I finished the blocks for 1 year, 12 quilts Bee. The theme was ocean inspired. We were sent some 10 inch NEPTUNE squares to work with. This is what I came up with…
Nothing too special. I wish I could have come up with some AMAZING design, but to be honest, I was having trouble with the 10 inch squares and what to do with them. So I hope they are liked.
My crosses from Geri arrived in the mail yesterday.
They are going to work well in my quilt!
Ruth posted this picture of the cross block she made me for our Virtual Quilting Bee. I was so excited to see it. She did a wonderful job with my request. I can't wait to see the other blocks :) This Bee has been so much fun. Thanks for the block Ruth!
Cross block for Rene
Originally uploaded by ircabbit
I joined a Quilting Bee and needed to come up with an idea for my quilt I want the ladies to make for me. My month is February and I need to be getting things ready so I can mail the packages out the last week of January. I am really excited about this Bee. I already made and sent Donna’s block (she was January). I thought it might be fun to take you on the journey of deciding on my block :)
First you need inspiration…
I knew the minute I saw these that this is what I wanted to do.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40237352@N06/galleries/72157622910682844/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40237352@N06/galleries/72157622967892992/
I collect crosses and have them all over my house…
Those are just the ones I have have out…there are several more that I haven’t found a place for since the move.
Can you see why I am choosing to have the GIRLS make me cross blocks???
So now the hard part…I need to decide on fabric and make a test block to see how much is needed. Ok, so where do you find patterns for cross blocks (besides boring ones)? You can’t. So I am asking the girls to make up their own.
This is the block that I have designed…
The rough draft (very rough)
and here is my block after being drawn out in EQ6…
Here is my Diagram and Paper Piecing Foundations…
Designing the Block and Foundations Pieces was really fun :)
Here are my block pieces…
oops, I forgot to take pictures of all the block pieces I had after getting them sewn and cut out…there were about 22 pieces all together.
here is the back of the block after sewing the pieces together…
here it is the front (paper still on)
and here it is after removing the paper, starched and pressed (It got a little stretched from removing the paper) But over all I am very pleased. It is the 1st time I have ever designed something myself, so I am just thrilled that it came out and it looks the way I had imagined it would :)
I am going to make a few more sample blocks too :) The next ones will be a little simpler!
Here is Donna’s block. This was my 1st time to paper piece…in fact it was my first time to so anything beside sewing squares or strips together! I am surprised that it even resembles what it is suppose to be. Although I am not really pleased with the block itself. I wasn’t sure how to do the seams and they are messy, and 1 of the points don’t match up. I thought about ripping it all out and try again, but was afraid that it wouldn’t go back together and I didn’t have enough fabric to start over from scratch.I sure hope she isn’t disappointed with it.
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