Tumbler Quilt Progress

I know in this picture my tumbler charm quilt looks huge.  I like the way it looks on the line right now at 24 rows long.  This was one of my Just 3 goals with TraceyJay Quilts.

 

I have at least 10-12 rows more to go.  Here's what it looks like on the bed:

 

 

LOL... my husband said he doesn't like the green borders on this quilt.  Ummmm... it's on top of our current bedspread... :~/

Terri's QA Quilt Top Finished

I am so happy to have kept on schedule with the Tetris QA at Happy Quilting.  This was one of the easiest border decisions I have made.  I just feel that this sunflower Debbie Mumm fabric was the perfect match (click on the picture to enlarge to show the detail).  This quilt has a very country look to it.  I like the way the black inner border frames it too.  Check out all the other Tetris finishes on Melissa's blog here.

 

Some quilting and a binding and we'll be ready for a picnic and fireworks!

 

 

Speaking of Debbie Mumm...

Barbara from Cat Patches is making a free pattern from Debbie Mumm that she found on the internet. It's called "Mumm's the Word" and it was created to celebrate 25 years of quilting. Isn't it gorgeous! http://www.debbiemumm.com/Projects/QuiltBlocks/2012/

Tetris QA Quilt Top

Here's the six quilt blocks for the Tetris QA all put together.  Yes, I messed up on the last block (the 42 blocks in the top right corner).  If I wouldn't tell you, you probably wouldn't know unless you are totally into Tetris.  I was going to undo it and make it right, but the person receiving this quilt has no clue what Tetris is.  I had three blocks (one pink and two light blue) left over from block 5.  I fogot that they should be in the first row of block 6.  I didn't feel like unpicking about 36 blocks to make it correct.  I think it looks fine as it is.  I'm okay with it.  Live and learn.  I really do like the looks of this.  It was a great scrap buster.  Hopefully by next week at this time I will have made a border decision and I can start sewing my borders.  As Melissa would say, "Happy Quilting!".

After thought... I am sooooo glad I didn't rip all this out to fix the three pieces.  My husband looked at it and said it was "pretty".  He said I should have broke the blocks up more.  LOL.  Then I explained Tetris and how it worked and how I was constantly attached to my Gameboy... To make a long story short, it's not going to matter.  I'm still happy with this quilt.  The blocks probably cost me $1.50 to make this quilt top.  (These fabrics were part of the huge garage sale find that I got this summer.)

 

 

Check out all the petite flowers in the fabric giveaway at Lovely Little Handmades blog!

http://lovelylittlehandmades.blogspot.com/2012/08/atsuko-lawn-fleur-and-yuwas-lawn-60.html?showComment=1345746254126#c3621734431227157229

 

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More fabric up for grabs on Maureen Crackness Handmade blog!  Check out the beautiful

prints by Pat Bravo.

http://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-fabric-giveaway_23.html

 

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Tetris QA Block 6

Here's the last block (#6) of the Tetris QA.  I'm all caught up and on track with this quilt along!

 

WIP Wednesday 8.22.12

Another busy week of trying to squeeze every bit of fun into summer.  We went to a local county fair this week.  School starts 8/27.  Happy and sad all in one breath.  The last five years went fast.  I need to start thinking about making a "fair quilt". 

Assembled seven rows of tumblers:

Here's the quilt to which I need to add them:

Completed Projects -- 1

Completed seven tumbler rows but have not attached them to the quilt yet

Started basting 100 Hugs Quilt

New Projects - 0

Currently and SLOWLY in Progress: 9

Cafe Mocha (In the Bag Ugly Fabric quilt challenge)

Tumbler Charm Quilt (currently 18 rows)
New York Beauty QA (need a ton of pinwheels... only 8 beauties completed)
Tetris QA (caught up... one block to go!)
Summer Series Quiltalong (stilll need more random blocks)
We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler (need six very pretty blocks to be caught up!)
Drunkard's Path Quiltalong (still piecing sub assemblies)
Modern Mini Round Robin (August all caught up; waiting on next partner)
Block Swap Adventure Yellow and Orange quilt (blocks done; needs sashing and assembled)

Quilt Tops to be quilted: 7

Oh Susannah! Mystery QA -- California King (needs back made)
Kaleidoscope QA (needs back made)
Jelly Roll Race - Lap quilt (needs back made)
Chasing Chevrons (needs basted)
Quilt guild swap quilt (needs back made)
Dutchman's Puzzle Vintage Sheet (needs basted)
Hundred Hugs baby quilt (needs back)

Projects on Hold: 5

Flower Basket Quilt

August Block Lotto African Violets baby quilt
Orca Bay (piecing together the last step) (I'm getting tired of moving these bins around.)

Victorianna Fabric Party Quiltalong (need five rows to catch up)

Bluepatch Quilter Mystery Quiltalong (need two stars and one braid)

Stop by and see who else has what else going on with Lee at Freshly Pieced!

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Check out the giveaway at Quokka Quilts!  It's a BUNDLE of Storyboek II!

http://quokkaquilts.blogspot.com/2012/08/wip-wednesday-and-giveaway.html

FNSI Results

Here's my results for the FNSI (Friday Night Sew In).  It's five rows of my tumbler charm quilt all sewn together but not yet attached.  Row six is sewn in pairs on the sewing machine.  My goal for this month is seven attached rows.  I'm on my way.

Here's the quilt to which I need to add them:

Wildwater Kingdom

No quilting yesterday.  My son loves waterparks.  So waterparks it is.  Here we are at Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora, Ohio. 8.16.12

Friday Night Sew In Sign-up Time

It's time to sign up for the Friday Night Sew In!  Check it out here. 

My plan is to get a few more rows done on the tumbler charm quilt.  The tumblers are cut.

WIP Wednesday 8.15.12

 

Hundred Hugs baby quilt -- started as a new project and quilt top complete!  It was a lot of fun!  Find the cute tutorial at Wedding Dress Blue.

 

Completed block five of the Tetris QA.  One more block to go!

 

 

Completed Projects -- 3

Tetris Block (block #5)

Hundred Hugs quilt top complete

Completed quilt back for the Dutchman's Puzzle vintage sheet quilt

New Projects - 1

 

Started and completed Hundred Hugs baby quilt top. 

Currently and SLOWLY in Progress: 9

Cafe Mocha (In the Bag Ugly Fabric quilt challenge)

Tumbler Charm Quilt (currently 18 rows)
New York Beauty QA (need a ton of pinwheels... only 8 beauties completed)
Tetris QA (caught up... one block to go!)
Summer Series Quiltalong (stilll need more random blocks)
We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler (need six very pretty blocks to be caught up!)
Drunkard's Path Quiltalong (still piecing sub assemblies)
Modern Mini Round Robin (August all caught up; waiting on next partner)
Block Swap Adventure Yellow and Orange quilt (blocks done; needs sashing and assembled)

Quilt Tops to be quilted: 7

 

Oh Susannah! Mystery QA -- California King (needs back made)
Kaleidoscope QA (needs back made)
Jelly Roll Race - Lap quilt (needs back made)
Chasing Chevrons (needs basted)
Quilt guild swap quilt (needs back made)
Dutchman's Puzzle Vintage Sheet (needs basted)
Hundred Hugs baby quilt (needs back)

Projects on Hold: 5

Flower Basket Quilt

August Block Lotto African Violets baby quilt
Orca Bay (piecing together the last step) (I'm getting tired of moving these bins around.)

Victorianna Fabric Party Quiltalong (need five rows to catch up)

Bluepatch Quilter Mystery Quiltalong (need two stars and one braid)

Stop by and see who else has what else going on with Lee at Freshly Pieced!

Cutting Tumbler Charms

Not much happening today.  Gotta cut more tumblers for my charm quilt...  Thanks for your help, Accuquilt GO! Baby.

Check out this giveaway at Lilac Lane that Melissa is having!

http://melissaslilaclane.blogspot.com/2012/08/one-giant-giveaway.html#

Hundred Hugs Quilt Top

I finished the Hundred Hugs quilt top this morning.  I'm very happy what become of the little scraps.
You can find the free tutorial from Deanna at Wedding Dress Blue here.

This little quilt measures 35" x 35".  Check out other little quilts at Elizabeth's blog

http://piecefullife-elizabeth.blogspot.com/2012/08/little-quilt-mondaygiveaway-day.html

She is having an awesome fat quarter giveaway with fat quarter colors inspired by her trip to South Africa. 

Hundred Hugs Quilt

Couldn't sleep... I started my Hundred Hugs Quilt with the little 2.5" squares I had already cut.  I just picked blues, yellows, and a green here and there.  Here's the 100 center blocks:

I'm not sure if I should do the next part (border) with yellow or white.  What do you think?  I'm leaning towards the wite because it may be too yellow?  Ahhhhh... decisions, decisions. 

Here's the link to the free pattern:
http://weddingdressblue.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/tutorial-hundred-hugs-quilt/

This is another one of my three goals for

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Check out the fabric giveaway at Lily Quilts today!

http://lilysquilts.blogspot.com/2012/08/pat-bravo-indie-giveaway.html?showComment=1344515740377#c2621498983802562517

WIP Wednesday 8.8.12

Here's what happened this week.

I finally added the border (actually three borders) to the Dutchman's Puzzle vintage sheet quilt.  I found the yellow inner border fabric while I was cleaning out the spare bedroom upstairs.  It was a vintage sheet!  I thought it was pefect for it.  I LOVE how the 1" border brings it all together.  Can you believe that I made a quilt with only four different fabrics?  It's going to go perfect on the bed in the spare bedroom that I'm been working on!  Now it needs some serious pressing/starch and a back.

I finished the August round of the Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin.  I can't show it to you, but here's a sneak peek:

I completed the August FMQ Challenge with Sew Cal Gal.  It's supposed to be a jester's hat design.  With a little more practice, I think I could really like and utilize this pattern taught by Wendy Sheppard.

I added my nine blocks worth of entries to the Block Lotto.

My tumbler quilt continues to grow.  It's 36 tumblers across (83" wide). I'm not going to put a border on this quilt. The edge tumblers will be cut to make it straight. So I'm guessing it will be about 80" wide when finished. It will at least have to be 90" long. Right now it's about 50" long. Whew, now that I typed that it doesn't seem that I have that much more to go. Thanks to Accuquilt Baby GO! the tumbler part is easy.

The fourth Tetris block is complete (I didn't put the two corner pieces on it because that's where the Tetris pieces for block five will begin.)

Completed Projects -- 6

Tetris Block (block #4)

Submitted cool ladder blocks for the Block Lotto (9)

Tumbler Quilt now has 18 rows completed

Hexagon flowers this week (1)

FMQ Challenge - August

Completed quilt top for the Dutchman's Puzzle vintage sheet quilt

New Projects - 0

No new projects this week, but the Vintage Holiday QA at Fabric Mut is tempting this week:
http://fabricmutt.blogspot.com/p/vintage-holiday-qal.html  I think I'll just avoid temptation and sit this one out.  BUT I plan to start to make this cute baby quilt.  It's one of my three goals for August in the Pick Three

Make this Hundred Hugs baby quilt using my 2.5" block bin and strips

http://weddingdressblue.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/tutorial-hundred-hugs-quilt/#

I think I found a great place to use my strings at FITF blog.  It's called scrappy triangles and it's on her tuturial page: 
http://www.filminthefridge.com/2011/10/12/scrappy-triangles-a-quilt-block-tutorial/

As you can see, I have a lot of projects ongoing.  So I decided to sign up with traceyjay quilts and set goals for the Just Three:

Currently and SLOWLY in Progress: 9

Cafe Mocha (In the Bag Ugly Fabric quilt challenge

Tumbler Charm Quilt
New York Beauty QA (need a ton of pinwheels... only 8 beauties completed)
Tetris QA
Dutchman's Puzzle (finally added border 8.8.12)
Summer Series Quiltalong (stilll need more random blocks)
We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler (need six very pretty blocks to be caught up!)
Drunkard's Path Quiltalong (still piecing sub assemblies)
Modern Mini Round Robin (August all caught up; waiting on next partner)

Quilt Tops to be quilted: 4

Oh Susannah! Mystery QA -- California King

Kaleidoscope QA

Jelly Roll Race - Lap quilt

Chasing Chevrons (back made and ready finally)

Quilt guild swap quilt
Dutchman's Puzzle Vintage Sheet (needs back made)

Projects on Hold: 5

Flower Basket Quilt

August Block Lotto African Violets baby quilt

Orca Bay (piecing together the last step) (I'm getting tired of moving these bins around.)

Victorianna Fabric Party Quiltalong (need five rows to catch up)

Bluepatch Quilter Mystery Quiltalong (need two stars and one braid)

Stop by and see who else has what else going on with Lee at Freshly Pieced!

Tetris Tuesday #4

Here we are, week four of the Tetris QA.  Here's the block I did today.  You'll notice the two empty spots in the top corners.  That's where next week's blocks will start.  The top row is just basted for now.  Check out what the others are doing on Melissa's blog, Happy Quilting.

Just Three with traceyjay quilts - August

I love setting quilty goals.  Have you seen the Just Three at traceyjay quilts?  You list your three quilty related goals for each month and try to accomplish those three goals. Since I am already caught up on ALL of my quilty obligations for August (Block Swap, Modern Mini, and Block Lotto)  I am going to give it a try this month and see how it goes.  Here are my three:

1

Finish this Dutchman's Puzzle quilt top so that it can be quilted in September after school starts:

2

Make this Hundred Hugs baby quilt using my 2.5" block bin and strips

http://weddingdressblue.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/tutorial-hundred-hugs-quilt/#

3

Complete seven more rows of the Tumbler Charm quilt.  This includes going through my scraps, cutting more tumblers, and adding them to the quilt.  Right now it is at 17 rows.  This will still not complete the quilt top, but it will still be making progress.

There's still time for you to set your goals and link up!  Check it out at traceyjay quilts.

August Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin

I finished the August round of the Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin. I can't show it to you, but here's a sneak peek:

Ahhh!  I also found a great tutorial for scrappy triangles at FITF -- LOVE her stuff! This will be the perfect use for some of my strings!  Check it out at Film in the Fridge blog:

http://www.filminthefridge.com/2011/10/12/scrappy-triangles-a-quilt-block-tutorial/

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August Block Swap Adventure

Here's the block I made for Karen in Portland, OR. It is the August Block Swap Adventure block. Karen requested the Signature Star block from Quilter's Cashe. She also liked bright, bold or dark, rich colors. She also liked large prints.  It was one of those nights that I couldn't sleep after working midnights... I started to sew and all the planets must have been in line or my grandmother was watching over my shoulder from heaven... or both.  All the seams just wanted to line up perfectly.  Surprisingly I got this block done very very early in the month and I didn't have to worry about it for the rest of the time. Whew! I love an early deadline!  It was mailed on 7/26.

To win a copy of My Memories digital scrapbooking software, go to

http://blog.geneblack.com/2012/08/photographs-and-memories-giveaway-too.html

Thanks, Gene Black!

FMQ Challenge - August

Here's my attempt at the August FMQ Challenge with Sew Cal Gal.  This month we tried to do a jester's hat motif taught by Wendy Sheppard.  This one needs more practice.  I like the shape of a lot of my jester's hats, but I need to figure out how to transition them better.  Here's what I got:

August Block Lotto

Here are my nine blocks for the August Block Lotto is called Cool Ladder (Jacob's Ladder in cools - green, blue, or purple with cream background).  All of them are different colored prints thanks to that awsome garage sale of scraps I got last month.

And of course... my proud helper.

Yesterday we went to the doctor.  Owen has strep throat.  Poor little guy.  Get better soon!!!

Today is kickoff day for a QA I plan on doing!  Whohoo!