Posts Tagged "Quiltalong"

There are some beautiful finished quilts for this project.  Photos are in the photobucket site but for anyone wanting to link their photo so others can see it from here, please add your link to the link box below.

The next set of instructions have been emailed.  If you sent me pix of your last step and didn’t receive the instructions, please email me and I’ll get the next set of instructions right out to you.  I could easily have missed someone on my list and if I did, I apologize!

Everyone who sent in their fabric selections should have received Step 2 in your email by now.

Some People just want to make more work for me!  I received a call this morning:  Judy, I really, really like it when I can see the Mr. Linky and visit the blogs of those who are participating!

That’s fine . . whatever you want . . your wish is my command!

If you want to have others visit your blog and see your progress in the Quilt Along, please add your link here.  Add the link to the post where you showed your fabrics please!

Welcome to any reading my blog today who have ventured over here after reading my guest blogger post on Quilting Gallery.  Thanks again to Michele for allowing me to be one of your guests!

Bears in the Farmhouse is the quilt we will do for our first Quilt Along project.  It finishes at 71-1/2″ x 86-1/2″.  This is the bear’s paw block from Electric Quilt and the pieced border is simply half square triangles.  Nothing you can’t do on your own but it will be fun to do as a group.  If you’re wanting to Quilt Along with us and haven’t already done so, please send me an email.

And, about that name . . Bears in the Farmhouse.  When I had the blocks up on the design wall, Chad was home.  I was thinking to myself that he seems to like scrappy quilts and maybe he would want this one.  I really do like it when he or Vince love a quilt and “claim it”.  It used to be a big joke that whoever saw it first would claim it and then Vince and Chad were constantly joking about who claimed which quilt.  Anyway, here’s our conversation when I was hoping he’d claim this one.

Me:  Hey, Chad . . do you like this quilt?
Chad:  That’s nice.
Me:  Do you want it?
Chad:  NO!
Me:  Why??
Chad:  It looks too . . hmmmm,  farmhousey!
Me:  Farmhousey??  What the heck does that mean?
Chad:  Duh!  Like something you’d find in a farm house.

I can see why he says that and I can see how it would be a great tablecloth on a country kitchen table (which I don’t have!).  If you click on the picture, you’ll see this is where I used the stripes and checks.  And, you can see that it’s already quilted!  I was going to bind it with the check but I have just enough of the check leftover to make another quilt so that’s what I’m going to do.  When I do get my farm house (I’m not holding my breath), I want two twin beds in the guest room and I want Vince to build the beds and use old wooden gates for the headboards.  Wouldn’t these two quilts be cute in there?  OK . . all I need is a farm house and two old gates.  Want to bed it will be much easier to get the two old gates than it is to get the farm house?

On Friday I will send everyone an email who has signed up for this project.

You’ve overwhelmed me with emails.  I tried to respond to all of you but there were several hundred last time I checked and I cannot respond to you all individually.  I hope you understand.

I’ve made a page with information that might help answer questions.  It’s listed over in the right hand section under “Things You Might Like” or you can get to it here.

I do not make hard quilts!  The first quilt we will do will have half square triangles!  I will share tips with you along the way.  If anyone needs help, I’ll be happy to help you.  At some point, not for the first or probably the second quilt, we may use the Tri-Recs rulers because I love them and love their results.  But for now, if you can do a half square triangle and a 1/4″ seam, you should be able to make a perfect quilt!

You will always see the quilt and know the size before we start anything.  Unlike Quilt for an Hour projects, you will not get instructions for cutting everything at once.  That way, if you drop out, you haven’t chopped up a bunch of good fabric.  These are really going to be written for using the stash, though you can buy new fabric if you’d like or if you need to do so.

In conjunction with my guest blogger appearance at Quilting Gallery, the quilt and other information about the quilt will be shown here on Tuesday, February 10.

Any interest in a Quilt-Along?  I was thinking if there’s enough interest, it would work something like this:

1. I’d show you the quilt you’ll be making and you can then decide if you want to play along.
2. Fabric suggestions/yardage requirements will be given.  At this point, I’ll take sign ups for anyone wanting to do it.  If you commit and can’t continue, no problem . . don’t feel pressured.  Quilting is supposed to be fun, remember?  Any quilts done with this project will be designed to be made from the stash, unless your stash is very small.
3. I’ll email the first set of instructions to you and give you a deadline . . plenty of time  . . like a week or 10 days.  On or before the deadline, you send me back a photo of your completed task or post it on your blog and give me a link to your blog.
4. The next set of instructions will be emailed only to those who have completed the previous instructions.

If you’re interested in this project, send me an email at QuiltingAlong@gmail.com.