Blogging Universe

I am also involved in the solids exchange group using the Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe book through That Patchwork Place.

I created the Scattered block designed by Allison Harris from the book.

I presented in August and I requested Lanterns in the City designed by Audrie Bidwell.  I do not see that I took a pictures of the blocks as I created as my sample block.  I guess I will have to post a photo after this Saturday when I get my blocks back along with the blocks that have been created for me.

Modern Blocks

The modern block exchange group through Four Winds Quilting uses the Modern Blocks book compiled by Susanne Woods.  Following are the blocks that have been requested the past few months.

A variation on the Just Jack block.  The requester did not love the instructions in the book so she wrote her own instructions.  They were great instructions so we did not have any trouble creating her block.

Meagan's Star for Lynne B.:

Checkered Fields for Jeanne B.:

On the Plus Side:

Pixel Peaks:

On the Fence for Cheryl W.:

There was to be a "modern" quilt show hosted by Nancy Sasse at Four Winds Quilting the first weekend in November.  Right now, the venue is in question.  Hopefully Nancy will be able to get into contact with the church where the quilt show is to take place and the quilt show will still be able to take place.

On the Fence

It was my turn to present to receive blocks for the Easy Cheesies group in August.  I opted to present On the Fence from the Modern Blocks book compiled by Susanne Woods.  On the Fence is designed by Weeks Ringle & Bill Kerr.

I requested orange somewhere in the block.  The orange did not even have to be the primary color in the fabric; just some orange somewhere.

These are the sample blocks I created in demonstration of my block request:

I will receive blocks back from the members of the modern block exchange group through Four Winds Quilting the third Saturday of September.

Keegan's Ghosts

Brooke A. gave fabric to Keegan.  She told me when she gave it to me that it was only for kids; I could not use the fabric for any of my projects.

I set up a sewing area for Keegan in the guest bedroom.  He loved it.  He didn't understand the quiltmaking steps so he did the quilting first.  I think Keegan found that using the Gammill quilting machine is easier than using the sewing machine.  Keegan quilted his item.  Then he appliqued "ghosts" on his piece.  Then I helped with binding but I made him topsew the binding onto his piece.

The pink in the upper left hand corner is the ghost tree.  If you shake the ghost tree, the ghosts fall out.  The ghosts are the other small pink pieces that are appliqued onto the green background.

I tried to have Keegan write his name and date on the back of his piece so that he would know when he made his creation.  He was having a hard time with the marker so I wrote it in smaller text on the back.  He will still have a reference, it will just not be in his hand this time.

YVQG Block Exchange

I did get some block for the Yellowstone Valley Quilt Guild completed.

A nine patch for Mary Kay G.:

Broken Glass from Cozy Modern Quilts by Kim Schafer for Janie B.:

Rogue River Log Cabin by Judy Martin for Nancy A.:

I only got the easiest blocks completed this month.  I have instructions for other blocks but it seemed I was behind on all of my quilting projects so I had to just select the easiest to complete.

QBA Row by Row

For the Quilt By Association Row by Row for August, I tried to do some embroidery as suggested in the 120 Original Embroidery Designs book by Yoko Saito.  I did not get organized soon enough and I had to take the project back to work on an additional week.  That is not how Row by Row is supposed to work but the lady that I was to exchange with was not at the meeting.  I was able to get the row to her at a different meeting the following week.  I must say that I lucked out.

Paula C. asked us to join the rows together.  Her intent is that she will have a completed quilt top when she receives her rows back.  Here is what her quilt is looking like when I returned it:

I did the bottom row of 2 inch square together to represent a season.  I tried to make the end (winter) more blue but I don't know that it worked out too well.

Embroidered Square Wave:

Embroidered Chamomile:

 Threaded Running Stitch:

Embroidered Small Stars:

I did have fun doing the embroidery on this project.  It may have been doing too much work for an exchange though.  But I used it as a jumping off point for another project (WAV analogous colors challenge) so that is always good.  Must keep learning and growing!

Orphan Block - #28 August

The activity for the September meeting of the Quilt By Association guild was an orphan block exchange.  We exchanged orphan blocks in August.  By the September meeting, we were to have completed something using the orphan block we received.  Then we were entered into a drawing to win one of two $25 gift certificates to the quilt shop of our choice.

I provided the following blocks to the exchange:

The bee was one of the leftover bees from the round robin exchange I turned in last month.

The black, white, and pink block is a block I created in a piping class at Big Sky Quilt Retreat in 2013.  It was the Piping Hot Curves - Macaroni by Susan K. Cleveland.  The class was awesome but I decided that I was not going to pursue piping at this time.

 I received a Christmas block that ended up in the center of a wall hanging I created.

As I was considering what to do with the orphan block I received, I was also working on a community quilts project.  I went through the fabric I had received from Iretta Hanson.  She happened to have the same Christmas plaid that was in my received orphan block.  I laughed and then used the fabric right up!

Small Block

For the Yellowstone Valley Quilt Guild Round Robin, I selected a block from the New Classic Patch Work book by Yoko Saito.  Before I used the actual fabric for the Round Robin, I created a sample block.  I had to make sure I got the measurements correct and see if the block was going to be too challenging.

When I was finished with my sample block, I did not have any plan of what to do with the block.  I was just going to put it in the pile of fabric to be used on the back of something someday.  Keegan said he wanted the block so I sewed a back on it with batting and turned it.  I did very basic topstitching with a zig zag as the quilting.  Nothing special but Keegan likes it.

The final product is about 3 inches square.

Friendship Block Exchange

I am participating the Friendship Block Exchange again this year.  This year, we have 20 participants.  I created the following blocks from which people to select their block:

Sue Hanson at Trackside Quilting selected the fabric we were to use somewhere in our block this time.  It is the blue leaf/tropical batik.  I used it as one of my one and a half inch horizontal lines in the center of the block.

We could select any block we wanted to create.  I used the Rectangle Window block from the New Classic Patch Work book by Yoko Saito.  The blocks in the book are about three and one quarter unfinished so I had to modify the pattern to get the unfinished size to twelve and a half inches.

I get to select the batik for the next round of Friendship Block Exchange.  My initial thought is an orange solid batik.  We are having the exchange party this Saturday so I suspect my selection may become modified when I hear the other member's opinions.