In From the Cold Mug Along Block 3

I saw this new Block of the Month designed by Kate Spain show up at the Moda Website and knew I wanted to join in...

In From the Cold (free pattern), go to Moda's site here.

This is my version of Block number 3...

My friend Billie and I are doing this as a Mug-Along to keep motivated and get them done...Please be sure to check out Billie's here...

Plenty of time to join us...these are quick to put together...We will post mug four at the end of the month :)

Fresh Rhubarb and a new book

I am working hard on a future blog hop wall hanging which I can't show, so I show you what else I did today...

These are Strawberry Rhubarb Jam made from a recipe in a new-to-me book I recently purchased from Amazon here.  The author also has a blog with lots of free recipes here.

My preliminary taste on a bagel says "Yum"!  I also made a pie so I think I am done picking rhubarb until the end of the week!

Block 1 in my Whovian Adventure TARDIS

If you are looking for my post on Its For the Birds Hop you can find it here.


This, my friends, is an open letter of apology to all my UFOs languishing the past couple days as I made this:

I mean, it's a TARDIS...how could I not make it....

You can find this and in the ensuing weeks 19 other paper-pieced Doctor Who patterns provided by Soma and Caroline. 

Caroline touted this as a beginner pattern...I have a love-hate relationship with paper piecing (love the way the patterns look completed by others, hate and struggle to do it myself) but I must say I got it together.  It's far from perfect but it is recognizable, I think...fantastic!
I snuck some of my favorite fabrics into this quilt block, much to my son's dismay..."hey, you ruined it with sewing definitions!!"....I told him to read the text..."border...a something...geographic boundary"..."Oh, Ok...that's alright, I guess..." 

And here I thought I was being clever, always a critic, lol!

It's For The Birds Blog Hop

Now, I think I had to participate in this one as my son's bed quilt made it in as a poster child for the hop...




 

You can find the post I did for the Wicked Hop here and it has more pics of this quilt...I was trying to make it spooky with 13 ravens and all the Nevermore and The Birds vibe...believe it or not, my son still thought it was fine to use on his bed...no fear, that guy!

Can't wait to see Madam Samm's version as she's been teasing me with hints for months!

So, this guy/gal above ended up in our woodstove as he was looking for nesting sites recently...good thing the hubby has bird wrangling skills...thought the pic might be appropriate for the hop...

Thanks to Madam Samm and Mary for hosting/cheering our big group of bird watchers through this hop!

Today I chose to go in a completely different direction and I used a drawing of Charley Harper's for inspiration...and added a bit of Krislovesfabric styling to come up with this wallhanging.

I love the way it turned out and have hung it in my sewing room to enjoy...

This guy is my fave so I put him at the top of the pile...

This guy is a "bluebird of happiness"...

 And, this guy...who doesn't like a good yellow bird, lol!!

I used colonial knots for the eyeballs and have decided I may enjoy making that knot more than the french knots I have made in the past.

Thanks, as always to our host and cheerleader this round Madam Samm and Mary!!  We love you both for adding organization and fun to this community of show and tell.
Please visit all these other blogs in the first day of the hop today...

May 7th

http://www.fiberbabble.com

http://Sewincrediblycrazy.blogspot.com

www.SquawkThat.com

http://Scrapatches.blogspot.com

http://Kwiltypleasures.blogspot.com

www.sowingstitches.blogspot.com

www.justquiltit.blogspot.com

http://krislovesfabric.blogspot.com <-you are here!

http://apassionforapplique.blogspot.com

http://dancingmoon-carla.blogspot.com

http://bumbleberrystitchn.wordpress.com

http://Sewandsowfarm.blogspot.com

http://Ipiece2-Mary.blogspot.com

http://sharon-dancingthruthreads.blogspot.com

http://www.iliketoquiltblog.blogspot.com/

http://catsnqlts2.blogspot.com

 

Here are my May Blocks for the Modern Stash Bee

Maria asked for blocks made using this tutorial:

modifytradition.blogspot.com/2010/03/quatrefoil.html


They were fun to make though the photo above is not really a great representation of their color...

Modern Stash Bee - My Quilt Top is done!

Thanks to the ladies of the Modern Stash bee, here is my completed top:
My bee-mates made 9 of these and I filled in with the other 16...

 Here is a bit of a close-up of a portion...

Planned scrappy...an ex-engineer's dream come true :) Now on to quilting it!

Happy May, indeed!

In From the Cold Mug Along Block 2

 This is my version of Block number 2...utilizing all my Kate Spain Christmas fabric line scraps from the 3 other projects I have made using these fabrics.  This block has "pieced" steam rather than the embroidered steam in block 1...

Block 1

 

Block 2

I saw this new Block of the Month designed by Kate Spain show up at the Moda Website and knew I wanted to join in...you can find my post on block 1 here...

In From the Cold (free pattern), go to Moda's site here.

Hopefully, Billie and I are on the same page posting this time around and you can find her version here...as a Texas girl she is using a more summery palette and I really like how her mugs are turning out :)


This pattern is easy to follow, hope you can make the time to join us :)