Tuesday Talk

Happy Tuesday!

 

Hope your day is starting off great!  This is just a quick post.  I am running out the door for a busy day today.  I have lots to do and I hope to get some sewing in later today!

 

Question for the day?

Do you do a lot of improv piecing or do you usually follow a pattern?

 

I used to only follow a pattern because that was the only thing I knew to do.  Now, I am venturing out, and trying improv.  Below are two blocks I made for the charity quilt for our guild.  I had these colors and some strips left from a recent project, so I decided to make several blocks.  Now these blocks are not real funky or wonky.  They are just pretty straight forward, but they worked out perfectly for the quilt.  I like clean lines, so this is what I came up with.

 

 

Let me know if you do any improv piecing.

 

Hope you have a Terrific Tuesday!

Monday Mayhem

Happy Monday! 

 

Well, Monday has started out to be a busy one!  I didn't get to work out this morning, but may get to walk later.  I have already done a little cleaning, got laundry going and getting ready to do a little sewing!  I also just found out some great news.  Kathie Lee and Hoda, from the Today Show, will be here at the University of Tennessee, broadcasting live next Monday, Oct 1!  Woohoo!  Way to go Big Orange!  We were the only SEC school to be a finalist for the Going back to College Challenge!  We get to show off our beautiful campus and city next week!  I just think that is so cool!

 

Anyway, I got the charity quilt pieced this weekend, along with the back and it will be off to the quilter this week.  Next, I am going to work on my guild scrap swap project today and then I have several other projects to start!  I just need to decide which one I will do first!  Ever have that problem?  There is just never enough time!  LOL

 

Here is a pretty fat quarter I picked up in Georgia last week.  I just love the aqua color..one of my favorite colors!  This is such a happy fabric.  I am not sure what I will do with it yet, but I just love it!

 

 

Hope you have a Marvelous Monday!!!

Sunday Sampler

Good Sunday morning to you!

 

I hope your day has started out to be a great one!  I have been busy so far this weekend.  I did the binding on my friends' table runner and I started sashing the charity quilt yesterday evening.  I am getting ready to work on it in just a little bit and hope to have it completed and get the back pieced, so that it can go to the quilter this week.  If I get that done, I am going to figure out what I am going to do on my scrap swap project.  Going to be a busy day! 

 

Here is another set of fat quarters I picked up in Georgia last week.  These are just a fun kitchen print and I thought I could use these for making some cute kitchen gifts!

 

 

Hope you have a Super Sunday!

Monday Mayhem!

It's Monday!

 

Just a quick post today!  Time to start another wonderful week.  Well, as much as I had hoped last week would be extremely productive, it was not.  I did not get near as much done, but that happens sometimes.  This weekend was not extremely productive either, but it was a pretty relaxing weekend.  I tell you more about my weekend later. 

 

I have been sharing several of my local modern guild's charity quilts.  This is the latest one and this one is going to be sashed in Navy Blue Kona and will have a pieced backing with several blocks and Kona Coal.  We decided to do this quilt a little different.  We asked our members to do improv blocks and this is what they came up with.  These blocks are all so different and they are gorgeous!  This is going to be one great quilt!  I have the privilege of sewing the blocks together with the sashing.  We had a sew-in last week and we laid all the blocks down so that we could arrange them and this is what we came up with.  It will have the two inch Navy sashing between the blocks.  Once it is finished, it will go to our quilter to be quilted and then I will bind it and our guild will send it to its new destination here in town!

 

 

Let me know what you think!

Don't forget to check out the lastest QuiltCon Blocks at Modern Quilt Guild Blog!
 

Have a Marvelous Monday!

Sunday Sampler

Happy Sunday!

 

I hope your day has started out well.  I wanted to share one of the charity quilts our Modern Guild did recently.  We asked our members to put together a Nine Patch Block with Kona Coal as the middle block and to use blue and green solid or print fabric for the other eight blocks.  Once we collected all the blocks, we cut them and made them into disappearing nine patch blocks, arranged them and then they were sewn together.  This is the beautiful quilt that appeared.  It has been been quilted and given to our charity to a deserving recipient.  I love how this quilt turned out and I love that our ladies are so giving with their talent and time.  It is truly a blessing to be in such a wonderful guild and to be able to give back to our community!

 

 

"The manner of giving is worth more than the gift."

~Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur

Thankful Thursday

It's Thursday and it's time to be Thankful!

 

Today, I am thankful to our Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild for finding a charity that we could become involved in.  We started making charity blocks last year.  We decided on the type of block and the colors and we ask our members to make a 12 1/2" block or two, once a quarter.  We then turned them in, put them together, quilted them and passed them along to a wonderful charity in our town that helps single mothers.  (I will talk more about this charity soon, as there are many exciting things happening!) 

 

Here is one of the quilts we have done, recently.  We had decided on warm colors in oranges, reds, yellows and pinks and decided to do a pinwheel block.  As you can see, there are a number of different blocks, besides the basic pinwheel.  It turned out beautifully with all the variety of blocks and colors and we even had a few extra blocks to piece on the backing.  Our quilter did a simple meandering stipple on the quilt, so that it would not take away from the movement of the blocks.  I just think it is gorgeous.  The girls in our guild are so talented and so giving and love doing our charity blocks for such a great cause. 

 

We did four different quilts this past year, in different block designs.  Two were in warm colors and two were in cool colors.  I will feature all of these soon.  We have decided to adopt this charity for the next several years, because we like their mission.  We also decided to do charity blocks every other month, instead of once a quarter.  We are doing improv blocks now in certain colors each time.  I am so excited, because I love doing the charity blocks for such a worthy cause.  I will share more with you on the blocks, quilts and the charity in the next little bit!

 

Because that's what kindness is.  It's not doing something for someone else because they can't, but because you can. 

~Andrew Iskander

 

Have a very Thankful Thursday!

 

 

Thankful Thursday!

It's Thankful Thursday!

I hope you are having a great day!

Today, I am thankful for leftover scraps of fabric! 

These blocks are for a charity quilt our guild is doing.  We just turned them in and I will be putting together all the blocks with sashing before sending it to be quilted.  The colors for this quilt are grays, blues and greens in solid fabric and we could do any inprov 12 1/2" block.  I recently made a pillow using these solids along with a print and had plenty of the Kona solids left.  So, I whipped out two blocks.  I love these colors.  They are Kona Grass, Kona Marine and Kona Medium Gray.  I love when I have big scraps of fabric that I can use for other projects!  It's always so fun to see what you can come up with!  I can't wait to see all the blocks put together. 

I will definitely post as soon as it is done!

 

 

Don't forget to check out Day 10 of the QuiltCon Block Challenge post over at the Modern Quilt Guild Blog!  It's all about graphic squares, rectangles and boxes

 

"Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls." 

~David Thomas

 

Remember to be thankful for all you have in life!

Have a wonderful Thankful Thursday!