co-simpatico

I didn't get what all the neptune fuss was about, until I started putting these blocks together for Julie. I love how the fabrics contrast each other, really helping one another to shine. It's a co-simpatico relationship!

And now I've ordered a few neptune prints of my own!

I hope you love them Julie......

Girlfriends...the tool for getting your points to match!!

I can't get my points to match.

And since next month - July - is my month

I thought you could help?

(sorry folks, this post is all about me)

I would never ever in a million years make these blocks for myself.

But I fell in love with Julie's new spider-whatcha-call-it quilt.

And being a part of a bee means that one month a year, you get someone

to sew with on the project of your choice.

Actually 11 other someones.

I love Denyse Schmidt fabrics.

And thanks to Audrie I have a collection of the new Denyse Schmidt fabrics

Grey is my new black.

Grey/aqua/teal/acidgreen is my favorite.

I'd love to have 12-1/2" blocks, but I think I would like to have you practice

my sharp piecing

on some specialty product I am developing.

(shhh, it's a secret...)

Which means 7-1/2" blocks for now.

Now, all I have to do is decide between teal, grey, green

and

Denyse Schmidt

Whaddya say?  Please weigh in...the fabric'll be sitting in your in box, so I figure you should have a say.

Truly, the key to sharp piecing and getting your points to match?

GIRLFRIENDS

natalie.

To Julie with love...

These are not my colors.

This is not my fabric.

It's hard to work with OPF sometimes.

I know, you've heard me say, it's such a treat to work with OPF.

But.

Now you all know I love Julie.

She's one of my peeps.  She is a great help in the booth at beyond the reef.

She is a fabulous quilter, designer, she has a great 'style' of her own too.

So.

I just gotta go with this project - in I go...

I cut the fabric - well most of it.

I start sewing.

I have to cut more fabric.

.....daaaang.....

These blocks are looking pretty great!

(the colors, you guys - not the blocks, well, the blocks are coming along too)

But, daang, Julie!!!

These are coming together!!!

So I decide to keep sewing.

Then I think - wait.

"Punch Drunk Love"

Hmmmmm.

Now I'm not sayin' anything here - not promoting the use of any distraction while using heavy machinery...

But I just couldn't stop sewing!!!

I did a partial punchdrunklovewithpiecedcenterblock

just because at this point

I'm lovin' this project - I'm lovin' the tulapink fabrics

I'm thinking,

Yep.

this Julie knows her stuff!!

Thanks for letting me out of my box.

Out of my comfort zone.

Again.

Natalie.

Tool Time Girl

Lookey what I found!!!

The story goes like this:

I wanted to try Julie's hexagons, so I purchased this template.

Wrong one for Julie's blocks, but lookey, lookey - right one for this month's blocks!!

So I trimmed the strips to 5-1/2" inches (actually just a little greater than...)

And went to town on - oh, sorry, LAST month's blocks.

Here are the blocks - - in tomorrow's mail, I promise!!

Thanks for waiting.

Natalie.

Inspiration is at your fingertips...

I just have to say.

IF you want to move your quilting forward,

join a quilting bee.

I did.

And with a little inspiration...

I combined the string quilting

and the quilt as you go

and a jaybird's binding tutorial

(well, a little modified)

and some flicker group 'surfing'

about

potholders

After cutting and sewing 5-1/2 yards of fabric for a new quilt

I needed a quick project.

I'm participating in the Seven Sisters Quilt Show in San Luis Obispo

Central Coast of California

and staying with friends

I needed a hostess gift

I wish you could all come to the show

and we could quilt and shop and look together

all of us

But until then

we can all surf right in our own homes and revel in

our inspiration

our design

our quilting

by being

US

the virtual quilting community

bee beautiful

BeginAgain

2010

natalie