August Bee-Quilting Under the Rainbow

August is my month for Quilting Under the Rainbow Bee. I am sending everyone 2 center white blocks and 8 colored blocks. I'm asking everyone to make 2 blocks following this tutorial : http://higheredhands.blogspot.com/2011/05/stop-drop-and-roll-quilt-along-part-1.html

I made 1 of my blocks, so everyone could see it. Please mix up the fabrics like I have...you will have duplicates and if you wish you may alternate with fabrics you have, just keep with the color scheme of the fabric you receive. Here are the photo's of the block I made.

The tutorial says the block is 8 1/2" finished. My block came out closer to 9". So, everyone can just leave their block and I will trim them up when they come home.

So, have fun and any questions just email me:)

Susan

A Quickie

A quick post since we finally got the computer back after it had to be wiped clean:( Darn virus!
Anyhow, I just wanted to show you the block I made for Pam, in Feb. for The Block Swap Adventure. It's the purple and green block and the red,pink and aqua is the one she made for me. I can't wait to see what next month brings! I figure by the end of the year I'll have enough blocks for a red, pink, and aqua quilt. Which will be just for me:)

Well, I'm off to the dentist for my checkup. Till next time...
Susan

Progress

Well, I made some progress in the past week or so. I was able to work on my 3 x 6 blocks and finish them up. There was a lot of gray requests in this group. These blocks have now been mailed off to their new owners.

I also, managed to find a little bit of time to complete another Freedom Block. This one's for Claudia. She sent these 3 fabrics and I got to choose which block to make her. I'd seen a version of this block on my internet travels and decided to give it a whirl. I kinda like how it turned out. So, next up for me are 3 blocks that are due at the end of this month. 2 of them are in various stages of completion. I've also managed to sew another 2 rows on my son's guitar quilt...now I'm worried it might be just too wide. I still have a couple more rows to sew on then I guess I'll have to decide if I leave it or take away a panel from the side..if I do this I could always use it on the back of the quilt.

Off to sew a bit more before I'm due in to work:)

Susan

WARNING! Overdose of Pictures! Proceed With Caution...

Oh MY Goodness! I didn't realize how many blocks I've made since my last post. Guess, you could say I've been busy......and here are the results..... These 2 blocks are for Jeanne -Coast to Coast Block Party

She asked for log cabins and I managed almost 2[ran a little short on fabric, so she'll add to it]

Scrap Bee

Dustin asked us to make her a Donkey block.

Isn't he adorable?!

This is Jess's radiating square-Rosey Little Bee



I made some progress on my 1st PhD
This ticker tape quilt just needed binding and viola ...it is now complete.
I have begun putting my son's quitar quilt top together since it's 2nd on my list.
I hope to get that pieced by the end of Feb.



Next up is the block I made for Karen In Oregon. She was my partner for Jan. in the Block Swap Adventure. She requested a star and said she liked the wonky one I had my blog, so I made her one using her color scheme.

Here's Tracy's asterick block-Moody Blues Bee

These 2 blocks are for the "Comfort" Group of do.Good Stitches

a charity bee

This next group is for the Freedom Block Swap

There are 17 of us in this swap and we have till 3/15/11 to make everyone a 12 1/2" square block. Fabric has been arriving at my house...I'm like a kid in a candy store and my husband is having a hard time believing I haven't gone on a shopping binge. Everyone sends their fabrics and we get to choose which blocks to make for them.Below are the results so far.....

Wendy's Dr. Suess

Emily's- Snowball-ish block

Katie's Halloween String

Deb and Reuben's block

Becky's Block

LeeAnn's block and her siggy square

Jackie's Christmas block and her siggy square












This one is for Jennifer. She's making a quilt for her son and asked for a square in square in blue, green, and browns- Scrap-Bee

This next photo is of my sample block for the [3 x 6] Sampler Quilt Mini Bee-Beehive #18

I had a date with Ty[Pennington], those are his grey fabrics in the strip section. I really like how this came out and am now in the process of making my beehive partners their versions using their colors, though the same style of block.

And finally here is one I get to KEEP! This is the block Karen of Oregon made for me as part of the Block Swap Adventure[Jan]

I just LOVE it!! I asked for aqua, red, pink and white for this exchange. We got to list the type of block we'd like and since I wasn't sure of everyone's abiltities I sent a list of possiblities: pinwheel, string, snowball, square in square, and 9 patch
Karen really got it right with her choices and I look forward to seeing what else this exchange brings my way...definitely a quilt for me in the future:)

And so we come to the end of my overdose of photos. I hope you enjoyed seeing what I've been up to and I hope I don't wait as long to post next time.

Peace,

Susan

PhD Challenge 2011

Well, I've taken the plunge and joined Myra's 2011 PhD Challenge [Projects Half Done]. I have commited to completing 4 project by the end of June. These 4 that I have in mind are in different stages of completion. 1st up is a small ticker tape quilt that needs the binding done, next is my son's guitar quilt, which I'm still sewing the top together, next up is my Halloween quilt top...I got it 1/2 done and stopped just prior to the holiday, so hopefully, I can complete so it can be used next year, and finally the daughters wonky star quilt...this one is still awating the completion of blocks from members of 2 bees I'm in, so that one will be last on my list. I plan to take pictures of each and post photos as I go along. So wish me luck in this venture and if you have any PhD's check out Myra's link.

Susan

More Stitchy Goodness

Here's a few shots of what I've been up to lately:

Molly's Nov. Disappearing 9 patch block-Rosey Little Bee
Fair & Square LHN design for Pokua

A photo of my finished blocks for the Simple Sampler Stitch Along -next up I need to decide on sashing

Sabrina's Wonky Star -Moody Blue's Bee

Hopefully, my next post will include a picture of the finished top for my son's quilt. I sent out guitar fabric back in July to the other Coast to Coast Bee members and got back 29 fantastic pinwheel blocks for his quilt. On my days off last week[thursday and sunday], I started sewing the blocks/rows together with a little bit of imput from my son[ he picked out a 5 1/2" black sashing/border]. Now I need another day to get the rest of it sewn together, but I don't have a day off till friday:( Also, in the works is my daughter's Wonky Star Quilt. So far, I have 16 blocks for her quilt from the other members of The Rosey Little Bee and a few I made. Since this isn't enough to make her a full size quilt I've sent out the same request to the members of The Scraptastic Bee. Hopefully, between the 2 bee's I'll have more then enough blocks to make her quilt.

So, now I'm off to get ready for work, since I close tonight.

Till next time....

Susan

Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone had a Wonderful Thanksgiving! We did! I've fallen a bit behind on my blogging...that's life in retail, especially at this time of year. SO, this post is a catch up on all the stitchy goodness I've been up to since my last post. This string block is for Lynz-Scraptastic Bee[Nov]. She sent some scraps from Breakfast at Tiffany's and some Moda bella grey for us to use. I only added a bit of fabric here and there.

This is a photo of my finished Circle Quilt in Fall colors. I gifted this to a pen pal who I finally met after 15 plus years, in Oct. She and her husband were visiting the DC and Baltimore area, so we were able to get together several times. We share a love of crafting and always give each other handmade gifts..this was an early Christmas present.

These 2 photo's are of Shari's Union Jack Blocks-Oct Coast to Coast Bee . She supplied the fabric and asked us to make 2 blocks. These are paper pieced and I was surprised how well mine turned out since this was a new block for me.

These 2 Halloween blocks were for Tami-Oct Scraptastic Bee. She sent a focus fabric[the spider web with eyes] and asked us to make whatever type of block we wanted. She plans to use these blocks to make her Halloween loving daughter a quilt.

So, that's what I've been up to lately. I know I've got more photo's of bee blocks to share, but my camera battery has just gone dead, so will save them till the next time.

On the home front the kids are doing well. My Daughter has adjusted to living at College and is enjoying that. Plus, she's doing extremely well in her classes. We are very happy and proud of her. She's planning a trip to New Orleans for Spring Break with some Professors and students to help rebuild for Habitat for Humanity.

I have joined couple more bees that start in Jan. I had so much fun with this first batch and since most of them end in Dec., I wanted to make sure I keep the fun coming:) I've also signed up for a Charity Bee-do.Good Stitches I'll be responsible for making 2 blocks a month for our group-Comfort-benefiting Christian Ministries through our Local Churches . Our quilter of the month will then put the quilt together/quilt it and send it off to our charity.

So, that's what I've been up to lately. Till next time....

Susan