August and September Blocks

I finished my August and September blocks in the last week or so (late with the August, early with September, sigh!). I loved how both sets came out.

Here are the ones for Daria. You can read more about my process over at my blog.

And here are the blocks for Amanda. I liked making these too, and was grateful that the squares were pre-cut.

I really wanted to get these done because we’re moving at the end of the month and I didn’t want any of the pieces to get lost, packed, etc. What I’m loving about 12squared is that even when I’m “too busy” to work on my own things, I get some sewing time in. Hooray!

August Blocks

Sorry I’m a tad late! I’ll pop these in the mail tomorrow… Hope you like them Daria!  I think you’re going to have an amazing quilt.

September

My turn, My turn!!!  I am sooo excited.  This is my first ever blog post so hang in there with me. 

So for my month I would like to do Wonky Star blocks.  Sound ok?  Here is a really great tutorial http://thesillyboodilly.blogspot.com/2009/02/wonky-star-tutorial.html  I posted some of my faves in the 12 squared flickr group.

Some of the 4 1/2″ squares are fussy cut for the center blocks, and those of you who get those will be able to tell which they are.

 

I am also sending an extra white square of white kona if everyone would write their name on it  or draw a little picture or something so I can add them to blocks on the back of the quilt.

Blocks for Daria

I love this design but i might not have seen the boundaries in the rules. I hope these are okay.

These fabrics:

Became these blocks:

Ya’ll Are Awesome!

Holy cow 12 square-ers, I’m blown away by the work that you all have done for me so far!  I finally arranged the blocks that I’ve received so far out today to take a picture, and it looks so GOOD!

Each block that I’ve received has been a joy to open–there’s something special about every one of them.  You all are such talented artists and I truly am honored to be able to keep a piece of what you’ve made for myself!

I cannot wait to show you all the finished product!

August is just running a tiny bit late…

Hello, everyone.

I had planned to get this month’s packages out in the mail today, but I overestimated my speed in sorting out the fabric &, er, underestimated the amount of energy my children would be requiring in our very busy summer, so I will finish up the sorting tonight & get them out tomorrow.

And by “sorting,” I’m talking about this:

All the fabric for my squares comes from my scrap boxes & stash of solids.   I will be sending each of you a couple of bundles of colorful strips + a larger piece of ivory solid.  I’d like simple blocks (one from each bundle) with the scraps pieced parallel to each other, set in the ivory background.  You can sew them all together into a block & then sash them with ivory; you can set them in as stripes with ivory in between some or all of them; you can put them in the middle of the block or wonkily off to one side; you can leave the strips as I’ve sent them or slice & dice to your heart’s content.  Just remember to keep them all parallel to each other, please.

A couple of quick sketches to give you a sloppy visual.  You can also get the idea of what I’m talking about here & here in my flickr sets.

I’d like the finished blocks to be 10″-12″ square.  Since I’m working with scraps, some bundles are going to be bigger than others, & I am going to be wildly estimating how much ivory fabric to send out, so if you’re coming up with a smaller block, don’t worry, I’ll sash it later.

But first!  I will finish all the sorting & get these in the mail!

Another Three for Sarah

Here are my July blocks!  I tried a bunch of different ’square’ concepts but my favorite is the bento box variation.  I hope you like them!  I did add a bit of a Kaffe fabric but feel free to change that one if you like.  I like the center square but not the big strip down the side that I added to get to 13″.  Maybe if you have extra material?

Three blocks for Sarah

After a stressful week at work with no time for crafting, I sat down on Friday night to work on a block for Sarah. My instincts these days are always improvisational but that isn’t what everyone enjoys.

I felt really bad this morning when I compared my square with the others posted here, so I tried to concentrate on more traditional styles and managed to eke out two more 13″ blocks. In this first one, I made a mistake in adding a log in what was supposed to have been a half log cabin, but decided to turn it into a design element.

This next one is the most traditional and was super fun, but came up short on the final blue round so I added the strip of red. I like the oddness of that red strip, but it’s easily fixed, if Sarah has a bit more of the red fabric.

So, Sarah, I hope you like at least two of these…!

July Blocks – done

My sewing machine broke down over the holiday weekend and I had to wait until Monday morning to see if my quilt shop could fix it. It was extremely frustrating because I had a few sewing projects I was looking forward to working on over the weekend, including Sarah’s blocks.

Thankfully, my machine was fixed rather quickly and Monday afternoon I was able to work on my July blocks.

One of the blocks is a more traditional square within a square block and the other one is 4 squares within squares. I really hope that Sarah will like them!

I really loved the fabrics selection, especially the red waves and the brown drops. I need some of those for my own stash!

July blocks

Here are your blocks Sarah!

I always love a touch wonk in my squares… I hope that you like them!