Dream Cut Piece

Isn't that the truth!

Here are the 9 blocks I have completed for the Amish quilt I am working on.

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This is a free BOM from a LQS, The Quilting Bee in Orange, California.

Morning Glory Designs BoM #2

 Here is my #2 Block for the Morning Glory Designs 

"Fiesta de las Flores"

Bonus Block

I have chosen to do this quilt mainly in batiks. It is such a happy pattern, full of color and beautiful flowers. I look forward to next months offering.

Kitschy Kitchen BoM #2 Cookie Jar

Quiet Play Kitschy Kitchen Cookie Jar 

The seam ripper is my friend. The seam ripper is my friend. The seam ripper is my friend.
For such a simple design it is amazing how much ripping I did. Maybe if I would just go my the number letter sequence of piecing. THAT MAY HELP. I am going to learn. If you read the sequence of this BoM   Kristy is doing from easiest to hardest - closing with Ms. Betty - the middle block.... and she looks very complicated. I hope I get it by then. Choosing the fabric took me several days. I had to feel secure in my choices before I started. Any way I think the block is fine. Should I pull out the embroidery machine and write the word Cookie on it? Hum, something else to contemplate... Have a great day!

Quilt Doodle, Spools and Dr.Suess

Cozy Cabin

Today Quilt Doodle Designs came out with her second block for 2014. I thought it was going to be a row-a-long but along with the "Cozy Cabin" block released today Cindy also released the layout (for color planning). I think this quilit is going to be so cute and I am so glad I found Cindy and her blog. 

Spools, Spools, Spools

I LOVE SPOOLS and I found a great BoM by  Adventures of a Quilting Diva -  Laura West Hong   and the cool thing is that it is seven months into the series. I had a few hours sooooo I sewed them all..... They are 6-1/2" X 12-1/2" unfinished.

Aren't they cute?

I love um.

Aurifil is doing a BoM and their first block is a spool block. I guess I am IN!! 

Dr. Suess Top Done

Been sewing alot and it is finally starting to show. Finally finished piecing the Dr. Seuss  baby quilt top I have been working on. I learned a lot! One thing is hay... I am not ready to design any type of quilt yet. Two - even though I have EQ7 that doesn't mean I know how to use it properly and I really need to spend some time learning it better.                       This finish comes just in time, my neice had her baby this week. It turned out to be a GIRL...      Leah Grace.                             Not knowing what sex this baby was going to be, I planned this quilt but I do think this one is more boyish and kind of too large for a baby so I am going to rethink this gift. 

Tomorrow is another day

Block 2 of Morning Glory Designs quilt came out today too.

Looking forward to working on the Fiesta de las Flores tomorrow

Do It and Do It AGAIN - Kitschy Kitchen BoM #1 - 2nd Try

In my last post I was not really happy with the background print of the Quiet Play Kitschy Kitchen Oven Mitt block so I decided to do it over. One thing I discovered was that my printer was set wrong and the block was also about an inch too small. So in acutality I had to do the block over anyway.

You can see the new block on the left and the first one on the right and the size difference.

The new block has a dark grey background that helps show the details around the oven mitt better. I am much more satisfied with this results. :)

Sew Kitschy 1st BOM Finish

The first block of the

                                         Sew Kitschy BoM                                                     

This afternoon I got around to the first of the nine blocks of the Sew Kitschy sew along BoM by Quiet Play - Kristy is from Australia and is a very talented paper piece pattern maker. I have been following her for a long time. She has some incredible patterns for sale on Craftsy.

The 2014 BoM is a retro quilt with "Ms. Betty" and her kitchen. I love the design and the first block was fairly easy. I do not know about some of the others - look pretty advanced but.. I will try! In Kristy's notes she said she was going to start with easier pieces and build up to the harder ones. So this will be a real skill builder for me.

This months block is "a potholder and an oven mitt" - For the square potholder, I fussy cut a Robert Kaufman, Marie Perkins print called "Happy Homes". The oven mitt is also a Robert Kaufman print by Elisabeth Caldwell called "Metro Cafe",

All in all I do not think the block pops in any way. Maybe my choice for the background is the problem.   I think it is easier to paper piece with solid colors but these print just called out to me - retro, retro, retro.... so I went with it. 

Here is the quilt - 

I love the red and turquoise color pallet Kristy chose. The large flower background on the bowl  and kettle is something I should consider - those square and plads would really be hard for me to paper piece- I have a big problem with angles and trying to get them to line up properly. 

I can not wait to see all the other blocks that will be posted on the Quite Play Flicker Group.

Morning Glory Design 1st BOM

Yea it is Friday and it is my day. 

I do not work on Fridays and I can do as I please sew today I sew. I have joined a few BOM's as you see by my sidebar and I am sure that throughout the year this may become a problem trying to keep up but hay... it also keeps me motivated to finish blocks.

Morning Glory Designs BOM 

Reeze Hanson of Morning Glory Designs is the designer. She has not come up with the name of this quilt yet and there is a contest on her blog to name the quilt. I suggested "Terrific Tiles". 

I followed her color direction as that is one area that I do fall short on. 

These blocks are 8" square. So I think I want all the bonus blocks available to make a larger quilt. 

This is the bonus block you get if you subscribe to Morning Glory Designs newsletter. It is called Double Daisy.


The blocks were relatively easy as I used Wonder Under and raw edge appliqued using a small blanket stitch. The batiks are mostly from Connecting Threads.