No, you're right, I am an...

Ok, I won't foul this place up with my dirty mouth. And yes, you can all feel free to call me what ever you deem fit, you'll be right. I am the worst quilter bee ever and I sincerely apologize for my tardiness.
But! There is good news. As some of you hopefully know by now I knocked out a huge chunk of blocks recently, most of which were sent a couple of weeks ago. So, roll call:
Carissa,
Amber,
Nadia,

Oiyi,Jenny,
and Jacquie.
And no Betty, I haven't forgotten about you but...MAN your block jams me up! I have a treehouse block block. But I am trying to push through it! I know it is unpardonably late and I am so so sorry for that. I hope I can make it super awesome to make up for it. And if not super awesome, at least finished and in the mail.

Jenny's Blocks

Here you go, Jenny. I had extra fabric and tried to make two blocks.This block has just a little bit of wonkiness. It didn't exactly turn out the way I had imagined in my head, but it's pretty close.This one was a total experiment. I had some ideas I wanted to play around with, but I ran out of fabric.As you can see, the second block is smaller. I sent it along anyways, in case you want to use it. I hope you like it, Jenny.

another block for jenny

i finished jenny's block today. i loved working with these fabrics. i think i've decided that (at least for me) the secret to sucessful "wonky blocks" is to cut the pieces freehand with scissors instead of trying to use a rotary cutter and straightedge ruler. are there really two ways to do log cabin blocks, or is this something different? aren't log cabins more like a spiral? instead of this which is more like concentric squares? i was actually inspired to go back and really look at some older DS quilt designs (especially her "drunk love in a log cabin" design) and study how she built blocks--what made them uniquely her style--and i'm pretty happy with how this one turned out. especially the mix of skinny and fat lines. thanks for these simple fabrics that allow the piecing to stand out!

Jenny's stripey block

I love the fabric that Jenny sent out for this month. The bi-colored striped fabrics were my favorite, so I tried to make a log cabin block that was stripey with patchwork.

Monster Catch Up!

Ok I am finally caught up! I have blocks for Carissa, Amber, Nadia, Oiyi and Jenny! Sorry for the delay. They'll be in the mail tomorrow, I promise!

For Carissa's car quilt I made a road (with crosswalks) and an intersection:




For Amber, two log cabins (LOVE the fabric, by the way).




For Nadia, I couldn't quite make it to the 15x15 inch size. It's about 13 inches square, but I felt like if I added anything it would take away from the block. The embroidery was fun too:




For Oiyi (and little Melody) I made a patchwork heart block complete with a couple log cabins. I took apart and sewed back together this block SO many times, but I like how it finally turned out:


And last but not least, Jenny's block. I was planning on using the block from Denyse Schimdt's apron in her book, but I couldn't find my book! This one was free pieced. Fun, and I really like how it turned out. The colors are not sad at all. In fact, for my month I think I'm going to do another gray and orange quilt...


Thank you all for being so patient with me!

Improv

I just have to say I love the fabrics Jenny sent for January.

I don't think they are "sad" at all - calming and soothing is more like it.

I loved the color pallette and so I got right into sewing.

I made two since she sent so much fabric - hope that's ok!