Block Party!

Block Party Give Away Fat Quarters
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I am so excited. The Block Party Quilting Bee organizers are turning their bee into a quilt-along, and to kick it off they're having a giveaway! You could win these lovely drool-worthy fabrics! Check it out here.

It should be really fun, a no-pressure sort of thing since it's a quilt along, not a bee. I really loved the blocks they've made in their bees, so you should check it out. They're posting a block and variations monthly, and if you put it into the flickr pool, you have a chance of landing your photo into the book they're writing. HOW EXCITING!

Hi-yah!! Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween from Lucy the Karate Kid!

I can see you with just one eye open!

And now I'm going to hide...

Blocks blocks and more blocks!

Wow, I love making blocks! Here are the most recent ones...

For Bee Inspired:

Maverick Stars for Ann. Luckily my cousin was in town and she helped out and made a couple of blocks!

A hexagon block for Natasha. Took a lot of time, but it was fun to make. I think because of the time it took to make it was hard to mail this one off!

For Around the Block:

Two log cabins in fun springy colors for Louise. Her quilt is going to be so fun!

For the block of the month from Amitie, Green Tea and Sweet Beans, I made these:


I am really really enjoying this block of the month. It's all done by hand too!

And lastly, a new project with my quilting friends, the Civil War Diary Quilt. Here are blocks 1 and 2:


Here is what the whole quilt looks like so far.

I feel like I haven't really done much this month. Working on these little blocks is fun, but it's been so long since I've finished a quilt!

On another note, Corgi Fair is coming up, hope to see some of you bay area corgis there!

Miss March!

I think dog owners always thing their dogs are the best, and of course I'm no exception with Lucy. She is the funniest (and weirdest) dog I have ever met, and I wouldn't change a thing about her. Well maybe her toy and food guarding, but everyone has a vice. Hers is being greedy.

I was so excited to learn that Kelly of Corgibutts was making a calendar with proceeds going to Lakeshore Corgi Rescue, and that Lucy's photo was picked for Miss March!

Kelly did a great job taking the leash out of the photo too. You can see the original here.

If you want to buy a calendar, here is the blog post and the direct link to buy. $5 goes to Lakeshore Corgi Rescue!

It's starting to get cold!

I guess it's officially summer still, but last night I had to get an extra quilt to put on top of my summer comforter. I think it's abnormal September weather for California, but oh well. We got a new king sized bed this past weekend, and it's fantastic! Unfortunately all my quilts are now tiny. I think I'll be requesting big blocks from my quilting bees!

I have finished a few more blocks for my quilting bees for this month. Here is the second block for September for Around the Block:

Unfortunately I ran out of blue, so the block is rushing back to Australia to be finished by a very nice and very understanding Helen. You should check out some of the other houses that are showing up in the pool... they are AMAZING.

For bee inspired, here are my blocks for Karla. This was my first try at disappearing nine patches, and they're pretty fun! I think I prefer regular nine patches, but these were fun anyway. I think they are very striking with the fabric and Karla is going to have a fantastic quilt.



And sadly, my last set of blocks for Chaletgirl Blockswap! It's strange to see that I'm done... now I just have to put my own quilt together. Sheridan, thank you thank you thank you for organizing this swap, it has been so fun!



So lets see, that brings me down to 2 quilting bees and one block of the month (post to come soon!)

Around the Block: Start!

So I joined another quilting bee, Around the Block, organized by Sheridan, who also organized the Chaletgirl Block Swap. All the other ladies in the group are from Australia. Should be fun! Kate started us of early and send us very very cute fabrics for a log cabin block for her little boy. Here is what I made for her:


I hope she likes them!

Bee Inspired: August

Krista is/was moving, so she sent out her fabrics early. They aren't due until September, but I finished my block before July ended! She mailed everyone black and another color.

I have never made a whirlygig block before, but they're fun! I didn't want to mess with paper piecing or templates, so I drew out my plans and figured out how to machine piece it from there. The numbers turned out pretty nicely, I started with a 2"x2.5" rectangle and drew a line 1/4" from each side of the center. The littlest squares in there are 2" unfinished, and the entire block is 12.5" unfinished.

I think I like whirlygigs because the remind me of M.C. Escher.