rachel.

better late than never...
compliments of my dear friend morning sickness.

i sent out colorful little baggies of strings.
:)

i'm asking that yall follow my block o' strings tutorial.
*choose whatever color string you want for your starting string, instead of the white pictured in my tutorial*
{width is also up to yall.}

i'm ubber excited to have a complete scrap quilt.
some of these scraps are my absolute favs of all time.

i hope that yall enjoy making my block{s}.

and rebekah...
i have constructed your block a million times in my head.
i promise to get it done soon.

p.s. as far as siggy blocks...
since i sent out strings, yall can do log cabin{ish} siggys.
unless someone figures out a mini string siggy block.
that would rock my socks off.

Maverick Star Blocks

use the tutorial found here

just replace the size of 4.5" with 5.25"

this is what the block will look like....

it'll make a 14.25" finished block

14.75" with seam allowances

and so on..

if you have questions on the tutorial just ask..

i'm sure one of us can answer them!

Maverick Start Charity Quilt

Okay, so it seems that all of you are on board for this charity quilt project.

Here's my initial idea for the quilt (feel free to jump in or revise as needed).

The quilt has to be twin sized (approx 68x86), so we will need 30 - 14.5" Maverick star blocks (pieced block size 14"), for a quilt that is 5 blocks wide and six blocks long. There are twelve of us, so if each of us makes 2 blocks, we'll have 24 blocks. If 6 of you want to volunteer to make 3 blocks each, then we'll have 30 total.

I came up with a general color scheme for the quilt:



The backgrounds of the blocks should be white and you can use any or all of the colors in the scheme for the star points and centers (all pink stars, teal and orange, all green, etc.). I was channeling the Flea Market Fancy line when I came up with that scheme (here's a picture of what I was going for), so any bright, fun, cheery fabrics would be great. Other colors are fine in the blocks, as long as at least one of the five colors above is dominant.

The quilts are due on April 30, so if you could get the blocks in the mail by April 1, I should have enough time to put everything together.

As always, if you have any other ideas or suggestions for this, please chime in in the comments. Also, let us know how many blocks you can make in the comments too (2 or 3).

your blocks for me so far

Here's a shot of the blocks that I've received in the mail so far (taken last week). This is the closest they're going to be to looking like a quilt for a while, so I wanted to get a shot of them all together.



I love seeing them all together like this and am glad that I stuck with one color for the center to tie everything together. It's so much fun to see how you all combined my fabrics together to get such cool looking patchwork blocks.

I think I'm going to quilt these as separate blocks (with a muslin backing) and then sew the quilted squares together, add a backing fabric and then tie the quilt on top (that's the best I could decipher the japanese instructions in my inspiration book). Does that sound like a recipe for failure, or do you think it will work out okay (quilting, then joining, then tying)?

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And, on another note. I'm not sure if we're still doing the charity quilt together, but I do have an option for all of us.

A lady that my dad works with is getting together 20 or so twin sized bed quilts for teen girls at Children's Village in Detroit, MI (by April 30). I was thinking if you were up for it, we could all donate a block to the quilt and I could combine them and create a quilt.



If you have other ideas for a charity option, we definitely don't have to go this route. I just purchased this bundle of this Joel Dewberry Chestnut Hill fabric to make a zig zag quilt of my own to donate to the group, so I'll be making a quilt to donate either way.

If you want to go this route with the charity quilt, we can discuss color options or block ideas in the comments (or via email).

blocks for rebekah.

Hi everyone! I am finally getting around to finishing up these blocks and posting them. I was so inspired by all of your blocks, I kept teetering on how to approach these (That and January being the craziest month I can remember). This is such a great block for a bee, thanks for the challenge Rebekah! My mind is whirling with possibilities for my own scrappy quilt.

I really enjoyed making these blocks, so much that I almost went to the store to match that hot pink center to make more, almost! :) Sorry Rebekah. I like my first block, but the second is so bright and cheerful, I can't help but love it a little bit more! I look forward to this year of sewing with you crafty ladies, thanks for letting me play along!

~hope you like your blocks Rebekah.....

hi my name is julie

this is me.

my first blog post has the story of how i got into quilting.

i've been doing this for over 7 years now...

but it took me a while to start up my blog

{i'm not much of a writer}

so for a few years i read other people's blogs.

then i took the jump.

& it's been a blast ever since!!

my style is all over the map.

here are a few of my more recent quilts...

braid quilt w/ nest by tula pink.

concrete garden & square city - both with hunky dory by chez moi

play school quilt w/ make life by sweetwater

the candy box w/ hushabye by tula pink

wonky log cabin

hexagons w/ neptune by tula pink

those who know me

know i'm in love with pretty much anything tula pink makes.

so it should come as no surprise...

that this is the fabric i picked for my month.

i'm not sure what blocks i want yet

so i bought lots.

9 pc of neptune

dark navy linen.

white kona cotton.

lt. blue kona crush.

& white kona crush.

i'm sure whatever blocks i pick...

that you guys are gonna help me make a beautiful quilt!

blocks for rebekah

i finally got a few minutes to sit down & play with the fabric rebekah sent out.

i hadn't planned on making 2 blocks... but i just kept going after the first one!

these are not my usual colors.

so it was fun to step out of my comfort zone.

and & play with some different fabrics.

i hope you like them rebekah!!