Summer bee blocks

One of the best things about the online quilting world is participating in quilting bees. Often times you get to work with fabrics that you haven't used before and make blocks that you might not have originally given a second chance.

Anywho, here is a round up of recent blocks I've made:

do.good.stitches 

For August, Kelly, who blogs over at Thinking Out Loud, requested these adorable wonky butterfly blocks in bright summery colors. They were a breeze to make and I think they will make a quilt that is sure to bring joy to a child in need.

Then, way back in July (eep) Thea asked for blocks featuring half square triangles. I really liked the idea that she had to make 2 different quilts - one for a boy and one for a girl. The colors she chose are also are fresh and modern. I love Thea's design sense. Anyway, here are the 2 blocks I made:

Quilts for Cancer Bee

Denise asked for Improv Chevron blocks inspired by Red Pepper Quilts. At first I found this block a bit difficult, although that could be because I didn't have a lot of giant scraps to use. Anyway, I think the blocks turned out beautiful and I can't wait to see what the quilt looks like when it is finished. I highly recommend everyone try the tutorial, which is found here.

The post in which I say I'm not dead but I do have good news for one lucky reader

Don't worry I'm not dead! I sincerely apologize for my significant lack of posting for the past few months. Life has been rather hectic (insert excuse here) and my quilting had to take a back seat to other things. But luckily life has slowed down (or rather we've settled into a new routine) so I can now focus on my favorite things like quilting again. Yay. So expect a bunch of new posts in the future...including some tutorials, giveaways, and a reveal of my new sewing room.

Also my sister in law is getting married in October (yay) the same weekend as sewing summit. Since I don't happen to own a time turning device which will allow me to be in two places at once, I must choose which life altering event to attend. While this is somewhat saddening to me (I really really want to go to sewing summit), it's good news for you because it means I have an extra sewing summit ticket that I'm willing to sell to one of my awesome readers. So please email me if you are interested in attending so I can transfer my ticket to you.

Sewing Summit will be tons of fun and you know that you want to go. And take lots of pictures and maybe share some of your cool swag with me. =)

Blogger's Quilt Festival: Purple and Gray Quilt

Welcome to one of my favorite times of the year in the blogging world - the blogger's quilt festival! If you are new to my blog, please take a minute to look around and thank you so much for stopping by. And if you're not new, thanks so much for visiting again.


Anyway here is what I affectionately call the Purple and Gray Quilt (creative name, I know).

I made this quilt to celebrate the birth of my friend's adorable baby girl in the spring of 2011. My friend is a designer so I thought that a graphic quilt would be perfect. I love the black and white fabrics with just a pop of color. My favorite part of this quilt is the back and the binding. At this time a lot of people must have had a similar idea because I saw lots of quilts popping up on the internet with a similar design...I guess great minds think alike!

Anyway, this is one of my favorite quilts - I love the color combo with the plum and the shades of gray.

Back of the quilt

Front of the quilt

Quilt blowing in the wind

Thanks again for stopping by -- if you have a chance be sure to check out the other entires here!

Calm before the storm

Life sure is busy and hectic around here. 

I am juggling quite a few design projects (quilting and otherwise) and deadlines. My lovely husband is currently studying for a Neuro test he has at 8 am tomorrow and then getting ready to go into full on study mode for his medical boards as "crunch" month starts next week. 

So before he has to go into hiding and I become a single woman (seriously, he will be studying for 12+ hours a day, 7 days a week for the next 5 weeks) we have decided to turn off our iphones, ipads, MacBooks, ipods, and whatever other apple device I am missing from the list for the weekend and go spend some time together away from it all. 

And hopefully while we are hiking and eating s'mores and watching avengers in 3D (I can't help it, I really like movies...so I can't ban all technology) this weekend I will be hit by some inspiration for one of my design projects. Because I desperately need it.

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