Saturday Block Bonanza

Well, it is Saturday, and I made some blocks, the bonanza is just to give the title a little pizazz.

I somehow seem to have signed up for a bunch of QALs of the past couple of weeks (see, my right side bar is getting so full!), and today I have a couple of blocks to share.
I like the idea of the easy pace of QALs and BOMs. It's easy to get bored sometimes, doing the same thing over and over and with these, you do one or two, then you're done for a few weeks, so it breaks up the monotony, and provides a chance to play with many of my fabrics all at one time.
This block is my first block for the The Great Granny Along. This is a QAL that is using a super-sized granny square block that finishes at 12.5 inches.

I used Bonnie & Camille's new line, Marmalade and Kona Snow for my first block. I think I'm going to make the whole quilt a B&C quilt using Ruby, Vintage Modern and now Marmalade.

On tomorrow's Sunday Stash I'll be showing the rest of the Marmalade fabrics I received.
My next block is the 2nd installment from the Fat Quarter Clubs 2012 Mystery BOM. This one is called Mint Julep and was designed by Lisa Bongean. It was made with Vintage Modern and came together very quickly.

My final block is for the BOM at In Color Order. I'm not totally happy with the fabrics I picked for this block. It's possible I may do a different composition at some point, but for now, here's July's block.

BOM Progress

I didn't do much sewing this weekend. I did promise myself that I had to at least make the 2 blocks for the Block of the Month programs I am in.


First up is the June block for the half square triangle BOM at In Color Order. Now that June's block is done, we are officially half way through this quilt. In keeping with my Denyse Schmidt fabric theme, I chose prints from Picnics and Fairgrounds, Sugar Creek and Aunt Edna.

And here's a picture of all of my blocks together. I had to use the couch as I don't have a section of wall that has sufficient light this time of evening.


My next block is for the Fat Quarter Shop 2012 Designer Mystery BOM. This BOM uses Vintage Modern by Bonnie and Camille for Moda. The first block is called Laundry Days and was designed by Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs.


As you can see from the picture, I used the leftover triangle scraps to sew up some little squares. I may try to incorporate these into the finished quilt when I'm done. I expect there will be more scraps like these as we progress.

May Bee Block

Here's my block for May's half square triangle block of the month over at In Color Order
This one is made using the new DS Quilts Meadowlark fabrics.

April HST BOM

The April block of the month for the In Color Order BOM was a pinwheel block. Having already made two pinwheel quilts I was pretty familiar with this block. Only this time, I made the blocks using the alternative HST method that was posted at the beginning of the year rather than the traditional method. Last month when I tried using the alternative method from memory, I ended up reverting to the traditional without even realizing it. This month I was on my toes and everything went off without a hitch. I really enjoy using the alternative method. Next pinwheel quilt, and there will be a next, I will use this method exclusively.
Anyway, here's my block. I've used DS Quilts Sugar Creek in Gingham Nut Cornflower and the same print in green. The other gingham prints are DS Quilts Picnic and Fairgrounds.
Oh, and this time my block measured 12.5" square exactly! Finally.

February Block for In Color Order BOM

Here's the block I've made for the In Color Order HST Block of the Month for February.

I'm continuing to use Denyse Schmidt prints for my blocks and will most likely end up having the whole quilt made up from her different lines.

Once again, despite all of my (so I thought) careful piecing, my block ended up at 12" rather than 12.5". At least I'm consistent!

I think I will eventually have to make 2 of each block, as I don't have much need for mini quilts. Throw sized would be nice.

In Color Order HST BOM January Block

This year I'm feeling a bit more adventurous with my sewing and in celebration of that I have joined In Color Order's Block of the Month quilt a-long.

Today I've completed January's block using prints from Denyse Schmidt's Daisy Mae line. And, as another departure from my norm, I've use a slate blue fabric as my background color instead of the same old same old white that I always go for. I found almost 10 yards of the slate blue fabric at the thrift store for under $5.00! What a bargain that was, and now I'm putting it to good use.

Still struggling with my seam allowance, so my block finishes up, after trimming, at 12" instead of the 12.5" it's supposed to be. :(