Darling little project for a sweet little girl

In June, I attended the TVQA Spring Seminar in Murfreesboro.  This is when I took the "Over the Rainbow" quilt class.  Anytime quilters arrive at a gathering, we can always look forward to Fabric Vendors.  "Fabric N Quilts" came all the way from Jamestown, TN.  There were a couple of fabric pieces that caught my eye.  Here is the piece that I plan to work with first.  Actually, I may not have purchased this fabric but she had the little fabric dolls made up and their clothing attached with velcro.  I couldn't resist!

Flat Dolls fabric

Light Bulb Moment

After taking a picture for Design Wall Monday, I discovered one Blah block, so I looked through the box for another fun fabric and I found light bulbs.  What cute fabric!  So another 9-patch block was made and switched for the blah block.  I am happy with the lay-out.

Light Bulb Fabric

Design Wall Monday Revised

Design Wall Monday

Dancing 9-patches...

Dancing 9 Patch

Oh, what to do with all these 9-patch blocks sewn together by several ladies from our sewing group.  Jill has an AccuCut machine and cut hundreds of (3 1/2 inch squares).  We considered just sewing them together but then I found this neat pattern on Bonnie Hunter's website called Dancing Nine Patch!
The pattern is listed under "Free Patterns".  Hopefully, the link I have added will work for you.  I still need to add a small blue border and her neat piano key border.  Can this be done before tomorrow's sewing day?

 Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville Blogspot free-patterns

Good thing, I put all the blocks up on the Design Wall because I see a "Blah" block in the lower right corner.
It has no contrast!  No problem.  There are many more blocks to choose from in the box. I had better get busy.

Go check out what others are doing today at:
Patchwork Times.com

Table Tops ready for quilting

Yesterday, I worked on completing 3 more Table Toppers that were on my Design Wall on Monday.  They just need to be sandwiched and quilted.  I changed the strips on two of the toppers and I'm much happier with the results.

Table Toppers  July 2013

   

Design Wall Monday

Here it is...almost midnight and I am just now taking a picture of what I started working on this afternoon.  There have been several interruptions, so this is all I have accomplished today.  We had our favorite neighbors come over for dinner and an enjoyable evening of conversation.

Three more table toppers to complete prior to my vacation in early August.

Check out what others are doing: patchworktimes.com

Table Topper Addiction Continues

Design Wall Monday

Over the Rainbow  July 2013

Over the Rainbow remains on my Design Wall....
Two more half blocks were made last week and then,
I received a Quilt of Valor back from the long armer and my MTSU Signature Quilt was ready to be picked up after it was quilted.  So, I have spent the last couple of days working on the bindings for both quilts.

The plastic project bins have come in handy and I just love the ones I have.  No need to be searching for the labels for the back of the quilt or what fabric to be used for the binding.  I just need about 10 more for all my UFO's.  The reason I mention the project bins is because I was sure I had made up extra labels for the QOV projects but cannot find them and I'm wasting time, looking for them.     

Got It Done in June 2013

The Quilt of Valor top was completed and sent off to the long arm quilter last week.  The Soldier's Child Birthday Foundation top was completed and is waiting for the long arm quilter to come back from her vacation.  Pictures of both quilts will be posted after the binding is sewn on.

Sorting and cutting scraps will continue and is never ending.  Every project generates more scraps but then you all know that already.  LOL

Design Wall Monday

I love quilts with a 3-D effect.  TVQA's Spring Seminar was last Thursday through Saturday and there were many classes offered.  The class that got my attention was "Over the Rainbow" taught by Lisa Hardy.  I was intrigued by the optical illusion of depth when proper color choices and placement is chosen.  I wanted to know how did Lisa accomplished this look?  The quilt gives the appearance of 12 blocks on the bottom with 6 blocks centered on top of the 12 and a final 2 blocks placed in the center on top of the 6 blocks.  We were told to choose 25-30 colors of our choice and Lisa had us pre-cut the fabric into strips.  I was amazed to finish the center blocks during our 3 hr. class.  I came home and made 2 more blocks on Saturday.

The part that is most challenging for me is choosing the colors.  I want the quilt to have good variation of color and keep with the illusion of depth.  Here is what I have so far....

Over the Rainbow