PTQB - Edith's Block - July

PTQB - Edith's Block - July
Originally uploaded by BlueberryGabs

This was my first time doing circles in a block. I like the result because I'm crazy about circles - but took me a while because I wanted to do a good job for Edith. I think the longest thing was coming up with the design for the block and then I got going! It's a rainy kind of day here and my daughter is in day care so definitely a good day to tackle this project!

Fresh Modern Quilts - Winner!

I'm so excited!! I just received an email on my Flickr account notifying me that I won one of the giveaways from the Fresh Modern Quilts group!! Yeh!! Honestly, I'm thrilled because it's been a tough month with my little one. She has been sick on and off with high fevers and sleepless nights, you Moms know all about what I'm talking about...if it's not one virus, it's another!! She started day care not too long ago, so I know it's a part of building her immunity, but OH MY is all I can say...enough whining, I'll stop now:)
I've been obsessed with swapping fabric...every day I can't wait until I get my mail. It's crazy, but fun!! I'll post some pics soon.
Anyhoo, off to bed now. Ciao!

PTQB - June Block for Michelle

PTQB - June Block for Michelle
Originally uploaded by BlueberryGabs

I hope Michelle likes it...it was fun trying something new. It came together pretty easily.

PTQB - June Block for Stephanie

I finished Stephanie's spider web block this afternoon. I absolutely loved working with her choice of fabrics. How nice is that Robert Kaufman linen-cotton mix for the kite....beautiful. I can't wait to see the finished product!

I Love A Pieced Back

I'm in limbo right now because I want to finish my quilt back but I don't have my fabric yet. I should be getting my batting on Monday from my Mom so that will be good. However, I do have my back completely planned in my mind. I took a few minutes today to add some white sashing to my leftover strips. At first I thought I would orient the strip across the width but I think now I'm going to have it run vertically. I'll be using Amy Butler Full Moon Dots in Orange for the rest of the back...and the binding - I want some sort of stripe so I think I'll be using her Midwest Modern Orange Dahlia ripple stripe. So in the meantime, I'm going to enjoy this beautiful sunny day - hope you are too!

Quilt Top Finished!!!

I couldn't resist putting Baby G in the middle of her new quilt top....Yeh, it's finished. I even ordered the batting today so it's on its way.

Quilt top - Check....Almost!

Well I've been busy sewing and finally finished my last row tonight....all I have to do now is sew the rows together and my quilt top will be finished. I still have some ideas about the pieced back and want to incorporate the extra strips left over from the top. I'll have to order more fabric. I would love to win Dana's recent giveaway which is to have the quilting done by The Backporch Quilters....that would be awesome! I plan on sewing the rest of the top tomorrow. I have always loved oranges, pinks and reds together...the inspiration was from my Pieced Together Quilting partner, Michelle...I simply added the Amy Butler Wallflower, Garden Maze, Joel Dewberry Aviary, Heather Ross Kelp Stripe, Sandy Gervais print and the Denyse Schmidt one (cannot remember the name of it...that's terrible, but it's late right now and I still have some work to do tonight:( Until then!