Cindy's Neighborhood

This is going to be such a fun quilt!



All the unique and interesting houses prompted me to give her some nature to add to the neighborhood.



I really loved her started block and think the little park looks cute with it!!!

Block for Elizabeth

I was going to make a completely different block, but this one just sort of happened. It was incredibly fun to do!



Here is my block with Elizabeth's.



What a sweet little flock of starlings!

Jane´s Block

Today i have finished Jane´s Block - using 30´s fabrics! I have never used them before ... Jane has sent me some really nice fabrics in the beginning of this journey - and I was keeping all the time till I can use them!
There were so nice blocks already made by some of you (others will follow:) it was not easy to decide what to do ... I went along with a 8" paperpieced block with a little white border and all around some girly pink - lol
The start - one of four sections:

I really love it - bright, cheerful and a little girly,girly!!!
There are all Jane´s fabrics plus a little white from my stash and some little scraps I have received in my DQ9 swap package sended by smoochee (Leah) - perfect!

All together - this quilt will be so wonderful!!!
Thank you Jane for the experience with these fabrics! It will be definitly not my last ....

mona w - Monika

Bee Block for Victoria

Victoria of London, England asked for this versatile framed block with a six inch center.  She asked for applique or other embellishment, if we wished. 

I appliqued a sewing machine and tiny quilt in the center to symbolize this bee that has brought us together as friends.  Each one of the fabrics in the frame is a fabric that I have used in other blocks for this bee.  This gives Victoria's quilt a connection to all of the other quilts in the bee.  Her quilt is growing and is on the way to Southern California for it's next block.

I am glad these blocks went into the mail yesterday because Alex's block were waiting in the mailbox for me when I got home this afternoon!

I´m a little chaotic ...

The post I have posted was for MY blog ... SORRY!!
A new post about Janes block will come this week!

Monika

Fishies

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Above are the blocks that I made for Karie. Super quick and fun, fun, fun. Eventually this quilt will be put together for her child. I'm honored to be able to do this for her. She wanted us to use the fish fabric she sent and told us the colors were orange/blue/white. I just love the color combo. I had plenty of orange to choose from! Surprised? I had this great bubble fabric from a little fish quilt I made last year and it was just perfect.

Below are the blocks that have been made as of today. I love,love,love the appliqued blocks. They are so fun.

 here is my latest installment in the our round robin journey. lisa requested that we make a block that represented where we are from.

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although i was not raised on a farm, i do have ties to one.....my grandparents were farmers here in iowa.  we would visit them almost every weekend and during the summers us kids would each get to spend a week or two with them down on the farm.

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the farm also is where i get most of my quilting heritage.....grandma was a quilter and she is the one that first got me interested in quilting......

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 here is lisa's starter block......the skyscrappers of downtown chicago.......and a bit of the iowa country side.....

here are all of the other blocks in lisa quilting journey so far........it is going to be an awesome quilt and each block will have a special story to tell.

Blocks for SARA

i am so late in getting this post added to the blog! 

i actually did this block over a month ago!

this i my block i made for sara!  i'm very happy with the final results and even happier that i FINALLY tried paper piecing!!

this is a shot of all the blocks together so far......

the package was sent on to jane for her to add her block....i've seen a picture of it and it is an awesome block!  it will go so nice with the others!

deanna

Melissa's Journey

This block is for Melissa. She requested any type of pinwheel block as long as it was 12" finished. She also sent along some Heather Bailey, Nicey Jane fabric and the owl fabric in the center which is Alice Kennedy. This block is my version of the pattern found here.

This is my block (right) with Melissa's starter block (left).

Below are all the blocks made so far for Melissa's journey.

~Lisa

For Caliquilter - Joan

I loved making this colorful, geometric block for Joan.  She asked for brights and I love brights. I thought about making my fussy cut flowers actual appliques, but decided I liked them fussy cut for the size of the place they were in.

I love how our blocks look together. And then when you get the whole crew together...

This will be a stunning quilt!! :)

My Block for Monika

Monika chose a color explosion block (a la Oh, Fransson's paintbox quilt block).  Each block is a single color.  It is a beautiful, colorful quilt when finished.  Here is my block:

Here is my block with Monika's starter block:

 and here are the rest of the blocks together, so far:

This photo does not do these blocks justice.  They are really amazing in person.  Each one of them has something unique in it.  I think Monika is going to end up with a beautiful quilt.

Melissa's Blocks

Melissa requested pinwheels and I immediately thought of Hanies tutorial. I have long admired this block and this was the perfect time to try it! The photo does not do these colors justice.

Instead of a siggie block, she asks that we each make a mini pinwheel using our fabrics. You will notice a slight stain on one of my little white pieces. 

It is diet dr. pepper. However, it is now clean and freshly pressed, minus the stain...and winging it's way on the journey to Lisa. These are the lovies traveling with it.

What a fun quilt this will be!!! 

A block for Krista

I have finished my block for Krista.  I love the bright colors she used in her block as well as the beautiful fabrics Cindy N. and Elizabeth used in their blocks that accompanied Krista's.  Here is my block:

Here is Krista's starter block with mine:

And here are all of the blocks so far:

Looks like fun!

Block for Corey

here is the block i did for corey's quilt.  it was interesting to make a block using someone elses color story.  i found that i must not do too much with the sherbert colors....i struggled to find just the right fabrics in my stash......does that mean that i need to go shopping ! ? !  i think it might!!

the lime/green/yellow/pink dot is what was the inspriation fabric that corey picked.  i do love the color story that she picked.  it is very cool and refreshing!

above is corey's block on the left. debbie's block on the right and mine on the bottom. 

Cindy R's Journey

I was worried I wouldn't have colors to work with her block, but I had tons... guess I didn't know my stash very well. I really love the petal theme and I was going to make something with petals, but when I got the blocks and had my fabrics picked out I ended up going in a different direction. I liked the squareness of Vickie's block and I decided since there was already a square block that it would need friends in the quilt. I also added just a little red as Cindy mentioned it was her favorite color!

This is the progress so far. Cindy's starter block is the top left corner. It is shaping up to be a lovely quilt!

~Lisa

Starter Block Jane

I am so proud to "bee" part of this wonderful group of talented ladies. I thought today I would share with you my vision for the quilt that will be made for me as it goes on it's merry travels.


My vision is a quilt made with 1930's prints. All I ask of the girls is to have fun and to make whatever block they would like. I feel that as all the blocks arrive home, it will take on the look of a sampler quilt. I am so excited to let the fun begin.

This is my starter block.......







here is my signature block....
I hope everyone signs and dates it for it will become my label.




The first block that I made was an
Uneven Star for Deanna
She just had one small request, to please use a bit of the snowman fabric she sent. Such a great idea as it will tie all the blocks together.
It was my first uneven star but will not be my last, it was such fun to make.
I so look forward to making my next block!!

Karie's Pond of Goldfish

I love making liberated blocks and seeing where the fabric takes me. Karie wanted orange, blue and white. From my stash, I had two ways to go. I love the blue bubbles in this block with Andrew and his friends.

And Andrew, I am sorry to tell you this, but Swimmy is my favorite!!! I'm just sayin'...

This is going to be a darling little pond for sure!! Here's the whole gang so far. 

Joy to you!

Vickie

A Wonky Neighborhood

Here is my house for Cindy N.  I saw this block on humblequilts blog and thought the garden idea was so cute.  I had the hardest time cutting irregular shapes!  It was like something in my brain screamed "No!" each time I placed the ruler on a slight diagonal.  I also put this together in halves instead of building on one central shape (which I should have done). 

Here is my house with Cindy's cute starter house

And the neighborhood

I just love Elizabeth's little girl.  Wait until you see her up close...just adorable.

Block For Vickie

First stop for Vickie's quilt journey - Chicago, IL. Below you will see Vickie's starter block on the left and my contribution to her quilt on the right. She wrote in her instructions about the possibility of someone making a wonky house with a star in the sky and I immediately thought about a tree... with a star in the sky and a partial star as a flower.

Some close-ups....

This block was so much fun to make I wanted to keep it for myself... but it is already on it's way to Sara's house!

~Lisa