Another block for my guild

I have made a pattern for the sixth (and last) block for my guild. I called it "My Garden Gate" and you will find it as a pdf to the right.
I do not have a pattern for block five but it is a really easy one. Just three 4 inch circles that is turned into yo-yos and then turned into a small bouquet by adding some embroidered stems and leaves. Maybe a bow too. I do not have a picture of my last two blocks just yet. I plan to have them by the end of this week along with a picture of my completed work. Not quilted though :)

A mystery project for my quilting guild

I was asked back in April if I had some ideas for fun things to do at our guild meetings at Drammen og omegn quiltelag. Well........I sort of had some idea.

The first thing I thought of was to use this hart from "A Heart or Two" and teach the back basting appliqué technique.

Then we did this heart from that same pattern (you can find it to the right). This time reverse appliqué was the main thing to learn something about.


What next? Why not some embroidery stitching? Doing stitchery and redwork is something many people do but they don't know that many stitches. So I thought this was a good idea.

Of cours the knowledge about all those stitches had to be put into good use and I therefore thought that a crazy hart would be the right thing to do. The guild members that wanted to join in on this, now have four blocks with a hart theme. I need to figure out the last to blocks and the finishing instructions before November. They are a mystery to me as well :) Lets hope I can come up with a good solution :)

What size is "May your days be merry and bright"?

The medallion is 20 inch square, the blocks are 12 inches and the border is 10 inches. In total the quilt is about 67 inch square. I'm not quite sure I really planned it this big but it looked really great in EQ6 :)

What I've been up to lately

This is my pattern for the Christian Radich ship I will put in my Houston in 2010 quilt. I will add flowers and things like that but you get the idea.

I'm also working on my Cake Stand swap blocks with other Jo Morton fans. I still have three more sets to make. The due date is in October so still have time to make them.

Of course I had to join another Yahoo group: Basket Case Quilters
We are making twelve basket blocks as a BOM and this is my first basket block. I don't know what the other blocks will look like and I like that surprise :)

At Inklingo we have a Tilde's Tiny Tote swap and this is my tote. The due date is September 15. Just a little bit of fun :)

Then I have ben working with this quilt. It is my own design and I have turned it into a patern for sale. I would love to hear your opinion on this one :)

_In addition to al this I am working part time as a substitute teacher and educating myself as a mentor for new teachers. I would love to get a few more hours in the day if you have some spare to give me.

Don't laugh!

I love hand piecing and Inklingo (deisgned by Linda Franz) is a very good tool. That is, IF you do what you're supossed to do. This time I didn't pay attention while printing. So.......I thought I printed out pieces for a 4.5 inch inch block but it turned out as a 2.5 inch block.
I have never done any block this small before. It's kind of cute:) Then I printed out the pieces one more time in the correct size and I can go on with my project.

My opinion on Elly S.'s dvd

I have been doing appliqué by hand for at least ten years now and never taken any classes. Very early on the books about Baltimore Album quilts caught my eye, especially the books by Elly Sienkiewicz. Despite the fact that I'm no longer a beginner, the dvd had a few points that I hadn't figured out from her books.
Remember this dvd is mostly for the beginner, but I think there's a tip here and there that might learn you a new trick or two. There are some patterns on the dvd as well, from size 8" to 20". Now I don't have to use the copier for those patterns :)
If you are looking for more advanced appliqué techniques I think you should go for her second dvd that will be out in October this year. I'm ordering that dvd as well to fill my appliqué librery.
Well worth the $$ spent.

Now I'm ready

I ordered this cd from Elly Sienkiewicz since I love doing appliqué by hand and I still haven't found the time or money to take a trip to the US to take one of her classes. Now I have her in my own room :) The background for the cd is one of my black BA blocks. I started it three days ago. When it's done I wil get on with another block for my Houston in 2010 quilt.