Friday Sewing

I decided to work on some of my Moda Modern Building Blocks today. It is very gloomy here and  the picture colors are off.

I had a stack of fabric sitting out for something else and found these fabrics stacked on top of each other. I decided I liked them together very much.

This is one of my all time favorite fabrics, I would buy a bolt of it if I could find it. Notice how in this picture the lines are blue(the true color) and in the above picture they look pink.....

I started in on some of the 6" blocks, they remind me of the Farmer's Wife..... that I need to get back to...

I love pink and gray together.

I veered off from the color palette on the pattern with this one. While I do like yellow and gray together, it didn't work in this quilt. So I went ahead and changed it.

Once again the color is very bad, between the gloominess and the flash. In real life they look pretty good together. I am not sure about all the pink on the right. I will wait to see how it looks with the other blocks that go on top of it.
Thank you for all the get well wishes. I am better today but still feeling tired and grumpy!

Kelly

Moda Building Blocks

Today was a busy day with not a lot of time to sew. I decided to see if I could knock out one or two of the Modern Building Blocks,

This went together pretty quickly. I am enjoying working with these traditional blocks.

Isn't this background a nice print? It could be Christmas or not, very versatile. I can't believe the shot I took had a perfect point involved (right hand side). That almost never happens!

Part of the fun of these blocks is picking out the fabric. This was how I thought it was going together.

I moved the gingham to the middle, I like it better in that position.

Now I need to clean up! I made some more of the fast nine patches using  Barb's tutorial. I decided to try and remember to cut out 4 1/2 squares every time I cut fabric so they are ready to go and for even more nine patches. I may end up with enough for a king size quilt....

I found this the other day at Barnes & Noble. I just had to get it. I am thinking of putting some recipes in it.
I forgot to take a picture of the finished Dolly Quilt. I will post it tomorrow.

Kelly

More Moda Blocks

A few people wanted to see the layout of the quilt. I am already moving on to another project. This will be one I will come back to here and there.

So here is the third block. I am not so sure about that background fabric.....

Here are the first three together. I need to make some more to see if I like them together or not.
I have a stomach bug and haven't been feeling too good the past couple of days. So maybe that is influencing my colors choices????

Don't forget about the GIVEAWAY I will be pulling the name tomorrow. I am excited to make another one of these quilts for the winner. I happened to look at my stats the other day and I had over 15,000 hits last month! It's the readers that keep me sewing and blogging, you are very inspiring to me with your wonderful comments and feedback. Thank you very much!

Kelly

Wordless Wednesday

Moda Building Block #6

Kelly

Eat A Peach

Remember that album? How is it I can remember that was the name of the album by the Allman Brothers, but I can't remember what I did 2 days ago? We even looked it up and I was right, my husband was impressed.

Pies are not hard but are labor intensive, perfect for this weekend. I did learn a tip, put the peaches in boiling water for 1 minute and the skins slide right off, so worth the extra step!

My other tip, make the bottom crust a little bit longer than you think. When you make your edge, roll the bottom edge up and over to meet the top crust and it won't drip in the oven. Does that make sense? It was good.

I cut out 2 more blocks for the Moday Building Blocks. This is #6, I am not going in order. Even my phone coordinates!

Block #5. I am beginning to think I made the right decision to go with prints. It's not like I don't have any on hand, if you get what I mean!

Kelly

Gloomy Saturday

So this is the first block in the MODA Modern Building Blocks. It's huge! 36 x 36. I can't say I am in love with it but I will wait to see how it looks with the other blocks.

For most of the summer my front yard has looked like this.....pretty bad.

It's a swale that goes around the house to keep water from going into your basement. Depending on your yard, most people need this (and don't know it) and that is why they get water in the basement.

The big truck pulled up bright and early on Friday morning.

My husband and nephew, Macen spent the morning "carpeting" the hill. Instant gratification!

It looks so much better, but now the battle is keeping it watered so it doesn't die. Thank goodness it is overcast today with rain predicted for the next 2 days. I think we are the only ones hoping for that!
The dirt in front will be  new landscaping. I also want to replace the walkway and reconfigure it. So I guess we are putting the "labor" into Labor Day!

While they were laying sod, I was making pasta sauce with basil from my garden.....

and picking flowers. I love the combination of red and yellow!
Enjoy your weekend!

Kelly

All Over The Place

There are some days that I believe I need medication! I jump from project to project and can't seem to focus on just one thing.
I have decided to make the Moda Modern Building Blocks from prints in my stash. I am going to follow their colorway. There might be a solid or two if appropriate.

This is the first block and it is huge! 36 x 36. I had to re-evaluate my fabric choices because I didn't have enough fabric for some of the larger pieces. I may try and do 1 a week or maybe 2 of the smaller blocks.

Does anyone remember this quilt? It has been sitting around for a while. I have decided to use the Quilt As You Go method. This is either going to be a really good idea or a nightmare! It is queen size so it needs to be manageable.

I am doing various widths of straight line quilting. I am here to tell you it is so BORING! I had a hard time just finishing up one half of the first panel, there are 4 or 5.....goals will need to be set if I ever want to see this one completed.

Love all the green fabrics!

Kelly

Marketing Works On Me

Today I ran into my LQS, The Quilt Block to pick up one thing and came home with 6 things!

I saw these fabrics the other day and needed to run so I didn't have a chance to get them. They were on my mind all week long!
They are from a collection called Merry Stitches by BLEND. You could use them in a Christmas quilt but they would also work in a regular quilt.

I bought the embroidery needles now I got the regular sewing needles. Once again I love the packaging!

This was my original purchase. I ordered the pattern through the shop. The packaging is great. A fan deck that you can't lose. I am still trying to decide if I want to do it in solids, maybe even use my hand dyes or prints.
They still have some at the store if you are interested.

Tonight is book club. We will be discussing Sisterland. Has anyone read it?

Kelly