The fat quarters and creativity cards go to Nancy Sue. |
Debbie won the green batiks and owl fabric. |
Gwen won the pink strata. |
Salem Momma won the turquoise strata. |
Lisa Cox won the purple strata. |
Enjoy!
Mary-Frances
The fat quarters and creativity cards go to Nancy Sue. |
Debbie won the green batiks and owl fabric. |
Gwen won the pink strata. |
Salem Momma won the turquoise strata. |
Lisa Cox won the purple strata. |
I'm still working on mine with only one half of the stocking finished... |
Here's a look at my quilting - I'm just doing a little outline quilting with the darning foot. |
Our first block of the year was big and bold with an awesome slash of red to tie it all together. |
For February's block, we were asked to make a block using no more than five large pieces of fabric from our scraps. |
March brought a request for scrappy neutral blocks. |
April was my month and I asked everyone to make a 6.5 inch red block with a slash of white. |
The request for May was truly unique...a green "field" with a "lake" .... |
The fabric cut from the scrappy green block then became an "island" on a blue fabric background. |
In June we were asked to make leaves...any kind and any size. |
In July we could choose our favourite colour and make a block and then make a same sized block using neutral fabric.. |
Place one block on top of the other, make two random cuts, switch the two middle pieces of fabric, sew...and voila! Two blocks. |
August brought a request for appliqued hearts. |
October's block was a modern take on a Grandmother's Fan block. |
November saw us seeing stars...any size, shape and colour as long as it was on a white or black background. This was a perfect opportunity to try out a LeMoyne star and work on those y-seams! |
This is the last block of the year...a much brighter star using red, yellow and of course some made fabric. |
Here is the block Alexis requested for her quilt. |
She asked that we begin with a 6.5 inch block of made fabric...I used larger pieces of scraps this time but it still works I think. |
Here are all the other elements to the star - twelve 2.5 inch hst blocks, 4 corner blocks and two rectangles to go on the sides. Here's the link to Alexis' instructions if you want to try this out yourself - December scrap-bee block. |
Trimmed the center square and am ready to put it all together. |
All done! |
six pieces of the the pinks, |
six pieces of the turquoise, |
six pieces of the purples, and |
four pieces of the greens, and some of the owl batik as well. |
Here's a few close-ups of my fabric as a few of you have requested. |
This is the inner portion of the triangle. |
The two top strips of fabric are more turquoise than they appear in the photo, this is the top portion of the outside strata. |
The is the bottom portion of the outer strata. My favourite fabric in this section is the spider web fabric under the dotted fabric. |
This peaceful scene got me thinking of all the things I am grateful for. |
Decorations on houses, lights on trees, how fortunate I am to have a roof over my head, food in the pantry and people to share it with. |
The peacefulness of solitude, taking time to think, meditate, pray...call it what you will, time to recharge and reconnect with your creative self. |
The unexpected gift from a quilting friend, the lightness of laughter, the sharing of sorrows, knowing you are not alone. |
I've almost finished each quarter, just have to sew on the long turquoise strata above the triangle. Then comes the fun part, sewing the large pieces together and hoping all the seams match! |
Here's a closer look at my center fabric. I thought it would be fun to have the owls sitting right in the middle of it all. |
I decided to try something different for me and didn't add binding to this project. I sewed a zigzag stitch over the edge instead. |
Here's a closeup of one of the blocks, before quilting. |
I'll deconstruct it for you, so you can see how many layers there really are per flower. |
Naturally, you can add or take away as many as you like. |
That's part of the fun, getting to play. |