Florabunda 12

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The final block is coming up. Using my favorite color, I made this block energetic. Although I love Erin's original design, I made a change on the orange flowers. Instead of original circle, I arranged petal shape piece on the center. As you see the fabric, the print design look like stamens and I wanted to use it more effectively.

Now I have my all 12 blocks.



Since last June, I have worked these blocks. Only the center block is left. I want to finish it in next month and assemble all of them in March. At least before my birthday in April, I wish I started quilting. Go for it.

[3 x 6] Sampler Quilt Mini Bee

I uploaded the mosaic on Flickr yesterday. Since I got a sick, I was too tired to write a comment. This morning, though I still felt no good, when I found some comments from my bee mates, I felt certain I got big energy. Thank you, lads, I am out from bed now. I know I should not be too much. I will go to bed early tonight.

I found this block in Blockcentral.com who have offered a wonderful BOM every year. They didn't have any comment about this year's BOM, or couldn't I find it? Though I have never made one of them, I have loved them and got a many ideas from the site.
The name of block is " Don't turn around anymore". How silly. I really enjoyed turning colors around the block.

set 5-6

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I added a piece of gray fabric in my stash on Monday. I thought I bought a gray fabric, but when I washed it, I started wondering if I was wrong. It looked...... like .... pale grayish purple?
Mmmm, I didn't know gray was such a difficult color.

Anyway, I made up set 5 and 6.

Proceeding? It is secret.

Set 1-4

I made 4 sets for quilt mini bee.

I have a bunch of 2 1/2" strip left over from 90 nine patch project and I pick some of piece from that stash box. I have a few black fabric, but not a piece of gray fabric. Always gray ones seemed to escape from my eye sight and made me confuse to pick right one. I couldn't buy it today after all, so I will visit another quilt shop to look for unless snow stop me.

Another snow day will come on Tuesday, which will make school close again. I have to call dentistry to rearrange my appointment. I don't miss it at all.

Another farewel, Good luck, Ram

Living in the collage town, there are many hellos and good-byes anytime. One of my friend leaves USA back to Vietnam next Monday. She has been a close friend for five years and her two years old boy is an owner of my quilt. We made a promise to keep in touch and to meet again anytime, anywhere. Do I have a chance to visit Vietnam? Someday, I hope.

She and her family visited us for lunch today. I made supper for them and they left many staff they don't use anymore. A bunch of board game for my son, a make up set and dresses for my daughter, winter jackets, which I can't imagine they use in Vietnam, for my husband and a box of beads for me. I knew she bought it just before she had a baby. No wonder she gave up to make some jewelries with her restless boy.

I have no idea about beading. I don't wear jewelries because of my allergy for metals. How about embroidery? But for what? I don't want them dead for long time. I will find any ideas during net surfing.

Anyway, good luck, Ram. I hope you to find new job.

Thinking about flowers

I bought a set of Stash Builders in this holiday season. Some are pretty and some are .... odd?
I mean, not my taste. But whether I love or not, I will use all of them for flowers of Aunt Millie's garden. Flowers with bucks motif sounds a kind of wired.

I also thinking about a center block of the Florabunda. I decided the color and fabric of a main flower and three asters. The flower base may be dark and light brown. How about small flowers? I can't decide! As I am still working on the 12th block, with orange and yellow flowers, I have a time for thinking about it.

One more flower. My own flower. I drew a rough design of a flower quilt block. I want to transfer it into Adobe Illustrator. But how? I should go to the library to borrow some reference.

A happy new year! First block is here

Still I have some undone quilts from last year. So January is a sort of a month cleaning my to-do-list.
First of all is Florabunda series and this is the first block of 2011.

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I have some new year's resolutions.

1. Assemble the last year's block sets and start quilting. Because of my slow hand quilting, I don't think I can finish them in this year, but do as much as possible.

2. Start new sets. [3 x 6] Sampler Quilt Mini Bee is one of my challenge. I hope to make my beehive member satisfied. Another set is Aunt Millie's garden quilt. I will start after I finish the assemble of Florabunda set. I can't wait.

3. Manage this blog more frequently.

3. Fix my teeth. I can't escape from my dentist anymore. My darling really want me to drag to the door. I hate it.

Hope to have another good year.