Sew Sunshine

Linking up with Lee at   Freshly Pieced With a guest host today, Natalie from https://greenleafgoods.wordpress.com/   Okay today I am still trying to catch up from the weekend. :) I am working on my Modern Block of the Month 2 hosted by  Sew Mama Sew . These are 24 1/2" blocks so I am thinking quick and easy...and BIG. I like! Here is what I am playing with: Wow they are BIG. I made 6 because I figured that size would make quite a few charity quilts quickly. I then decided for quilting purposes maybe only 4 blocks would be the best for me and All....That...Negative....Space!!!! aughhhhhhhhhh (picture the kid from Home Alone) here is the option Alyssa has given:1 But there is also:2 and 3 and of course:4 I am playing around with using the two remaining of the six I made and mixing them with some navy blue grunge background and a few similar prints like in the tarragon (green) blocks. How would that be in style 3 with two green and two blue???

Long holiday so I am a bit behind. Lots of Finishes this month so I am very very happy!  Finished this month, Challenges #5 "Publications - Page 28" and #6 "Hooray for Spring".  #6 You are a Seed #5 Heart and Soul Both Hard Challenges but Fun!!!!!! I decided to enter a mini quilt in the Patone Challenge over at  Patone Emerald Challenge I won 2nd in the Mini Quilt challenge !!! 2nd out of 29 woot woot 2nd Place -  Kris @ Sew Sunshine From  I Don't Do Dishes... Fat Quarter Bundle of Angela Walters upcoming fabric collection "Textures" (Yummy Yummy) "Sequence" For  A lovely year of finishes  I put together 9 out of 20 blocks I made last year in Craftsy BOM 2012 www.craftsy.com The fabric on the back was donated by a gal at one of my quilt guilds.  The colors work pretty well I think. I started 2 quick charity quilts for boys. I figured why make one when it is almost as fast to make two. I need to mak

I was afraid I was not going to get something made to wear for myself yet th is month. I had a change of plans for the weekend because not only is it Easter but it is our 24th Wedding Anniversary!! woot woot! But this morning I woke up and started on my list of things to get done. Here is a very simple Butterick top pattern # 5493. I had this lovely silky charmeuse fabric that is all springy looking.  Since I have not lost the weight I wanted, this is loose fitting and will work ..or I hope it will.   :) Next I needed to get going on my  Skill Builder BOM  blocks. I think they turned out pretty great even though I had some troubles. Quilting I will get to in April  And last but not least...  Groceries bought and Peanut Butter Pie made. :) Happy Easter Everyone!!!

Emily at  Mommy's Nap Time  has this weeks question up and ready.  First I can't believe it is Thursday and almost the end of the month..wow! Okay the Question for today :  If you were a quilt block which one would you be? Yikes! I have no idea. I have been getting back into quilting only recently. So I am not sure what it is or what represents me the most...yet! I plan on trying many many things. I know some people know exactly what they like and they do it and do it often and are successful. I want to try it all and then weed out what I enjoy. With that said...recently I tried pieced circles. So fun.  They turned out great and I loved doing them.  I think that I am more than that though. I love scrappy piecing right now too.  This is a charity quilt I made from scraps I made into a disappearing nine patch. I love the randomness of it.  And not so random but the precise work involved in piecing this Burgoyne Surrounded that my mother and I worked on last sprin

Another Finish....I was not sure if I was going to do it this month. I wanted to do something with the 20 blocks I made over at the  Craftsy  BOM 2012. I picked two somewhat coordinating color themes with and accent in another color and hoped for the best. Well, they are pretty busy. I decided I didn't want them all in one quilt. So here is one charity quilt I made with 9 of the blocks so far.  The print for the back was donated by a gal at one of my quilt guilds and there is plenty more for me to do something with the other 11 blocks.  I will save that ....for another month. 

Well here it is the final challenge for Project Quilting Season 4 sponsored by Persimon Dreams .  The last few weeks have really been something.  There has been lots of learning and experimenting AND lots of emotions.  Okay this challenge is "Hooray for Spring". Wide open and just about anything goes.   My quilt this week is sort of a quilt mash-up.  I received a letter from my sister in law containing and article about a man who makes these fabulous quilts with one block.   They are a kaleidoscope like block made from laying the repeat of the fabric print on top of each other and then you cut through enough layers to make a block.   I had some floral fabric and decided to try a few to see what would happen.  Fun!  I decided this looked like spring so I was going to see where this would go.   "You are a Seed" All the flower hexi shaped blocks are from one piece of fabric.  I have been hoarding the lovely little girl panel designed by Cori Dontini. I love

  Today is WIP over at  Freshly Pieced  and I have been working on a few things.  More progress on last weeks green half-hexi quilt top. I put borders of a sort on but now it looks more traditional so not sure if I like it.  Then onto this weeks  Project Quilting  Challenge. This is the 6th and last challenge. The theme is "Hooray for Spring". I have something in the works but it is only midweek and I might change my mind. My sister in law sent me an article about a man who makes these huge one block wonder quilts. I never thought I wanted to do one but I had some fabric and thought I might try and see what it looked like all kaleidoscopey. Fun that is what it is. We will have to see.  Linking up with  Freshly Pieced