Scrap Saturday & Block Lotto

I decided to play with my red scraps today in the RSC14 and make two blocks for the July Block Lotto.  Here are my two red spokes blocks:

 

You can find the instructions to make this block here.  Have you ever tried the Block Lotto?  It's an awesome way to not only improve your skills and learn new things, it's a great place to play with SCRAPS!!!

 

 I'm linking up with Angela at SoScrapy blog.

Just one little block today

Here's a little 6" block I did for a swap.  Not much sewing happening this week...

The Postcard QA

I found a nice little quilt along on Flickr.  It's called the Postcard QA.  I think I finally found a use for this Monterey Bay Collection of fabrics.  I got it free at a local quilt shop that wanted to get rid of a large amount of swatch books.  Luckily this swatch book contained all 100% cottons -- perfect for quilting!

After you make your postcard blocks, I even found a cute little tutorial at Poppyprint to make sweetheart fabric stamps.

I REALLY need to make a quick quilt for my son's bed.  He needs another quilt!

Scrap Saturday -- Red

I'm loving my Kite Girl blocks each month.  Here's the red kite girl.

 

The block is made from 2" squares.  The block pattern can be found at Q is for Quilter blog.

 

Here are my other kite girls from this year:

 

 

This is all thanks to the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, 2014. I'm linking up with Angela at SoScrapy: ScrapHappy blog.

 

 

 

I'm happy to say that I completed my FNSI project!  Check out the others at Sugarlane Quilts.

Talk to Me!

I love my little quilt from the Market Day Sew Along.  I have it sitting on my longarm.  I am waiting for it to speak to me.  ~~insert cricket sounds.  Nothing.  It will come to me.  If you have ideas, shout it out!  I am thinking crosshatching or some lines, but I don't know where yet.  It's about 29" square or close to it.

 

This cute little quilt is called Market Day Sew-Along (Heartspun Quilts).   It's part of the Pocket Patchwork Sew Along.   There's a lot of cute things posted at Heartspun Quilts blog.  I think it may be a source for a future sew along for me.  You can find the directions for this sew along at the Flikr page for the group.

And don't forget about...

WIP Wednesday 7.16.14

Another productive week for a summer month!  Here's what happened.

Just so you know, it pays to link up with Lee at Freshly Pieced.  Here's a big shout out to the sponsors -- especially Canton Village Quilt Works!  The Black and White and Bright fat quarter bundle! is due to land in my mailbox today!!!

     

I finished this crib quilt for my niece.  She's a big Ohio State fan.  They do not know the gender of the baby.  I think this is perfect.  Thanks to my Accuquilt GO! Baby and the 3" Finished Square and HST, this quilt was done in no time.



I finished the quilting on my Born on the 4th quilt.  It just needs trimmed and bound.  Swirls to the rescue again.  (Circle Lord Swirls is my go-to quilting pattern.)

I completed my modern version of the starflower block in the Classis Meets Modern QA.



I've also been busy working in my little garden.



Tiana my first brood hen has been sitting on 8 eggs since 7/7.  I'm going to try to candle the eggs tonight to see if there is any activity.



There's a QA that has caught my attention (of course).  You can get the PATTERN HERE.  There is  a Facebook group HERE.  And the full schedule for the QAL is HERE.  Gotta LOVE that Facebook now plays into quilt alongs.



I finished the quilt top for the Market Day Sew Along at Heartspun Quilts .



New Projects This Week
1.  None

Pieces Still Need to be Cut & Sewn

1.  Underpants Project 

2.  Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

3.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt

4.  Picadilly Circle
5. ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)
6.  MSBHQAL (Molli Sparkles Broken Herringbone Quilt Along)
7.  Bonnie Hunter's 2013 Celtic Solstice Mystery
8.  Gypsy Wife QA (recycling  Red/White Flower Basket Quilt into this project & duds.)
9.  Quilt Doodle Doodles Designs 2014 BOM
10.  Love Laugh Quilt Christmas Improv QA
11.  Classic Meets Modern BOM
12.  Mod Mod QA

13.  Pat Sloan Globetrotting BOM 

14.  Super Mario QA

15.  Spring Sampler Series at Cora's Quilts

 

Blocks Still Need to be Made

1.  NY Beauty
2.  Orca Bay
3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler
4.  Red Frosty & Friends quilt #3
5.  Maroon Star Sampler Quilt
6.  Color coordinated hexagon quilt
7.  Gourmet Quilter Sampler
8.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt
9.  Amanda Murphy Designs (ugly fabric quilt) (Set as a Q2 Goal)
10.  Drunkard's Path Variation baby quilt
11.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt
12.  Blue Frosty & Friends quilt #1
13.  Blue Frosty & Friends quilt #2

Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and/or some sashing)
1.  Block Swap Adventure Sampler (2011-2012)
2.  Butterfly Blocks (that I won) (Set as a Q2 goal)
3.  Orange/Blue Fish Blocks (that I won)
4.  Split Stars (blocks won from Block Lotto; October, 2012)
5.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired) (worked on these blocks this week.)
6.  Tall Fly
7.  Block Lotto Dud (Orphan Block Quilt)

Quilts back needs to be made (tops are done)

Ready to longarm
 1.  Market Day Sew Along (Heartspun Quilts)

Quilted, needs binding
1.  Dutchman's Puzzle
1.  Born on the 4th

Completed this week:
1.  OSU Baby Quilt

My WIP count this week went from 39 to 38.  My WIP goal for New Years Day 2015 is 19.  I'm linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!

Classic Meets Modern -- July Starflower

Here's my wonky modern starflower block.  I wasn't looking forward to making it because it really put me out of my comfort zone.  Now that I've done it I really like it.  It might be one of my favorites so far in the QA!

 

Check out the other modern versions at Sew at Home Mummy blog.