Saturday 27 October 2012

A Dandy

This month saw the blocks of quilt 2 of the Anything Goes Quilting Bee being made.



The lovely Jessica of Plum Patchwork sent out some amazing fabric and posted a great post about the blocks she would like us to make. Traditional blocks were the order of the day!

The fabrics that arrived were simply gorgeous and it has taken me most of the month to decide just how to cut into them! I simply loved them - it did cross my mind to slip them into my secret stash, but I think Jessica would shout at me!

Jessica requested 12" blocks and pointed us in the direction of Quilter Cache that has a huge list of suitable blocks. I looked through the list again and again until I came across this block:

 
It's called The Dandy Quilt and comes from the 1930's, which along with the 1940's fascinates me. I will be totally honest here and say I miss read the instructions and cut the fabrics slightly wrong... but I did get there on the second attempt!
 



So one of the blocks was complete, but I hadn't used the other fabric Jessica sent me. So I had another long look at the list.... and I found A Dandy:


It is very similar, but different. I am really pleased with both blocks and I hope that Jessica will like it when it finally lands on her doormat on the other side of the pond!

I have had a sneak peek at November's block and I am really looking forward to the fabric arriving!

Tuesday 16 October 2012

Always running late...Hello! I'm January. 




My name is Karen and I currently live with two crazy animals in a tiny apartment. Both enjoy "helping" with my quilting projects. (I promise to de-fur all blocks for the bee!) I have a wonderful partner, who has taught me how to laugh and explore and take risks again. He is slowing getting over his aversion to "crafting" and is helping me with my latest quilt project, Groovy Quilt for the Totally Groovy QAL run by Alyssa Litchner over at Pile o' Fabric.

I'm really excited about participating in my first quilting bee. I've only ever been exposed to traditional quilting in classes and traditional quilt guilds, so modern quilting is a new adventure for me!

This is me in Zadar, Croatia on the Sun Salutation:



This is my dog helping me with The Monstrosity.