Building Blocks Quilt Along

I am doing the Building-Blocks-Quilt - with Leah Day this year.

I learn so much from her.


Here are the first 3 blocks:

Still need to work on my swirls.

Log Cabin for the Express Your Love Quilt

I have been working on the log cabin background for the  Express Your Love 2013 Quilt Along with Leah Day.

 There will be over 30 log cabins in the back ground of this quilt.  I think that it's going to look so much better.












This is all that I have done on my Express Your Love Quilt Along.. Now that I have more time, I'm gonna get back into my FMQ. 

It's Been awhile

It's been a month since I posted anything to my blog...Life happens... I still have been quilting, just not much time to post anything. One reason is that my computer crashed and had to get a new one.  Which I love this one.  Starting next week I will be working about 50 hours... which I am ready to go back to work, but that means not much time for quilting... but you know me I will find some way to get into my quilting room....

Here are some of what I worked on this month...
I was playing around with 1 1/2 inch blocks... First picture is 100 blocks (left over) to go into bigger blocks

First one that I did...                                                                   Second little block

 Here are those two and one that I did with 2 inch blocks.

 

For our Modern Quilt Guild the challenge for February was to create something with a rainbow theme and from Pinterest  (my pinterest)

I went with the Easy Zig Zags, that I found on Pinterest. You need to check it out it was so cool and easy to do... I also did some crazy patching. Still working on the quilting part.

 

Front - I did some stitch in the ditch before marking.

Back



 

 

 

 

Here are some pictures of the marking that I did for some of the quilting.

I was also working on Hexagons... I completed 16

Here is my storage bin of 105 that I basted

 

I also did the blocks for the Row Along that I am doing with Bee In My Bonnet. 

But only got one picture of one of the blocks... Hoping that tonight or tomorrow that I will be able to get the row put together and show the entire row.

I'm gonna be doing a Tips and Technique on Thursday at my Guild meeting so I will do another post on that to show how to create a Hexagon out of a circle...

 

 

 

Skill Builder BOM - FMQ - Magnum and the Sound Wave

I worked on my Skill-Builder-Block-of-the-Month the FMQ.

Here is my practice sheets.  The Magnum and the Sound Wave. Still need a lot of practice.

 

Here is the quilting on the blocks. Can't really see it very well, but it was fun... If you look close you can see that I have hidden my threads yet.

  

Leah Day Free Motion Project 2013 - Free Motion Quilting Friday linkup

This will be my first week doing the Free Motion Quilting Friday linkup.  It started last Friday, but I didn't have time to get my linkup done.  So I will be starting this Friday. I still need a lot of practice. 

Here's what I have done on the "Express Your Love"
The Printing of the pattern is done.

The tracing is done and the words.

The Free Motion Echoing around the words.

 

Now also the Foundation Echoing around the earth.

 

I hope I can keep up with this every week.  I am really enjoying doing this weekly, Thanks Leah for all that you have been showing us and more to come.

My Quilting Resolutions / Goals for 2013

Hey everyone I bet you thought that I was already going to miss one of my resolutions.  Nope I am here today, maybe a little later than I wanted it to be. but I made it two days in a row... by I'm on a roll... lol....

Anyways, for my 2013 Quilting Resolutions / Goals.. I am putting goals there, because for some reason when I put Goals down I seem to get them done, rather than resolutions.

 

1)  Learn New Skills -Alyssa at Pile o' Fabric is doing a Skill Builder BOM.

The BOM will have a total of 20 blocks, 2 blocks per month.  On Thursday, January 17th, 2013 she will post the first lesson, each lesson will be posted on the the 3rd Thursday of the month.

Here are the techniques that she will be working through:

• Basic Patchwork Piecing
• Impro Piecing
• Strip Piecing
• Foundation Paper Piecing
• English Paper Piecing
• Curves Piecing
• Applique
• Pixel Piecing
• Log Cabin Piecing.

January through October she will be piecing all quilting the blocks. In November will be adding the borders and in December she will be piecing the blocks and borders together!

Go to Pile o' Fabric and see all the information.

 

2) Continue working on my FMQ (Free Motion Quilting) - Leah Day 

at  The Free Motion Quilting is doing "Express Your Love"

 Leah has a great video on what to look forward too. Check out her link above.

I have taken one of Leah's Craftsy class and she is a wonderful teacher.

I am looking forward to 2013 with her FMQ.

 

3) Social - I know you asking what??? What I mean for this is to be

more active in my Modern Quilting Guild

and start going to the different shows in the area, just mainly

get out of my comfort zone and go out and meet other quilters.

 

4) My Own Designs - This one is a big one for me....

I am wanting to work on some of my own designs and actual get it from the

computer and into a quilt.  I did do 2 in 2012 (last year) which I will post

pictures later.  I also want to start working on a quilt to

enter into a major show.

 

 

Ok those are my Resolutions/Goals for 2013. I don't think that

they are that bad to keep up with. It's just making sure that I do them...

Oh I almost forgot one... it could go under #3 Social, that is to at

least post something every day to my blog... it could be about anything.

 

I know that I actually typed a lot tonight.  Just wait till tomorrow,

I will have lots of pictures to post. 

I got 20 or more yards of fabric for Christmas that I washed, ironed,

folded and put away, but more about that tomorrow.

Have a great night until tomorrow.

Thanks

Free Motion Quilt Challenge for May 2012

Ok I believe that I have the ones that I want to post for the end of this challenge. It has been fun doing this.  I love stippling and this give me something new to try with it.  Thanks to SewCal and Leah Day.

FMQ May Challenge

This month for the FMQ is from Leah Day. Here are some of my first attempts.

Ok I know, I need to practice some more on these. Know I have the time where I can practice more.
I have also tried Leah Day's Pebbles in a Stream. Here's a picture of that.. I also need more work on these also...

Free motion quilting challenge

Ok here is my first attempt to this months challenge.