Friday, February 10, 2012

Fleece Friday - Green Bird

The Angry Bird obsession is leading to fights over the Fire. 
"Dude. Give me the Fire. I need to check on My Country." 
"But Mom, I'm close to three stars on this level!" 
"I am running a country! That is way more important!"
{Did I mention this is my husband's Fire?}
 From the tutorial at Obsessively Stitching. I think the beak is too low - I'm going to do some plastic surgery and reattach it higher. I'm also going to add a couple stitches in between the two beak pieces to hold it together.
I am apparently WRONG in making the top feathers green. Oops.

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Big Blue - Now With Big Blue Borders!

It's a good thing the Giants won the Super Bowl, because otherwise I don't think I would have come up with such a great name for this quilt.
{Yes, my yard is dead. It's winter, but it refuses to snow for pretty pictures.}
Big Blue measures a whopping 105x115" and consists of ninety 10" Hunter's Star blocks.
My sister, who commissioned this, did not take my baby nephew out of his Giants onesie for the entirety of the playoffs. Team devotion starts at an early age!
I got the borders on in a marathon session yesterday.
Due to the weight, I took it nice and slow, one block at a time, while watching the best show ever. I don't know which I love more, Firefly or the Kindle Fire.
By the way, if you have your pin bin right in front of your drink, you're guaranteed to drop at least one pin in your Coke.

I dropped Big Blue at my quilter's today and it feels so good to have that out of the way!
Minus the binding. Ugh, I have to bind that sucker when it comes back. Double ugh - that's 450" of binding.
I should probably save a couple episodes of Firefly for that session.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

WiP/FMC - Big Blue

Seriously. 91x101", and I haven't even added the borders yet.
I'm dreading the borders - this sucker is HEAVY and pulls a lot at the machine. And all the pins are stabby (but so worth it for those perfect points. And I am not usually a pinner.) I'm very thankful this one is going to a professional for quilting.

Poor Sew Starry stayed as my Fifteen Minute Challenge quilt due to the time spent on Big Blue. 
I quilted one side section each on Wednesday-Friday, drew in the rest of the lines on Saturday, watched the Giants kick the Patriots' butts on Sunday (oh, is that not sewing related?), and continued quilting Monday-Tuesday.
I like the side pieces, but I'm not really sure how I want to quilt the inside of the star. I have a couple more fifteen minute sessions before I decide.

Quilt-Alongs: 
Fat Quarter Stars - 5/9 blocks - nada this week
LQS Saturday Sampler 2012 - 3/36 (caught up so far)
Quiltville Orca Bay {Skorca!} - all the Ohio Stars are assembled. Filling in the blue as Big Blue's leaders and enders.
Made in Cherry - see above :)
Swoon A Little, Swoon A Lot - nada (did I mention how BIG Big Blue is? And how time consuming BIG is?)


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Monday, February 6, 2012

Design Wall Monday - Skorca! & Hunter's Star

All the Ohio Stars are done, and I'm slowly filling in the blue.
I didn't get much done this weekend because we hosted a Super Bowl party - woo Big Blue! But now I'm avoiding all the pans that need to be washed and working on assembling the Hunter's Star and adding to Skorca!
Assembling long, long rows = super tedious. But it also means I'm almost done!

Check out more design walls at Patchwork Times, and other Orca Bays at Quiltville!
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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Sunday Stash Report - Week 6

Well, since we're into a new month, it's about time to say goodbye to the black, right? And I did it so spectacularly, too.
Three yards of Kona White, one yard of the turtles for burp rags, two yards of the purple batik for a t-shirt quilt.
Quilt store had a Super Bowl sale... That's two yards of Sandy Gervais (Merry & Bright, Zippity Doo Dah), 1/2 yard of flannel gingerbread men, a three yard kit, and seven fat quarters.
Won a giveaway on Sarcastic Quilter. Eleven fat quarters, plus pins, a cute quilt notebook, and a pattern kit.
And speaking of giveaways, I won these from Heather a while back and forgot to post about them! Don't they look great in my kitchen?
I also bought and used one yard of Kona Tarragon for Sew Starry. Which, the top is finished and I'm working on the quilting, so at least I can count the top out!
(Is that Yoda green? Yes, yes it is.)

Used this Week: 2.0
Used Year to Date: 4.25
Added this Week: 17(!!)
Added Year to Date: 18.25
Net Used for 2012: (14) yards

Check out more reports at Patchwork Times!
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Friday, February 3, 2012

Fleece Friday - Green Helmet Pig

By popular demand...
Actually, just by demand.
Felt Food Friday will be Fleece Friday for the month of February. Specifically, someone NEEDS a full set of Angry Birds.
The nose is very crooked - it's a battle wound, right?
Tutorial from Obsessively Stitching - helmet is makeshift. I also skipped making the eyes separate from the body and just appliqued them like the red bird.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

WiP/FMC - Seeing Stars

Big progress on the star quilts on my list this week. In fact, if you consider Swoon a star, that's pretty much all I did.

First, for the Fifteen Minute Challenge, I pieced together Sew Starry's remaining points on Wednesday-Friday, pieced the two middle sections together and figured the math for the solid pieces on Saturday, cut the solid on Sunday, and pieced it together Monday-Tuesday.
How easy is that? Fifteen minutes a day for two weeks, and I have a wall hanging for my sewing nook. That still needs to be quilted... Or maybe a border first?

I have seven rows finished on my sister's Hunter's Star - and more importantly, I cut 120" strips for borders. Continuously. It was a little terrifying - if I slipped up, I would have ruined a LOT of border. But I didn't, and I'm close to the assembly stage!
{lots of trimmings}

Quilt-Alongs:
Fat Quarter Stars - 5/9 blocks - #5 redone this week - my original had too much print. I replaced it with neutral and, eh. It's okay. It's just not very exciting. Maybe the quilt will need a not-very-exciting star.
LQS Saturday Sampler 2012 - 3/36 (caught up so far)
LQS Saturday Sampler 2011 - 10/12 blocks
Quiltville Orca Bay {Skorca!} - almost all of the Ohio Stars assembled!
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