October Meadow Mist Mystery Blocks

While I didn't quite get these done in October, I did get them done before the next set of directions come out on Thursday, so I think they aren't late. I was able to have a major marathon sew day yesterday because Park Ranger Husband had to work and made so much progress. Most of it is secret sewing that I can't show just yet, but I will be show those off very soon!

So here are my gigantic courthouse steps blocks for the Midnight Mystery!

And of course, Miss Clara Belle had to inspect my progress:

Here are all of my pieces and parts thus far for the mystery quilt:

We've only used fabric A in the square in a square units thus far, so I'm wondering how else we will use it! My fabric a is the olive green peacock feather print.

Linking up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced! Don't forget that sign ups are still open for Stash Bee 2016!

Sign up for Stash Bee 2016!

Here it is!

As you may or may not know, I am the Bee Mama for the Stash Bee. and it's already time to start signing up to participate in 2016! This year was a  HUGE success!

CLICK HERE to access the sign up form. Hives will be announced in early December. Anyone not assigned to a hive will be placed on the waiting list in the order that they signed up.

Please check out our Rules and FAQ pages before signing up and pass along any questions to me littlebunnyquilts@gmail.com -or- stashbeecomments@gmail.com

These are all three of my Stash Bee quilts! The last one is just a top and not quilted yet, but it's on my list of things to do soon!

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2014:

2015: 

Blogger's Quilt Festival: Original Design Category Frame of Mind

I'm excited to enter my Frame of Mind Quilt as my entry into the Fall 2015 Blogger's Quilt Festival!

This quilt is very special to me because it was my first pattern for Moda Bake Shop and it is the largest quilt that I have quilted on my machine to date!

The quilt blocks are all the same pattern, but put together two different ways to get the puzzle/maze effect between the white background and the main fabrics.

For the quilting, I did a chrysanthemum type motif where the center of each flower started with a swirl, and then I quilted layers of petals around the swirl. In the top picture, it almost looks like large pebbles but in the closer up pictures below, you can pick out the flowers.

 

For those of you visiting for the first time, I do actually have a "little bunny" named Clara that is my quilt inspector. She was heavily involved in the making of this quilt. We luckily did not have a repeat of the incident where she tried to steal a charm square out of my scrap bin.

This was a whirlwind of a quilt start to finish but I couldn't be happier with it and every time I use it, it cheers me up!

(Thanks to my mom for helping me take a lot of these pictures!)

Stats:
Name: Frame of Mind
Pattern: Frame of Mind (by me!) on Moda Bake Shop
Block Size: 12.5" finished
Quilt Size: 75 inches square
Fabrics Used: Good Karma by  Stephanie Ryan
Quilting: Chrysanthemums done on home machine
BQF Category: Original Design

Thanks so much for visiting and don't forget to check out all of the other quilts in the Blogger's Quilt Festival!

October Stash Bee Blocks

It's hard to believe that it's October (and almost the end of the month at that) and I only have one more month in this year's round of the Stash Bee! But I am excited that sign ups reopen next week for 2016!

This month, our Queen Bee asked us to make bookshelf sections. She was kind enough to send us background fabric to use too! I pulled out my bag of stringy scraps and went to work on two blocks.

Of course I barely made a dent in my scraps, but I had a lot of fun putting these together and they are a great option for a bee quilt block!

Happy Friday! Going to be working on a blog post for Blogger's quilt festival very soon! :)

Trimmed.

When last we chatted, my Fireworks wedges looked like this:

Over the weekend, I sewed them all to their side pieces and trimmed them down to this:

And that's all I am going to show until it's time for the BIG REVEAL!

Short rant: HOLY WOW DOES THIS PATTERN HAVE A TON OF WASTE.

This is my gigantic trim-off pile with pieces that I am going to absolutely SAVE and use in something else. I honestly could have trimmed my blocks almost an inch bigger than the directions instructed to do.

Rant over.

Hope you're having a great week! If you haven't already check out this GREAT POST by Jess of Quilty Habit regarding some things she's seen recently with companies not properly crediting quilters for their work.

Linking up with Linky Tuesday, Fabric Tuesday, and WIP Wednesday!