Jewelry Store {Birthstone Quilt}

When I finished my sapphire block last week for my Birthstone quilt, I still had the itch to do more paper piecing, so I decided to go ahead and pull the fabrics for my tanzanite block and work on that this month as well.

Tanzanites, at least those that are most valuable, are indigo in color. I pulled some blue-hued purples and some navy blues for this block.

Now I have nine of my twelve birthstone blocks done.

The three remaining blocks are my January garnet, my July ruby, and my October opal. I will likely try to work on my two red blocks first -- garnet will be a dark true red block and the ruby will be a pinky red block. In my mind, I would like to make my opal entirely from pastel shades of Fairy Frost, but I think that the most of my Fairy Frost scraps have been depleted.

For those interested, this pattern is from No Hats in the House.

Happy Monday to you! I have spent most of my weekend doing the quilting for my upcoming Moda Bake Shop project that will be published in about two weeks!

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Project Pageant {Scrappy Project Review}

While I might not be drowning in scraps, sometimes it feels like I am drowning in scrappy projects! As you know from my monthly "Brutally Honest" posts, I have quite a few. I've made quite a bit of progress lately on a few of them and rounded them all up for one post.

I was Queen Bee for the Stash Bee in June, so instead of requesting blocks for a new project, I requested more pineapple blocks. I have received just about all of them at this point, so here are all of the ones that I have from last year and this year combined:

For July, my mom was the Queen Bee and she requested scrappy pumpkin blocks. I made her four blocks and used up a lot of orange scrap, including the majority of a piece of novelty cheese-it print fabric I got in a scrap bag purchased nearly 7 years ago.

And as you might have seen on Instagram, I've been working on my Coast to Coast Bee blocks for Audrey! I will be doing a full post once I am finished with my addition to her quilt, but I have been able to use all scraps and stash for my blocks!

I have also finally made my scrappy sapphire to add to my birthstone collection. I now have eight of the twelve birthstones done -- the ones that are remaining are the garnet, ruby, opal, and tanzanite blocks. This is counts as progress for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge since our color for July is blue!

Have a happy weekend! I'm hoping to make some more scrappy project soon!

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PS. Don't forget to check out our summer Kona special! The two sizes are the yardages needed for the Magnolia QAL, but it's always a good time to stock up on Kona, right?

Aquamarine {RSC 2016}

Today I only have one block to share, but it's a good one! I made one of my two blue birthstone blocks this week -- my March Aquamarine.

There are a few patches that are a little on the dark side, but I am extremely happy with it in the grand scheme of things. This week I hope to get my true blue sapphire done so that I'll have eight of my twelve birthstone blocks done! You can get this pattern from No Hats in the House.

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Facets {RSC May 2016}

Since I finished my Farmer's Wife blocks last week, I decided to dig in my abandoned project box to see if there was anything I could work on to keep making a dent in my green scraps.

A long, long while back, I started working on scrappy birthstone blocks. At the time, only ended up making four blocks and then the project got shuffled into the box. This pattern is from No Hats in the House.

From my pile of greens, I was able to pull out a pile of fabrics that would work for an emerald block and a pile for a peridot block. Here are my two green blocks:

I had to work in a few more prints into the peridot block, but I think it still turned out good and will blend well with the blocks once they are all done.

Now I have six blocks done!

Top row: February amethyst, April diamond, May emerald

Bottom row: June alexandrite, August peridot, November citrine

I will still need to make a garnet for January, aquamarine for March, ruby for July, sapphire for September, opal for October, and blue topaz/tanzanite for December. That's three blue blocks, two red blocks and one white/rainbow block that will be worked in over the next few months. 

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Brilliant

I've finally finished my June birthstone block and put together my April diamond birthstone block! You can find the pattern from No Hats in the House here.

Now I have to dig through my scraps some more and see what I want to do next. I still need to do:

January - garnet

March - aquamarine

May - emerald

July - ruby

August - peridot

September - sapphire

October - opal

December - blue topaz

And I've already won one giveaway from the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day from Cat Patches! Wooo!

More Bling

I started and am more than halfway done with my third birthstone block!

This one is supposed to be "alexandrite" for June, my birthsone! (June is also pearl, which I also love, but April's diamond is already white-ish)

I finished up the paper piecing last night and now need to sew the last four wedge halves together and then sew all of the wedges to each other. You can find the pattern from No Hats in the House.

This project just proves that Fairy Frost is one of the greatest things ever.

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WIP Wednesday: In A Bind

I started hand stitching the binding on my Lucky Square quilt and made a fair amount of progress! Whoo! I'm just under half way done with this one and should be able to get a lot more done on it tonight.

I also started working on another gemstone block in "citrine" colors except I didn't think to snap a picture before I left for work this morning. When I get home I'll try to remember to add it! You can get the pattern from No Hats in the House.

Update: here is the picture of the finished block! Hooray!

Check out what everyone else is up to today at WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced!

Faceted.

I dove right into this because, let's face it, I'm a paper piecing junkie.

I started working on my Round Birthstone Block from No Hats in the House. AND IT LOOKS AMAZING!

I decided to not make large blocks (the directions tell you how to make different sizes based on how you enlarge/shrink the pattern) and make the 12 inch blocks. You end up making 8 wedges so I printed two per page.

I was too into making this because I did not stop to take any pictures. Oops. Here's the finished "amethyst" gem:

The next one I make, I promise to take more pictures.

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On My Pinboard

Now I am sure that most of you are all on Pinterest yourselves, but I thought that I would share a few of my recent favorites today in case you might have missed them (I hope not!!)

Improv Trees via Stash Bee by TwinkleToes

I was never interested in modern/improvisational piecing until more recently and I am in LOVE with these trees! 

Bumblebee by Bee In My Bonnet

I also LOVE bumblebees. This pattern was designed as the label for a row along quilt, but I would love to make a baby quilt of all bumblebees!

Round Cut Birthstone Pattern from No Hats In The House

How cool is this block? WAY COOL. I already got a copy of this one and I can't wait to start making some beauties!

And here's my quilt board if you need more quilty inspiration. Happy Sunday!