Block 3 Jelly Roll Sampler

... intigrating the browns with the red and blue...

Many a pinwheel to be had...

While waiting for Rachel to upload the new Pinwheel sampler block today, I decided to make my two blocks for the charity quilt the Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild is making. Imagine my surprise....Charity Blocks:Pinwheel Blocks:Hmmm something looks very familiar...

Something new...

Today I was inspired by Melinda Bula on The Quilt Show. I tried thread painting for the first time. It isn't perfect but I really had a great time doing it.The second part of the Meadow Breeze Bom by Pat Sloan for Aurifil was the inner border and the butterfly block. I started the thread play with the leaves then I couldn't stop...

Great Man... New Iron

So I know you have seen me previously lamenting about my terrible iron. I bought it for $10 when I was flat broke. When I married my husband I thought... surely he has a better iron. I turned it on and a flood of ants swarmed out of it... ewww. So I limped along with my little Sunbeam (have I mentioned that we are cheap frugal?) until last Sunday as I was ironing these:The water started leaking...

Meadow Breeze BOM and the Teacher gift...

I finally fused the block for Pat Sloan's Meadow Breeze Bom I  love how it came out... now I have some hand work to do while my daughter is in state standardized tests next month (have I mentioned that I home school?) .The curriculum that we use is actually part of the state public school system and it is free. It is called K12. With this we are assigned a "Teacher" she is around to answer...

Great giveaway at CV Quiltworks...

Remember my little batik and selvage quilt? I love those selvages. Jackie has a great giveaway going with Karen Griska for Karen's new book. Go over and check out the giveaway ... have f...

oops... I mean the second Jelly Roll Sampler block...proves I was up to early LOL

Not sure I like the peach but the chocolate brown is one of my favorites. The problem with a jelly roll is that sometimes they aren't all of your favorite colors...and since I used the jelly roll for another project (where I used my favorite colors) I can't expect to like every piece... but the block as a whole is pretty nice... what do you thi...

Spring Sprang

... for the  Iris any way. I decided to cut them so that we could enjoy them in the house. (pictured on my outdoor fireplace)This is a gratuitous photo of my lemon tree... weee... lemonade season is on the way.(hope you don't get too much sunshine in your eye with this o...

Pinwheel sampler blocks and progress on my Liberated Amish too...

I was online when Rachel posted the new pinwheel blocks. So I took a shower and got dressed, had breakfast and sewed... Then I diecided to start on my Amish blocks... part of the challenge was to do some free pieced letters with the quilt... so these are 3" letters in the center of my bloc...

Star Crazy....

Yes, I feel it... after 3 hrs of cutting... and a few hours sewing... here are my stars:I just wanted to prove I wasn't giving up. When these were finished I realized that I was an idiot but I refuse to tell you what I did. Suffice to say I will be doing a bit more cutting tomorrow (the stars are fine it was another part I messed up) so... half squares and Irish Chains tomorrow or Friday (I just remembered...

I guess I don't have enough to do...

Yesterday I joined two quilt alongs... The Moose on the Porch Jelly Roll Sampler and Rachel's Pinwheel Sampler. The Jelly Roll Sampler is still on the first block so I caught up easily:Rachel has done three sets of blocks so far:1st2nd3rdI am two months behind on Star Crazy (I admit I have a mental block on this one) and I think I am going to give up the Schibbles one... it has started to feel more...