elephants on chevrons for the backing from Spoonflower. This is the first time I've used Spoonflower so I'm keen to see how it goes.

Improv Chevrons: I've also started a commission for a friend. Machine appliquéd kids' hands on white and black and white prints on one side for a favourite teacher. Funky chevrons on the other side in greys and black.

Completed Projects:

Simply Solids Bee:

The November Bee block for is for Carla. I really liked this Circle of Squares block (tutorial) - looks difficult, but very easy to do (strip piecing)!

Current Projects:

Scrappy Trip Along: Lots of progress; some more blocks here and the rest of the blocks are done. Here is some more colour palette fun. Now to put it all together...

On Hold/UFO Mash-up:
Scrap{Bee} Quilt
Kingston quilt
Su{Brrr}nova Scraps
Stained Glass Lillies
Travellin' Pic Stitch Blog Hop

Appliqué/Quilt/Paint Thing

Modern Block Monday Sampler

Chop Suey

Collage Tree

Red and Tan Bargello in the Round 2

Happy Villages

Fibonacci's Not Random

Red and Cream Amish Wedding Ring

Wedding quilt

Nine patch colourwash

Bucket List: 30

I'm linking in to WIP Wednesday at The Needle and Thread Network. Thanks Monika for hosting such great linkies!

What are you working on this week?

Monday, 7 October 2013

Modern Block Monday - Confetti

Happy Monday! Pam chose this fabulous Confetti block (inspired by Megan’s Party of Twelve quilt from Block Party — The Modern Quilting Bee) for October for my Simply Solids Carmine group and provided a tutorial on her blog. Confetti was so much fun! I'll definitely be doing this one again for my Modern Block Sampler.

The colours are off in the photo -- it was raining and my camera was being temperamental -- I'd get the aqua right in one photo, but then the solid scraps would be too dark. Then I'd get some of the solid scraps right and the aqua would be washed out. My poor camera's is on its last legs.

Other blocks in this Modern Block Monday series are:

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Works In Progress Wednesday - The Back To School Edition

Do you hear that? That is the sound of silence. My youngest started school yesterday. It was hard on him and it was hard on his Mama. He said his favourite part of the day was the bus ride. Sigh. He was smiling when he got off the bus though and he didn't fight going to school today so we're hoping for a better day today.

I thought I'd be way more, "Woo hoo! I've got 6.5 blessed hours of free time!" because I've been thinking about this time since oh, January. LOL! Quilting time. Shower time. ~~Cleaning~~ reading time. Whatever time. Yesterday flew by though, spent catching up on a lot of things I'd ignored over the summer, and it was 3:10 p.m. when I looked up! Ridiculous!

So where are we on the mega WIP list after a summer of sporadic quilting?

Completed Projects:

All Things Equal: Completed, blogged and gifted!

Happy Canada, Eh!: My entry into the Stamp On It blog hop. Though it's meant to celebrate Canada Day, it is still gracing my kitchen. I'm not sure it will ever come down. I do so love this quilt. :)

Hard Core: Hard Core is done and blogged about here.

Simply Solids Bee:

Rolling stone block for the wonderful Patti!

Simply Solids Bee - August Block - Carmine Group

Current Projects:

Bright Stripes: This is a test of my coming-soon Falling For Stripes pattern. It's basted and I've figured out what I want to do quilting-wise so I'm eager to get at'er.