The Test Block

Made myself a test block of the Cog and Wheel and can I just say, I'm in love with this block!

It came together very nicely and having done the single girl before, it made it that much easier.  I am really happy with the yellow.  I ended up using the Kona solid Banana instead of the Maize.  When I actually saw the Maize in the fabric store it seemed kind much lighter than it looked online and almost had a green undertone to it (which was probably the ugly neon lighting in the fabric store) so I opted to go with the Banana.  It also makes me start to think really seriously about getting one of those Kona color cards because the difference with how it looked online and how it looked at the store was kinda big.

I'm so excited to get started on this quiltalong!  

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The Pips

I finished (or thought I finished) my sherbert pips quilt.  I am not quite sure what to call this one yet.  To me it sort of makes me think of one of those DNA readouts.  Anyone else see that?

This quilt ended up totally different than the plan I started with.  I just kept sewing things together and then thinking, well what if I did this instead and cutting or adding and then this is where we ended up.  It ended up quite a bit bigger than I had planned.  I had started off thinking it would be a nice throw quilt but now its most definitely bed sized.  The big question is is it too big to quilt on my Bernie?  I'm thinking straight line quilting for sure.

One thing I did not see was that the white I thought I had and used for the side border was not the same white I had used in the original strips I cut out.

Woops!  That's what I get for choosing fabric in soft lighting at night.  Oh well.  Easily fixable and I think it will be really great once its done and quilted.

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Its here!

I got my Cog and Wheel pattern in the mail Saturday.  Woo hoo!

My last "to do" before I can really get started is I need to get my background color.  I am thinking of using something like this light yellow Kona solid called Maize.

I can hardly wait to get started!  I got one taker to quilt-a-long (my bestie Jamie from college, so excited to make this with you girl!) so anyone else interested, join in.  I think we'll make the official start August 1st to allow for time to gather fabrics and supplies. I made this button if anyone wants to join us.

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 And as of July 1st we're in full Taff Family Vacation mode.  My step-daughter arrives and we are off and running for a month of family fun so we might be a little quiet around here.  I'm planning on pulling out the pattern and doing a good thorough read through and doing a little test block before Mady gets here and I'll do a get ready post.

Finished It Up Friday {#11}

Happy Friday all!  This week I can't say that I have a finished project of my own to share but I did make some seriously respectable headway on my Sherbert Pips quilt which I'm hoping to have done by next week.  

Last week we had some awesome tutorials link up.  I LOVE these scrappy bangle bracelets from Peekadot!  What a great idea and a fun way to add a little pop of color to an outfit.

Our other tutorial was this great link from Karen at Sew Much 2 Love for a zipper pouch.  I have seen so many great little zipper pouches around the blogosphere and this is a great tutorial if you're interested in making your own.

And now its your turn!

Its been so lovely around here and the combination of summer sun and my baby turning 1

(really!  one!?  how can that be??!!!)

I haven't put in too much time with good ol' Bernie here.  Oh and our loft where the sewing machine is tends to be the hottest room in the house.  Yeah.

Anyhoos, 

I felt the need to brave the heat today and started putting in some time with my sherbert pips jelly roll.  I'm still not sure exactly where we're going with it but I just keep sewing strips

 and we'll just watch it unfold together, shall we?

One thing I can always find a little bit of time here and there for is my hexie quilt.

This baby just keeps getting crazier and crazier and I love it.  How big am I going to let this little lady get?  the jury's still out on this one.  I have a huge ziplock baggie full of squares already cut so I suppose we'll just keep going till I feel like stopping.

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More on my Denyse Schmidt obsession and a call out for a quilt-a-long

I've been eyeing this pattern pretty much since I finished my Single Girl.

I'm most definitely in a Denyse Schmidt phase right now and finishing that Single Girl has me thinking I can sew anything these days.  I just ordered it via FabricWorm.com and I'm wondering if anyone might be interested in quilting along with me on this one.  It looks tricky but no trickier than the Single Girl which was most do-able in a quilt-a-long with all the help and support.

Any thoughts?  Anyone feeling ambitious with me????/

Finished It Up Friday Woops

Woops! So I programmed the linky wrong when I did today's Finished It Up Friday post which made it impossible to link up.

Woops! I fixed it now so anyone who would like to share what they've completed this week, its ready to go. Sorry about that!