Category: Making

Caitlyn, quilts

Summer Journal: Hexies at Swimming Lessons

 

Caitlyn is kicking off her summer break with swimming lessons. For years, she insisted that she already knew how to swim. This spring, she admitted that she didn’t know really, but ducklings do “as soon as they’re born” and therefore young humans should be jealous. The half-hour she has in the pool for her lessons is the current highlight of her day. The pool is warm, the community center welcoming. Waiting parents get these nifty bleachers to watch from. Or, in my case, to work on a quilt block with some English paper pieced hexagons. I’m enjoying the portability of …

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Siggy Blocks, Round 1

Remember my siggy blocks? Look what came in the mail this week! So much fun! Pretty colors, yummy fabrics. Every one came from a different person, some from Australia, some from Europe, some from North America. Would it be crazy/creepy if I Googled the other names from Seattle? I sent 57 blocks into the first round of The Crafty Blackbird’s Siggy Quilt Block Swap, so this is roughly 57 blocks (some folks dropped out). Signups have been open all June for Round 2, and I’ve been resisting. It’s summer, the schedule is full, I shouldn’t commit to making another 50-100 …

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Triangularity

 

I’m slowly catching up on all the Block of the Month project I neglected in April and May. These are the blocks for In Color Order‘s HST BOM. April. I love pinwheels. See? May’s block. Probably should have used yellow instead of purple for those corners. And June. This one makes me think of the Granny Square block that’s been going around the Interwebs. Our sunny days are few and far between, so I don’t have a picture of all the blocks so far all together. Maybe next month the sun will cooperate! Save

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A Moment of Sun

 

It’s all we get these days up here in Seattle. A moment when the clouds drift apart for just a bit, and there is a moment of sun. Quick! Pictures! ‘Cause it’ll start raining again soon. I love not needing to water the yard but, man, are my tomatoes sad. Anyway, I caught a moment of sun this morning and was finally able to photograph my two June blocks for Sew. Quilt. Give. This is a new virtual quilting bee (meaning that we don’t actually get together physically to work on quilt blocks, not that we’re making virtual quilts), and …

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Let’s go to the Hop!

Caitlyn has been looking forward to the next Sock Hop event at her school since before last Halloween. That might be my fault, since I was trying to help her decide on a Halloween costume and suggested a 50’s style skirt that she could wear for Halloween and for the Sock Hop. Somehow I ended up making a pioneer girl outfit for Halloween and promising a poodle skirt in time for the Sock Hop. What’s wrong with me??? Fortunately, it’s an easy skirt. And with felt, there’s no finishing: no hem, no fancy seam finishes. I used McCall’s 6101, including …

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Blocks!

 

I’ve ignored my various quilting projects for the last month or so, while I was working on projects for Caitlyn and the siggy blocks. I’m now playing catch-up, chasing down the cool kids, waving my rulers, bits of fabric fluttering behind me: “Wait for me!” First up, the Bloggers’ Block of the Month blocks: Block 7 Block 8 Block 9 Block 9 is my favorite of this bunch. Note to self, though: don’t try to assemble this one at the very end or the very start of the day. I unpicked seams so many times on this one and still …