Made with these fabrics. I have plans to quilt it up sometime this week… But right now, I’m off to study & take a math test!
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I’ve been plugging away at my QIP box this year. It is a plastic storage bin, about halfway full of perfectly cut squares, assorted wonky blocks, sections of free piecing, & stacks of fabrics that are perfectly coordinated, but not my style anymore. Everything in there is a project that hit the skids for some reason – usually bad design or colors I don’t connect with.
First up – a pile of fabrics in rustic red, rose pink, & sage green. I originally removed this stack from my stash because it didn’t fit in with my other stuff & wasn’t really my style anymore. But I had a hard time getting rid of them because they all coordinated so nicely with each other. So last year, I set out to make a quilt with them as a gift for someone special, & made a few large asymmetrical blocks. Unfortunately, the block design kind of clashed with the fabric style. So, the whole mess went into the QIP box.
Well, out it has come. I set the asymmetrical blocks aside & instead opted for a design inspired by this quilt & also this one. Much better. I was able to use the asymmetrical blocks in a patchwork strip on the back. Should be ready by Christmas 2010! 
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My fifth month with the Common Threads quilt bee. These blocks are for Carissa. They are 12 inches high & various widths. I found my blocks became wonkier the wider they got, so I kept them in three shorter lengths that Carissa can combine with others however she likes.
These bookshelf blocks were fun to make, & I love her quilt idea. Hopefully the scraps I added from my stash will work with all the rest. I am seriously thinking about using this design to make a quilt for my son’s Kindy teacher (she is a book lover).
Carissa sent her fabric in the cutest packaging ever. It was very popular with the monster-loving little boys at my house.
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This is a super-simple stripey quilt I made for my friend’s baby boy, Rock. If you are interested, you can see how insanely cute he is here. I started with the blue & brown bird print, & went from there. The brown & blue palette reminded me of a quilt I’d seen recently, & that style seemed appropriate so I went with it.
It is quilted in my rows of curls pattern, adding interest by doing different sizes, & some rows upside down. The back is a solid creamy white with one row of patchwork.
As always, you can click on the thumbnails to see larger photos.
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I love pulling fabric for a new project. Even if the project never happens, it just gives me a happy little rush. I know, I have mental problems. This project, however, will be happening. I just love these colors too much. Palette inspired by the Nicey Jane print on top of the stack.
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My fourth month with the Common Threads quilt bee. These blocks are for Rebekah. They are 15 inches square.
Originally I had not planned to do any embroidery, but after I finished the blocks, I felt that they would probably benefit from a little more embellishment. So I added a little running stitch around the maroon solid. I’m happy with how they turned out.
I did not add much of my own fabric to these blocks, because the fabric Rebekah sent was so pretty together already. I did add a few little bits – I have to admit that I love the tiny black polka-dot square (see pic below).
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This is one of my favorite quilts I’ve ever made. I made these blocks from my scrap bag, choosing red, orange, yellow, green & aqua. I included sections of white because I had originally planned to sash them in the same white – thus eliminating some of the block edges. For some reason I picked linen instead, which I do really like. I still have more of these blocks, so I think I will try the white sashing next time.
For the back, I used this large-scale bird print (which I love SO MUCH), with a strip of FMF green. It’s quilted in a hybrid meander-ripple pattern (I was in a weird mood that day). It is about 36″x45″.
As always, you can click on the thumbnails to see larger photos.
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My third month with the Common Threads quilt bee. This block is for Rossie. It is four inches high & 28 inches long.
This is such a neat concept, & I love the pictures of the inspiration quilt in her post. I did have a hard time settling on a word or phrase, but eventually I went with “there will be time”. This comes from a T.S. Eliot poem, & is a phrase I often repeat to myself when it just seems that there is too much to do. It reminds me to slow down & live in the moment.
Thanks for the fun challenge!
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I’ve had a few requests for information about the fabrics in my last post. Which means I actually had to unfold them & look at their names. The horror! I even looked up some of the names on the internet. Aren’t I fancy?
First photo, top to bottom:
Studio E Fabrics – Nature-ology, birds in brown
Michael Miller – Grass Menagerie, periwinkle blue
Free Spirit – Oh Boy! by David Walker, animal silhouette in red
Free Spirit – Oh Boy! by David Walker, animal silhouette in blue
Free Spirit – Oh Boy! by David Walker, vehicle silhouette in gold
Michael Miller – Giraffe Garden, green (they had it in gray too – totally should have gotten that)
In The Beginning – Frolic by Wendy Slotboom, name unknown (squirrel?)
Second photo, top to bottom:
Michael Miller – Garden Pindot, gray
Kaffe Fassett – Shot Cotton, chartreuse
Red Rooster – Mother Goose by Indygo Junction, cream & blue dot
Clothworks – Piccadilly by Pamela Mostek, name unknown (basket weave?)
Riley Blake – Sublime by Doohickey, swirl in brown
I’m already putting some of them to use in a quilt for a cute little boy I know.
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It really has been forever since I’ve been in a quilt shop (without kids!) to really look around. I had one thing in mind when I went looking on Saturday – Boy Stuff.
I was excited to find awesome boy fabrics. If you live or visit northern Utah, I highly recommend Pine Needles (at Gardner Village). No, they didn’t pay me to say it. I was really impressed with all their really cool, modern stuff. And I just so happened upon a 10% off everything sale – score! If you’re grooving on Hope Valley, they have it there, too.
Also popped by Elaine’s, where I picked up some shot cottons & saw even more modern, cute boy stuff. I wonder if anybody else shops for fabric like me – totally random stuff that I think will fit in with what I have at home. I guess a lot of customers must buy stacks of perfectly coordinating fabric all at once, for one particular project. It seems like every time I go fabric shopping, the person at the cash register looks at my mismatched stack quizzically & says, “Um, what are you making???”
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