http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/ Works in Progress Abi wanted us to make a block for her spiderweb quilt. This was my first block in a bee, and I was very intimidated. It was also challenging for me because of all the scrappy chaos! I must say, though, I'm excited to see her final product! (March 2010) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103311315 103311315 I was so excited about this Christmas light idea. I was walking around thinking about how much I love bunting and trying to figure out how some people make it look like it's just one single pass across when that's just not possible...when the idea of christmas lights came to mind because you really can get across the strand in one go, using the metal part of the bulb as your path to/from the bulb. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103552154 103552154 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470141 103470141 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114967961 114967961 having fun with some scraps. this is a current project http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=113226612 113226612 Paper Pieced Snowflake for a Christmas Swap I'm in. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104395211 104395211 Leslie wanted wonky log cabin blocks from her orange and gray fabrics. I fussy cut the unicorn from the Far Far Away line. (April 2010) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103311312 103311312 This one didn't do it for me, so I'm back to playing with different solids and a different background. I like the dark gray and think it looks more modern and hip, but corn yellow as the background looks so happy and sunshine-y. blogged: http://www.realphotography.com/traci/?p=202 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103552155 103552155 Paper pieced http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470142 103470142 having fun with some scraps. this is a current project http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=113226613 113226613 Paper Pieced Snowflake for a Christmas Swap I'm in. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104395212 104395212 Leslie wanted wonky log cabin blocks from her orange and gray fabrics. I took some liberties here...still very wonky, but not a whole cabin. (April 2010) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103311313 103311313 I started this for a swap but then froze and didn't know what to do with it. What would you make with this? I guess a pillow sounds most practical but I'm still not sure. It's a rectangle, about 14 x 17. (I made this BEFORE I got my new sewing machine, dang. Look at those wonky stitches) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103582630 103582630 Paper pieced http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470143 103470143 I know it's not a quilt but I still love it.....these are the fabric choices for my new bag! http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114967963 114967963 Paper Pieced Snowflake for a Christmas Swap I'm in. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104395213 104395213 Alison asked for 2 blocks in the Liberated Wedding Ring pattern from Gwen Marsden. This was very challenging, but not as chaotic as the spiderweb block! (May 2010) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103311316 103311316 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470144 103470144 Liking this version more. The gray was more modern, but the yellow makes me so happy! http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104477370 104477370 All cut out with the interfacing applied! Time to sew!! http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114967964 114967964 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104138367 104138367 Paper Pieced Snowflake for a Christmas Swap I'm in. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104395214 104395214 Blossom gave us some precut squares of Hope Valley, and asked us to make her 4 wonky stars. Again, I was intimidated and thought I couldn't do it, but with the help of my MQGers, I was able to get over my own fears and get the blocks done. (June 2010) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103311317 103311317 Paper pieced http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470145 103470145 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104138368 104138368 Paper Pieced Snowflake for a Christmas Swap I'm in. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104395215 104395215 Lori asked for dessert blocks on a pedastal. All the previous blocks had more guidance, and I was overwhelmed! But I decided to try to make a trifle, so this is my sample block. (July 2010) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103311314 103311314 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470146 103470146 Paper Pieced Snowflake for a Christmas Swap I'm in. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104395216 104395216 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=109110185 109110185 One of Lori's dessert blocks. I rough-edge-appliqued the layers of this wonky layer cake. She gave us the AMH Little Folks fabric. (July 2010) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103311320 103311320 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470147 103470147 A continuing work in progress, it's about twice this size now. Hexies are 2" http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104395217 104395217 The other of Lori's dessert blocks. I applied what I learned from my sample block, and pieced together a trifle in a bowl for Lori from her AMH Little Folks fabric. I'm super proud of this one! (July 2010) *Note: the dollop on top is applique!) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103311319 103311319 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470148 103470148 I've always wanted to make a solid quilt. This one isn't done, but I love it!! http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104395218 104395218 Lori asked for desserts on a pedastal and gave us the AMH Little Folks fabric. Both are my design - one is rough-edge applique, and the other is pieced. (July 2010) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103311318 103311318 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470149 103470149 The beginnings of an original hand sewing sampler. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104395219 104395219 Natalie asked us to piece circles, "porthole" style, using a technique by Ric-Rac. I LOVED it!! These were really fun to make, and since I already love circles, now I am super keen to make a whole quilt of circles! (November 2010) Technique here: http://vintagericrac.blogspot.com/2010/08/teaching-your-grandma-to-suck-eggs.html http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114153804 114153804 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470150 103470150 Made for a Vintage Sheet Swap. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104395220 104395220 Natalie asked us to piece circles, "porthole" style, using a technique by Ric-Rac. I LOVED it!! These were really fun to make, and since I already love circles, now I am super keen to make a whole quilt of circles! (November 2010) Technique here: http://vintagericrac.blogspot.com/2010/08/teaching-your-grandma-to-suck-eggs.html http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114153805 114153805 Paper pieced http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470151 103470151 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470152 103470152 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470153 103470153 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470154 103470154 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=103470155 103470155 I didn't like it at the time and remade it, but I've decided I love it and I'm going to make it again. :P http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=115281559 115281559 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104141644 104141644 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=104141645 104141645 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=105684567 105684567 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=105684568 105684568 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=115281565 115281565 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=105684570 105684570 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=115281567 115281567 I'm just waiting on it to come back from the quilter. :) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=115281568 115281568 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=115281569 115281569 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=115281570 115281570 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=115281571 115281571 they are nutty, but i think i like them. There is kinda a reason to my method. This is jan to march pieced. Now i just have to stitch in the patterns. thanks Melissa for getting me addicted to this! (bad lighitng because i finished late last night and took the picture with husband sleeping behind me!) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=118749012 118749012 I'm using some of my hexies to make a quilt for a survivor of the earthquake in Japan. There are 52 hexies, and the quilt top is 52x90". I'm going to applique the hexies to the top, and then I'll use this quilt to learn how to use a long arm machine! http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=121564328 121564328 Just finished my Wonderland quilt to today. Now for the back........ http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=126860174 126860174 This is a tutorial on Twin Fibers :) Going to make mine bigger so it can be a lap/camping blanket. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=127025687 127025687 This is a tutorial on Twin Fibers :) Going to make mine bigger so it can be a lap/camping blanket. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=127025688 127025688 I finally settled on an arrangement for my hexies! Love how it looks! http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=127025689 127025689 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=128910810 128910810 Used Kona Blue, Rich Red and white, and an Accuquilt Go cutter to cut the circles. I zig-zag appliqued the circles on, then used a decorative stitch on my machine to make the "baseball stitch." It's 16 blocks, cut 10.5" square then sewn into a 4x4 grid. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=135899554 135899554 Thanks to Jodi for supplementing my fabrics! http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=139849730 139849730 I loved making this bubble block...and I love the colors! http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=139849731 139849731 I love puzzles...and this went together like a puzzle...*wink* http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=139849732 139849732 A friend found me a scrapbooking paper punch that cuts out little hexagons, about 3/4 inch per side. Now I am obsessed with sewing up these bitty hexies. At last count 82 made in less than a week. No idea what I'll do with them. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=141724448 141724448 I chose to do 3.5" finished squares for this version in order to really showcase the Christmasy prints. The fabric requirements listed in Elizabeth Hartman's original pattern (1/4 yard each, of 18 different prints) are enough for my version, you just won't have enough fabric to set aside strips for the backing. The finished quilt can be 84x84 (with a 4x4 block layout) or 84x105 (with a 4x5 block layout). I'm doing the 4x4 layout because: (a) I don't need such a GINORMOUS quilt, and (b) I can make fun gifts or matching euro shams from the 4 leftover blocks (they're 21" after all!) http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=142924635 142924635 From Pam & Nikky Lantott's "Jelly Roll Quilts," made from a collection of Japanese Taupe quilts. http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=146070362 146070362 The pattern is "Red Velvet" by Thimble Blossoms, the fabric is mostly Joel Dewberry from Mama Said Sew in Old Town Fort Collins. The orange-sherbet color is the color of my granddaughter's "big girl" bedroom, it's actually called Cantaloupe (paint by Ace Colors for Your Life). http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=146070363 146070363 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=147037748 147037748 http://frommartawithlove.com/2012/05/07/a-quilt-pour-moi/ http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=155204678 155204678 http://frommartawithlove.com/2012/05/07/a-quilt-pour-moi/ http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=155204679 155204679 http://frommartawithlove.com/2012/05/07/a-quilt-pour-moi/ http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=155204677 155204677 http://frommartawithlove.com/2012/08/01/summerlove-converges-2/ http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=162221055 162221055 http://frommartawithlove.com/2012/08/01/summerlove-converges-2/ http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=162221056 162221056 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=172656570 172656570 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=172656571 172656571 http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=172656572 172656572