Scrap swap fun

Over at the 15 Minutes Play blog I participated in a scrap swap.
Here is what I came up with.

Pile of scraps from my scrap partner.....

"made" some fabric.....

I cut out some circles and attached them to red blocks...

And this is the quilt top I ended up with....

I have 4 blank blocks so I can practice some fun quilting designs.

Close up of some of the blocks...

 This was a fun project!

I finished another rug!

My loom is addicting...... I could not walk away from this project, I was determined to finish it last night.  Here is a photo of what I ended up with.

 Much better than my first attempt at making a rug
(see previous post here  . . . . . . . http://beebeesquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/2013/04/my-new-loom.html  )

I used rug yarn to warp the loom and then I used recycled t-shirts to weave.   Looks pretty good to me. What do you think of it?

It is 48 inches long and 20 inches wide.

Close up of left side..

Close up of right side...

Ready to weave again

I put yarn on the loom today.  I have to try making another rug. The first one I did was not so wonderful.
I am going to recycle some old T-shirts.

Check out the T-shirts.  I cut them into one long strip and loaded them onto the shuttles.   This will be fun.  I will post pictures as I go along.

Paper pieced girl...so cute

My friend Jan is amazing with her paper piecing.  I have to share her latest one.

this little girl is soooooo cute!

Another loom project complete- a scarf

Oh my!  I could sit with my new loom all the time. Very addicting.....

I finished this scarf today.  It did not take that long to complete. It is not perfect and next time I make one I will use a softer yarn but  it is not bad for my first scarf. I made up a pattern and went with it.   Let me  know what you think of it.

It is 50 inches long and 12 inches wide and the fringe is 4 inches long.

Another I-Spy quilt!

I quilted this Eye Spy quilt on my regular machine.  To prepare to quilt, I pinned the back, batting and front together. I usually use a spray adhesive but this time I tried pinning.  I had a hard time with pleating on the back.  I did the best I could and then I turned it over and covered each little pleat with another square like the ones on the front.  It added some interest to the back and they covered my boo boos pretty good I think...

How do you cover your quilting "boos boos" that happen on the back of your quilts?

Here are some photos of the front and back of the quilt.

                                                                                                         

                                         

                                        

my new loom...

My DH gave me a loom yesterday for my birthday!  I love it.  I found a neat tutorial on Youtube to help me "warp" it for the first time....Not hard to do at all..of course I watched the video about a dozen times before I attempted to do it. LOL

Here are a couple of photos of my new loom...

It looks difficult to use but it is really easy.

I probably used the wrong yarn to warp it but it was all I had.  It was yarn designed to crochet a baby blanket so it was pretty stretchy.  I used strips I cut from some old t-shirts.  Not sure I cut them the right width.  I may have to cut them little more narrow in the future.

Here are a couple of photos of my first attempt at weaving.
Pretty pitiful but I hope to get better at this.

 I started on the right side and I guess I was pulling it a little tighter.  When I changed colors, I thought I would try not to tug it too snug.  It was much better once I did that.  I was hoping to have a rug but I guess the first try is not supposed to be perfect.  It would have been nice though.   It is very sad looking isn't it!

 

This shows a close up of the left side of the rug. By the time I got about a third of the way in I was getting a better feel for the process.

 This is a close up of the right side of the rug,  this is where I started. I think maybe the t-shirt fabric on this part was a little wider than the other two.  See how the fabric shows through in spots.... as I went along, these did not show up as much.

 

I am going to have to get some rug yarn or at least some yarn that is a little thicker than this baby stuff I used.  I look forward to making lots of projects with this great gift.

Paper Piecing fun.....

Jan is at again.  I showed her how to paper piece and now that is all she wants to do and she is really good at it.

Check out these two blocks.....


a snow man!

and a chocolate bunny!

Aren't they nice?  I am so proud of her progress.  I think she has passed me up when it comes to paper piecing!

Scrappy Around the World Twin quilt

I have been working on two Around the World quilts for our twin beds.  I completed one and I am waiting for a few more blocks to finish the other one.

Here is a photo of the one I finished.

Bug quilt completed! I practiced sewing feathers over and over again!

I spent some time last night quilting feathers on this bug quilt.

I am determined to get good at making feathers.

Each one gets a little easier to do.

Here are some close up pictures of the quilt....

"Bee" blocks from around the world! and a special Mug rug..

I received some more lovely blocks from my online bee project.
I got these from Texas...

I got these from New Zealand.

These blocks came in from Texas a couple of weeks ago.

A beautiful scrappy look!  

I will post the final quilt once I get all of my blocks.  It will be so much fun to see how all these scrappy blocks will come together.  This online "quiliting bee"  is so much fun to do.

I am also taking part in a "Pay it forward" project.

I got this sweet little mug rug last week.

I am looking for 3 people who want to take part in this Pay it Forward  project.  See details at this post...  http://beebeesquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/2013/03/lets-pay-it-forward.html

Another paper pieced quilt!

My friend Jan did it again.  She is getting so good at paper piecing.  Check out these photos of her latest creation.

Let's Pay it Forward!

Pay it Forward - I need three participants

I signed up for a "pay it forward" giveaway.  I got my pay it forward "prize" and as part of that I have to pay it forward to three people.   If you want to be one of the three you MUST promise to pay it forward to three more people within a year to keep this going. I am limiting this to participants in the USA as I have limited funds for shipping.

I will take the first three who ask.  I would like to make something just for you that you will enjoy.
That said, it may take me a little while to get these made -it may take me some time.
So:
I have a quick questionnaire.  You can answer them here OR wait for my reply email.  Which reminds me, you can NOT be a no-reply blogger and participate.  Why?  because I won't be able to contact you.


So my questions are:

1.Do you read physical books? (would you like a bookmark?)

2.What are your favorite colors OR color combinations?

3.What colors are in your kitchen? (or maybe you would like a potholder?)

4.What are your hobbies? (never know what I will use this answer for!)

5. Would you like a mug rug? (now that is a straight up question!)

I am grateful that I have more than I need and can share things I make.

3 new bags

I have been busy this week trying to get these bags completed by this weekend.
This one is for my DIL  This owl print was perfect for a diaper bag/purse

This one is for a friend.  She brought me the fabric and I made thhis bag for her.  She loves butterflies!

Then, I decided to make a bag for Me!  I love the big flowers on this fabric. I made a little coin purse with some of the scraps.

Here they are all together!

Another "village" quilt...

I showed my friend Jan how to paper piece.  Several weeks ago I posted a quilt she made of little houses.that she paper pieced.    She has been working on another "village" quilt.  This time she paper pieced some interesting characters to put with some little houses.  She still has to add a border but I just had to share her progress with you!
I think she is doing a wonderful job.  What do you think?
 I need to do a little paper piecing and make a village quilt too!