Pages

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Progressing nicely

Just finished a nice long weekend here in Canada. Gorgeous, hot weather and lots of family to see. It has been a couple of weeks since I had to chance to quilt, so I took a bit of time here and there to get some things finished.



Here is Block 6 for the Jelly Roll Sampler Quilt Along.  I am halfway done now, and getting excited. It is going to be a beautiful quilt for me.






Here is my finally finished block for my Sew Modern Bee. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to make with it. This block is called Peppermint Spinners from Quilter's Cache.





I finally figured out what to do with my Mystery Quilt that I talked about in this post. All of these individual strips were suppose to be scrappy. Part of my problem with the quilt was that I would have to sew all of the squares, cut them up into little scraps and then try to reorganize them back into a square. For me, I find this harder to do with the little bits of time I have. I saw a quilt a few days ago that had this organized scrappy look, and I decided to try it out. I really like it. Now, I can sew a couple of squares at a time and not have to work about losing the little strips.

I also got some more work done on my snowman quilt. I might actually have a winter quilt this year. To celebrate all I got done, I started on a new secret project that I can't show you right now (I have always wanted to say that), but will in a couple of weeks.

I hope you are all doing well. I have not had much time to check out Amy's Blogger Quilt Festival but I hope to see more this week.

19 comments:

Sandie @ crazy'boutquilts said...

Very nice blocks~ I love how your jelly Roll blocks are coming along too! Have a happy day!

Dawn said...

great blocks...well done.
Hugs x

Luv 2 Kreate said...

Love your blocks especially that BEE BLOCK!

Carrie P. said...

Congrats on winning on the bingo game. Your blocks are beautiful.

GroverFamily said...

Stopping by from the BINGO game! Love the quilt you made...looking forward to reading more!
http://lifewiththegrovers.blogspot.com

Darlene said...

Wow, you've been busy, busy - lots of progress. WooHoo!!!

A 'secret' project - fun!

Carrie P. said...

Sorry about that earlier comment. I thought you were one of the winners. Forgive me.

Maria said...

Enjoyed reading your blog. Gorgeous blocks. Love your pinwheel baby quilt.

Popped over form bingo.

Michelle said...

Those blocks look wonderful!

Mary Johnson said...

I love a delectable mountain quilt! This is going to look great!

CaliQuilter said...

Stopping by to say Hi! Saw your site on the Bingo blog. I am doing the Jelly Roll blocks, too. Isn't it fun? ~ Joan

Angela Nash said...

I love those peppermint spinners! Very cute block and great layout on the fabrics.

Nanette Merrill said...

It is good to have made progress like on the Jelly Roll project and know we're half way! Love that.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on being featured on the Bingo blog! I saw your blog name and thought, "Hey! I know her!" Okay, well, sort of...
I love the Sew Modern Bee blocks - the fabrics are wonderful!

Dandelion Quilts said...

What pretty blocks! It's coming together. Congrats on winning the giveaway on bingo.

Deanna said...

Organized scrappy is my friend, too. Each block can be organized and still have over 100 fabrics in the quilt. I like the look of the start you are showing.

Tammy in Ontario, Canada said...

Michelle..I think the jelly roll sampler is going to be gorgeous and I can't wait to see it. It's funny about the mystery mountains because it was just this morning that I came across my bag that had all 'my parts' in it! Something else that I will have to get to.

Susan said...

I came by to say an Aussie hello from SPRING FEVER!!

Really enjoyed seeing all you've been up to.

There is something about all us "crafty" ladies, we're a special breed I reckon!!

Regards,

Myra said...

Wonderful blocks Michelle, and good for you getting back to that PhD! I love that pattern! 8-)