Fun Mail from Fabric Worm

Thanks, Fabric Worm!  My scrap pack arrived today.  Isn't it a cute bundle?

I won because I participated in the BOM @ Quiet Play.  These blocks are so cute!
  And also a big thanks to Kristy!

 

Buckeye Beauty Quilt Back

3am.  Couldn't sleep.  Made a simple quilt back for my Buckeye Beauty (the mystery quilt from Made With Love by Mary) blog.

There were two squares left over from the mystery quilt instructions.  They are now on the back with these subtle pink stripes.  Add another quilt to the longarm pile.  Sadly, March was a busy busy month.  I was only able to longarm about five days of the month.  April will be better!

WIP Wednesday 3.27.13

Here's what happened this week:

I finished my Buckeye Beauty Mystery quilt at Made With Love by Mary's blog.

I made one of two blocks for my LQG challenge.  This one is Lee's Ribbon Star pattern at Lee's blog, Freshly Pieced, here.

 

 

Before the deadline I finished and mailed the MMMRR13 to the next quilter!

 

 

 

I finished my Easy Street quilt top (mystery from Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville).

 

 

 

I finally received all of the Tall Fly blocks that I won from the January Block Lotto.  Whohoo!

 

 

 

New Projects This Week0

Pieces still need to be cut
1. Herringbone OSU quilt
2. Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

Blocks still need to be made
1. NY Beauty
2. Orca Bay
3. We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler
4. Red/White Flower Basket Quilt
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)
10. Scrappy Swoon Along (done through step 4)
11. Linda J. Hahn Mystery (from AQS) (in Low Volume fabrics)
12. Dancing Stars QA - Paper-pieced copies made; fabrics selected


Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and some sashing)
1. Block Swap Adventure Sampler (2011 - 2012)
2. Butterfly Blocks (that I won)
3. Orange/Blue Fish Blocks (that I won)
4. Split Stars (block won from the Block Lotto)
5. African Violet baby quilt

Quilt back need to be made (tops are done)
1. Grandma's WIP -- Cameo Rose (this one is a long-term project)
2. Grandma's WIP #2 (this is also a long-term project)
3. Tumbler Charm Quilt
4. Terry's Treasures Sew Along

5.  Made with Love by Mary Mystery Quilt -- Buckeye Beauty

6.  Easy Street

 

Ready to longarm
1. Chasing Chevrons QA
2. Dutchman's Puzzle
3. 9-patch Baby Quilt (Elanor Burns inspired)
4. Scrappy Christmas QA
5. Spring Mystery loaded 2/26/13 Eyelashes to rip out!
6. Heather Spence Mystery Quilt

Quilted, needs binding
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Open ended projects (Green highlighted items on this list are complete for March.)
1. Block Lotto Blocks
2. Block Swap Adventure Block
3. Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin 2013
4. And Sew On BOM project 2013 

Made With Love by Mary Mystery Revealed

I completed the last step of the Made with Love by Mary Mystery.  It's a quilt called Buckeye Beauty.  The pattern is by Judy Hopkins and is a free mystery pattern that you can get at:
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/feathered-star-productions-inc/Web02.pdf  Remember, this quilt was an experiment in low volume fabric scraps.  I like the way they look in the picture.  The border is kinda a fluke; it's growing on me.  I cut this fabric over a year ago for the black/white/grey swap.  BUT I cut it the wrong size and it has been sitting in my bin in a little roll for a while.  I would have used it for the black/white fabric in Easy Street, but didn't realize it was there.  That's good, because it worked out great for the border.  Here's Buckeye Beauty in low volume scraps:

Now that I have a couple of bins empty (Made with Love by Mary mystery quilt, Terry's Treasures Sew Along, Easy Street.  I just might start something new in April.  The Brick Raod Sew Along with Sunflower Quilts looks like it could be a scrap buster.  I might have to use up some stray scraps for it.  Check it out:

Ribbon Star for LQG

Here's a Ribbon Star block that I made for my local quilt guild for the "Stars in Blue" quilt challenge.  I love this block.  You can find the pattern at Lee's blog, Freshly Pieced, here.

MMMRR13 March Sneak Peek & Hands 2 Help!

 

 

Whew!  Just in time to get it mailed to the next person, my March part of the Modern Mystery Mini Round Robin 2013 is complete.  It will be in the mail tomorrow.  It's not a moment too soon, because the next one should be here on Monday or Tuesday and I need to get those ideas flowing on it.

Here's a little sneak peek:

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I will be donating a quilt to Happy Chemo this year in efforts to collect 1500 quilts.  I will be doing this through the Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge 2013.  Check it out at Confessions of a Fabric Addict blog. 

FNSI Results -- Easy Street Quilt Top Complete!

For my FNSI results this month I'm excited to show my completed quilt top for Bonnie Hunter's Easy Street Mystery Quilt.  This quilt is soooooo busy.  I'm glad that the border toned it down a little.  It's huge.  Now I need to make a back and think about how to longarm it.  Decisions decisions.  Any suggestions are welcome -- as always!

Look at those big fluffy snow flakes in the pic.  Welcome, Spring.

 

 

 

Check out all the progress the others have made on their FNSI's!

Handmade by Heidi's FNSI.

January 2013 Block Lotto - Tall Fly Blocks Received

All the Tall Fly blocks made it home from the January Block Lotto, 2013.  I love the tomato inspiration colors of red, green, and black.  I'll need my thinking cap on how to arrange these blocks.

11 black
12 red
19 green
Love them all!

 

This week I finished my Terry's Treasures QA quilt top.  I'm linking up with Friday Finish

 

 

FNSI Challenge

For the FNSI (Friday Night Sew In) I plan to work on piecing my Easy Street blocks that are finally complete!  I still can't believe that I am this far at piecing this quilt.  I can't say that it is one of my favoarites (yet).  It's a lot of pieces.  I need to do the math.  But I do know that I am tired of moving the heavy bin of the large pieces and all the fabrics that I pulled for the quilt around from place to place to get to my strip die cutters.  So Friday nights's the night that I hope this puppy gets put together into one big top.  Wish me luck!

 

Hook up at Handmade by Heidi's FNSI.

 

 

I'm linking up to Pat Sloans's blog to show what I'm going to try that's new...

 

Here's a recipe I'd like to try for Easter:

 

BROWNIE REFRIGERATOR CAKE

Ingredients:
1 box brownie mix
1 extra large egg
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
... 1 cup powdered sugar
2 (8 oz.) containers whipped topping
1 (3 oz.) package instant chocolate pudding
1 (3 oz.) package instant vanilla pudding
3 1/2 cups milk
1 Hershey candy bar or chocolate syrup

Directions: Mix brownie mixes according to directions. Add egg. Bake in brownie pan. Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and 1 container whipped topping. Put this mix on top of the cooled brownies. Blend puddings and milk together and put on top of the cream cheese mixture. Top with another layer of whipped topping. Put chocolate shavings or chocolate syrup on top. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

 

 

WIP Wednesday 3.20.13

Here's what happened this week:

 

I finished my Scrappy Swoon Along!  Whohoo!

 

Here's the block I made for Melissa for the Block Swap Adventure.

 

 

I completed my nine "Steps" blocks for the March Block Lotto.

 

I'm all caught up with Mary's Mystery quilt instructions.  (Then  I did the next step and sewed these in to rows -- not pictured).



I finally finished all 16 big Easy Street Block As.  About five more Block Bs and we can call this a quilt top!  I'm tired of moving that bin around.  It needs to get done.

 

 This is the QA at Terry's Treasures.  It's scheduled to do a row a month.  These little blocks went so quickly together that I couldn't stop and now it's a finished top.  I put it together a little differently than the instructions.  I'm really happy with all the pink scraps.  Gotta love chain piecing!

New Projects This Week
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Pieces still need to be cut
1. Herringbone OSU quilt
2. Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

Blocks still need to be made
1. NY Beauty
2. Orca Bay
3. We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler
4. Red/White Flower Basket Quilt
5. Maroon Star Sampler Quilt
6. Tall Fly (January Block Lotto) ONE package to go. I don't think it's coming.
7. Easy Street (all of A block complete this week)
8. Color coordinated hexagon quilt
9. Gourmet Quilter Sampler
10. Bluepatch Mystery Quilt
11. Amanda Murphy Designs (ugly fabric quilt)
12. Made with Love by Mary Mystery Quilt (all steps caught up -- reveal next week)
13. Terry's Treasures Sew-Along 
14. Scrappy Swoon Along (done through step 4)
15. Linda J. Hahn Mystery (from AQS) (in Low Volume fabrics)
16. Dancing Stars QA - Paper-pieced copies made; fabrics selected


Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and some sashing)
1. Block Swap Adventure Sampler (2011 - 2012)
2. Butterfly Blocks (that I won)
3. Orange/Blue Fish Blocks (that I won)
4. Split Stars (block won from the Block Lotto)
5. African Violet baby quilt
6.  Made with Love by Mary Mystery Quilt
7.  6. Tall Fly (January Block Lotto) (All blocks are home!)

Quilt back need to be made (tops are done)
1. Grandma's WIP -- Cameo Rose (this one is a long-term project)
2. Grandma's WIP #2 (this is also a long-term project)
3. Tumbler Charm Quilt
4.  Terry's Treasures Sew Along

Ready to longarm
1. Chasing Chevrons QA
2. Dutchman's Puzzle
3. 9-patch Baby Quilt (Elanor Burns inspired)
4. Scrappy Christmas QA
5. Spring Mystery loaded 2/26/13 Eyelashes to rip out!
6. Heather Spence Mystery Quilt
7. Scrappy Swoon Along (COMPLETE!)

Quilted, needs binding
0.

Open ended projects (Green highlighted items on this list are complete for March.)
1. Block Lotto Blocks
2. Block Swap Adventure Block
3. Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin 2013
4. And Sew On BOM project 2013

Back on Easy Street

I've been seeing some awesome Easy Street quilts in blogland lately.  Instead of starting something new I am working on Easy Street this week.  I just completed all of Block A.  About five more Block B and I can call it a top!  I'm tired of moving that bin back and forth to get to my Accuquilt stip dies (which I use often).  I also need to get it done so that I can put the pulled fabrics back into my stash.  I have a feeling I'm going to need purple and green very very soon for some reason.  Here's my stash of A Blocks (all 16 of them!)

All alone these blocks don't do much for me.  But when you put this quilt together and set it on point it's AWESOME!  I'm glad I stuck to the same colors that Bonnie Hunter did this time.

OH, check out my sidebar.  Grab your Crista's Quilts button while it's hot!  I'll start cutting on that Hugs & Kisses QA as soon as I get my five Easy Street Blocks done and my Easy Street stash scraps put away.

Terry's Treasures QA Top Complete

These little blocks just kept flying together so smoothly.  I couldn't stop.  I did alter the pattern so that it would be smaller.  I purposely did not include the plain strips between the rows.  You can find Terry's blog here.  I still like the random look.  Here it is:

Terry's Treasures Sew Along Progress

These little blocks go together so nicely that I added a couple rows to my Terry's Treasures Sew Along this weekend.  Sewing the little squares together is almost mindless sewing.  Everybody needs some chain piecing once in a while.

You can find Terry's blog here.

March Block Lotto

This month we are making 6" x 9" finished blocks for the Block Lotto.  Colors are grey, white, and a solid or TOT quilter's choice color.  Here are my nine "Steps" blocks for March, 2013:

Made With Love by Mary Mystery Quilt - Step 5

I'm all caught up with the Made with Love Mystery Quilt.  Here are my blocks from step 5.  This quilt along has been fun.  I'm using fabrics in low volume colors (that I fell in love with during the February Block Lotto blocks this year).  Almost all of these fabrics were from my friend, Judy.  Her sewing group was going to throw them away and she scooped them up in a bag for me.  Some of the pieces were only 4" square.  I LOVE it!  You can catch up to Mary's blog here.

These piles are really only two blocks, Block A and Block B.  Some have the dark (grey) going through the center squares.  Some have the dark (grey) as the HST on the corners. 

What a dull, gloomy photo.  But you get the idea.  Can't wait to sew these puppies together and hang it on the line in the sunshine!

I'm also happy to link my finished Scrappy Swoon Along this week to Link-A-Finish FRIDAY with Richard and Tanya Quilts!

March Block Swap Adventure & Special Request

This month's block for the Block Swap Adventure was for our fearless leader, Melissa.  Thanks again, Melissa for stepping up and taking over the Block Swap Adventure.  I hope you enjoyed your cat block with purple background.  It's kinda bright.

 

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What can you do today to brighten someone's day?

 

I copied this from Michelle's blog.  

 

Blogging friend Kelly Jackson, well known in the blogging community for her terrific online shop I Have a Notion, is taking care of her mom who has been recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer which unfortunately has spread to other organs. Kelly is requesting cards sent to her mom to lift her spirits. You can read her post here.

Quilters are a vast and generous community and I know that we can flood her mom's mailbox overflowing with cards of fun and cheer. Please take a few minutes out of your busy day and post a pretty card to help bring some smiles to an ailing Mom. You can send it to:

Olivia Howlett

c/o Henry Ford Hospital

Room P623

2799 W. Grand Blvd

Detroit, MI 48202

Per Kelly's request, please don't send any "Get Well" cards but any other kind of card would be great. Share a cute story, a joke, or an uplifting moment in your life, anything to help lift her spirits. The sooner you can send one on its way, the better.

Help spread the word far and wide and share this on your own blog. Quilters help quilters in time of need and there is no more serious need than the illness Kelly's mom is dealing with now. I know our deepest thoughts and prayers are with Kelly, her Mom and their entire family during this difficult time.

Scrappy Swoon Along Finish

My Scrappy Swoon Along is finally complete.  Whohoo!  I quilted it with feathered leis and feathered circles.  I'm really happy how this quilt finished.  I really like the starry binding.  I did put a mini border on it because I don't like to longarm over all the pieced squares.  I like the effect with the heart border and stary binding.  Thank you, Jennifer, Hopeful Homemaker Blog, for hosting this QA.  The step-by-step instructions were so doable.

 

The 3.5" squares and HST were cut with my Accuquilt GO! Baby.  This helped me utilize my scraps effectively.  The quilt found a happy home as a Quilt of Valor with my childhood friend, Steve, who now resides in Brazil.  He is retired from the US Navy.

 

 

 

 

 

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This also meets my goal for March for A Lovely Year of Finishes!!!

 

 

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Now that this QA is done, Jessica at Quilty Habit blog has an Argyle QA that is very tempting.

The quilt needs to be done by 3/27 to get in on the prizes at 1 Choice 4 Quilting (who always has great prizes!)  We'll see.  I sure do  have a lot of other projects going on right now.  Here it is if you want to check it out:

 

http://quiltyhabit.blogspot.com/search?q=Argyled+QAL&max-results=20&by-date=true

 

 

 

WIP Wednesday 3.13.13

Here's what happened this week:

I finished the top to my Scrappy Swoon Along.

Here's the scrappy back for the Scrappy Swoon Along (with the QOV label).

I'm making progress on my Scrappy Swoon Along.  It's loaded on the longarm.    I have five more feather leis and feather circles to go before I can take it off the frame.  Here's some feathers:

 

I finished making to top to my Tumbler Charm Quilt.  Here's 1152 tumblers:

 

 

New Projects This Week
0



Pieces still need to be cut
1. Herringbone OSU quilt
2. Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

Blocks still need to be made
1. NY Beauty
2. Orca Bay
3. We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler
4. Red/White Flower Basket Quilt
5. Maroon Star Sampler Quilt
6. Tall Fly (January Block Lotto) ONE package to go. I don't think it's coming.
7. Easy Street
8. Color coordinated hexagon quilt
9. Gourmet Quilter Sampler
10. Tumbler Charm Quilt
11. Bluepatch Mystery Quilt
12. Amanda Murphy Designs (ugly fabric quilt)
13. Made with Love by Mary Mystery Quilt
14. Terry's Treasures Sew-Along (March sewing complete)
15. Scrappy Swoon Along (done through step 4)
16. Linda J. Hahn Mystery (from AQS) (in Low Volume fabrics)
17. Dancing Stars QA - Paper-pieced copies made; fabrics selected


Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and some sashing)
1. Block Swap Adventure Sampler (2011 - 2012)
2. Butterfly Blocks (that I won)
3. Orange/Blue Fish Blocks (that I won)
4. Split Stars (block won from the Block Lotto)
5. African Violet baby quilt

Quilt back need to be made (tops are done)
1. Grandma's WIP -- Cameo Rose (this one is a long-term project)
2. Grandma's WIP #2 (this is also a long-term project)
3.  Tumbler Charm Quilt

Ready to longarm
1. Chasing Chevrons QA
2. Dutchman's Puzzle
3. 9-patch Baby Quilt (Elanor Burns inspired)
4. Scrappy Christmas QA
5. Spring Mystery loaded 2/26/13 Eyelashes to rip out!
6. Heather Spence Mystery Quilt
7.  Scrappy Swoon Along (loaded on the frame 3/11/13).

Quilted, needs binding
0.

Open ended projects (Green highlighted items on this list are complete for March.)
1. Block Lotto Blocks
2. Block Swap Adventure Block
3. Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin 2013
4. And Sew On BOM project 2013
5. Quilt Doodle Designs BOM 2013





Linking up with Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday