Week 38: 18-24 September

Ok. I'll admit it. I'm a total and complete sap. I just sat and watched Titanic for probably the millionth time and I'm still in tears. I really would have loved to go on a long boat trip, I think it'd be perfect and an incredible getaway.

This weeks theme is VOYAGE. Could be a personal voyage, an internal struggle, or a real one.

And it begins again.. Boomerang 6

I'm INSANE. Yep. I've joined Boomerang Six! I joined 2 groups again, and said that I'd be a standby if a small group needed someone else to "play."

I swear, sometimes I really think that if I didn't do these Boom swaps I'd never get any large quilts made.

Wanna sneak peek of what I'm sending for one group? Curious as to what 35 envelopes stuffed with a Fat Eighth looks like?? Sure, I know you are! And of course I live to share!

This particular fabric I've been holding onto for 6 years or so (I think.) It's a Robert Kaufmann print and I just love it to pieces. I finally made the first cuts into it. Let me tell you - cutting it hurt, but at the end of this Boom, I'll finally have a quilt for MYSELF!!!



I only had enough of the coffee print fabric for 16 envelopes (I've designated myself to making 4 blocks with this print...) So.. this is what 16 envelopes looks like stuffed with the F8th, a letter - the original is handwritten but I photocopied it - and no addresses on the envelopes or stamps just yet.


And this fabric is going to be for DD. She picked it, she wants bright happy colors. Since there are 35 people I send to, and I'd already had 16 people, there are 19 Fat Eighths here, and I'll be making some blocks with the leftover fabric I have. I'm sending out 10 yellow Elmo F8ths, and 9 Pink. DD told me that I have to make her at least one pink block - so there's the 20th block.




And here is a photo of what 35 envelopes looks like! Each has a letter inside it, and the F8th in a baggie.



Now, all I have to do is decide on what I'm sending out to the second group. I do have an idea, but I think it'll be a surprise - and I'll post all the blocks as I receive them and maybe someone can guess. :)

Boomerang Addicted

Yep, I'm so addicted to these Boomerang Swaps. I've just joined up for Boomerang 6!! I have so much fabric that I'll never get made into quilts if I don't swap.

I think sometimes I'm paralyzed by fear of cutting and making a mistake. There's so much gorgeous fabric out there, and I get upset sometimes if I just don't buy it. But then it sits, and I never make anything. It gets aggravating.

These Boomerang swaps let me make at least 35 blocks for other people (maybe with the same paralyzing fear I have) and then they can make a block for me. :) Best of both worlds.

This Boomerang, I'm again in 2 groups - so that's a total of 70 blocks to make. I've decided on sending out 15 fat eighths of Elmo fabric with pink and yellow background, and I'll make 1 block. That'll go into a quilt for my DD. Then I have this *amazing* coffee cup fabric - and since I don't have a quilt for myself in over 12 years of quilting.. just maybe I'll send out some fat eighths for a coffee quilt for me.

The rest, I have NO idea. I still don't have a Christmas quilt, and I have a lot of Fall and Halloween Fabric, and I have a *TON* of Hawaiian print fabric.. just maybe some of those. What do y'all think that I should send out?

Booming Along

Here are the rest of my blocks! All in all, I only forgot to take pictures of 4. Not bad out of 70 blocks!! :) And all done in less than 4 months. :)

For Poker Diva


For Pattis47


Both are for OK Darla. She only wanted Black added.



Both are for Navarre2011



For MaterialGrl


For Laura Ellen


For KSea (a private swap)


For Katy. She only wanted white on white added


For Karen. I added the purple.


For Janecat



For HeyJami


For Carsey

Week 37: 11-17 September

Today is the 10th anniversary of September 11th. This post is going to be very short and sweet.

This weeks theme: REMEMBRANCE

Boom Boom Boom Blocks

My mailman is going to think I've gone totally insane. Well, I probably did, but that's ok. :) Here are the boom blocks that I've just transferred to the computer. I still have about 20 to upload. :) But... drumroll please.. ALL BOOMERANG 5 blocks are DONE. :) *happy Dance*

For Troy26 - all the way in Australia


For Sustraley


For SherryKae


For QuiltedHorse


For NanaKathy


For MsGrace


For Moonrise


For Moonrise


For MontanaBlu


For MissGiggleWings


For MFQS


For LMattick


For Keesha_Ont


For Karenpatrick


For Bolin0909


For JudyVA


For JLin


For Janetlmt


For Goldendog55


For Donnad


For Craft Phanatic


For Craft Phanatic


For Brenda21


For Brenda 5


For Bolin0909

Week 36: 4-10 September

When I think of the 60's I think of stories that my mom, Daddy and Aunt told me about the times. I still love the music (in my humble opinion it was some of the best out there), the style of clothes, the bright colors, peace, love, hippies. My mom's totally supportive of my desire to create a miniature quilt a week, and she decided on this weeks theme. She said to tell everyone and go forth and create a "DECADE THEME" Pick any decade you want, the one you were born in, the one you wish you were born in, one that you're fascinated with and create a miniature to represent that decade.

Example:
the 30's - use feedsack or reproduction fabrics
the 40's - do a black and white quilt representative of films
the 50's - use up that Elvis fabric you probably have stashed, base a quilt on a popular song
the 60's - music, colors, go wild, go vibrant, peace, events
the 70's - DISCO! yellow and brown, Atari
the 80's - Cabbage Patch Kids, Matlock, events

You get the idea. Now take that as a seedling and create!