Sew, Mama, Sew! is hosting a giveaway to which anyone can contribute this week. What a fun event! We get a chance to know other people’s blog. The actual Giveaway Day was Monday, but it is open until the end of the week. I was working on my Christmas gifts sewing and I didn’t have […]
I just finished up some stockings for all the family. I’m really happy with the result. I have done it using Denyse Schmidt’s free pattern. But, I did a few modifications. First, I did it using only fabrics from my stash. I had some left overs from the furoshikis I made with my sister last […]
November was Charlene‘s month in the Fat Stash Bee. She asked us to follow a tutorial by Elizabeth Hartman for it. It consist of log cabin with a center piece and 4 rings in 4 different colors. She wanted the rings in red, pink, aqua and white. I received an FQ in aqua and a […]
Yes! I’m already done with my blocks for October in the Fat Stash Bee. October was April‘s month. She asked us to do a garden fence block following this tutorial. I love her fabric selection for her quilt. Here is the ones I received. Both are linen/cotton blends. They have a really nice texture. […]
I finished up my large floor pillow covers today. Just in time for Fall. I realize that yesterday while working on assembling them. I had seen this beautiful wall quilt in the Fresh Modern Quilts group pool on Flickr earlier in the day. It’s a quilt by Jolene Klassen from the Blue Elephant Stitches blog. […]
For the month of September, we were asked to do a block from the Freshly Peced blog: “Hexing Around Block”. It consists of an hexagon with four concentric rings. We were provided the center piece and were asked to do the rings in four complementing colors. We were also provided with an FQ of a […]
June has passed and even though there was some delay due to the strike at Canada Post, I received all my blocks from the Fat Stash Bee. I got all my blocks and much more: 20 in total. Thanks to everyone in the bee for your generosity. I had asked to do crazy scrappy blocks […]
I bought this nice fabric from Moda almost one year ago now. It’s from the Harvest collection from Blackbird Design. I thought the colors would look great in our living room. And the print is like a page from a bird encyclopedia. I didn’t get a chance to use it until recently. I’ve decided to […]
This month block was really fun to do. Sarah wants to do a Confetti Block Quilt like shown in the book Block Party– The Modern Quilting Bee (take a look at their blog for more info). As a framing fabric, she provided us a fabric with a yellow print instead of white. It is a […]
For July, we were provided some photos as a source of inspiration. We were asked to use fabrics colors that remind us of the outdoors (grass, sky, sunrise, wildlife, etc). Sharon is doing a quilt for her husband. She asked us to think Old West, prairie, sunrise/sunset, ranch-y and she provided us a blue FQ. […]