Another Drunk Love Quilt!

July is my month for the PTQB2! I'm addicted to the Drunk Love quilt by Denyse Schmidt but I thought this time I would make a "male" version and use greys, blues and greens. My stepson, Christian asked me if I would make a quilt for him for his birthday so I knew exactly which one I wanted to make!! I made him pour over the Kona Cotton Colour Card (just what every male wants to do:) and help me select his colour scheme. I think the colours are really going to pop judging by the first block I made today. I have a great group of women in my bee so I know it's going to be fantastic!

What are everyone's thoughts on using flannel as a backing versus cotton? I love the look of cotton better but to tell you the truth I find quilts don't always give me the "cozy" factor unless you're under them for a long time! Flannel tends to warm you up right away....hmmmm. Dilemma, dilemma.....I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Happy Canada Day (July 1st) & 4th of July!

Canada Day was great as Big Brother arrived just in time for the fun! He was a great helper/entertainer to Dad while Little Miss G's boat in our friend's swimming pool. Look at that smile:)

I spent some time on Katie's blocks for the PTQB2. Katie sent some vintage fabric along with some contemporary and solids. She asked us to make up blocks from Oh Fransson's Mod Quilt Tutorial. She's hoping to make a beach/picnic blanket which I think will be perfect!

Hope everyone is enjoying a great weekend...Happy Canada Day and 4th of July for my American friends:)

"All Shook Up"

I don't know about the weather you might be having but we had an earthquake here in my part of the world which is very unusual! It's the second one I've ever been in (other one on the west coast), but sure made for an interesting afternoon. I was on the fifth floor of a building and the building swayed back and forth, complete with pictures on walls doing a jig themselves. A litte disconcerting but everything was fine ....freaked a few people out nonetheless.
I get home tonight, put my daughter to bed and then pop on the news...now there are tornado watches and warnings coming our way...

Crazy weather that's for sure!

Circle Quilt Top - so far...

I've been really slacking on the blog front so I thought I would include a picture or two of what I've been up to. I've been slowly working on this quilt top (tutorial - CluckCluckSew) but now that I have it put together, I think I want to make it a bit bigger. Hopefully I have enough variety in my fabrics to squeeze out 12 or so more blocks...we'll see what happens! I also can't decide on my backing as I've played around with the idea of a minky back instead of a fabric/quilt back...but then I'm not sure about quilting minky in a circular quilt design. Any time I've used minky I've always quilted in straight lines and I think this top screams for some more circles, don't you!

Miss G has graduated again from her program at the Little Gym. As you can see she had a lot of fun yesterday!

Ciao for now!!

PTQB2- Michelle's Block - May 2010

I had some fun making up Michelle's blocks for the PTQB2. I always love an orange pink combination so I have no doubt that this quilt is going to be GORGEOUS! Whoever she decides to give it to is going to be a very lucky person.

It's the May long weekend here and today we're hoping for some nice sunny weather. All week it's been gorgeous but when we hit Saturday, it rained all day:( We're going to a bbq today so it better start shining!! I'm bringing a Peanut Butter Cup Pie which is DELISH...better get making it!!

Nap Time (Colleen's Block - PTQB - April '10)

Colleen's Block - PTQB - April '10
Originally uploaded by BlueberryGabs

All I can say is that you've got to love nap time....ah, almost two hours of mommy time. I got caught up on my bee blocks. April's PTQB block is for Colleen and she requested a block of triangles using a collection of shirting fabric and solids (Kona Cotton - Ash). I love the effect!

Raw Edge Circle Quilt

I was inspired by Allison at CluckCluckSew to make her Raw Edge Circle Quilt. This is my favourite pic of it in her son's room. It's colourful, fun and whimsical. I just don't make enough projects in bright primary colours!

It's a great tutorial but I must say I'm taking my time as I've been swapping some fabric to get it just right:) I sew a few circles here and there and so far I have 30 squares....18 more to go and then the fun of matching up the quarter circles begin.

I've just been in a sewing slump lately so hopefully I'll get my mojo back and post a bit more. Hope you're having a great weekend.