Jan28

Sidetracked!

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Sidetracked!

Damn you Craftsy, you came out with February’s BOM early!

Balkan Puzzle Block

I had it in my head, early this week, after Red Pepper Quilts posted her Rolling Stone block, that I’d use my Magic Beans and Kona Greys to create an optical illusion with them.  Then Craftsy unveiled their BOMs for February and I thought I’d use the same idea with the Balkan Puzzle Block. I created four half square triangles of each shade of Kona Grey (Ash, Medium & Coal) then started playing with different layouts based on the same theme.

      

Chunky Chevron

Craftsy BOMs done. I don’t know why these blocks take me so friggin’ long to make!

Rolling Stone

This isn’t part of Craftsy’s BOM but when I saw it on Red Pepper Quilt’s site, I really liked it. I don’t love mine so much. Maybe some Magic Beans are needed. Back in a few hours…

Jan27

Happy Friday!

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Happy Friday!

Hello Friday, how I’ve missed you!!

The Fat Quarter Shop is having an amazing sale — 40% off  on Sandi Henderson’s Secret Garden. If you love this line, you’ll be thrilled because that works out to be $6.45 per yard!! Yes, I bought some including the solids fat quarter bundle, you can never have too many solids, right?! Nope, I don’t get any gifts or kick-backs for shout outs, I just love a good sale and wanted to share it with you!!

This week I’ve linked my Lucky Ladybug cushion cover to Thank Goodness it’s Finished Fridays. This week it’s being hosted by Lynette of What a Hoot!  Check out the quilting on her pillow!

This evening I’ll be sketching out a design for my next cushion cover, can’t wait, is it 4:30 p.m. yet?!

Jan23

Thank you Alex!

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Thank you Alex!

Alex Veronelli of Aurifil fame posted my lucky ladybug cushion cover on his Facebook page and drove hundreds of visitors to my site today, it was very exciting, thank you Alex!

I managed to make a back for it and bind it, 13+ hours later here’s the finished project.

Alex, if you’re reading this, you’ll be happy to know that I ordered two more spools of Aurifil thread, I don’t want to run out!

Jan23

Quilt as You Go Urban Lattice

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Quilt as You Go Urban Lattice

If you visited yesterday, you might (or might not) have noticed that I created a new page for tutorials up there, in the navigation bar.  This is my first “formal” tutorial and it’s only for one block. If you do try this, please let me know what you think of my instructions and if there are any errors or typos.

This block goes together easily and quickly, especially if you cut your fabrics and batting ahead of time. The above block, which is comprised of 4 12″ x 12″ blocks,  finishes at 24″ x 24″, I don’t have enough fabric for a full quilt so I’m just going to make yet another cushion cover (they’re really starting to pile up around here!).  This is one instance where fusible batting really came in handy!