V4W - a bit of catchup

Block 37 (last week's block) from the  Votes for Women  block of the week is one of my all time favorite blocks  This one is called Nameless Star and is in reference to women having a choice of keeping their own name after marriage.


Block 38 (this week's block) was called Nonsense in reference to all these various silly claims made about why women shouldn't ride a bicycle or ride a horse astride.

I skipped block 36 which was a sunbonnet Sue block - I've never been partial to those.  This means I will have at best 48 blocks so a nice 6 by 8 setting is in order.

Here are some of my other blocks in what is (sorry) a very dark photo laid out after I attached the side triangles so I can set them on point.  I am going to start assembling them in 3 by 3 block sections, and need to decide if I should alternative blue and red or have all the reds clustered in the center (or visa versa.)

Happy Stitching!

Happiness

This month's AYOS Vintage is the pattern Gentle Art.  This was fun and easy to assemble.

My fabric choice was Honey Honey - I am really loving this fabric line.  I skipped the pieced border and made this 16 blocks instead of the 25 in the pattern.  

It finished roughly at 20 by 20 inches.  (I say roughly because I forgot to measure it before I gifted it!)  I decided to do a basic stipple FMQ on the blocks because I decided not to highlight the blocks.  I did straight line stitching in the border and like the way it frames the mini.  The binding is a bella solid 30's blue color and the backing is one of the prints from Good Fortune.

While I completed the Schnibble long before the end of the month - a first for me! -  I was about a week late in getting to my mom for Mother's Day.

Mom, Happy Mother's Day - I love you!

I really love how this turned out and I think I will make another one for me!  I named this mini Happiness.

Now I have to wait until the end of next week for the parade of all the other Schnibbles at the blogs of  Sinta and Sherri .

Happy Stitching!

Tulips

Thanks to all who left me some suggestions on the border for my quilt.  I decided on lap quilt size instead of wall hanging.  I added a border of the white, of the green (same fabric as the tulip leaves) and then another border of white.  I just love the way it frames the piece.

I basted it Friday night during FNSI.

The colors in this fabric line - Honey, Honey by Kate Spain - are just beautiful.

I quilted it on Saturday - what fun it was!  I think it took me about 3 hrs, perhaps slightly longer.

I decided to do an all over FMQ stipple quilt on the actual blocks.   For the border, I did feathers - 4 really, really long feathers!


Next step is the binding.  I am going with a solid green which matches the darker green in the tulip leaves.  The backing is one of the pretty flowered prints from this fabric line.

I am making a smaller version of the row-a-long from Lori at Bee in my Bonnet.

Hope to get the binding on and sewn by the weekend.


Happy Stitching!

TARDIS - my entry in Blogger's Quilt Festival

I am very excited to enter my TARDIS quilt in the Blogger's Quilt Festival.

The TARDIS is designed by the time lords of Gallifrey.   (TARDIS = Time and Relative Dimension in Space)  

This quilt, however, is an original design by me.  This is my favorite way to make a quilt - have a general idea what I am going for and then make it up as I go.   Putting the TARDIS 'on point' to imply flying through space (and time) was a bit of a risk as I cut the background fabric but it worked! 



My DD is a big time fan of the BBC show Dr Who.  She has managed to convert me as well.  

This TARDIS quilt was gifted  to her for Christmas - gifted in a very incomplete state.  See the batting peaking out of my quilt sandwich in the photo?  There were no pins - it was all basted - and it took me another few weeks to finish as she impatiently waited (and waited.)  This was by far the largest quilt I have ever FMQ on my home machine.  All the features of the TARDIS were outlined and then I did a basic stipple section by section.

When she opened her gift, her squeals of delight were the kind everyone should hear when they gift a quilt.   My DD loves that can lie on top of the quilt, curl up slightly and 'fit inside the TARDIS.'

I had fun with the quilt label, wishing her well through adventures in time and space!

The quilt measures 48 x 63 inches.  Fabric used was Bella Admiral Blue and Slate Gray along with two panels from Spoonflower, one of them gifted from a new blogging friend Rebeckah.   The background is Kasuri Woven Texture in gray.  The back is a gray flannel.

The Blogger's Quilt Festival is sponsored by Amy from AmysCreativeSide.   The festival begins today, May 17 and nominations are open from May 23-27.  Voting for favorites in each category go from May 28 through May 31 with winners announced on June 1.   This quilt is entered into Bed Quilts category.

And just because, here is the photo of the real TARDIS with my DD's favorite Doctor.

Happy Stitching!