A quilt in the most recent issue caught my eye, as it was made from bow-tie blocks set in the Xs and Os pattern. That set off the little lightbulb in my head - didn't I have a stack of bow-tie blocks from a Treadle On Block Exchange?
New Orleans House Project
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Inspiration Strikes Another UFO
A quilt in the most recent issue caught my eye, as it was made from bow-tie blocks set in the Xs and Os pattern. That set off the little lightbulb in my head - didn't I have a stack of bow-tie blocks from a Treadle On Block Exchange?
Monday, May 28, 2012
Civil War Doll Quilt
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Interlude: Civil War Inspired Doll Quilt
I bought Kathleen Tracy's The Civil War Sewing Circle several months ago. There were so many projects in the book I wanted to try, but other projects always seemed to take priority.
Then, several weeks ago, I was invited to participate in a surprise birthday block gifting that required a 6 inch block in reproduction fabrics. I chose to make the album block featured in The Civil War Sewing Circle. I played with different fabric arrangements until I found a happy combo. But I couldn't stop there! The blocks were fun and quick to make and before I knew it, I had a batch of blocks made. There was nothing for it but to go ahead and make the entire album quilt!
The birthday block was sent on its way, and soon i had pieced together the nine blocks required for the quilt. Today I assembled the blocks and the plain squares and triangles; tomorrow the borders and more pictures.
If you're not familiar with the book, you can take a closer look at Amazon. The book contains some Civil War history and a variety of projects, including full-size quilts, doll quilts and small sewing projects such as pincushions.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
The Sunshine of My Life
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Spring 2012 Blogger's Quilt Festival: Split Nine-Patch TOBE
Friday, May 18, 2012
Rainbow Scrap Saturday: Walkin' on Sunshine
Monday, May 14, 2012
Elsie's Medallion..or, Quilting til the Cows Come Home
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Sunshine on a Cloudy Day
The local weather forecasters have been busy telling us about all the gloomy weather we should expect this weekend. So much so that we have postponed plans for a bike ride and opted for some flea marketing (indoor) instead. Fortunately, this month's scrappy color is yellow, so I've got plenty of sunshine to keep me happy!
Today's blocks, brought to you by the color yellow and the ever-popular Granny Square. I am really enjoying basking in all this wonderful yellow!
As I have been working on these challenge blocks, I have been thinking of possible recipients for the finished quilts. I have come up with several ideas, and now the personalities of those friends/family members are starting to influence the quilt blocks! I am very excited to eventually be able to share some colorful quilts with special people. How about you - are you thinking of sharing your rainbow quilt(s) with anyone special? How is that affecting your quilt as you go forward?
Don't forget to visit Soscrappy's blog to see all kinds of sunshine today!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Prodigy Parrothead Project Revisited
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Feathered Star Wall Hanging
Feathered star quilts rank right up there as one of my favorite quilt styles. With so many varieties of stars, one could make a career out of playing with them - kind of like Marsha McCloskey (I really want to make that sunflower variation on her home page!)
After assembling the quilt, I knew I wanted to hand quilt it as well. The quilting was done that fall as I waited for my kids at soccer practice. For the border quilting, I just meandered around, using the lines of the flowers and tendrils for inspiration. I was able to enter the quilt in our local guild show the next year and was quite surprised to win a ribbon for hand quilting!
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Rainbow Scrap Challenge Goes Mobile!
It's Saturday, so that means It's time for more Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks. I thought I'd challenge myself a little further today and see if I could publish an entry using my iPad. I'll give feedback on the process in another post.
The challenge color for May is yellow. I have developed an affection for the color yellow over the years. It's not a color I can wear, and I think that hindered my appreciation of yellow for a long time. But how can you not enjoy the color yellow? Just thinking of the color invokes images of warm sun, baby chicks, lemon meringue pie - sunflowers!
I snapped a picture of my yellow 16-patches using my iPad. That was pretty slick and the camera doesn't take bad pictures. I probably should have done some photo editing before using the picture in this post - there's limited photo editing allowed through the blogging app I'm using.
There's more yellow-hued inspiration at Socrappy's blog, so please stop by and check out this week's links.