Rainbow BOM--A Finish and Aqua Progress!

 Ros quilted up Jack in the Box (Pattern in Quiltmaker Jan/Feb. 2011) and today I got it bound and labeled for my nephew Colton who will soon be one year old!  This block was my Rainbow BOM for two years and is the perfect size for Colton at his Nini's house where he is has a little bed.  I hope he likes it!

 The other night I managed to make another Trash to Treasure block in aqua.  This is not the easiest block for me to go a month in between making.  After the first month, I wrote notes to remind me how to do it and still this month things didn't quite come out.  They are going to work for what they are, but grrr!

 Here are the first three blocks.

Linking up with the Rainbow BOM!

Seeing Pink and a Giveaway!

 Here is the Rainbow scrap challenge Trash to Treasure Pineapple block in pink.  I have to remember to use a scant quarter inch on this block or it won't be big enough!  I made a note in my book (on a post it) so next month I will remember that part!

 Meanwhile I made three different Valentine's Day Mug Rug blocks!  One for me, Bonnie and Kathy.

 The last block I made was the first one to become a mug rug!

 I also made the Four Corners block in pink.  Quick and easy, my kind of block!

 I then took a pink from seeing all that pink and kitted up "Playing with Jacks" for the Bonnie workshop which is coming up fast!  I had a hard time deciding on a color...had almost decided to go with the original read when I realized that I could use my modern fabrics and do it multi colored!  No idea how it will turn out, but stretching myself a bit (word of the year is STRETCH) and it is all kitted up and ready to go!

Here is Kathy's Celtic Solstice so far...she has been working hard on getting it together!

 I found myself with two extra magazines...I bought one and won one and I subscribed and bought one of the other one...so since it has been forever since I had a giveaway I thought now was the time.  If you want to win these two magazines just comment and tell me if you have ever made a Quiltville quilt and if so, which one is your current favorite.  If you haven't you can tell me that too, but I hope you go check out Quiltville.com and find a new favorite!  Bonnie has a block in this 100 blocks magazine too!

I will choose a random winner for the drawing on Wednesday!  Good luck!

Blue Saturday Linky Time!

 Linking up to Angela's Rainbow BOM again this week.  Last week over fifty people linked up, cannot wait to see how many are playing along this week!  Above are my Rainbow Sampler blocks patterns here.  I see Angela has put out the latest pattern and I need to get to it!  Edit**I made it but squared it down to 6 inches instead of 6.5, so there is another one of these in my future!

 I also finally got started on the Pineapple blocks I want to do this year!  One block down, will be working on this one all year and maybe even next year.

And of course Talkin' Turkey has three different blue blocks, all made last year.  I am still trying to decide if I should just make one more block (What color?) and then get this top all together so I can show it off when I go to Bonnie's workshop in February or if I should make twice as many blocks--working on it for the RSC all year again?  And yep, I know one blue block has a messed up center, wasn't paying attention that month, but planning to leave it anyhow!

Sew Productive this Weekend!

 Last night I couldn't resist the urge to dig into the scraps that Sandy sent me to make another Wild and Goosey!  I am up to twenty blocks done, with one modern crazy one besides.  So much fun to have different fabrics to play with!

 This morning I got up to discover that Angela had posted another BLUE block this time a Monkey Wrench.  I love that I am learning the names of many new blocks I hadn't heard of as I go (this one I knew, but some of the others I didn't!).  I make my HST's with Thangles or Triangulations whenever I can..though I usually use the Easy Angle ruler for the zillions Bonnie has us make.  They come out much better for me with strips and Thangles!  In no time at all I had it made!

 

Monkey Wrench in Blue

I then got motivated to cut leftover bits into useable scraps and put them in their proper place.  I organized and got things in order.  The new semester at work starts tomorrow so I think I just thought I should get organized before I get too busy.  I also cut a backing for yesterday's Maverick Stars baby quilt.

I then started working on my other Rainbow BOM.  I was really inspired by Bonnie's Pineapple Crazy in her String Fling book.   They are tiny and paper pieced.  I may make one one day, but I already have a paper piecing project going so...

Awhile back I even made a few.  

But a few years ago, I HAD TO have this "Trash to Treasure" book and ruler from our local shop hop.  I love all the quilts in it and how easy it was supposed to be with the ruler.   The blocks are eight inches and once you figure out how the ruler works with it they aren't bad to make at all!

 I want a Rainbow BOM in these blocks and this picture is sort of what I am going for!  This is my block before I did the final trim.  You barely see that last blue on the block after trimming, and I put on one too many black rows (which just got trimmed off anyways) because I can be direction challenged.  I made myself a note for next month!

 So here is my first Pineapple Trash to Treasure Rainbow BOM block in blue!