Fiber of All Sorts – Page 17 – Sew Bittersweet Designs

Color Value Class

10 Comments / Fiber of All Sorts, SSMQG, Value Quilt / By Melissa Dunworth

This past weekend I was very blessed to be able to attend a Color Value Class by Katie from Sew Katie Did. I planned this class for the South Sound Modern Quilt Guild, with the help of my amazing board, that is in the South Puget Sound area of Washington State. The class was made extra fun because Shanna from Fiber of All Sorts came too! She drove up from Oregon earlier in the week and spent the night on Saturday so we could visit and sew together. It was so much fun!

I learned so much during the class. Below are some of my biggest takeaways:

Most of my fabrics tend to be dark and medium values – I have a very limited selection of light value fabrics (except solids)
I struggle to work with prints only – turns out I really LOVE solids
My blindness can actually be an advantage in determining color value
I need a new cell phone that can switch the photo to black and white – thank goodness Shanna let me use her phone during the class!
Everyone NEEDS to have a design wall of some kind!!! This is an absolute MUST HAVE!

With the fabrics that I brought to class (and two donated squares) here is what I have so far for my value quilt:

Here it is in Black and White – that makes it easier to see the color values:

I have been shopping my stash some more and I plan to add to my quilt. I would like for it to be at least 60″ x 60″ so I have a lot more half square triangles to make.

Have you ever made a Value Quilt? I can’t remember the last time I made a quilt and used all prints…it has been at least 7 years.

Week 7 Goals

8 Comments / Do.Good Stitches, Fiber of All Sorts / By Melissa Dunworth

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!

What are you working on this week? Have you started your February Goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes yet?

January 2014 Winners – A Lovely Year of Finishes

9 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Fiber of All Sorts / By Melissa Dunworth

We did it! We finished the first month of 2014 with 172 finishes!!! Everyone give yourselves a big round of applause and a good pat on the back! Shanna and I knew you had it in you!

We have some amazing sponsors this year that keep making this fun.

Mr. Random (upon verification) chose these as our winners.

January Prizes Include:

1, 2. TWO winners each getting to choose one pdf pattern
from Sew BitterSweet Designs ($10 value)

Kacey from The Little House in Vincent Woods
and
Elizabeth from A Wandering Minstrel I

3. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

Jess from One English Teacher

4. Persimon Dreams – Project Quilting Mystery Bundle

KatieQ from Katie’s Salt Marsh Path

5. Thread Prize from Aurifil

Deb from asimplelife Quilts

6. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

Beth from Hello Quilt Lady

7, 8. Honey, Bunny and Doll – 2 Patterns

Jo from Ramblin’ Rows
and
Deborah from Sunshine Through The Rain

9. Sew Sweetness – 1 pdf Pattern

Heather from Heather’s Creative Blessings

How fun to share all these prizes.

Please go and say hello to the winners and show the love to our sponsors!

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And remember the last day for your ONE February goal setting is TODAY.

It really will be a lovely year of finishes!

February Goal Party – A Lovely Year of Finishes

6 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Clothes, Fiber of All Sorts / By Melissa Dunworth

Well here we are, month 2 of 2014. As always, the year just seems to be flying by! The picture below is the current state of my cutting table. By the end of the month I hope there will be a lovely finished giraffe hoodie for Anne. Complete with horns and ears (which I will be completely making up). The pattern I am following (and slightly modifying for my needs) is by Fishsticks Designs and I’m really excited to be using it.

There are a few rules to be eligible for prizes!

1. Link-up {on this post} the first 7-days of the month

and

2. Link-up in the last 7-days of the month.

Add your blog post or flickr photo (with appropriate descriptions) to the linky party below.

Please grab a button or link back to Shanna and I so other people can join in the fun!

**Please note, the linky party is the same here and over at Shanna, so there is no need to enter twice **

For those unsure of how to link up go check out our Q&A Page for A Lovely Year of Finishes – there are instructions on how to link up from a blog and from Flickr.

Grab a button from my sidebar and spread the LOVE!

Oh yeah and there are prizes this month (as always!), here is what our fantastic sponsors are offering.

February Prizes Include:

1. $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

2, 3. TWO winners each getting to choose one pdf pattern
from Sew BitterSweet Designs ($10 value)

4. PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

5. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

6. Thread Prize from Aurifil

7. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

8. Sew Sweetness – 1 pdf Pattern

9. 1 Charm pack or $10.00 gift certificate to
Stitches n’ Giggles (winners choice)

Finishes Party! January – A Lovely Year of Finishes

11 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Fiber of All Sorts / By Melissa Dunworth

Month one is done and gone! Can you believe that we are already one month down? I myself am blown away by how fast this year is going. I need for time to slow down, but since that isn’t going to happen, let’s just party it up with our first finish of the year!!!

I got my top completed for my Flying Stripper Quilt. I made the row at the bottom and all of the geese sashing rows. I do believe that I will be using geese for sashing again because I absolutely love the over all effect. This quilt is destined to belong to Anne some day. It measures 84″ x 85″. I still have to make a backing for it so for the time being it will sit for a bit, but I am reveling in the fact that the top is complete.

Your turn!!! Shanna and I want to see what you have finished up this month!

Remember, to be eligible for prizes you need to have linked up to our goal party at the beginning of the year. When you write your post to link to the finishes party, please link back to your original goal post. It makes life easier for Shanna and I. Thank you!!!