So, when Christina from our Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild offered up a lone block at one of the meetings last fall, I snapped it up. It is now ready to quilt up into a baby quilt, backed in some Denyse Schmidt. Quick and satisfying!
Showing posts with label Modern Quilt Guild. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Modern Quilt Guild. Show all posts
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Baby Swoon
I love all these Swoon blocks and quilts popping up everywhere. I have two Swoon quilts in the works, though progress is veeeery slooow. It is near impossible to string an hour of time together to lay out fabric and stay organized enough to get them sewn before I'm distracted by our hectic household.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Hello, Dolly!
I signed up for September's Doll Quilt Swap at our August Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild meeting.
After my first doll quilt fail (hello, seam allowances I forgot to add. That will teach me about midnight sewing, right? Right? Right??) I had to come up with a plan B. this idea banging around of a funky star quilt on a deep gray. So, I dug through the scrap bin a bit and here's Jeanie's doll quilt!
I quilted around the perimeter of the stars in progressively wider spacing using a pale gray thread. I love the look!
The back is a remnant from I don't know where, but the color is tremendous, and it just feels so good to "shop" my stash.
The binding is some of Cosmo Cricket's Taylor Made. Again, perfect color and loads of personality.
I love stars.
After my first doll quilt fail (hello, seam allowances I forgot to add. That will teach me about midnight sewing, right? Right? Right??) I had to come up with a plan B. this idea banging around of a funky star quilt on a deep gray. So, I dug through the scrap bin a bit and here's Jeanie's doll quilt!
I quilted around the perimeter of the stars in progressively wider spacing using a pale gray thread. I love the look!
The back is a remnant from I don't know where, but the color is tremendous, and it just feels so good to "shop" my stash.
The binding is some of Cosmo Cricket's Taylor Made. Again, perfect color and loads of personality.
I love stars.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Habitat Challenge
I have been working on the Jay McCarroll’s Habitat Challenge (just in time for the start of season 9 of Project Runway!) along with several members of our Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild. We each got a little bag with some dilectible fat eighths, and decided to make it a sewist’s choice. We can only suppliment with additional yardage of the line or with solids. I decided I was going to push myself to “use what I have,” so solids it is! I am also wanting to use up ALL the fabric as part of my personal challenge.
And here’s what things look like now... taken late at light (my only sewing time) with my phone camera, but you get the idea. Hopefully.
Check back soon to see what it turns into. It’s due August 10th, so it won’t be long!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)