Saturday, March 3, 2012

I'll be heading to Rosie's Calico Cupboard this morning. I wWill be meeting up with Debra and Collette to pass off several Chunky Churndashes Swap Blocks. 

 I'll also be looking to purchase a purple similar to the strip of purple you see in this photo of the fabrics that will go into my 2012 March UFO with Patchwork Times.  It's a design by Judy Laquidara she calls Road to Brownwood.  I'll be calling my quilt Konnections to Kollinwood.  You see my parents live on Collinwood Road...

Another reason for meeting up with Debra is to pass along two quilts that will be shown and offered for sale at the 27th Annual Quilt Show & Boutique next weekend Sponsored by the Woman's Club of Lakeside.  It will be held at the Vetrans' Memorial Building on Lindo Lane March 9 and 10 both days from 10 AM to 4 PM.  If you have a chance to stop by Korrecting Koncealled and Koasting will be in the show.

As you can see I purchased the Flying Geese Bloc Loc ruler.  Just got it yesterday at Amidons along with a second size.  I pressed the seams out as instructed; started trimming them up on my Brooklyn Revolver to help turn the goose to the correct direction for cutting.  Today I'll spend much of the day sewing together the blocks of Part 7.  I'm looking forward to getting Kordova Klosure's top together.

I finished my March Sunshine Quilt Guilds BOM.  We were to put anything BUT bugs into bug jars.  I thought the spoons and forks were cute.

There's damage to report on my Sunday Stash Report :(

Sunday Stash Report, July 31, 2011

Here we are concluding yet another month of 2011.  I'm working hard today this last day of July to finish up my July UFO.  Goodness where has this month gone?  Hopefully I'll get it done.  I've got the collection of fabrics to choose from easy at hand, but still need to choose just which one of the animal themes that will be used for the Flax flower for my Kourageous project.  More on this tomorrow...wish me luck!

This week I've got several completions to share with you.  Of course you know what this means...something to report as USED!  YIPPEE!  First up is Kottonwood Kurl from the Bonnie Hunter design Roll, Roll Cotton Boll.  I finally got all the way around this big girl sewing down the binding.  She's a beauty don't you agree?

Next is Koncealed from the Debbie Caffrey design Secret Window that has been brought to us by Quiltmaker Magazine as a Mystery in three parts starting with the May/June 2011 issue.  I host this Quilt Along project on Quilter's Club of America under Groups/Quiltmaker Groups.  Becoming a member of the Group is FREE and works with the three magazine issues.  The final post went live on Friday with Secret Window Part 3 - Scrappy Cutting and Sewing...The REVEAL!

The beautiful flowers are a gift to me from Quiltmaker for my efforts on the online quilt along project.  Do you think it was planned that the flowers would match the colors of Koncealed?

Korrecting Koncealed is a second Secret Window project that was my double check to make sure the words on the blog posts were accurate.  It always amazes me how different fabric selections create such different projects. 

As I mentioned I can report fabric used this week.  I'd already claimed Kottonwood Kurl, but Koncealed and Korrecting Koncealed combined added up.  A good reporting week...notice I've stopped my purchasing spree?

Used this week: 21.25 yards
Used YTD: 165.5 yards
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 92 yards
Net Fabric Used in 2011: 73.5 yards

Did you use stash this week?  Look how other quilters are using their stash at Patchwork Times.

Design Wall Monday, May 30, 2011

I'm a day ahead of UFO May finish with Judy at Patchwork Times.

This is Lily of the Valley in animal theme fabrics for Kourageous. I'm happy with the results. I had two fabrics in the wrong places that I had to correct. One was too far into the section requiring me to just make it over and the other was the last piece of a section. Section L was the remake. I suppose I need to pay more attention to fabric placement as this has happened to me before. You'd think I would have learned a lesson by now!

So at the end of May, Kourageous looks like this. What's June have in store for me?  Find time to visit more Design Walls today by way of Patchwork Times.

The other thing I've been working on is Korrecting Koncealed.  This is the project that helps me find any wording errors in the posts I put to QCA for the Mystery Quilt-Along that I'm hosting there for Quiltmaker Magazine.  If you haven't joined the Group and want to...don't wait any longer...it's FREE!

Happy Birthday Tiffany.  Happy sewing!

Sunday Stash Report, May 15, 2011

I felt very successful after my first quilty lecture at Sunshine Quilters of San Diego in El Cajon, CA on Tuesday of this past week.  The guild took me out to a nice Italian restaurant before the meeting and treated me to a nice gift card for merchandise at Memory Lane Quilt Shop in Santee, CA.  I have a potential for a purchase, but since it's a gift no yardage to add this week.  I'm also at the start of one project and the middle of three others so nothing to claim as used.  A null week!

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 115.25 yards
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 26.5 yards
Net Fabric Used in 2011: 88.75 yards


I used the Quiltmaker Dances With Waves pattern to put together a tutorial on paper piecing.  It is the next post if you are interested.  Awhile back one of my followers asked for it.  I have another tutorial on the product Texture Magic that I will be posting shortly too.  I used the Texture Magic on my Kovers project that is currently in the quilting queue at Kerry's Quilting.  It's fun and easy creating a different element.  Did you hear me say it's easy?

So here's what I'm working on today...Kartwheels. I've got the first four of 12 arcs done. Four each of different dark blues, greens, and purples. You see two of the blues. Green is being sewing now.  I'm using five different backgrounds. The background fabrics are from Sew Batik and the other batiks I'll use are stash (mostly from Memory Lane).  This is a Judy Niemeyer pattern called Mariner's Star and one of my 2011 UFOs.

I've also got Kourageous, Koncealed, and Korrecting Koncealed in work.  You can see where I'm at will all three of these at the end of the month.  Kourageous is my 2011 UFO that I'm doing with Judy's 2011 UFO Challenge.  This month I'm to make a Lily of the Valley block.  The Koncealed quilts are part of the Quiltmaker 2011 Quilt-Along that I'm hosting at Quilters Club of America.

My DH came up with a great name for my Making Ends Meet quilt project, Koasting.  This one is my favorite out of a couple others...Kounting and Kompromising.  What do you think? 

See how others are doing with their stash at Judy's Patchwork Times.

Sunday Stash Report, May 8, 2011

Happy Mother's Day to all you Mom's!

Kaos and Koko are making sure they keep me company today...my kidos!  I'll be working on the final touches of my 1st Quilty Lecture today and trying to figure out a way to get all the quilts that I want to bring for the trunk show portion.  I'll be packing three large suitcases to the "sit on the top" zipper closing!

I finished the binding, sleeve, and labels on 2009 Kruisin Kwilt this week.  All of these blocks are free patterns picked up throughout the run that was in March of 2009.  Each quilt shop offered one.  I made up several of them which made became the front and a few ended up on the back.  The label has the name, location, and block design from the different participating shops.  I did this same thing earlier this year with the blocks from the run that was in March of 2008.  I'm sure there will be another of these projects in the future.  Once again I'm caught up with binding projects and labels. 

I have three quilts currently in work.  Koncealed, Korrecting Koncealed, and Kourageous.  The first two quilts are the two I'm using for the Quiltmaker 2011 Mystery Quilt-Along that I'm hosting.  And since they are a mystery of course I can't show you them!  Kourageous is my 2011 UFO with Patchwork Times.  Kourageous is a compliation of 12 blocks that I'm making one a month through the year.  These are the first four that are complete.  I've got Lily of the Valley for May. 

Komfort Kove is now in Kerry's Quilting queue.  I'm claiming the yardage used this week.  Now for the stash calculations this 19th week of 2011.

Used this week: 11 yards

Used YTD: 115.25 yards

Purchased this week: 0 yards

Purchased YTD: 26.5 yards

Net Fabric Used in 2011: 88.75 yards

Check out more Stash Reports at Patchwork Times.

Design Wall Monday, April 11, 2011

I have so much going on right now it's getting difficult to figure out what's next.  I've been working on deadlines first certainly.  Last week I was getting ready for my Part 1 - Scrappy Cutting and Sewing blog post for Quiltmaker's 2011 Mystery Quilt-Along that is being hosted on Quilters Club of America.  This post is available today.  Check out the action there and sign up FREE if you want to quilt-along.  I'd love to have you join the group where I'm the host!  Hoffman Batiks are my fabric line with the Quilt-Along. I'm also making a second project using red, white, and black fabrics that I'll show the end results of each part here on my blog.  Here's how Part 1 ends.

The next project I needed to get done is the BOM for my quilt guild Sunshine Quilters April meeting that is tomorrow.  This is called Flower Patch.  The flower block will be used for the middle and the snowball green block will be for the winner to use in the border.

Here is Kandy Korn all finished.  This is a Judy Laquidara design called Peaches and Dreams.  Some of you may have helped me with this quilt's name.  Originally I'd thought to call it Kreamed Korn, but Kandy Korn definitely sounds more appropriate.

Kandy Korn

Next up is a quilt that I've yet to name.  I'm trying to have the top done by next Monday because it's a pattern by Cathy Farris taken at a workshop in January called Lakeside Mystery II at the 2011 Road to California Quilt Show.  Cathy Farris will be our guest speaker at Canyon Quilt Guild the April meeting.  I'm appliqueing the center medallion called "Orange Blossom" right now.  I have all the borders done.  It may not be finished but I'll be taking it for Show and Tell one way or another!

If all of this isn't enough...did you see the Better Homes and Gardens American Patchwork and Quilting June 2011 Issue?  Starting on page 30 there is another pattern I want to make.  I've got loads of stash green and ivory I want to use...red might be a trip to the quilt shop, but this one just has to be made!  It's called Twist on Tradition by Avis Shirer.  I also have lots of Bonnie Hunter bonus squares already sewn to be part of this gorgeous design.  And of course another Bonnie Hunter pattern in the May/June 2011 Quiltmaker Issue called Lady of Lake Erie is screaming to be made.  Again I've got those bonus squares and a huge selection of blues for this one popping out of their storage bins ready to be sewn.

Check out other design walls by other fabulous quilters at Patchwork Times.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Today is the day!  The Quiltmaker Quilt-Along Mystery 2011 starts today.  I will be hosting the Quilt-Along for Quiltmaker.  Part 1 will be split into two parts.  Part 1 - Introduction will be available on Quilters Club of America (QCA) today and Part 1 - Scrappy Cutting and Sewing will be available on Monday, April 11th at midnight PST. 
On the QCA site I'll be showing a scrappy version using mostly Hoffman batiks.  I'm also making a scrappy red, white and black version that I'll be showing on my blog.

If you are feeling like a fun mystery project pick up the Quiltmaker May/June Issue #139 and quilt-along.  Hey, when you get the magazine fill out one of the subscription cards and send it in (or go to Quiltmaker to subscribe online) because you'll need the next two issues to complete the mystery project that will be released in three parts.  You won't be disappointed in a subscription with Quiltmaker.  I've been subscribing since 1999 and have made numerous quilts from their patterns.  I have my collection of magazines and refer to them constantly.  Whether you decide on the subscription or not you will need the July/August Issue #140 and September/October Issue #141 to complete this mystery.  The subscription will get the magazine in your hands usually a week or more sooner than newsstands--and at a better deal too!

Come join in on the fun at QCA.  You'll have to join the Quiltmaker Quilt-Along Group.  It is absoultely FREE.

Design Wall Monday, March 28, 2011

I'll be working on the finishing touches of my March UFO this week.  I've got to add some embroidery (stem stitches) to the flowers creating sepals and two small leaves at the stem with green thread.

Next up will be finishing the mystery quilt project I started in January at Road to California. The center will be a simple applique pattern.

Don't forget to quilt-along with me starting March 29 on Quilters Club of America (QCA) when Quiltmaker's 3 Part Mystery Secret Windows unfolds. I'll be hosting this Debbie Caffrey mystery project for Quiltmaker over he next few months. You'll need to join the Quiltmaker's Mystery Quilt-Along 2011 group at QCA to participate. It is completely FREE!

Have a great week ahead. April and it's UFO project comes Friday! Gosh is it April already?

Friday, March 25, 2011

A busy time for me today, way too much going on!  Thought I'd share with you the news of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 3 release. 

The blog tour introducting the softcopy publication runs May 2-6.  This was done when Volume 2 was introduced and was lots of fun.  You get a chance to visit the designer's blogs where they most times show their block design used in a project.  There are also lots of prizes to be won on their sites and the Quiltmaker site.  Quiltmaker will guide you through the blog tour sites via their website.  Last year I was luck enough to win a copy of Volume 2.  Play along and maybe you'll find a new favorite designer or win something!

Volume 3 goes on sale at quilt shops and local newsstands May 10.  For those who susbribe to Quiltmaker it's not part of your subscription.  So make certain you pick up this Summer 2011 publication.  Both Volumes 1 and 2 are available thorugh Quiltmaker.  Volume 1 is only available now as a download.  Volume 2 is still available in print.

Another place to win is the First Friday Show and Tell at Quilters Club of America.  Anyone who made a Quiltmaker project using one of their patterns can participate.  Do you have a project to share?

Don't forget to quilt-along with me starting March 29 on Quilters Club of America (QCA) when Quiltmaker's 3 Part Mystery Secret Windows unfolds.  I'll be hosting this Debbie Caffrey mystery project for Quiltmaker over he next few months.  You'll need to join the Quiltmaker's Mystery Quilt-Along 2011 group at QCA to participate.  It is completely FREE!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Secret Window

I'm happy to tell you that Quiltmaker Magazine has asked me to be their online host for their mystery project called Secret Window.  Debbie Caffrey has designed a quilt that will be published starting with the May/June 2011 issue and then bimonthly for a total of three issues.  I'll be guiding you through this Quilt-Along through Quilters Club of America.  Here's a link to get you started.  Its all absolutely FREE!

I've not had much time this week for anything else except getting ready for March 29th when the Quilt-Along goes live.  I'd love it if you'd join me.

Happy Quilting!