Scrapilicious!

Are you loving the Bloggers` Quilt Festival (BQF)? I am and have seen the most incredible quilts and found the most amazing blogs.  So far, there are over 350 quilts! If you haven`t been over there, you must and put in one of your quilts by linking up.  You`ll have lovely visitors come knocking at your blog door and they`ll even leave a comment.

So inspired by some gorgeous scrappy quilts I saw at the BQF, I made this month`s block for the Bloggers` BOM QAL.  This month, it`s designed by Vicki Welsh of Field Trips in Fiber. Here it is, made from incredibly good value FQ scrap packs I ordered from M is for Make.

I really like this star and am very happy with the scrappiness and the colours I used. I recently `fessed up on a flikr thread that I hadn`t always been a star girl but was in the process of being converted to them and was picked up on this by the queen of stars herself.  Just look at this star which she not only designed but made herself.  Incredible!

The Bloggers` BOM started last month when I made this block designed by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life.

So as I had decided to go scrappy, I redid last month`s block and it`s a good job I did looking at some of those points!  Here it is - again made with those scrap packs and some Parisville.  Much better points.

I much prefer the scrappy one.  So here are Blocks 1 and 2 nestled together.

Blogger turned it round.  Silly Blogger.

The blocks are quite small coming in at 8 inches finished so I`ll have to make 2 of each or I`ll end up with a very small quilt.  I`m really enjoying this QAL as it is a relaxed pace and I`m making blocks I wouldn`t normally try.

The only other sewing news is that the Red City quilt is basted and waiting to be quilted.  I`m all caught up with the Duo QAL.  Yea!

Tuesday Penny Chews

It`s been a bit mizzy here weatherwise the last few days but today the sun came back, the sky was blue, there was a light breeze and temps in the mid 20 Cs.  My perfect weather.  If it stayed like this all year, I would be very happy.

Sewingwise, I have a couple of things to show and tell.

First off, I have finished the central part of the Red City quilt top, which I`m making in the Duo QAL.

I was hurrying this afternoon and it was only when I looked at this photo that I noticed the layout was far from perfect.  I`m not happy with that block of red in the 2nd from left vertical row.  I think I may have attached the wrong end of the third row.  Is it so bad that I should undo it?  The lazy girl in me is inclined to leave it. I`m thinking of attaching a white border and then a scrappy border and then perhaps another white border.  With careful placement of the scrappy border, can I detract the eye from that big block of red?

In other news, I have posted my scraps and goodie off to my partner in The Scrappy Swap 2011.  She seems lovely and is enthusiastic but she`s a long way away.  I hope she `s not waiting until Christmas to receive her scrappy fabric basket in Terrain and her scraps.  I`ve also attached a couple of goodies but couldn`t take photos as I bought them on the way to the post office.

These fabric baskets are great to make - quick and easy and useful for collecting those small scraps.  I have to make one for myself I think.  I used this tutorial by the lovely Ayumi.

I`m on a *ie*...I wouldn`t use that four letter word on my blog but I`m certainly trying to be more food aware.  This sewing lark involves quite a lot of sitting and when your clothes options become limited to those that are `comfortable`, you know it`s time to do something.  So I`m not denying myself anything but will eat less of it and more healthily...oh, and back to the gym after 6 months.  Ouch.  Don`t worry - no chance of me becoming a gym bunny and I promise not to bore you with my progress...unless it`s very very good.  I have my sister in law`s engagement party at the end of next month and would like to look a bit more presentable for that.

Wish me luck!

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