Year: 2011

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Sorry to miss last week–too much pre-Xmas crazy!

Here’s Razzle Dazzle, for those of you keeping score at home:

 

Next: The Bento Box. See you next week!

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Caitlyn’s Pinwheel quilt and Razzle Dazzle are done! Today I bought the border and backing fabric for the Bento Box quilt, which needs to be done by next Thursday. Piece of cake!

Here’s the Pinwheel quilt, front and back:

And here’s just the front:

The Man took Razzle Dazzle pix, but hasn’t emailed them to me yet. I’ll post them soon!

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Can I finish my Christmas quilts? It remains to be seen …

Here’s Razzle Dazzle with one set of borders. I’ll add another set tonight and quilt it over the weekend.

Next week I’ll have pix of Caitlyn’s Pinwheel and the finished Razzle Dazzle for you, and hopefully some Bento Box progress. Fingers crossed!

Oh, Katie of Kate’s Quilting Daydreams asked for a picture of the curved hearts stencil. Here you go, Katie! Post an episode soon, would you?

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The votes have been cast and the winner is …. Bento Box No. 2–the mixed up version!

I have made a slight revision and taken out the bright red/white block out. So here’s what I think the final draft will look like:

Hope you like it! Hope my MIL likes it, too.

 

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How to decide, how to decide? So many choices when it comes to putting a Bento Box quilt together.

So, here’s the picture of the more simple option:

 

And here’s the more mixed-up Bento:

 

Which look do you like better? Tell the truth!

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First, here’s a picture of the lovely Bento Box quilt my mom made for Jack several years ago:

Next, here is the array of fabrics I’ll be using for my Bento Box quilt, in pairs, including the new fabrics I bought this week:

Here are the six Bento Box blocks (say that three times fast) I’ve put together so far, unmixed up:

And here’s an example of the blocks all mixed up–this is not the final mix; I just wanted to give an example of how mixed up Bento Box blocks look in general.

Victoria from Peacebrook Quilts and Glogood both sent me this link for a tutorial on how to piece quilt backs. Thanks so much, Victoria and Glogood!

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So here’s the pinwheel quilt with its borders attached:

And here’s a close up of the borders so you can see the lovely fabric:

Now, please look at this collection of fat quarters, arrayed in various ways, and tell me what I need to add to it. Thanks!

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Pinwheels! This is an odd picture (per usual) because the top of it looks sort of faded. I hope I’ll have a better picture later. Now, looking at this picture, I wonder if I ought to rearrange some of the lines of color. Is that light green line of pinwheels too light? Let me know your thoughts–it’s not too late to revise!

Send me your quilting ideas, please!

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Okay, so I didn’t make Saturday, either. Busy weekend!

Here are some pix of Will’s quilt, Stormy Weather: