Pretty Pretty Pretty!

The blocks I have so far are making my head spin! They're so gorgeous sitting together like that! :)

I love the blocks and I love you guys for toughing it out and doing them despite wanting to cause me bodily harm.

Vicki sent me a little pressie in her package! How'd you know I love Orla Kiely! lol! Thanks Vicki! :) It was very, very sweet of you!

-- Audrie

angela & audrie!

march was crazy..
but angela told me not to worry..
i finally had some time over the weekend to work on her blocks..

and i ended up making 2 for her.

first i started with a square... and built around it..
and around.
i made the last border in different widths so it ended up being off center.
i like this one a lot!!

and for the second i started similar..

but then got a bit more "free" with my piecing.
i sewed the greys together with the green & white dot..
and then chopped them into strips.. and so on.
last step was adding the blues..
i just love the blue on blue dots!

then it was time to work on audrie's blocks.
and i had similar issues that other people did.
and let me just say.
audrie you are lucky i like you.. and fought through the bias for you!!

they aren't perfect.
but i think they look good!

and like i said on my blog...

"i'll never make this block again."

"sometimes bees inspire you to make blocks

and sometimes you learn what you don't want to make"

audrie's block, one of two.

Well, hopefully. This block came together rather painlessly, over three weeks ago! I LOVE the style of these blocks...this is going to be an awesome quilt. I used one or two little pieces of my own scraps I'm sure you'll spot it, Audrie. I had so much confidence going into the second block a few days after the first. I didn't re-read the instructions. Instead, I turned on my Pandora Internet radio really loud and dove in with an air of fearlessness that turned out to be my downfall. I was so caught up in piecing that I just kept adding my wedges in a clockwork fashion. Of course, everything was going smooth until that last wedge! Ummm...lets just say I had to use my seam ripper very creatively. After seam ripping and sewing 3 times I decided to let it rest a little. So on my ironing board it has sat. Tomorrow I will try again. If it doesn't come out or my seams become too threadbare to sew again I promise to send along something sweet Audrie.
Aside from the drama, I really love these blocks. :)

...me too, me too!

...I made the stars too...

natalie.

Audrie's Blocks

Here are my blocks for Audrie. I really enjoyed making them, but I wish they had turned out a little better. I love the fabrics chosen. I am having so much fun and have learned so much already from this bee. Thanks everyone!

Maverick Star Quilt

Thank you all so much for contributing such lovely blocks to this quilt!



I received the quilt back from the long arm quilter on Tuesday and sewed the last bit of binding on last night. I wish I would have taken a "before washing/drying" picture because the quilting is so pretty (my first experience using a long armer to quilt any of my projects). She did a fun daisy pattern with some wandering loops.






The quilt ended up being 70" x 84". I binded it with a teal flowery polka dot print and used a big pink polka dot print for the backing. It's such a fun and cheery quilt!






I'm passing this quilt along to my dad tomorrow so that he can give it to his coworker for the collection of quilts. Thanks so much for your contributions! I know that the girl at Children's Village who receives this will really appreciate the quilt!

Fish Heads!

After posting that I hadn't heard this song, I thought I'd look it up to put Penny out of her misery. Thanks for the laugh Penny... the song's extraordinarily ridiculous haha!

(The song only really starts after the 2 minute mark so either be patient or skip ahead.)

-- Audrie