great minds think alike...

I was so excited to use the fabric from Lynn. this was my first block:

but there was so much fabric and i was enjoying it so much.... that i made a second block:

this one started off with 4 columns of "stacked coins" but i was running short on the brown border material, and i liked the squareness of just doing 3 columns, so i changed my design. After I was all done, I saw Jacquie's stacked coins as her second block! I think that the number and the size of the fabrics that Lynn sent lent themselves to this type of block very well. and I've always wanted to do a stacked coins quilt and this is my first. thanks for such inspiring fabric and creative freedom to explore, Lynn!

one more for lynn

I already had some strips cut for another idea i didn't use, and i didn't want to waste any of this gorgeous fabric so another mini for a block. I wanted to use that linen too. I still had fabric to send back. When I love fabric, it's hard to stop sewing. Thanks Lynn, it was a blast!

Two Blocks for Jacquie

Jacquie's block assignment was exactly why I wanted to participate in a quilting bee in the first place. It totally pushed me out out of my comfort zone and to be honest, making a block that an 18 year old guy would like really scared me. I ended up doing a couple of google image searches for minimalist and modern and saw a lot of great architectural inspiration. I hope I got it right. There was also enough fabric for me to make two blocks instead of one.



I hope you both like them!

mini quilt for lynn

I loved Lynn's idea of a mini quilt in a block, so I did a mini whirlygiggle. I probably could have gone a bit smaller with the template, but I like how it turned out. I decided not to use a background fabric, but to use all the prints since there was a nice mix of lights, mediums and darks.
I really like how the whirlygiggles spin of the edge of the block. I hope you like it too, Lynn. I have gobs of fabric left...do you want another block?

Lynn's Orange-y Lecien Anything Goes Quilt

Wow, I need to come up with a better name for this quilt. Since Rebekah has already received her fabric, I thought I would make my post.

I saw this fabric, and LOVED it. It's one of those that I love so much that I didn't want to cut it. So I decided it would be perfect for the quilting bee!

I went ahead and bought the fabric, along with a few coordinating prints from etsy. I paired them with fabrics in similar colors, mostly from Sew Mama Sew. Most of the solids are amy butler solids, and I believe the linen is essex cotton/linen blend. I tried to note all the fabrics in the flickr photo.

Now, I bought the fabric a few months ago now, and cut it up then too. In retrospect, I probably should have split up the fabrics a bit differently. Everyone gets a piece of every fabric. Some pieces are fat, some are long.

Now for the fun part. I have been debating what to ask all you fabulous, talented ladies what to make for me, and I've decided that a free-for-all would be great. Anything you want. All I ask is that there are no raw edges as this quilt will be used and loved quite a bit.

I've put together a flickr mosaic, but I really love everything. I like traditional blocks, modern blocks, curved, wonky, applique, nature-inspired, free-pieced, pinwheels, triangles, etc. I've noticed that recently I've been attracted to blocks that are mini quilts in themselves (like the zig zag block and the hexagons) and the texture quilts.

As for size and shape, anything goes. I will get them all to fit in the quilt somehow, and I kind of like the idea of a haphazard quilt. Oh! And if you love the fabrics, by all means keep the extras. But otherwise, please send it back, as I want to make a scrappy binding and possibly a panel for the back. And let me know if you need more.

Have fun, can't wait to see what you make!!

2 More Blocks for Jacquie

Here are my blocks for Jacquie. It was hard to do something masculine, minimal, and non-quilt-block-like.

I hope you like them Jacquie! The first one I cut down to size, but the second one I left longer. Hopefully you have a 15.5x15.5 inch ruler so you can be more accurate than I am!

Quilt block for Oiyi

It took me a while to get my pictures up on the CT blog -- sorry for the delay! Valentine's day is fun -- I can't wait to see what the final quilt looks like!

For common threads -- a valentine's theme. It took me a while to figure out how to do the hearts, but I like them!