Inspiring Monday

This week I am showing my school pride with your monday inspiration!

UT Quilt by Stephanie who blogs here.

Not only does this quilt celebrate my alma mater (why yes, I do bleed orange) but it also showcases so much of what I love about quilting!  The irregular shaped squares and rectangles, the varying shades of orange, grey (the binding!!), and black, plus the straight line quilting (and of course Bevo down in the corner there!) are all some of my favorite aspects of quilts being made today.

A Color Frenzy

DSQ10 is proving to be an emotional experience!

I get one idea and I feel brilliant!

I start to work on the idea then feel completely unsure.

I change ideas and feel empowered!

I start to work on the idea then feel like an idiot.

Good idea...great idea...horrible idea...they will love this...they will hate this...they will be so disappointed...

Finally though I think I came up with an idea that I love and think my partner will love too.

This is my upteenth sketch but I do love it. It took forever to narrow down my color choices, but in the end there are 27 different Kona colors not including white and possibly 2 grey (although those might still be cut).

This is what I have so far. The color squares are 2.25 inches square and the whole piece so far is 11 inches square. At this point I have about 10 different borders in mind, but I am trying to narrow them down by making a bit of it and auditioning it.  Any suggestions though would be appreciated!

Hopefully now my brain will settle down and stop yo-yo-ing like crazy over this swap!

Covet

 

Stargaze

 

 Land of Ampersand

 ABCs

Katie Daisy is an amazing illustrator whose work is fun, colorful, personal, and just simply gorgeous!  And I want like *all* of her prints and greeting cards!

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Sewing Obligations...

Wait...obligations is too strong of a word.

Especially when I enjoy it this much!

So lets call it Happy Sewing for February instead!

This month I worked on Beth's Row Robin for the HMQG!



Her original row is on the left and my addition to it on the right!I adored her fabric choices and it was so easy to pull matching colors for this!

I also made blocks for do. Good Stitches! This month we made Starburst blocks using the amazing Ashley's (from Film in the Fridge) tutorial.



Working on that block on the right was when I managed to have my blond moment of the year. Oops.

Can't wait to get to next month's Happy Sewing! 

Inspiring Monday

I did have something different to show you today, but it is now coming next monday as I could not wait to share this video I found!

If this is not inspiring I don't know what is!



Quilt by Gayle Thomas

From her page: A tribute to the unique and long-established art form of patchwork quilting, this abstract animated film uses computer and experimental techniques to choreograph quilt motifs and designs to music.

More from the National Film Board of Canada's blog.

This is so beautiful, pretty funky and psychedelic, and has some great music. I totally want to sew after watching this even though my finger is still sore from yesterday's blond moment.

Needles are...uh...sharp

Yeah...sharp.

In one side and out the other.



So much for a nice leisurely day of sewing.



ouch.

Although I should have taken a picture of it in my finger. Actually kind of cool. Like a piercing!

(And please ignore my horrid cuticles. Thank you.)

Hit the Road Again

Dear sweet baby Daniel entered the world on October 5th.  I finished this blanket in early January, and gifted it for his birth Christmas just because in February.  Better late than never right?



The pattern I just created as I went. Fabrics are Riley Blake, Kona Cotton, and the blue stripe is from Hancocks.



The backing is a super soft red flannel and I made a tag for it using TLC Stitches tutorial which was very easy and yielded nice results.  Although after washing it did fray slightly on the ends so next time I will be sure to spray them first. 



His mom, one of my best friends Meagan, snapped a pic with her cell, and all in all I think it was a success!




*****

And I was featured yesterday on Modern Day Quilts!



Yay! Go check out this blog! Every day is total inspirational eye candy!