Fabric Swap for Hexagon Making!

Wow, look what I got in the mail last week!!!  Lots of fabric love from Kristen of  K*D Quilts.  We are both making hexagon quilts and hers is a NO REPEAT - mine is not, so we swapped some fabrics to give mine more variety and help her fill the need she has for over 1,000 different fabrics.  Go check out her blog too, it is great and I am really glad I met her here online!

She wrote me a sweet little note too. 

Don't you love that little deer at the top!

She sent me a lot of beautiful fabrics that I didn't have.  This was so much fun, we are going to do it again later as we both collect new and different fabrics.   Thanks again Kristen!

Starbucks and Hexagons - 2 of my favorite things!

So I know this is a little extreme since I already have a Starbucks insulated cup, but when they came out with a new one that is bigger (24 oz) AND the two layers separate so you can decorate the inside of them, I knew I had to do THIS!

I got out some 1/2" hexies and some Central Park and Sunkissed fabrics and started stitching.

It was kind of difficult to shape it to the curve of the glass but I think it turned out great!  I love having these cups at work, helps me drink more water.  We have a good ice machine (I work at the hospital) so I enjoy cold drinks all shift long.  Now, no one will pick mine up by mistake either, they will just look at it and shake their heads and laugh.  I love it though.

Mug Rug Swap Adventure 2

I am joining the Mug Rug Swap Adventure 2 that is just getting started.  Go check it out and join up while you can over at Leona's Quilting Adventure with this link:

http://oneygirl-myquiltingadventure.blogspot.com/2011/05/mug-rug-swap-adventureits-survey-time.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LeonasQuiltingAdventure+%28LEONA%27S+QUILTING+ADVENTURE%29

I just think Mug Rugs are so cute and I can't wait to make one for someone and get one in return.  I hope some of you will join me.  There are some pics of mug rugs on Flickr too that can serve for inspiration!
Enjoy!
Jodi

Hexagons in progress

My hexagon adventures!!

Here is one flower I made out of 1/4" hexagons!  Wow, that was hard.

Am I going to make a quilt out of those??  Not in the near future.

I am however, working on one with 1" hexies and am really enjoying it.

Never thought I would like doing all this handwork, but it is really relaxing and

something I can take anywhere.  I even got some of the girls at work

hooked on it too (and some of them don't even sew - well they do now!).

Back view of one of my favorite hexies out of favorite fabrics, Flea Market Fancy and Happy.  I don't sew through the papers just baste around the edges and then I don't have to remove the basting - ever!

A month or two ago and then now....

Here are some of my favorite flowers so far...some Central Park fabrics...

A little sparkle and some Sunkissed in there too and I think I see some Katie Jump Rope!

And some Java made by my friend Melanie who never sewn before! 

She has made a lot of these hexagons for me!

My quilt has become a friendship quilt too, as I have shown friends how to do it, they have made blocks for me and now some of them are starting their own, so I made a block or two for them.  It is nice to look at them and remember who made that one, or who picked out that flower combination.  That is a lot of what I love about quilting, the friendships, the bonding, the laughter.  You all know what I am talking about.

Denyse Schmidt Giveaway

GIVEAWAY!!!
Just had to make sure you all knew about the fabric giveaway on Heather from The House of AlaMode.  Check out her really cute pillows made from it.

http://alamodefabric.blogspot.com/2011/02/sweet-taste-of-crow.html


Another project:  Check out these cute winter batiks I got at my LQS, Fabric City.  I can see a really cute mug rug being made with some Chenille trim around the border and maybe in the midde too.  I need to get busy on it though because even though it doesn't feel like it today (below zero temps), winter will be over before we know it.

The fabrics are from the Let It Snow Batik line from Moda.  I will post pictures when I am done (hopefully this will inspire me to get it done quickly).

SOYO quilt retreat

A couple of weeks ago I got to spend the weekend with some good friends enjoying a SOYO - sew on your own quilt retreat.  It was put on by the Black Hills Quilters Guild and it was a lot of fun.

Here is a picture of Jessica and I, hard at work! : )

This is my friend Sandy, concentrating.  Sandy and Kathy organized the retreat and did a great job!

Here is Kathy with her cute little iron, smiling about something.....

This is a quilt I started in Des Moines at the AQS show while taking a class from one of my favorite designers, Kimberly Einmo, from her book, "Jelly Roll Quilts & More" check out her website  http://www.kimberlyeinmo.com/  and her blog http://quilting.kimberlyeinmo.com/.  We had a blast at her classes that week.

.  It is for my granddaughter, April.

Close-up of the quilt.  It is Moda Happy fabrics and they make me very HAPPY!

Here are pictures of Sandy and Connie's quilts from the same pattern.

Sandy's

Connie's

 This is another quilt Connie made.

Here is a pic of Connie, smiling like usual.

Jessica's darling I-Spy quilt for her son.

Kathy's beautiful Kim Diehl quilt in progress.

I love this picture of Kelley working on her borders.  What a neat quilt for her MIL.

Kelley and Marcia

This is I think the 3rd or 4th year we have done this and hope to keep doing it many more!

Happy quilting!

Jodi



My sewing space (for now)

So here is a picture of where my machine is set up right now.  It is in our extra bedroom which soon will probably be turned into a room for my 2 1/2 year old granddaughter.  Not sure where I will put my sewing stuff then, but may be back to the kitchen table for sewing.  Oh well, she needs her own room!

Here is my "stash"

This is an old quilt my grandmother Ruth made that is up on the wall behind my bookcase that holds my fabric, you can see it in the pictures above and below.  Very pretty but some of the fabrics are starting to come apart so it is best to leave it up on the wall instead of using it.  I like to look at it anyway and think about her and how she used to sew so much for all of us.

Stay tuned for my 1st "Sunday Stash" post on Sunday!