#igtqb collaboration

It started with this...

And this!

Then these two blocks were made....

then these beautiful EPP hexies...

and this fantastic Swoon block...

these colorful x-blocks were added...

throw in some colorful pluses...

more beautiful hexies...

three incredible star-plus blocks....

and some very colorful HST's...

  And you get this...

This is the most incredible collaborative project ever!  Back in March I joined with a group of ladies on Instagram to start a group of traveling quilts.  I made the first two blocks and sent them off, since then the have traveled all over the US and Canada to become this beautiful quilt top that I received back yesterday.   Over the last several months I had only seen small peaks at what they other ladies were adding and I was so excited when I picked up the box it arrived in at the post office last night. This beauty is big...measuring in at 84"x 68".  I had to bring in a ladder to get a good picture of the whole thing and it took up my whole living room floor!

Thank you Lindsey, Kristine, Dyan, Mary, Samantha, Katie, Nicole and Robin!

If you are on Instagram and you'd like to see more or check out the other finished quilts look up #igtqb.

Linking up Show and Tell over at I Have to Say and Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story.

Owl and Geese Mini Quilt

 

Through Instagram I heard that Kristi from Schnitzel and Boo was organizing a mini quilt swap. I'd done a couple of swaps in the past and I loved it, so I signed up! I think there ended up being something like 180 swappers.  This one was set up so that you only know who you are sending to.  Each of us filled out a questionnaire so that Kristi could pass it on to whomever had our name.  When I read the info my partner provided I knew almost instantly what I wanted to do. This is the initial fabric stack I pulled from my stash. I ended up digging through my scrap bin to add a bit more variety.

The owl and geese are paper pieced. (Please excuse the horrible pictures, I didn't think to get out the good camera when I was sewing.)

 

 

After getting those parts done I did struggle a bit with what do in the corners but ultimately settled on more dark brown to help pull it all together.

 

I can't wait to get this in the mail to my partner on Monday.  I really hope she likes it!

  

Stats ~

Size ~ approximately 14" square

Fabric ~ all from my stash

Designed, pieced and quilted by me!

If your interested please take a look at the other quilt I entered in the Blogger's Quilt Festival. 

 

Signal Flags

Alright, here it is!  My Signal Flags quilt is finished and being used as we speak!

 

I managed to finish this up a couple of days before Christmas.  It meant a lot to me to make this for for my husband and I'll admit I was a bit nervous about his reaction but he was thrilled...don't tell him I told you but he actually got a little teary over it!  As our children get older it's been harder for him to be away so much.  My thought in creating this quilt for him was that he'd be able to take a bit of home with him.  I added outlines of our hand prints in the quilting. The signal flags spell out our last name.

Details:
All of the solids are Kona and the Anchors are from Out to Sea by Sarah Jane
Size: Approximately 42" x 80" (to fit an odd sized bed)
Backed with flannel and has no batting

I've written about this quilt here and here.

Hello.....

Sorry it's been so long! November just seemed to get away from me and then here we are 4 days into December.  Not much sewing happened the last couple of weeks.  I spent most of that time switching around the sewing room and the playroom in our house and celebrating Thanksgiving.

Not everything is put away or organized the way I'd like yet but I finally had enough yesterday an finished up my Spinning Points block that will be part of my husband's quilt.  (He's out of town this week, so I don't have to worry about him seeing it.)



The pattern for this block and several other can be found at Quilting on the Square