Guild Blocks

Four little blocks for the Leduc Guild Shoe box Exchange. I got these done last week just before our monthly meeting. I almost forgot to get them done. Good thing they were pretty simple blocks to do. I think they took my 1 hour. The Shaggy black KFC fabric was to be used and they we were to add one print to the blocks. We started by cutting a 10" square of the 2 fabrics. It then gave us 2 blocks. I used my KFC Fabrics. I got them handed in and took another shoe box to work on. 

Also the Leduc guild has been working on these blocks for a raffle quilt. They are taking sometime to do. There is still another step to do. It is a mitered log cabin that you do not do the normal log cabin building. Two red strip sets will be sewn together to make 2 triangles. There was a shortage of red blocks done so I brought home some red, added to the red strings and got 6 done. 

One green block done and was used as a demo block at the guild meeting. I did not make this block, not sure who did. But it gives you the idea of what we are doing. 

What have I worked on?

Yesterday I was teaching Many Trips Around the world.  I few of my dog agility friends wanted to learn to quilt. So I had a class for them. This is the newer set of blocks I got done to show how we could change the setting. This is the start to the next quilt on the design wall. 

Look at all the fun fabric in this quilt. Yes a real mix of nice fabrics. Batik, Tula and KFC. 

The week before, on Saturday, I was teaching scrap quilts. The Battle River Quilt Guild had me out to teach. They have been quilting for years and have many scraps to use up. My quilt Bounce Ball was the main class sample and the units we were making could be used to make the ball or the Friendship star. I kind of laughed as we could call this star block - Crumby Friendship Star. 

Here is bounce ball on the agility equipment and the ribbon it got a few years ago. 

New Blocks and Fabric

So just a quick fast post. I got some new fabric on sale from A Quilter's Home, a local Mail order quilt shop. The large pink print I got enough to use it on the back of my Red/Pink Many Trips Around the World Quilt. Getting it on sale is a bonus. 

Next up are some more blocks at be used in a another Many Trips Around the World quilt. If I am going to teach this class again, it is extra nice to have a set of blocks to play with in class. So this is the start of the next set of Blocks. I have all kinds of scrappy 2 1/2" strips to use for this quilt. 

This is a block for our Pizza Box exchange. I needed to get one more block done for one of the boxes. We should be done soon, not sure where we are at. I forgot to ask at guild meeting last night. The blocks for this box were so nice, it will be a pretty quilt. 

Scrappy Trips Around the World

I got to teach this past week. A good friend of mine offered her home and knew some relatives of her would come for a quilt class. So her sister, mom and aunt, along with 2 friends all came. When we had more room we opened it up and a couple of my friends came too. 

She cooked a nice lunch and had scones for snack time. 

I have used these blocks to show them how you can change the pattern. I flipped and moved blocks around. Great fun. Now the blocks show 2 trips on the left and the zig zag pattern in the middle to the right. Cool!

So class finished up late on Saturday. Sunday I wanted to sew for myself. I thought it would be good to sew my blocks together. I was slow and got started and still have more to do. 

So I hope I can show off my finished quilt top soon. 

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Honey Comb Quilt

The Honey Comb Quilt top is done! I finished it up at Retreat this past month. I got my hubby to help and get a quick outdoor photo. We have wind so this is a good as it got today. At least the colour shows off best in the outdoor light. 

Wind. 

I am very happy with how it has turned out. I started it with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2017 about this time last year. We were to dig in our scraps that were multi coloured or dark. Well I had a few scraps to work on. I sort scraps by colour and many of these prints did not fit in to a colour box. 

I will add this post to Soscrappy on Saturday when she puts up her link page to Scrap Saturday and the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

The indoor photo at retreat, late at night after everyone else is gone to bed. Retreat was Great! 

I also got a NCW done. What? NCW Necessary Clutch Wallet. I made this one with gold Vinyl and the KFC prints.   I was given a large box of vinyl and just had to make something with it. Now on to other vinyl colours. 

Inside there is some hand dyed gold and pink fabrics. 2 zippers and pink card slots. So happy with this wallet. 

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One of our guild members is moving and had a Garage sale today. I had to go. I got 2 books for $5 each. Then a large scrap bag behind the books. I also found her batiks she was selling. good deals and I did not go crazy. I also got some free fabrics to make some dog beds and stuffing to put in them. I guess I need to make some more beds. 

Bionic MoJo Bags

Happy Valentines week!  

I finished this cute bag up in time to give to an Agility friend.

 Can you guess her favorite Breed of Dog? 

Dalmatian of course. 

We had lunch together on Wednesday, so I also put a little tin of homemade Chocolate Fudge inside for her. 

I think the zipper tab on the end looks like her male, Merlin. 

This zipper end looks a little like her young female, Joya. 

I had Dalmatian spots for the inside of the bag. It was just prefect. 

This Mojo Bag uses a Kaffe Fassett collection fabric by Phillip Jacob. I love these large flowers print in the right place. This bag a taller then the others I have made. I will be keeping this bag for myself. Just not sure if I will use it in the sewing room or maybe in my bathroom. I could use a new travel bag. 

Both these bags have a small metal frame inside. They keep their shape nicely and open up and stay open when the zipper is fully opened. I added a inside zipper pocket to this one. 

If you want to learn more about the Bionic MoJo bags you can go check out Sew Like a Rock Star. You can be a free member to see a few free videos she has. Or join and buy a pattern or a membership. I bought a membership for the year and also bought the Bionic Gear Bag pattern and hope to work on another one this weekend. I have the fabric picked out. 

I got a gift this past week. My other agility friend has taken up more sewing and quilting. She made me a Ice-cream Sunday pincushion. The bottom of the bowl can store you thimble and thread too. So cute. Thanks

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Bad to the Bone

Bad to the Bone is done. I started to call this project Bad to the Bone right from the start. I was so bad to start a new project and buy an arm load of new fabric when I should not have. I had so many quilts on the go and so many that needed to to be finished and now I was starting something new. 

Then I was bad, I got the top done quickly but did not quilt it for years. Extra bad. 

Outside snow shots are so much fun to do. Maybe a bit cold to do but fun to look back at all the blue white snow and my bright quilts. 

I was so unsure of how I was going to quilt this quilt. It sat for a long time, a finished top but not done. I was very pleased with how the quilting worked out. On the dark stings I did straight lines not measured out so fine but not evenly spaced. Then on the light coloured stings I did curvy shapes and every diamond is different, so lots of different quilting. 

Here the quilt is hanging at the Leduc quilt show back in Oct. Yes it has been done for a few months. I was not blogging much at the time because I was so busy quilting. I had my nose in the fabric and not in the computer. 

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Christmas Gifts

I did a tuffet for my sister in law for Christmas. She does not have much colour in her house so I gave it a zap of brightness. I think she liked it. 

I used the Pinks I had from the Kaffe Fassett collection. 

Next I got working on some zipper bags. This one with the stamp fabric was for my dad. I put his main gift inside the bag. I gave him some Iphone cords and a jack for his new ride. We call it the Big Orange because it is Orange and has a lift kit and large tires and makes lots of noise. Old guy are still just boys at heart. He has fun with it. 

This one was for my brother's boy. He likes Star Wars. I had some money in it for him. 

I gave this one for my mom. I had a little spoon and spread knife in it for her. I had to make her one if my dad was getting one. 

It had a pocket in it. I made the pocket just perfect, I might have to ask for it back so I know what I did right. 

I also made the one on the left for me. These two kind of go together well. 

All Together. The pattern for these bags came from Sew Like a Rock Star. It is called the Bionic Essentials Bag. I signed up for the level 2 member. You can buy the pattern for $9 US if that is all you want. I also bought the pattern for the Bionic Gear Bag. Maybe by next week I can be done that to show off.  

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For my brother's family I made Pillow cases. 2 are Star Wars and the one on the far left is Star Trek. My brother is the Star Trek fan.

Fancy Forest Friends

My critters are all done! Last year 2016 I saw this quilt at one of the shops. I loved the pattern. It is by Elisabeth Hartman, you can get your own copy of the pattern with the link. 

I got the quilt finished in time to put it in the Leduc quilt show but had not taken the time to get my nice outdoor shots. This week we have had warmer weather and nice clean snow. So I got the hang it on the fence this week. 

I love all the colours. I used mainly the Kaffe Fassett collection and then some light hand dyed fabrics by me. I love how they play well together. The background fabric is a linen type cotton, so it is a little heaver then quilting cotton. 

I know some of the royal blue blends but I think the background is grey enough for the blue to show. 

I quilted it with a free motion wood grain that I just did. I got better the more I did. 

Snow photos 

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