Nine Patch One A Day Quilt A Long

I have been participating in Crazymomquilt's One a Day Quilt a Long but I have not been great about making one a day! Here are the 35 squares I have made so far out of the 70(!) I will need. I am about 15 behind where I should be in days. I am trying to not use a single fabric too many times, which is really making me dig through some scraps. The goal is to only use scraps and only purchase the background fabric. It is slow going, but it is progress.:) I am really excited about how this is all going to come together at the end.

Star Lap Quilt

I can finally post one of my Christmas presents to my mother-in-law! I made this star lap quilt using six of crazymomquilts tutorials. I then added a square border around in Amy Butler fabrics-this idea was inspired by Jacquie's quilt. Although it is hard to see in the photo, I made my first pieced binding which I love! It took a while to do, but I am very happy with the end result.

I then pieced together the back to showcase a few of the fabrics and give the backing a little something extra-or since I am currently down South we can consider it lagniappe. I love pieced backs and I really like that when it is in use the top can be folded down to see a little of the fabric strip on the back.

Pink Star Quilt A Long

I finished some star blocks this week using crazymomquilts tutorials. This will be the second quilt I have made using some of these star blocks. Here is the first It is amazing how much quicker they go together the second time!

I suppose I should start quilting some of these tops before I keep making new ones, right? That will be my New Year's Goal for 2009-finish all of my tops! Later this week I will make a to do list. I don't want to think about how many half finished projects I currently have right now...

Star Quilt A Long Week 10 and Layout

I am almost done with the Star Quilt A Long! Above is Week 10. I had a problem with the point on the left. I don't know why that one turned out so close to the edge and the rest did not.

Here it is laid out on the floor. I am missing Week 13's star (which appears next Monday) it will be yellow and blue. I am also missing parts of two of the setting blocks. If you look in the top row, you can see where I messed up! I somehow assembled that block weird, so I have to go back and finish it. Between each of the blocks will be a 12.5 inch solid border with another brown square in all the corners. Almost there!

Star Quilt A Long Weeks 11 and 12

Week 11!

Week 12!

I finished weeks 11 and 12 today of crazymomquilts' star quilt along today. I am slowly working on the setting blocks (8/12 are finished) and I have not finished week 10 yet. I am almost there!

Quilt-A-Long: Catch Up! Week 5-9

I have been playing catchup on the blocks from crazymomquilts. The block above is from Week 5 which I was worried about because it has so many triangles. It is definitely not perfect, but it is done!

The next block is Week 6. There are a few errors, but I like the way the colors play on each other.

Next is Week 7! I love yellow and blue together.

Week 8 is next. I can't believe how behind I was in finishing and posting. This one I finished last week while I was in Birmingham.
Finally, we have the block posted today-Week 9! Phew, caught up on all the star blocks now. Just need to finish 5 of the setting blocks to be completely up to date.

Quilt-A-Long Week 6 , Star blocks, and a finished quilt top

I finished my block for the quilt a long today. This is week 6. Yes, I have skipped week 5 so far. I am a little intimidated by all those triangles.
I joined a friendship star swap over at Craftster. The premise is that we trade 6 stars with up to three people. I chose two people so I need to make 12 stars for them and 6 for me. I will receive 6 stars from them that will go into a quilt. The organizer is going to add a different block each month for however long there is interest. This way we can have a really neat quilt full of different fabrics from all over.

These will not be the blocks that I send because they are inferior in some way. They either came out 1/8th inch short (or more,shhh...) or the points were right along the edge so when they were sewn into the final quilt it would be terrible. Yes, there are 7 that stink. I do have 11/12 that are great so almost there...

I have also been cutting out little bits of fabric this week for my postage stamp quilt. I also joined another swap where we send up to 60 squares to ten other people. That seems like a huge amount (600 squares!) but I have tons already cut that are ready to trade too. I am trying not to have to many duplicates, so this is a easy way to get new fabrics.

I am leaving tomorrow to go visit my parents and go to the beach for a week! I can not wait. That is part of the reason I have been so busy trying to get all this done so I can finish up when I return home without to much stress or worry about sending late.

I am planning on reading and relaxing next week. These are a few of the books that should be enjoyed over the next several days.I am also bringing these charm packs along in case my mom want to learn how to make a quilt like this:

I made this top this week which I think would be perfect for a little baby girl. This is Moda's Spring Meadow fabric. I can not remember where I saw the idea for this design but it is super easy. I spent an hour watching t.v. drawing a line dividing the square into two triangles and then added another 1/4 inch line on either side. Put a 5 inch white square good sides together with the colored square and sewed on my 1/4 seam line. Split those squares in half and I then had 80 half triangle squares. Laid them out on the floor until they formed a diamond shape that I liked and sewed them together with 6 inch white border. Ta da! Finished.
I am going to try Blogger's new device that allows you to post ahead of time and your posts magically appear in the future due to the fact that I don't know if I will be able to post while I am gone. So, starting Friday stay tuned for nine (?) days of pictures from beautiful places I have had the fortune to visit. I expect everyone to be anxiously awaiting each day at 8:01 AM. Of course, it might not work and in that case I apologize for getting your hopes up.

Quilt-A-Long Setting Blocks

I have been working on the setting blocks for crazymomquilts quiltalong. I have finished six blocks with some errors along the way. I have finished six blocks that are above. I am using alternating dark brown centers with a green and orange floral design and a blue and yellow floral design which you can kind of see in the picture. If anyone wants, I will provide close up pictures. The block below shows how I messed up two of the blocks. Once this one is fixed I will have 7 of 12 finished! waahooo! (My best attempt at typing my dad's war hoop-which he gives when Auburn is winning or just when the mood strikes) Dad, please correct me with the correct spelling of the infamous war whoop because I know I am wrong in that spelling but I am not sure how to spell it purely based on sound.

This is an example of how I messed up! The top right corner has been removed due to errors and the bottom right corner should show you what the error(s) might be. hmmm.... So anyway, I am working on some wonky log cabin dogs based on the nickel dog quilt I posted previously. Those might appear in some fashion tomorrow-maybe not finished but partially finished. I can't decide if I should make them into separate throw pillows or two pillow shams. Contemplate it, all 12 people (I might be exaggerating, but I am including family (yes, Dad but I am not really sure?) and close friends) that read this and give me your opinions. Please feel free to comment if I have never met you and may not due to the fact you live 2,000+ miles away. It will make me happy to think other people than my mom, maybe dad, nat, and jacquie (because she has commented read this!) I have not met jacquie, but I already like her.

Quilt-A-Long Week 4

I finished the new block for the quilt-a-long over at crazymomquilts today! Whew, I finished it the day it was posted, which I can not believe. I am trying so hard not to get behind on this while I still have so many other works in progress. I love the way this turned out. I am working on setting blocks and should have pictures of those tomorrow.

Quilt-A-Long

There is a quilt-a-long going over at crazymomquilts: http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com.
I decided to join! So here are my three squares. She is posting a different pattern each week. So this is three weeks accumulation because I couldn't decide what fabric I should use! Anyway, here they all are. Enjoy! (Each are 12.5 inches square)