Cameo in Progress

Binding, Backing and Finished Top

After running out of solids, buying more solids and a sewing night with friends, the top is complete! I'm hoping I can finish it in time to enter it into Blogger's Quilt Festival next week. The backing and binding are all picked out. Now I just have to figure out how to make room to baste it. You might find me out in the driveway this afternoon.

Previously blogged here, here and here.


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Fabric Stashing

Hello Fall collections!! I've been looking for saturated navy, plum and teal prints to add to my fabric stash. There are some really good ones out right now. My local quilt shop has all the new collections from Violet Craft, Joel Dewberry, Heather Bailey and Tula Pink and I went a little crazy. I left a few prints that I will have to back and get another day... insert happy squee here!

From Left:

-Little Kita in Bluberry, Glimma by Lotta Jansdotter

-Domino Dot in Navy, Waterfront Park by Violet Craft

-Flight in Navy, Waterfront Park by Violet Craft

-Bridgetown in Navy, Waterfront Park by Violet Craft

From Left:

-Wish in Aqua, Andrea Victoria by My Mind's Eye

-Pica in Aquamarine, Astrid by Erin McMorris

-Mitte in Aquamarine, Astrid by Erin McMorris

-Korkek in Jade, Glimma by Lotta Jansdotter

-Diamonds in Teal, Acacia by Tula Pink

-Domino Dot in Lagoon, Waterfront Park by Violet Craft

From Left:

-Wish in Gold, Andrea Victoria by My Mind's Eye

-Scallops in Orange, Piper by Dear Stella

-Empress in Coral, Bungalow by Joel Dewberry

From Left:

-Lottie Dot in Purple, Lottie Da by Heather Bailey

-Hummingbird in Dusk, Acacia by Tula Pink

-Reflection in Peony, Waterfront Park by Violet Craft

-Domino Dot in Jewel, Waterfront Park by Violet Craft

-Wish in Fuschia, Andrea Victoria by My Mind's Eye

Cameo & Friends... Again

Strip sets ready to go

There is something about moving house that makes you re-examine what you have. Like many quilters, I have a lot of fabric and a lot of unfinished projects. Some of my older projects have resurfaced and I'm excited to work on them again.

Multi-tasking in the morning

Over the past week I've picked up the pieces to my Cameo and Friends quilt. I started this in February as an experiment in color and blending fabric patterns. I have long admired Katy's Scrap Vomit quilt(s) and I wanted to see what it would look like with a more limited palette and fabric selection. 

My version is still scrappy but less vomit-y. Ok, hopefully not vomit-y at all. I really love these fabrics together (a mix of Cameo by Amy Butler, Birds and Bees by Tula Pink, a few art gallery blenders and a handful of solids). If you've never heard of scrap vomit quilts before, you must read all about how it got it's name on Katy's blog.

Sewing buddies with my buddy

The strip sets were already together and this week I started making blocks. It's been fun, one morning my daughter helped me pick out the buddies (strip sets) before school and one night I found myself pinning while watching football with my husband. Go Niners!

So many seams!

After the kids go to bed, I turn into a stitching machine, getting as much done as I can before my eyes get too heavy... or I run out of bobbin thread... or I break a needle. All signs it's time for a break.

Hey, it's starting to look like something

Piecing together these tiny squares started to feel a bit endless. It wasn't until I started piecing the rows together that it finally started to look like something. I kind of love it! : ) One row down, four more to go.

LINKS

Fabric details in this post, Cameo & Friends

Strips piecing and beginnings, Quilting for Fun

Scrap Vomit on Katy's blog, I'm A Ginger Monkey

Quilting in the Garden 2013

Quilting in the Garden, Alden Lane 2013

My favorite local quilt show, Quilting in the Garden, was this weekend at Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore, Ca. They hang the quilts from these massive old oak trees.

This is what a quilt show should be, a celebration of quilting, fresh air and sunshine. Admission and parking are both free. If you are ever in the Bay Area at the end of September you have to go.

Double Dash by Sandy Klop

Every year they have a featured quilter, and this year it was Sandy Klop from American Jane. Sandy is a quilt pattern designer as well as a fabric designer for Moda. She had over 100 quilts hanging and a booth where you could buy her kits and patterns.

Wagon Wheel by Sandy Klop

I couldn't get away until late Sunday afternoon. With only a little bit of time left before they took the quilts down I circled around quickly to see as much as possible. I wish I could have spent the whole morning there. My favorite part is visiting with quilty friends, I always see a few familiar faces enjoying the show.

Sandy and I

I picked up a few goodies: a piece from Happy Campers, jelly rolls of Potluck and Pezzy and a super cute American Jane polka dot bag. I did get to see most of the quilts even though it was kind of a speed date. Sandy has such a wide range of designs and somehow you can always tell which ones are hers. What an inspiration!

Red Daisy by Sandy Klop

Gees Bend Housetop 9 Black by Donna Mecozzi

Scarecrow at Alden Lane

Garden Sculpture at Alden Lane

LINKS:
My photo sets from Quilting in the Garden 2011 and 2010 on flickr
American Jane (patterns, fabric and tools)
Quilting in the Garden, Alden Lane, Livermore, Ca

Modern Maples Is In The House

Quilting Reinforcements - Starch and Candy Corn

Yes, there is a lot of sewing going on here lately. I'm not sure what is going on, but I'm happy to ride the wave. A fall project is in the works with a flurry of fabric pulling and pattern matching. I'm making a Modern Maples quilt. I have loved this pattern since it came out last year, but it was Erin's photo that pushed me over the edge to get started.

Fall Fabric Pull

We ordered a new couch that should be delivered any day now. When we moved, there was no question in my mind if we should take our old couch with us or not. It was well past its prime and super heavy. Did I mention we moved ourselves? We did. I looked at that thing, and even though we would have nothing to sit on but dining and camping chairs, I didn't care. The couch was a goner.

Fabric: Field Study by Anna Maria Horner

This quilt will be lovingly draped on the back of our new sofa. I chose a ton of different prints and colors and I didn't stop until it flowed just right. I'm all about color these days and I'm not picky about how I get it. A pink cheetah print for a Maple Leaf? Why not! The solid is a natural linen from my stash and I realized after I cut out all my blocks that I don't have enough for the spacer blocks. That raises some problems opportunities.

Background Alternates: Essex in Pumpkin and Grey

Sewing in snippets of time, mostly late at night has its advantages; it's cool and quiet, there are no interruptions and there is room to spread out. It also has its disadvantages - I get tired. That's when this happens. Another "design element"? I'm not so sure.

Oops Leaf

Modern Maples is a pattern by Amanda Jennings for the book, Pretty in Patchwork Holidays by John Adams. It's also available as a free project from the Lark website.


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