Fresh Sewing Day June

How can it possibly be June??!! May might of had 31 days, but they when screaming by! What did I get done???

My mosaic looks kind of meager this month, but I guess with all of the yard work I had this month I can't complain.

Row 1: Left to Right

1. My big finish this month is my Storybook Quilt. Pretty excited, I'm in the top 5 nominations for Favorite Bed Quilt at the Spring 2012 Bloggers' Quilt Festival. 

2. Sew Cal Gal's May FMQ Challenge - Choo Choo Train pillow top!

3. Urban Nine Patch quilt - all of the parts are ready to be sewn together

Row 2: Left to Right

4. Goin' Fribbon Egg-Shaped Block for QuiltCon block challenge


5. Rose Window Block for QuiltCon block challenge

6. All of the blocks are quilted in my QAYGFMQQAL quilt (QAL at Quokka Quilts)

Of course I'm linking up with the lovely Lynn at Lily's Quilts for Fresh Sewing Day!

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

Goin' Fribbon Egg-Shaped Tutorial

Okay, raise your hand if you struggle with letting go of your ruler and control to go wonky?? I know that there are a few of you. I love wonky/improvisational blocks, but I struggle doing it. I mean, in my day job, I'm a Quality Engineer! So I guess, wonky should be my therapy - let go, be free! Most people who do wonky, just tell you to do it, but don't usually show you their process. Well, right or wrong, here's how I made my block "Goin' Fribbon Egg-Shaped"!

Scraps from my Rose Window block

I just started sewing them together

I trimmed them up as I went, so that I could add more scraps

I tried to visually keep in balanced, but not necessarily symmetrical

I used my Quick Curve Ruler to cut out the curves

I made to half "egg-shapes"

I cut the reverse out of the grey

To sew the curves, put the convex piece on top. No pins needed.

Because this block is for QuiltCon and needed to be 12.5" in one direction, I added the strips of white, green and light grey. I don't know if I would have done that without the measurement requirement, but I like the affect.

Sew there you have my version of Goin' Fribbon Egg-Shaped!

Today I'm linking up with the fabulous Melissa at Happy Quilting for TNT Thursday!

 

Color Me Quilty!

Pat