Bee Talk

I seem to have gotten myself deep into Quilting lately and I'm not ready to come up for air yet. :)
I've signed on to four virtual quilting bees right now through Flickr.

My first bee that I signed up for was Stitch 6 Bee. We have 12 members. We started in November and each month is assigned to two members. Those members send out their fabric and directions for the block of their choice. The rest of us make the block and then send it back. Here are the blocks that I have made for this bee so far:

November

December
  

I've got the fabric for both blocks due for January and will do those this week. My month is February and I plan to use this new Modern Meadows by Joel Dewberry that I just received. I'm going to be cutting this up and sending it to them soon. They will be making the Modified Bento Box block and send it back to me.

 

My 2nd bee I signed up for is [3x6] Sampler Quilt Mini Bee. This is a large group (about 175 of us!) with seperate bee hives consisting of 7 members. We each tell our group members the three colors that we want and then the members will make a block using those three colors out of our own scraps and then send those blocks to them. The key is that the 6 blocks that you make for your members, all have to be the same block pattern. Here is an example:

photo by sewlikesue

I have requested Red, Blue, and Yellow to make a Superman Quilt for Lukas. When I told him about this, his face lit right up! Here are pictures of the two blocks that I have so far:

 

I'm excited to see what else we get for this quilt. As soon as I get all the blocks in from this group, I'm going to order the fabric to start piecing these 6 blocks together with this Superman fabric from Fabrics.com:

 This bee runs for each Quarter, for 3 months (Jan-Mar) and then it repeats again. Im already signed up for the 2nd Quarter as well, and will continue on with this color theme for more blocks for this quilt. Should only take two quarters to do this quilt, because I'll end up with 12 blocks total, plus ones that I make. So I could piece some onto the back as well.

For the 3rd Bee I'm in, Seams Perfect - A Modern Scrap Bee, this runs for 12 months. We have 12 members, with each of us assigned a month for 2011. For our month, we get to choose what colors and what pattern we want. The other members then use their own scraps, according to the colors we want, and make the block that we asked for. So far I have made these block for January with the following criteria. Red, Orange, Yellow, Pink strips, made into the String Me Along block pattern.

 I haven't decided yet for my month, which is March. Maybe thinking along the lines of Grey. Just not sure what colors to go with it...

And last, Freedom Block Swap. This one is a quickie that goes from Jan 15 - Mar 15. There are 17 of us and we send out our fabric and they have the freedom to make whatever 12.5" unfinished block that they want. I've got fabric all cut and piles separated to be sent out on Monday.

So this one will be neat because Ill end up with 16 different blocks, but with these fabrics! 

Sounds exciting, yet busy, right? I know I'm geeked!!

More for Baby Warner

This week I finished the quilt top she wanted.


I layered it with 2 layers of the bamboo batting and began pinning.


The Quilting was a very few, easy stitches. Twice around the border and two lines down the toile. Front:

The ribbon I picked up couldn't be a better match. :)


The bedding and the ribbon couldn't have been a better match. (even though it appear blue here). I sewn the ribbon strips onto the quilt and the am able to tie them into bows.









I've also got this cute chair that is also being converted to match the bedding set. It's this bright red velvety material. I was lucky enough to find a white/off white colored slip cover at IKEA for $30. But the chair seat is a little different. It has these 'wings' that come out. So I have made a slip cover for this seat cushion.


I cut out the pieces, installed the zipper...


And sewn them all up!!


I do need to take a look at the actual chair and fix the difference in arms/ wings on their. But at least I have extra fabric to work with on the chair cover.
Next I was able to get the car seat cover done. This is cute because I was able to show both prints.







I cut full length slits into the cover and applied snaps to make the closure around the straps. This way the straps dont have to be removed to put the cover on and off the seat.


I made a boppy pillow cover out of the French toile. This has a fold over flap in the back to get the pillow in and out of the cover for washing.


The front:


The back:


And finally have all 44 ties turned inside out! This was very tedious and thankfully a few coworkers helped me out tonight!

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Moving Along

I've been getting some good progress on the French Toile bedding set. I was able to drop off the fitted crib sheet, curtain panels, and ruffled crib skirt to her earlier this week. Because this is such a large order, I decided to give her pieces at a time when they are completed.
So I will have final pics of the full set when it's all complete and installed in the baby's room.
Here is a sneak pic of the ruffled crib skirt:



Next I'm working on the bumper pad and the blanket.
A pic of the the piping that is finished and ready to be added.



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What a day

Quick update here...

Tony's parents garage burnt down Friday morning.





Tony's '69 Charger burnt with it.








Tony has been cleaning up the car.





House is a mess. My sewing is upstairs since we have started the basement.





Can't seem to catch my breath.

I've got the kitchen cleaned now.
Had some prayer and coffee, I think I can see the light. :)


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