Nunu's Quilt World: Canton Village BOM

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Maniac Monday #8

Hello everyone. I hope that I have not upset anyone with my post yesterday. As of this moment I only have 6 comments for the Traveling Stash Give Away. I will post pictures of some of the things in the box tomorrow to see if I can entice more fellow bloggers.

Here was my list for last week.

1. Fix the 1st Canton Village BOM block and make block 2.

Done~I did fix it. I took out the pieces I wanted to keep and added the tan background. It really tones down the block. I did not get to block 2.

2. Make Designer Mystery BOM block for October.

I did not get to this. I need to I have November's block now as well.

3. Make my block for my November partner for Block Swap Adventure.

Done~This is not a good picture at all. I tried fixing it but it just would not work. It looks like it is on white but it is really a white on cream. Sorry Pam, it will look a lot better in person. I will get this in the mail on Friday.

4. Make my two flowers for The Inchy Hexagon Swap partner for November.

I did not get to this. I did not even pick out any fabric.

5. Make my November block for Let's Bee Together.

Done~I love this block. It has so much movement. Staci sent HST sew/cut paper to use. It was so fun and fast. I found a couple of websites that you can print off papers at home. I am sure there is more but check these out.

Block Central

Quilting and Whatnot

6. Finish my November block for Birdie Stitches.

Done~ I love it. So cute!! I am wondering if I should add the name of the month to the block. It seems a little overkill. I am not sure yet.

This next week is loaded with all kinds of things. How many turkey dinners are you having? With all the different family groups we will be having 4. Wow that is A LOT of turkey and pie. I can't wait. So for this next week I thought about making a smaller list but I need to get a lot done before Thanksgiving.

Next weeks list:

1. Do my flowers for The Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap.

2. Make/buy gifties X 3 for my Santa Sack Swap2 partner.

3. Make/buy gifties X 12 plus white elephant gift for Parma Quilters Anonymous gift exchange.

4. Rip/cut sheets into fat quarters.

5. Finish wall hanging for Jayden.

6. Make matching receiving blankets and burp cloths.

It sure is a lot but I know there is more. I am going to stop listing there.

TTFN

Monday, November 7, 2011

Maniac Monday #7 on Monday :)

I did get a few things done this last week. This colder weather is harder on me and sometimes I just can't get this chair off my dumb long enough to do any sewing. I am feeling better. The time change was not a good thing for Chomper, he was up at 5:30 am. Ok that is WAY to early!!

Here is my list from last week...

1. Finish a gift for a friend.
Done~I can't show you a picture until after Christmas but here are the packages I mailed off this morning.

2. Canton Village BOM block 1 and 2.

Well kinda...I made the first block, but I don't like it. I decided to you a layer cake of Fandango that I have been holding onto. I used a lighter pattern fabric from the collection for the background but I did not have enough. Then when I started on the second block I realized doing it this way was not going to work. I went and bought some Kona Khaki to use a background in all of the blocks. I will have to unpick block one and resew it. Here are a few pictures of my adventures with this today.

3. Birdie Stitches for October.

Done~I loved this block. I love this time of the year so I was so glad to see pumpkins!

4. Designer Mystery BOM for October.

I did not get to it. Did not even get it out of the package.

5. Binding on Jayden's wall hanging.

Looked at it long enough to move it, LOL!!

Next weeks list...