Tiny Bits and Pieces

Nansi's Row

2009-06-04T23:56:00.000-07:00

Nansi requested a Christmas theme for her quilt. Here are the completed rows I received:

This was fun for the last quilt I had to work on, and I decided to make a row of 2" Variable Stars, one of my favorite blocks. Here is the result:

This has been a great project. I'm excited to get the rows for my quilt back and put them together!

Mini Fabric Bowls

2009-06-04T23:47:00.000-07:00

I've been playing with some fabric bowls for a swap on Art4Mail. They average about 3" across the top, and they would be great for holding pins or beads or anything little. They're fun to make and I have so many ideas for more! Here are some I've done so far:

Candy's Row

2009-06-04T23:30:00.000-07:00

Candy's theme was quite a challenge. She requested rows that represented a children's story. Here are the completed rows I received in the package - The Ugly Duckling, Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks and the Three Bears:

I finally settled on The Three Little Kittens for my row. Here is the result:

Julie's Row

2009-03-21T23:52:00.000-07:00

Here is Julie's row of baskets and some wonderful hexagon flowers that Virginia made to go with them:

I wanted to do some geometric blocks to go with them. I don't like orange, but I seem to use it a lot. Here's what I came up with:

The photo seems a little washed out, the row is very bright! I'm happy with it and glad to be all caught up!

15 minutes of fame?

2009-03-19T14:30:00.000-07:00

OK, so maybe this isn't it. But I think it's the most any non-quilt related media has ever written about me. A reporter from my local paper called to do an interview last week about the quilt I had accepted for AQS-Paducah. Here is what she wrote. I'm cringing at some of the inaccuracies, and at being the focus of anyone's attention, but I guess it's not so bad. There were pictures in the print version of the article, apparently they don't put those online.

Paducah Bound!

2009-03-10T00:14:00.000-07:00

Well, at least my quilt is... The quilts travel way more than I do! Yesterday I received the "big envelope" from AQS saying my quilt, Star Chain, had been accepted for the show. Here it is:

It's a miniature, about 16" x 16", and a replica of a queen size quilt I designed for my guild's 2008 summer scrap quilt.

Virginia's Row

2009-03-09T16:47:00.000-07:00

Keeping up with the first row was a bit of a challenge, keeping up with the blog even more so... My first row was a couple days late and I'm finally posting the pictures. Here is Virginia's original row:

She requested scrappy rows which was a bit different from what I usually do, but I knew right away I would make some traditional star blocks to go with her log cabins. Here is the result:

The next package arrived with Julie's rows before I even finished this one, so hopefully this month I can catch up!

finally getting started

2009-02-06T13:49:00.000-08:00

I set up this blog quite a while ago and never learned to use it. But with a new miniature row robin project that just started, I want to be able to share the quilts in progress, so I guess it's time! Here's my starting row:

I decided to work with batik fabrics in cool bright colors and I love stars so I chose that as my theme. My row will be 2 1/4" wide when it is finished, about 14" long. I mailed the row and some extra fabrics off to Nansi this week and have already received a package from Virginia to work on next.