For the month of May, Kerry of Sweet Karabelle asked for mosaic blocks, featuring color blocks separated by strips of white. Oh, Fransson! has a great tutorial on how to do this. She sent some really beautiful fabrics, which makes it even more fun! :)
These blocks measure 9.5" square.
I chose to make mine wonky since I don't do that very often. It was a lot of fun!
This will be another amazing quilt! I hope you like them, Kerry!
I'm a little late with my April block, but better late than never, right? I hope Vicky agrees! ;) She had us make the most amazing block for her book quilt. I know I say it every month, but this one is going to be really beautiful! Here's my block...
She asked me to use four titles of craft books, and I got to choose one as well. I added one called Make a Monster.
And I stitched my own little monster to go along with the title.
I hope you have a great weekend! I decided to wash ALL the fabric I own, so I'll be ironing if you need me... all weekend long.
This month, Julie of Forest Poppy asked for blocks with a tree or leaf theme. She sent some really beautiful fabrics with bold colors and said that she was open to pretty much anything, including embroidery. As soon as I read that, the idea for my block popped into my head.
I love embroidery. I think that almost any picture can look beautiful when drawn with thread on fabric. I did most of it by hand. I decided that I wanted a very thin outline on my little fox and bird, so I used my machine and darning foot. I like the organic look of the stitches very much.
If you don't know much about embroidery, you should check out Doodle Stitching by Aimee Ray. That's what I did! :) If you don't want to get the book, she does have some tips on her blog. Or, there are about a million other videos and tutorials on the internet, so just do some digging.
Like I said before, I believe that almost any drawing looks beautiful when it's embroidered, but in case you'd like to use my drawing, I've posted it below. This is for personal use only. You should be able to click on it to enlarge it and then print or trace it from there.
This month is my month in the Fresh and Funky Bee! I made a few inspiration blocks, cut out a ton of fabric, and made the guy at the post office hate me.
No, not really. I do think that he could see me and my 14 packages coming from a mile away, but he was very nice about it. The people in line behind me might not have been so happy. I tried not to look...
I can't wait to see what everyone does with the fabric I sent!
As it does from time to time, life happened, and sewing didn't. If you'd like to know more, here's what happened. If not, no worries. I'm doing well now, and I'm ready to get back to the total obsession pastime I enjoy so much! :)
November was Maria of Me and Ma's month, and she sent out some great fabric. She wanted Christmas blocks to make quilts for each of her kids. So sweet!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! Here's to 2011 and new beginnings!
Here are the blocks I made for Cat. She had us do some really fun blocks, and I got to work on my applique skills a little bit more!
She sent out fabrics to represent the four seasons, and I got summer (which I happen to love). She also asked that we use her owl print somewhere on each block, so I perched mine in the tree.
Since this block is all about summer, I figured I'd give her a few strawberries growing under the tree.
I also included a signature block that I forgot to photograph. Oops. I sent her some extra blocks for an earthquake quilt, as well. Cat is from New Zealand and is making quilts for children affected by the recent earthquakes there.
I finished my September blocks for our Fresh and Funky Bee today! They are spiderweb blocks (tutorial from Quilt It) in the most lovely colors for Crystal.
I had a lot of fun making the blocks, but I can't imagine the time it must take to make enough for a full quilt! It makes me tired just thinking about it...
This one is going to be a really beautiful quilt when she puts it all together, don't you think?
Yesterday, I returned my August block to Karen for our Fresh and Funky Quilting Bee. I really enjoyed the freedom in piecing this block. Thanks for a fun assignment, Karen!
I didn't have anything to mail my block in, so I decided to make a mailer myself. I traced a used mailer on card stock, cut out the pieces and stitched them together. Sounds good, right?
Then today, I thought about how great it would have looked with a little embellishment! Well, it's too late for my August block, but maybe you can make use of it!
I've finally finished and mailed my Fresh and Funky July blocks! These blocks are for Lynette of Lynette Russell Designs, and I can't wait to see the quilt she makes with all the fun blocks everyone has sent her! If you'd like to make your own house or people blocks, you can use the tutorial from Lynette or just wing it like I did. :)
The wind was blowing pretty hard (which is completely normal for southeastern New Mexico), so most of my pictures looked like this one...
I'm just glad I got a few pictures I could use! If you'd like to see blocks that the rest of the group made, visit our flickr group.
Then join the Fresh and Funky Quilting Bee over at Me and Ma and Forestpoppy like I did! We still need a few more participants in order to begin, and we want you to join! Head over there right now to read the rules and leave a comment to join! If I can do it, you can too!
