Star - BOM - January 2012

I'm participating in a BOM (Block of Month). January's block is the BrassTown Star from Quilters Cache.

I've not done this block before, somehow I missed it - and it's GREAT!! So awesome to have fussy cuts in the diamonds! I'm using a fabric I got about 2 years ago, and I'm so happy to have a use for it!

Anyway, here's my BrassTown Star.


What do you think?

Mystery Quilt - BOM - Month 1 - January 2012

There's a Mystery Quilt on one of the forums I belong to. It's set up as a Block of the Month (BOM). I can do this in steps. :) Great news huh? This mystery will finish up at about 40"x40". I'm super excited for it, especially since I've never done a Mystery Quilt before - hope I love the final results.

If I want the quilt bigger, I can add borders, so I know it'll fit into whatever size I want it to be.

So, I picked my 3 fabrics. Dug around in my stash for a few hours and tried to decide on what I wanted to do, when I found these three all in a Ziploc baggie. How's that for ready to go?!

These are the fabrics that I just picked. I'll post photos of what I did when I make my first cuts - hopefully tomorrow.

Let me know what you think!

Week 1: Challenge Complete! Blue and White

Phew.. pulled this one under the wire. Here's the completed top for Week 1, 2012: Blue and White.

Please ignore the wrinkle in it - it really is straight. It's 16"x16". I'll post it again when it's quilted.

I'm planning on waiting until I get a snow day and then I'll quilt them and bind. But, no snow yet.

New Mini Quilt Challenge - Jan 1-7, 2012

Ok.. I'm slightly late with posting this one, whoopsie, but the holidays got the best of me!

Anyway - this weeks challenge is to use BLUE and WHITE. Anything goes. :)

Lets see something with BLUE and WHITE. (Of course, other colors are allowed!)

Merry Christmas to all

Merry Christmas to all.. and to all a good night. :)

I hope Santa leaves wonderful presents for everyone under the tree.

Week 52: 25-31 December

We've made it to the last week of the challenge. Can you believe it??!! 52 weeks of miniature quilts after this week is finished. I've had a ton of fun doing it, and I think I'll be switching it up a bit in 2012.

Since people are still traveling and having family over, we'll keep this one short and sweet too.

Theme: ONE BLOCK. Pick one quilt block, anything goes, and make it into a miniature quilt. This would be great to use up any orphan blocks that you've got (and don't most of us have an orphan or 10.. ;))

Happy quilting!!

Week 51: 18-24 December

Lets keep this one simple too, especially since a lot of people are doing a lot of traveling or having parties and family over. This is a great time of the year.

Theme: GIFT