The Splendid Sampler Blocks (#7-21)

Hello friends,

I've been catching up on my Splendid Sampler blocks. This is a year long sew-along hosted by Jane Davidson and Pat Sloan, the 6 inch blocks are designed by many many talented designers and bloggers. Go check it out! http://www.thesplendidsampler.com/ 

Are you ready for some eye candy? Hope you like them!  Some blocks I like a lot, and some not as much. But I'm glad to be using and trying many different techniques. Okay, here you go...

Block #7 Snug as a Bug 

Here I cut out precious liberty scraps for the quilt. My hand embroidery needs work, but I'm okay with this one.

Block #8 Friends around the Square

Love that cotton and steel gray and purple combo.

Block #9 Local Quilt Shop

Gray and purple again with a pot of mint.

Block #10 Iowa

How about Gray and purple AND pink? I think I'm loving it too!

Block #11 Crocheted Thought

I used variegated floss here. The ombre color change is a nice effect on the outer lines, not sure if I love the effect for the center flower.  

Block #12 Checkerboard

Block #13 Scrap Star

Block #14 Flying High

Block #15 Family Affair

This is a paper pieced block. I have no problem with the templates but my issue is when I put the templates (the 4 squares) together.  Maybe there's a trick I don't know about? Maybe I need more precision and pins?

Block#16 Pieces of Friendship

That yellow gold adds another pop! Definitely one of my favorite block!

Block #17 Family Stars

Block #18 Lina's Gift

Going for low volume here, maybe too quiet?

Block #19 Measure Twice, Cut Once

Block #20 Nature's Walk

Here I used Minki Kim's Sew Illustrated technique and draw with threads instead of hand embroidery.  Minki is so talented with her thread drawing, check out her blog! I think I like it.  Using even smaller stitch length (1.4) is very helpful with the curves.

Block #21 Sweet Candy

Thanks for reading. What is your favorite so far?

:)
Eunice

summer post II

Are you on Instagram?  It's becoming my go to for quick posts and for inspirations.  If you follow me, then you've already seen what my awesome hubby made me for my birthday.

Drum roll......
A Quilt Ladder!!!  We were watching a home improvement show one night, and there was a ladder in the made over living room.  I casually said that I wanted that kind of rustic wood ladder for displaying my quilts, and he made it from scratch! Isn't it awesome?!

There is another project to show you. When my mom visited, she wanted me to make her a table runner.  She chose the farm house blocks from Lori Holt's "Farm Girl Vintage" book.  This book is full of bright cherry patterns and colors, all blocks can be made into 6" or 12" blocks.  We made 2 of each houses and I modified the milk jug block into a patchwork house.  This table runner sure will brighten her dining room!! All fabric are Bonnie and Camille.

Summer Post I

Hi there, it's been a while.

We had a busy May and June. A cousin's wedding in early June brought lots of relatives over to celebrate and tag along a Seattle tour.  Then my parents visited from overseas for 3 weeks. It was great having lots of families visiting (we only have 2 other relatives living nearby), but it was also great that everything is back to normal after 2 months.

I was able to sew some Super Tote and pouches (both patterns by Noodlehead) with Cousin A, whom wanted me to show her bag making process.  We printed the pattern at 90% because the tote is for a niece.  I also wanted to experiment a smaller size since my original Super Tote is a bit too big for a 5 ft tall me.

We used flex foam as our interfacing on both sides and gusset, it turned out well! The only down side is that it's not fusible, it's only basted. But if you like, you can probably add another layer of fusible so the cotton sticks to the foam real well. Outside fabrics are cotton and steel.  Don't you think that dark grey goes so well with the turquoise? I hope a certain pre-teen loves it!

I was also able to sew up 2 cute pouches for my kids' teachers for end of school year gifts. That paper clip fabric gives me all heart eyes! 

Ready for school supplies! or not!

Cousin A. also brought me some rainbow zippers. Have you seen those?  Those shiny rainbow zipper teeth are really special! To show case them, I choose monotone black/white and grey/white fabrics and made more zippy pouches for Cousin A! (I made up the pattern using an old zipper pouch).

Hope you are enjoying your summer so far, it's almost August, can you believe it?

smiles,
Eunice