Nubees Blocks for August

So excited to finally share these with you all! I made these blocks just using HSTs, and I really enjoyed pulling all of these colors! Let's get to it:

Kelli W, our hive mama, asked for aquas, yellows, and grays on a white background for a quilt for herself. I didn't have a lot of aqua or gray so went to do a little shopping and came up with this block:

Michelle continued her requests for oranges, teals, and turquoises on a white background. I really love the orange and teal combo fabric in this block:

Sarah is making a fun quilt for her god daughter who is turning 5. She asked for bright greens, pinks, and purples on white. These colors were fun to work with - who doesn't want to make fun bright kid quilts?

And last but not least, Francine asked for primary colors for a quilt she is starting, This was the most daunting. I had no modern primary colored fabric, so I had to borrow from M and do some shopping. What do you think of the final product?

Here they are all together! I had so much fun making these and immediately signed up for September's swap!

And of course I had to make one for M, because we also made blocks for each other :-) She wanted eggplants and mustard yellows on gray:

And my second block arrived from Sarah!!! Isn't it wonderful?!??!?!

Sorry this post was so very block heavy - but I am just super excited about it all! Still working on my camera  skills, and hopefully they all got their blocks by today - I was going for the element of surprise!

Happy Saturday all!

-k

Beer me PLEASE

So the question is: at what time can I start drinking beer today? Slow slooooooow day today, which ultimately means I would rather be at home sewing :-) Big plans for the weekend, although I don't know if I will get to them. You all know I have been struggling with a few things for a while and I told M not to let me cut anything else until they are done. It is PURE AGONY. Especially because I have lots of beautiful fabric waiting to be sewn...

1. Sudoku your mom - Remember this old friend? I have been deciding for a while now how to enlarge him and I think I finally figured it out. I have a some yardage of the trees on an orange background in this Central Park line coming to me hopefully today so I can add it to the top and bottom... we will see! May the mail gods be good to me.

2. DWR aka bane of my existence - I have no update photos because half a sewn row doesn't count in my book. I just need to keep plodding along on this heinous beast.

Alas, check back in tomorrow sometime because I have some fun photos to share: I just completed my first swap ever and made awesome new quilty friends! I can show you what I made them because they should all have their blocks by today hopefully (again, if the mail gods are pleased).

Until next time - jam out with this song - which is getting me through today -



hasta!
-k

Blog namesake

Today was just a perfect example of one of my favorite things to do: go to M's house - hang out, play games, bake, and sew! Mos def a Crafternoon that was delightful :-) We made delish cookies - these ones - courtesy of Bridget over at Bake at 350. We decided we would add some more flour so the cookies don't spread out as much.

I finished up all of my blocks that I needed to send out, but still have to finish M's. I can't share yet what I did, but I will share what the pattern looks like. I did a little HST action and you can see my colors in the block here:

Also, I got my first ever block from a swap!!!!!! It is wonderful!!! Francine of MochaWildChild made me this beautiful fabric concoction:

Aren't those scissors the ginchiest! Oh yeah, BTW my dad and I have been trying to bring back "the ginchiest" for a while now...

If you are looking for new block patterns - check out  M's tutorial  to make a Honeycomb block over at Sew Hungry.

With all of that I will leave you with a picture of the Fajah enjoying some Hula Pie:

Hasta pasta!

-k

Thought you should know...

Haha - sorry - this is blog wasn't meant to be a music video onslaught - but this week I feel the need to spread the awesomeness of some of these bands I love. So without further ado I give you probably my favorite song by the Xx:



Happy Friday everyone! Hopefully I can finish up my blocks for Nubees this weekend.
-k

You see me rockin' you see me trollin'

Average day for me: procrastinate dirty mouse work by trolling the interwebs. Cue fabric and you amazing online crafting fiends who share! I am currently listening to this and rocking out while the monsoon outside my window gets the f outta town:



While frolicking on the flickr I came across people making wallets from this uber cute tutorial  by Jennie and Clara at Clover and Violet. Guess who wants to make one real bad... haha of course.

Also - apparently there was a linky party about pets and quilts at Lily Pad Quilting. Made me sad I didn't have a pet to put on a quilt (MO refuses to be a part of this whole fabric thing). Solution: visit my friend M at her blog, Sew Hungry, to see the pups I craft with. Leuko likes to walk under the table and step on my pedal and sew a little himself!

Leave you with a picture of one of my crafting heroes - my Aunt - enjoying the beautiful weather by her and just having fun picking some cherries:

Ciao bellas!

-k

NY Beauty Pillow finished!

I finally finished the pillow! Yay me for actually finishing a project - something I always have issues with as my crafting friends will attest to. I learned a lot about paper piecing with this and also realized I have a bad habit of not reading the instructions all the way through before starting a new project. I used the Block 8 template and I like the way it looked, but all the fabric junctions were a pain to sew a curve with. I would like to try all the blocks but reorient them and do something awesome like what karibou13 did. I ended up quilting a square type thing in the middle and then followed the edge of the circle on the outer edges, which I really liked. Also, the first time I did piping on a project. I used this tutorial from Sew Mama Sew! and really liked it. Anyhow here are a few pictures. Sorry the pillow form was a little small so it doesn't puff out quite right.

Also in news - I started my blocks for my first bee swap and thought I was doing grand when I realized I was 0.5 inches short... BLARGH!!!! I could have sworn I did my math right but alas back to the drawing board.

Happy sewing!
-k

Future homes for quilts

I love the process of designing the quilt, picking out fabrics, and sewing it all up into awesomeness. But I have come to a crossroads - I don't have that many people left that I know that I can gift the quilt to (personal problem huh?). I was perusing blogs - when am I not? - and taking a closer look into this do.Good Stitches business and finally figured it out. You can make your quilts and send them here:  My Very Own Blanket. As I just did the Quilts for Kids quilt, this new (to me) charity would be a great opportunity to find a home for future quilts. Especially because I love kids' fabric :-)

Ciao!

-k