Terrific Terry

Seriously I received the squares for my quilt from you and I am still starring at them trying learn more from your amazing skills!

While mine aren't as good as yours I hope they don't disappoint

Terry's Beautiful Blocks and a Request

Here are Terry's beautiful blocks. They came together so quickly and are so pretty. She really made it so easy for us. I do have a request. I am moving out of the state and will be leaving the Modern Quilt Guild. I do still have several people who have not given me my blocks from January. As I am moving and leaving the group I would appreciate getting them back. If you just can't get them done I understand and would ask that you return the fabric so I can finish the quilt myself. Thanks and signing off for good. Thanks for letting be a part of this group :)

dear January - Aynsley

I'm sorry. School started in January and everything else stopped. My spring break is coming up the week after next and I promise I will get all of my 2013 blocks completed and shipped. Sorry to be so lame...

Catching Up!

Hello all, sorry I have been a bit slow to post and update things these past few months...between work, school and prepping for baby number two things have been a bit hectic. Does anyone not have a crazy busy life? If so I would love to hear how you do it! At any rate I love getting these packages in the mail each month with a little surprise and something to create purely for fun and hope all of you do as well.

I wanted to share pictures of my January and February blocks...I have to admit I am still working on the blocks from Aynsely (March) which I would venture that several of you are in the same position with that one as well. :) Thank you Terry for sending a quick and easy one for April!

Don't forget (like I have) to post pictures of the blocks you have made for the bee as well as other quilt related projects you have been working on.

April block is on its way!

HOORAY FOR SPRING!

Spring is here!  Are you ready for spring?  I am so ready to see flowers, eat the fruits, and veggies.  I love the colors of spring, the greens, the yellows, the oranges, the pinks, all of them.  Can I just say---I love SPRING!  This month I decided to have all of you help me with a quilt I am making for a granddaughter who will graduate from High School in May!  I know that May is just around the corner and it doesn’t leave much time.  So the pattern I chose “Skipping Squares” is super simple and easy!  In fact,  I have even cut out the blocks, so sewing them is all you need to do!  Just sew them up and ship back to me and I will put it together in a snap!  After last month blocks from Parker which were very challenging you should be able to do these in your sleep!  That’s how easy they are.   You should receive your packets by the end of the week.   If you have questions please don’t hesitate to ask.

Just a few points to remember.

·         Please press the seams together as indicated on your instructions.  Not open.

·         Please be extra careful when you press so that the fabric doesn’t become distorted.  Sometimes stream tends to stretch the fabric, it’s okay not to use steam.

·         Please use white or very light colored 100% cotton thread.

I hope you enjoy the blocks for this month.  They shouldn’t keep you from enjoying the Spring weather for very long.

Thanks to all of you for your help!

The Farmers Wife

A few months ago I was blog stalking and found this wonderful quilt "the farmer's wife" it might be a little ambitious but then again I kinda like the things that push me in ways that i normally wold do on my own hence the reason i join this little quilting bee. I wont lie I have loved making all these little squares 6X6 (hint hint) they have made me a better quilter forcing me to keep on task and not not move ahead when I shouldn't. I have a tendency to not read directions and just jump in.
So lets jump into this....

Each one of you will receive:
1. 1of3 fabric packets, and far to much fabric at that.
2. templets to all the pattern pieces you will need.
3. a list of the patterns
4. email including all the pictures of the patterns. I was going to post them all but thinking i might get into publishing rights problems i thought it might just be best to email them separately

I would love it if you finished all the squares, some will have 7 and some will have 8, but if you cant find the time I understand its pretty demanding to do so many different ones. But I would love at least 3 plus one that matches the quilt pattern you have chosen for you own quilt, i'm a bit of a sentimental person and want to remember all the hands that helped make this. When you send the 6x6 squares back please label them with tape of post-its and I will need to finish the ones that don't get done. Remember how I said I was being ambitious with this quilt, well its not stoping at the kind of quilt but also the size, I'm hoping to get enough squares done to make a queen or even a king size for all those beach and park days to come this summer.

I know that I am posting a bit early but because of the ambitious nature I figured I would send it out early to give a little more time to complete. But please don't start or open this one until you finish February firsts.

Two for the price of one

In the mail awhile ago but I did do I swear!!! And here are pictures to prove it...if I did something wrong ladies please tell me I really am trying to improve oh and I had the same problem that Heidi did on Tara's where I didn't quite have enough black to finish it, sorry. Hope you like them :)

Hot Pink Crosses for Rebecca!

Yippee! It's my turn! I'll be sending directions on email, and the fabric goes out tomorrow. Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks, Rebecca

Little inspiration

http://design-milk.com/the-modern-quilt-guild/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+design-milk+%28Design+Milk%29


My husband being supportive of anything creative found this the other night, thought I would share...I love the water looking one

Finally Finished!

I'm almost up to date on the blocks. Still have January's and I'm finished. Here's Amy's finished blocks and the other blocks I've completed to date. I better get hopping since February is MY month!

Traditional Tara

Blocks for Traditional Tara!  What fun to get so many pieces of fabric in our little bag.  I love, love scrappy quilts--the more fabrics the better.  Scrappy quilts are fun to put together, they always make me happy when I am sewing them. So this on was right up my alley.  What an awesome heirloom quilt this will be for Madison.  I can't wait to see the finished masterpiece.  Thanks, Tara--I had great fun making these for you!

Chevrons For Amy

Amy...sorry for the delay but they are done and delivered! I think I want to make my own chevron quilt, these were pretty quick to put together and they should look really awesome once the whole set is assembled.

Whoops forgot to mention...

Ladies, I forgot to mention that I sent enough fabric for everyone to do two squares. The black and white are already roughly cut for the two squares. You will just need to square them up for the right size it calls for in the pattern. Thanks!

So here is the pattern for January. I have mailed out the fabric today. Don't panic you will not be responsible for any of the appliqué-I will be doing that myself. Just put the white fabric in the middle square and leave it plain. I am going to be cross-stitching different family members in each square for a heirloom quilt. The tan side strips, in the picture, are going to be black. All the measurements are included in the pattern below and if you click on it it should enlarge. So you should each receive a piece of white and black for the middle and the sides as well as a ton of different colored scraps for all the little squares. I have included around 20 materials each and I would like it if you could use as many unique pieces of patterned fabric as possible. Just like in the pattern shown I would like their to be little to no repetition. If you need to supplement with fabric from your own stash that is fine as long as you stick to the bright color scheme that is already happening. My goal with this quilt was to use as much stash as possible and see if we can create something beautiful for my little five year old. Happy sewing! Just a tip for any of you ladies that haven't done patchwork style before-exact measurements are critical. If the measuring is wrong the pieces will not line up together. Any questions please let me know.

Thanks, Tara

You will be getting your January stuff a little late!

Ladies,

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. I am in charge of the month of January and I want to start off by saying that I am sorry but you won't be getting your fabric on time. My plan was to mail it out mid-December before all the Holiday madness but due to a death in my family, and some extenuating circumstances that didn't happen. I have been away from my home with extended family for the last three weeks. I do have the fabric in envelopes ready to mail. We will be returning home Jan 3rd and I promise to get them mailed off as soon as we can pull our lives back together. I will get the pattern posted up ASAP. Thanks for your patience and happy sewing.

**Special note to Amy-I am sorry that I have not got the December block to you. For the same reasons stated above it just didn't happen. I promise to get down to it and get it to you. Sorry and Thanks.

Verom Veroom

Get it??? Chevrons!!

Anyway, I feel like I'm getting so much better at this, last month late this month early...woo woo...I loved making these and I think I may just keep the pattern to make my own, or for someone else

I do have some bad news...because of the fact that none of my fabrics were 44-45in I had to cut them individually so the cute triangles aren't so cute sorry love I tried

More Chevrons for Amy!

Feeling the crunch of Christmas being only 13 days away I was beginning to panic! I was delighted when I received this block and realized this would be an easy set of blocks to whip out.   I did it!  It was fun!  I can't wait to see this one completed!  Merry Christmas to all block members!

Chevrons for Amy

Can I say that I totally love this one? And I think I may have found a use for the fabric sitting on my sewing table, the fabric that's already conveniently cut into long strips? So thanks for that, Amy! :)

Here's my "squares"







One word of caution if you haven't already started- watch your directional patterns and make sure they're going the same way on all three of your strips. Otherwise you'll have to break out your seam ripper. (Only for you, Amy. Only for you. Stupid sneaky houndstooth...)

I can't wait to see this one all finished!

Chevron Quilt question #2

Maryanne has brought to my attention that the template pieces I sent you are bigger than the template pieces that I used/measured. Tape the 2 angled end pieces together so the top and bottom edges are 14" long. You most likely will not need the rectangle piece.

Sorry. My bad.

Chevron Quilt question

Maryanne had a good question.... You do not need to cut any of the template pieces to create your paper pattern. Simply tape the 2 end pieces onto the rectangular piece with 2" between the 2 end pieces. Make sure that the ends form a parallelogram not a trapezoid (as pictured). The red square represents your uncut rectangular piece of paper. my diagram is not to scale. sorry.

I'm sorry I was so tardy mailing these to everyone. if you haven't received your package in the mail yet it should arrive on Monday!