yes, i'm still around

i really can't believe its been a year and a half since i blogged. seems last year got away from me. well, i plan to put a little more effort into this blog, even if it's only for me to document projects and other things:)

so first off ... a lovely year of finishes.  i missed january but i think i'm just going to make it under the wire for february.  this picture is really nothing because i've barely begun on this project but it's something i promised my spouse that i would make for them:)

it is the beginning of a boxy pouch. i'm following the tutorial by pink stitches

wip wednesday

i haven't been disciplined enough lately to participate in wip wednesday lately.  i missed 2013 finish-a-long linky but i think i'll still make the goals. my sewing time has been going to bee blocks lately but i think that i found a new project. scrappy trip around the world. tutorial by bonnie hunter.  i've cut enough 2.5 in strips for 11 blocks.  this was my initial fabric pull-

but i've narrowed it down to mid to light greens, oranges, yellows, pinks and peach/corals.
i also finished my  July cheer circle of do. Good Stitches blocks.

airplane block tutorial by badskirt.

and since i've already missed the linky for the finish-a-long. i post about it later.

linking up with lee at freshly pieced

half of 2013 is already gone...

i feel like all my sewing time is going toward bee blocks. and it is. i'm in 4 bees until september.   i also started 2 quiltalongs earlier in the year (which for the time being i have abandoned.)  i have overextended myself a little bit. i love being in bees but 4 at a time is too much for me. i don't have any time to work on any other projects. so lesson learned. and enough bitching.
these are the bee blocks for june so far. i plan on more sewing today so there may be more later:)

1. modern mavericks michelle 1, 2. bee sew modern sara, 3. bee sew modern allison, 4. union jack for sam 2, 5. churndash, 6. upload

linking up with lily's quilts - fresh sewing day

i didn't make any q2 goals for the finish-a-long at she can quilt, but i do plan on some for q3 (i like the linky starts on july 8th)

i am a member of the cheer circle of do. Good stitches and my quilting month is september.  i've been contemplating my design since march 27th (the day rachel sent me the email.)  i really want to use the freewheeling block by tacha bruecher from 99 modern blocks.  my thought is that the correct and courteous way to do this is to ask her.  her website (blog) is not working right now. is it inappropriate to ask her on twitter?

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my first finished quilt!!

i finished my first non-mini quilt today! it's the first quilt that i pieced and quilted myself.  it was always meant to be a quilt to donate to charity, i just wasn't sure which one.  then a little while ago i was perusing flickr, i came across this

the oklahoma city modern quilt guild is collecting quilts and raising money to help the victims of the tornados that hit oklahoma recently.

i'm so happy that this quilt will be going to a new home soon!

happy sewing!

fresh sewing day

today i'm linking up with lily's quilts for fresh sewing day












this is what i finished today

union jack bee block made with this tutorial from tracey jay

bee blocks for modern mavericks using this tutorial from badskirt

on another note..my previous 2 posts were for naught. i missed the cut off to join the linky for the blogger's quilt festival. :( boo.  there is always next year.

and for the rest of may...this is what i have to show for it :)

1. nubee sara may 2013, 2. nubee lisa may 2013, 3. bee sew modern anna may 2013, 4. nubee anna may 2013, 5. nubee may 13 test block, 6. dgs cheer may 2013 2, 7. dgs cheer may 2013 1, 8. stars in their eyes lisa 2, 9. stars in their eyes lisa 1, 10. bwg dresden 2, 11. +ABsailing, 12. +ABleprachaun, 13. +ABlaundryday, 14. +ABbrassmonkey, 15. bwg dresden 1, 16. ablowpressuresystem


june is a lighter month as far as obligations.  do. Good Stitches takes a break in june and i'm not going to join a monthly bee for a few months. i will have blocks for modern mavericks, bee sew modern, stars in their eyes and if i have time i can work on some of the add a border bee blocks and some other wips

blogger's quilt festival ..part 2..

my second entry for the blogger's quilt festival is also a quilt i made for my best friend's wedding. i actually made it for their cat, minnie.  the front is my quilty representation of my cats.

front

back

this quilt is about 16x20.