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Week 7 Goals

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Last week was kind of a whirl wind for me. Everyone in my house was sick, I ended up in the ER (I’m fine now), and the wonderful Shanna from Fiber of All Sorts came over Saturday night for a sewing date and we went to a quilting class together on Sunday. The class was super amazing, not only was it my first ever in person quilting class, but it was with my awesome local chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild – South Sound MQG, but it was taught by the fantastic Katie of Sew Katie Did. I will have more about the class tomorrow!

I did manage to accomplish my goals from last week, I will be posting pictures some time this week, but today is all about the goals for right now! My goal for week 7 is to piece the adorable I Spy blocks into 2 NICU quilts. The blocks were made by the fantastic ladies of the Trust Circle from Do. Good Stitches. I’m excited to piece these and get them quilted!

I Spy Blocks - https://test.sewbittersweetdesigns.comWhat are you working on this week? Have you started your February Goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes yet?

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Do Good Stitches January Blocks

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Another month has come and gone for Do Good Stitches and I am very happy to say I will be mailing off my blocks today!  We were asked to make Butterfly Blocks following this tutorial by Quilts by Emily.

It is a very simple block, great for beginner quilters. It would also be a wonderful stash buster quilt block.

Trust Circle - Do Good Stitches - January 2014 Butterfly Blocks - https://test.sewbittersweetdesigns.comI liked making this block because it was a fast finish and they really are quite pretty to look at. I can’t wait to see this quilt come together!

What are you working on this week? Next up for me is making binding for my Rainbow Star Quilt.

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Do Good Stitches October Blocks

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This month for Do Good Stitches we were asked to make Wonky Crosses, any way we wanted to make them. I decided to make mine in different sizes.  Each block is 12.5″ unfinished but the crosses themselves are each a bit different.  We were asked to use Kona School Bus (a orange/yellow color), Cerise (think bright magenta) and Plum. We didn’t have to a neutral but could use one if we wanted. I opted to Kona Ash to tone down the brightness.

I actually really enjoyed making these. Sometimes wonky projects and be rather liberating.  Make sure to check back tomorrow for the October Finishes party for A Lovely Year of Finishes!

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September Bee Blocks

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As I am taking a break from 3×6 this quarter (even though I need 14 more blocks!), my only “bee” sewing is for Do. Good Stitches Trust Circle.

This month Kristy asked us to make some Low Volume Bricks measuring 12″ x 24″. Here is what I found in my stash – I can’t believe I had so many low volume prints!

It really is much more cheerful in person, I had one heck of a time trying to photograph low volume fabrics. Live and learn!

Happy Monday!

August Bee Blocks

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August is a light month for bee blocks, well, July was even lighter, as I didn’t make any. This month I only have 2 blocks for Do. Good Stitches Trust Circle. We are working on another boy quilt, which is fun but hard for me, as I have WAY more girl prints than boy prints. It took me probably 3 times as long to pick out fabrics than it did to make the actual blocks. Does that ever happen to anyone else?

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We were asked for primary colors in Red, Orange, Yellow, Green and Blue, we were also told that novelty prints were fine. Thank goodness! The tutorial is from The Sometimes Crafter and the block is called {Patchwork} Square in a Square.  Most of my seams matched up fairly well, but there were a couple that…well, let’s just say don’t look too closely.

That’s it for August as far as bee blocks go. I am still deciding whether or not I want to sign up for 3×6 in the fall. I need about 12 more blocks for the quilt I’ve been working on but I think I need a bit of a break since my RA medications got changed again and I am just so exhausted now. The saying goes “Better living through chemistry” but right now I’m not so sure that is true, then again, living without the chemistry wasn’t so much better than now…

Have a happy Wednesday. Shanna and I will be here tomorrow with your mid-month linky party, I hope everyone is making good progress on their goals!

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