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.

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Sunday Stash Report, April 10, 2011

For those who asked...I'm just about finished with the foundation piecing tutorial that I assembled while making Dances with Waves.  Perhaps by Wednesday I'll have something posted. 

So for my report this week. Dances with Waves project is now in queue with Kerry's Quilting. A bit late for Make-A-Blanket Day, but I'm sure Project Linus won't mind.  Thanks Quiltmaker for another year of supporting Project Linus' cause.  For the complete pattern go to www.quiltmaker.com/projectlinus. 

So how did you do using your stash this week?

Used this week: 4.25 yards
Used YTD: 86.75 yards
Purchased this week: 0 yard
Purchased YTD: 19.5 yards
Net Fabric Used in 2011: 67.25 yards

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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.