I’m so glad to finally be giving proper thanks to Eva for this beautiful mini!
I lost my original pictures when our computer crashed and then I completely forgot to re shoot.
The Atlanta and Ireland Modern Quilt Guilds did a swap over the summer and I was partnered with Eva of Pippa Blue.
I made her this mini and she sent this gorgeous one my way.
Thank you Eva!
I participated in a mini quilt swap between the Atlanta and Ireland Modern Quilt Guilds that just wrapped up.
This is the quilt I made for my lovely partner, Eva.
I was a bit intimidated in my pairing because she has such great taste and talent!
I stalked her flickr favorites and soon realized that we have very similar likes.
She had a lot of paper pieced patterns ( Ringo Pie-style) marked as favorites, and I’ve really wanted to give that style of piecing a try.
I am so glad I decided to give it a go. What an absolute thrill to complete!
This is the type of project that gives you such a sense of satisfaction. It’s like putting together a puzzle and as each section would come together I was straight up jumping around with excitement. ha! I’m a total nerd!
I would have never thought I could make something so intricate. Paper piecing is an amazing technique.
The pattern is from the Sew Out Loud quilt along from a few months ago. All free patterns that are blow-you-away amazing!
This particular one was created by Charise from Charise Creates. You can find it here.
Her post includes lots of tutorial links that help you get started paper piecing with freezer paper templates.
The quilt is still en route, so I hope I got it right!
Mine has arrived from Ireland and I need to get it photographed to share with you.
It’s beautiful! (Thank you Eva!)
Thanks for visiting,
Lindsey
Just wanted to pop in really quick and share some potholders I made this weekend.
The Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild is doing a swap with the Knoxville and New Mexico Modern Guilds.
My partner requested pinwheels, so I tried to modernize them a bit.
Hope you’re having a great weekend! Thank you to all the new people who have popped over to visit here and those who read and encourage me already. I’m so thankful for each of you and appreciate the comments you’ve left both here and at Moda Bake Shop.
You guys rock!
xo Lindsey
eta: I looked and looked and couldn’t find a flickr group just for quilted potholders, so I started one up. I love potholders, fast and useful! Add yours so I can drool and be inspired!
I finally get to share the ‘secret’ quilt!
You’ve probably seen several Modern Quilt Guilds hosting Kona Challenges, and in Atlanta we just wrapped ours up this past Sunday.
The amazing people at Robert Kaufman donated solid Kona charm packs for each of the members and then we had to create a quilt, making the best use of the charm pack.
Our Guild decided it would be fun to take the challenge a step further and make it a blind contest that would end with a mini quilt show to reveal the results. It was really exciting, none of us knew who made any of the quilts and we each voted online for the Guild Choice 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
We also had a guest judge, the lovely Melody Miller, who picked a Judge’s Choice quilt as a winner too. Even Rasheida Coleman-Hale stopped by for the show, I was a bit star struck!
I struggled so much with this challenge and almost didn’t make the cut. The week before it was due I decided to just start sewing and ended up with my first improv quilt. I really love it and am so glad I was able to participate!
Here’s the results page if you’d like to see the other entries and winning quilts: ATLMQG Kona Challenge Results
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I am so tired (or I should say sew tired), what a weekend!
Saturday was the Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild’s 1st annual Retreat which happened to also be my 29th birthday.
My hubby had to work, but I am so thankful my Mom was willing to watch my little monsters so I could go. Best birthday gift ever. 12 hours of sewing, friends, food and laughter.
Our social coordinators Chris and Pam organized a great event. (THANK YOU ladies!)
We met at Chris’ neighborhood clubhouse. It was large and sunny (and freezing). When I walked in I thought, this has got to be a dream. We had snacks, tunes to work to, and the place was stuffed full of 21 quilters STUFF. And might I add that most of us brought way more than could ever be sewn in 12 hours. You know, dream big, and all that.
I am behind on my Bee blocks for July, so I took those 3 along with my 3 for August. That was the priority project and because I would breeze through those in no time flat, I also took my beach quilt so that I could make the backing, baste and FMQ it. HA! hahahahaha!
This is what I looked like most of the time. (I’m in the striped tee.)
I spent more time contemplating sewing (and running my mouth!) than actually sewing. It’s surprisingly difficult to get a lot done when there are so many fun people to yack with and ooh and awe over their projects and fabric. It also helps to make sure you have all pieces and directions when you won’t have access to the internet. oops.
I still managed to get 3 blocks completed and had a LOT of fun too. We played a fun dice game that Pam learned about when she visited the Nashville Modern Quilt Guild. You have to bring 3 fat quarters as your entry fee. On the first round everyone has 3 FQ’s so they get to roll 3 die. The die had dots, stars and the words left and right on them. If you got a dot you got to keep one of your FQ, if you had a star you had to throw one in the pile in the middle, if you had left/right you had to pass the other to the person sitting next to you in that direction.
You keep going around rolling (if you only have 2 FQ in your hand, you roll 2 die on your turn, 1 FQ, 1 die, 0 FQ, no roll) until only 1 person is left with any fabric in their hands. They win!
It was hilarious and the game changed so quickly from you being out to your neighbor rolling a direction and you being right back in again. We played twice once in the morning and once in the afternoon and the winners, Chris and Amy walked away with 42 fat quarters each. I love any game that ends in you winning fabric!
Here’s the blocks I finished at retreat:
Modern Cross block for Jennifer
Liberated Cross Block for Sarah
I cannot wait until the next retreat so I can hang out with these peeps again! Seriously an awesome group of people that have become friends I can’t wait to see each month.
xo Lindsey
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