Doce meses en rojo.Pollomari

Hola!!

Espero que hayais disfrutado de la inauguración de las Olimpiadas,cuál fue tu parte favorita?La ví  por la tele y disfruté un montón,no quería perder detalle.Mí parte favorita fue cuando llegaron las Mary Poppins y  también el momento James Bond me pareció total..Ha ido alguien de tú ciudad,pueblo?De aquí ha ido la tenista Maria José Martinez,espero que la vaya genial.Ahora a por las medallas,aunque llegar allí ya es un triunfo.


Cambiando de tema,este es el bloque del mes de Julio del sal Doce meses en rojo que organiza Griselda.Este bloque lo ha diseñado Griselda y esta es mi versión:

 y  así quedan los objetivos conseguidos:

Ya falta dos bloques para acabar.Gracias Griselda!!


Y no sé si  habéis visto a un ser dulce  llamado  Pollomari, esta poblando la blogosfera y ha aparecido por aquí.Nuestra amiga Nanny ha sido la creadora,como siempre con un supertutorial para no perdernos y esta es mí versión.Pasad por su blog para ver como va el corral.

Aquí con  su herramienta favorita:

Y como he cumplido el objetivo,Nanny me ha diplomado:

Mira, te gusta? te quieres hacer  uno?

Ya me he apuntado,me encantan los bolsos y este tiene una pinta estupenda.Si quieres hacerte uno con amigas de la blogosfera, pásate por el blog de Bessones, y te anotas.

Aquí os preguntaba cuantas reglas tenéis  y te mostraba las mías.

Espero que pases un gran fin de semana.Hasta pronto y sed felices!!

Strung Out Finale

Still Strung Out

Sorry about the blurry photo, I don't know what's up with that.  So this is what I have so far. Notice the second tan colored star. I planned that.......LOL.  The top measures 32 by 45 inches at this time. Next, I'll add a stopping border. I have a great barbed wire fabric, followed by...... I can't believe I'm about to say this...... piano keys...... SIGH!

Strung Out - The Cowboy Way

Just when I thought I'd never get to sew again (family health issues), I found myself out in the old sewing studio with an idea in my head and western fabric spread everywhere. In other words, this quilt is going to have strips of my cowboy/western fabrics in it.  This type of quilt is a great way to get rid of use some of those hard-to-know-what-to-do-with fabrics.
I found some scraps of muslin, an old cardboard folder and started the ball rolling.

First, I made a template from my cardboard. Really, I just cut out an elongated triangle. Then I cut another one about a fourth larger. 

Next, I traced the smaller triangle to one corner of each piece of muslin using a mechanical  which measures 8 1/2 inches square.  This will work with any size you choose. 

Now, with this stage, I had to do a small bit of trial and error. That's the reason I'm pointing to the "BACKSIDE" of the fabric. In order for your elongated triangle to fit properly on the muslin (OMG, did I almost ruin a FQ on this one...LOL) one must..... must cut from the wrong side of the fabric. So there is no mistake of the wrong angle. 

So, if you are going to try this, please take the time to cut all the triangles from the wrong side.

This is how it will look when you're done.

Oooops! I didn't have a photo of the rectangle that I cut before I cut it in half on the diagonal. Sorry, but just imagine those two triangles back together.

Now comes a bit of instant gratification.  

Put a dab of fabric glue on muslin then place fabric triangle right side up over the pencil mark and press to hold in place.

This is a view of 4 blocks, not sewing together by any means, to demonstrate what the quilt is going to look like towards the center of the joined blocks.

My next step will be to give these blocks a little pop by adding the first strip which will be a black 1 1/2 inch strip doing to sew, flip and press method we quilters know so well.

I'm also planning to do a secondary design but that a surprise for later.  In other words, I haven't figured that out yet... LOL

I am so excited to be sewing again.

It's a colour wash!

I've been playing with these colourwash string sets made for me last summer by members of the 15 minute play bee. Originally, I was going to set them with lime green sashing between the strips, which are of varying length, but are all 6 inches wide. They move from orange/pink to blue. If I don't use sashing strips, the quilt will be smaller, but I have lots of lime green for borders. I'd welcome suggestions or ideas on how to put these together.

Wanted: Your Opinion

I'm working on my scrappy string ring quilt but have run into a "design opportunity" and have some decisions to make before I sew the top together. 

Care to weigh in?  With your opinion, that is—no scale involved!

Stop on by!

Anything Goes on its way to a new home

Last weekend I delivered our group quilt, Anything Goes.

Here my nieces are wrapped in it, demonstrating that it's a warm and cuddly quilt.

They liked the variety of fabrics and the bright colours and the fleece backing.

These two girls will deliver the quilt to the Katie Cares Foundation,

where it will either be passed on to a child with cancer,

or raffled off to make money for the foundation.

Either way, it's doing good.

Thanks to all of you who donated string blocks and demonstrated that anything goes together.

No sashing and I like it!

flimsy almost done, thinking about a top and bottom border

to make it longer.

Amish Strings Is Finished

Come on over to my blog

to see lots more photos ~

I love string quilts!

Quiltdivajulie

Square scraps

Good morning to you all!

I'd like to show another scrap quilt I made. 

I used 2" squares that I cut from batic strips in different widths.

No borders, just a binding.

(Sorry for the blurry picture; I miss(ed) my steady right hand... )

This one was made using that special foundation fabric.

I made it from 4 cm. squares.

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Wishing you all a wonderful day!

Cheers!

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