Favorite Quilts

Six months ago, I moved to a new State and before I left, some of my friends made me this incredibly beautiful quilt. I do love it! It keeps me company on my studio and I think of my long distance friends daily. This one will go with me to the old folks home if I do make that far in my journey. Thank you.  

WIP

Birthday blocks

Here it is some work in progress. The top photo contain some of the birthday blocks for my Bee. This is a fun activity we will be doing this year. We make blocks for each other based on directions we share with the Bee. On our birthday month, we receive our blocks from the group. 

The photo below is also work in progress. This is part 1 of a mystery quilt called "Soupçon" by faeriesandfibres.blogspot.ca

It will run for 6 parts and the quilt will finish 36" square. I have not sewn the center hexie yet. Plus, I need to appliqué this pentagon flower to a background. I will wait for the next clue before I decide what to do. I am planning to use a light blue background. But that might change with the next step. 

I guess I am not a very good mystery player. I do like to keep some control. Plus, I am not sure I will keep the yellow. We will see.

Soupçon Part 1

Note: Part 2 is out. I am glad I did not sew on the background. I will change it and the yellow will be changed also.

Benjamin Biggs Quilt Block 1

This is my first BBQ block. I did modify the block slightly. I did not like the original one very much. I was debating not to make it; but after reading that other people were modifying it, I decided to do the same. The original block name is "Apple Ridge Star" and it was made by Sarah Ellen Landers. So, sorry Sarah; but I had to do it my way.

The photo below show my inspiration for the color choices. It is a page from an old Pottery Barn catalog. I new I would make something with those colors some day.

I don'y trim the blocks until the end, so this will to be trimmed down to 16 1/2"  in a couple of years.

Block 1 modified

color inspiration

Happy 2014

2014 is here and I have a cold. It started on the last day of the old year, so I was hoping that it would be gone the next day. No luck there. New year, old cold. But I am much better today.
With the change on the calendar, I decided it was time to start new quilt top(s).
Always love to start new projects.
So, I will be making the Benjamin Biggs quilt as a BOM. This will be a 25 months project. See link below to see what it is all about.
 benjaminbiggs.blogspot.com

Benjamin Biggs quilt

I will also start to work on a couple of patterns I bought last year. Aunt Green quilt is high on the list. It is also a large top. I don't need any more large quilts. But I won't let that stop me from making them. More on this one when I get the background fabric.

2014 Sew Along Galore

It is that time of the year again. Not the eat too much time; but the new quilt for the new year time.
It seems that there are plenty of new projects to tempt everyone.
The very short list I made just now, includes new sew along from:
. Quilters Newsletter magazine: this one has started and it is a beautiful star quilt.
. American Patchwork and Quilting: it will start with the January/February issue that is already on sale.
. Pat Sloan has a free quilt pattern that will be a block of the month. "Globetrotting" will
star in January. http://blog.patsloan.com/page/4/
. Sentimental Stitch will also have a 25 months sew along starting January 1st. It is an applique quilt called "The Benjamin Biggs Quilt." It will be under the "just takes 2" site. Go to sentimentalstitches.net and take a look at this great applique quilt.
. Bonnie Hunter has her mystery quilt called "Celtic Solstice" going on. She usually keeps her patterns on her blog for a few months. So it gives you time to think about it and also see the complete quilt before you decide to make it.
Many other blogs have new sew along projects starting also. Many are free; but others have a fee.
Way too many to list. Just enough to keep one away from the sewing machine and glued to the computer screen.
Better get back to pins and needles now.
Many happy "starts!"

More of Festival 2013

More mix and match to show the diversity of beauty.

Houston Quilt Festival 2013

I took more than 100 pictures and I don't think it is even a third of the Festival.

Enough to say that there is something for everyone.

And a chance to shop until you drop!