KC Scrappy Bee

Septebmer was Paula's month in the KC Scrappy Bee.  Yes, I'm turning in the October blocks tonight, but just pretend I'm on top of things and this is all new and hip.

So, Paula gave us this awesome bluebird fabric and wanted wonky eight-pointed stars. 

Paula gave us the address to this tutorial.  Super easy to follow and they worked up really quickly!  I made these two blocks for her just a few hours before the hand off.







I think they turned out pretty cute! I just love the bluebird fabric that we started with. I can't wait to see the quilt that Paula puts together!

Butterfly Blocks for Toni

This month it was Toni's turn to direct us in the KC Scrappy Bee.  She decided to have us each make butterfly blocks.  We were each given a different color of hand dyed fabric to play with.  I chose the purples to use in my blocks.  I was able to make two blocks before I ran out of the black fabric I had. 





I made one skinny and one fat.  I think it gives the personality!  I roughly used this tutorial to make these guys.  I thought it would be even more "scrappy" if I just eye-balled it, so that's just what I did!

Toni didn't specify a size for the blocks, so I just trimmed mine to a rectangle so Toni can slice them to whatever the quilt dictates. 

Here's links to the blocks that Hannah, Paula, Nikki, and Carla.  Nikki did this extra block, too!

I hope you enjoy your butterfly blocks, Toni!

Bee Block for Andrea

Here's the block I made for Andrea for the KC Scrappy Bee.  She asked for pluses and minus using the blue dotted fabric. 



I have been trying to overcome my fear of color lately, by using a color wheel for just about everything.  Typically, I use white as the background for EVERYTHING!  Jason convinced me that orange was the right choice here and that I could handle it.  I think it turned out. 

Andrea mentioned that she didn't particularly care if the the blocks were 12.5", but if they added up to that size, that'd be great.  I thought I'd put a bunch of mini blocks together to make a 12.5" block that she can pull apart if she likes.  I thought the mini blocks together were a little more interesting than just a plus or minus sign. 

Want to see the blocks I've made in the bee over the past few months?  Go here to see Nikki's block and here to see the Quilt of Valor Block.

St. Luke's Charity Project

The KC Modern Quilt Guild is working on a charity project for St. Luke's Hospital.  We are hoping to have 15-20 baby quilts to donate to the NICU.  I volunteered to do six blocks in the red, green, yellow, and blue color scheme.  This is my contribution to the project.

 

You can see my blocks individually on my flickr photostream.

Iowa Quilt Barns

Sac County Iowa Barn Quilts started in 2005. There are quite a few barns in Sac County, Iowa that are displaying 8 foot wooden squares painted like quilt blocks.

While in the car on our way to my grandparents' for Easter, we tried to photograph all the quilt barns we passed.

Here's a few pictures we took.
We passed a few more, but were going to fast at the wrong angle to actually get a decent photograph.







If you're ever in this part of Iowa, you should look for these. They are pretty neat.

*Sorry the photos are a little blurry; we were driving while shooting them.