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Bloggers’ BOM Blocks

 

I abandoned most of my Block of the Month projects back in June. Solstice, a birthday, the end of school, the start of summer and swimming lessons. Now that summer’s done, Caitlyn’s back in school, and harvest season is over, it’s time to get caught up. Christmas sewing must start soon! First up, the Bloggers’ BOM. June’s block was number 10: And July’s block: Two more blocks to go and I’m all caught up on this one. I wonder if Jackie is going to do a putting-it-all-together post or collective show-and-tell post on the 25th (which is when the next …

Bloggy Business, quilts

The Envelope, Please

It’s getting late on a Wednesday. The market run is done (more onions! apples! carrots!), Caitlyn’s off to bed, the kitchen is cleaned up, and we’ve opened up a pint of cider for the evening. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and left a comment on the Charming Travelers giveaway. And thanks for all your kind thoughts about my 500th post! I’ve asked Random.org to select our winner. Congratulations to Commenter Number 3, Charlotte! I’m sending you an email shortly. And after KCWC, I’ll share what I made with the Travelers I chose from the pack! Save

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October Bee Blocks

 

For Sew.Quilt.Give. this month, Maria asked for string blocks a la this tutorial in greens and yellows with a touch of gray. String blocks! Yay! (It’s been weirdly sunny for weeks here in Seattle. I totally should have filtered the sunlight somehow for this picture!) I’m feeling a bit more confident about my colors mixing well with everyone else’s this time. It doesn’t hurt that greens were some of the colors I picked up when I added some fat quarters to the stash for the August blocks. Really looking forward to seeing how this one turns out! (Don’t forget! The …

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Sew.Quilt.Give. Bee Blocks

 

I have managed, just barely, to get my blocks for the Sew.Quilt.Give. Bee done and mailed off before running out of time. I’ve been much more behind when it comes to posting them. These were August’s blocks. We used this tutorial and were supposed to use a “muted” palette. Nothing quite like specific color requests to point out the holes in my fabric stash! I think these are more muted in reality. At least I hope so. Jenn recently posted the finished quilts from June, a baby quilt for a girl and for a boy. The quilts came out great, …

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Bee Blocks

 

Sew. Quilt. Give. made granny square blocks this month! I’ve been watching all sorts of quilted granny squares pop up all over Teh Interwebs since the beginning of the year, and this was such a nice way to get to know the block without committing to a whole quilt’s worth. Cutting out the squares for these two blocks wasn’t intimidating, although it’s probably a good thing I didn’t do the math until just now – if I’d known I was sitting down to cut 50 2.5 inch squares, I’m might have found it a lot less approachable! I knew I …

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Even More Siggies!

I’ve finished the 65 blocks for the Crafty Blackbird’s Siggy Block Swap. Assuming we don’t have any drop-outs in Round 2, I’ll have a bit more than 120 blocks to play with when the blocks come back to me. And then I’m done. Really. No Round 3 for me. I’ve got to focus on getting some of those WIPs in the sidebar done! There are some fun things popping up in the Flickr group as people start playing with the blocks from Round 1. I’m seriously impressed by the folks who have turned a pile of randomly colored blocks into …