Swaps for July

I'm all caught up on my swaps!

These blocks are for the Chaletgirl Blockswap:

Love Lara's fabric. Very easy to match, and so happy to use my Kaffe to match hers!

Blocks for Loulou. I'm not so good with pink, mostly because my stash doesn't have too much of it. But I think these worked out ok.

These blocks are for bee inspired. I can't believe we've already completed 5 months!

Blocks for Barb. I LOVE the fabrics she chose. She's planning on doing a wonky bento box quilt.

Blocks for John. Made from this pattern. It's going to be GORGEOUS!

Lastly, my blocks for the Three by Three swap:

Not sure how much I like these. I tried to keep with my theme of aqua and another color (seen here for May and June), but these were a bit off. At least they're the correct size! I measured each and every one.

And here are the blocks I received for June. I am getting excited to put this quilt together. It's going to be all sorts of random and crazy!

Lucy and the (Dirty) Ball

Not much Lucy going on in the blog lately, huh? Well I finally took my camera outside to the backyard as we were playing fetch. Lucy is a crazy fetcher. See?

Here are some series that we caught:

Doesn't she look happy catching?

I enjoy that she looks like she's standing up in the last photo here

That last one deserves to be blown up:

Chris says this one looks like she's a second baseman catching a line drive. But with short arms.

She gets so crazy about fetching that she has to be reminded to drink water.

Notice her making sure that her ball isn't leaving? Sometimes she just puts the ball in the water bowl to wash it off and to keep an eye on it.

She was so tired that I was able to get this shot in. Lucy has always been an extremely long corgi, so I measured her to see how long...

She is a yard long! No wonder I have no room in my bed!

We leave you with my favorite photo of the day. It could be better with some cropping, but oh well.

Three by Three!

So remember these blocks?

They were for the Three by Three Swap organized by Anina of Twiddletails. It's been fun, but even more fun since I got my first batch of blocks back!

Pretty! I'm going to put these together with white sashing. I think it's going to be fabulous. I love nine patches! I think the variety of fabrics in this is awesome.

Hmm... it looks like a certain Lucy-face has claimed them as her own!

MINE!

Mendocino Dress... at last!

Everyone on alert? A finished project!

I have seen this dress around the blog world, and I am so happy I am finally done. I confess, this dress gave me fits at first. It was my first time working with elastic thread. I got the thread to scrunch up, but not nearly enough. I was so frustrated that I put the dress aside for months (10, actually). In the super hot weather, I decided I wanted to finish it. I have been reading tips online so I was ready. My problem? It might have been the actual thread (I switched brands), but the main culprit was definitely that I was using too small a stitch. I had used the smallest stitch, but all the tips say use the longest stitch! It worked like a charm. Also, Heather Ross notes that it shrinks even more when you pass a steam iron over it because the elastic thread shrinks. In any case, it works now!

I need to add straps, but I already wore it for a bbq last weekend. It's fun, fast, comfortable... I didn't actually use Heather's pattern, I just took a rectangle and shirred the top. I'm sure her pattern would have helped with the pregnant look. The fabric is a sarong from Indonesia.


I also finished up my nine-block swaps, both for the Chaletgirl Block Swap and Three by Three. I think after I'm done with these my nine block obsession will be satiated.

Please notice that Nerdy Lucy has no ears!

Bee Inspired!

Alright, it has been a LOOONG time since I've posted. I have an excuse though.. I haven't really done anything! I have finished these two blocks for bee inspired. That's about it.

Oh I did go to Boston to visit some friends. SO fun. And I think I was full for the entire week after we got back. They also took us to Rhode Island, which is gorgeous.

Hurray!

Oh and in wedding news, we decided to postpone the wedding another year so I will be done with my masters degree. And can be the best bridezilla I can be! Just kidding. Maybe.

Hopefully some crafting soon!

C-12 Family Reunion

Mmm plaid. I never really wore much plaid, mostly flannel pajama bottoms. I'm thinking of incorporating more plaid into my wardrobe, but more of the cotton plaid as opposed to the flannel. I think some plaid and gingham shirts would be fantastic. I can't imagine my family wearing plaid to a reunion though. The majority of my family comes from Indonesia, and I don't think plaid is popular over there. It does make me laugh to imagine hundreds of my Indonesian family milling around a park in plaid...

This block was chain pieced and the fabric was a fat quarter from the Granary.

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A-12 Framed Fancy

I'm pretty proud of this blocks. The points line up reasonable well, and there were SO many little pieces! My sister bought me a new iron for my birthday, and I love it. It's a panasonic cordless iron, and it's fantastic for piecing little pieces for these dear jane blocks.

This block uses fabric once again from my cousin's stash, but I can't remember what it was. The block is freezer paper pieced.

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