Friday, July 13, 2012

Red, White, Blue Blog Hop--Day 13



Check Out Day 13 of the RW&B Blog Hop!




Block 1--This is my accidental block!  I was sewing blocks of 3" fabric together, sewing both sides down and then cutting straight down the middle.  I realized it looked a an American flag when I added the first white strip next to the 2 squares.  I was trying to play around with making a straight paperclip mini at first.  My Favorite part about this block is that I could use pieces of fabric that I cut about 14 years ago when I dabbled in taking scraps along in my purse to try some crazy hand-quilting.  At that point in my life I had only made square patch blanket/quilts for a pregnancy center where I volunteered.  Now I have actually made up several of these blocks, making plans to make a nice lap quilt for watching the summer games.  Maybe Ziona will get to use it as a floor quilt.

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Block 2--This is an improve block using that same basket of scraps!  I used the same concept as my paperclip quilt but in wonky miniature.  This was a fun, but time consuming block.  I love working in little bits of fabric that really stood out.  If you want to make something like this start with some scraps (You could always make your colored strips with angles blocks too!) and strips of solids of different widths to create the wonky effects.  In my paperclip quilt I went for straight turns; I am working on making that quilt into a tutorial.  The beauty of a block like this is there is no wrong way exactly, just trim your sides with a straight edge in whatever angle you wish as you add the next strip of white or pieced strips

You can see another particular block that caught my eye HERE.  Would that be so fun done up in Red, White and Blue?  I am thinking of using this idea in some other scrap fabrics first.

Tonight I will be taking out time to participate in Friday Night Sew-in, so I will be posting my finishes for the week along with whatever else I accomplish on tomorrow's post.

For those who sell quilted items, I just heard there will a "finished quilts" auction added to Top Hatter (You also can find out more info at facebook)!  It's an interesting concept in selling as it is a live auction.  It's certainly fun to watch the online proceedings.  I have bought a few items from the site but I have yet to sell anything.  If anyone ends up joining the auction, let me know what you think, if they add further finished quilts auctions I may sell some of my quilts.

(Sorry For the Delay on this post, there was a technical difficulty, it kept coming up as a blank post)

32 comments:

  1. Beautiful blocks and the accidental one become great!!

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  2. Glad you managed to work out the techical difficulties so we could see your blocks. They are just lovely--thanks for hopping with all of us!

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  3. The flag really pops in your accident, I sure like that idea!
    :-}pokey

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  4. Happy Hop Day, Super fun blocks. Hurray for scraps. I think some people underestimate the power in scraps. I just love your blocks especially the first! It will make a stunning quilt. Give your little one a hug and thanks so much for playing!

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  5. Beautiful blocks and I love your hanger for them. The RW&B are really wonderful colors together.

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  6. Love the blocks - thanks for sharing.

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  7. I'm waiting for an accident to turn out like yours....great blocks!! Thanks for sharing in the blog hop...have a wonderful weekend!!

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  8. I do recall those days of odd things in your purse/bag/car for you creative moments. The scraps turned into a nice set of projects.
    Brook E.

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  9. Congratulations on your blocks. Must try the second as would have enough scraps for that.

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  10. you are here and your blocks are fabulous......really they are, especially your mouse trap one...well that is what it reminded me of...great work Shanna, honourable mention for sure...

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  11. Your blocks turned out great! Love those little flags! Thanks for sharing!

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  12. Great looking blocks. I really love the accidental one. Really turned out awesome. Thank you for showing us.

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  13. Your blocks look great!! Thanks for sharing them with us!!

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  14. The blocks are such fun! They turned out great..Thank you for sharing with the rest of us hoppers.

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  15. I really love your top block!!!! What a happy accident!!!! Thanks for the fun!!!

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  16. Love your blocks! Sometimes accidents and improv ( or just using what we have on hand) leads to something magical. Well done!

    Thanks for sharing with us.

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  17. LOVE your improve block and you're right, the block on Flickr would be awesome in RW&B - thanks for sharing!

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  18. both of your blocks are great but I really love the second one.Looking forward to the tutorial.

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  19. Great blocks. Love the second one :)

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  20. Loved the little flags in your blocks!!

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  21. Both of your blocks are original and cute!

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  22. Blocks are cute...the improv one is my favorite! :)

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  23. Glad to see you are up and quilting after being sick and having a baby girl!! I've missed your visits to my blog! You had just started blogging! Like your cute little improv blocks...keep going and show us whwn you get all your sewing into one location.
    Blessings
    Gmama Jane

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  24. Your blocks are great! Thanks for sharing them with us.

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  25. Love your blocks and hope that you will be better sooner than later - terrible to be sick in the summer. Thanks for participating. Judy C

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  26. Great blocks both are very pretty.

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  27. I love your rwb blocks. I hope you will be feeling better soon. Thank you for letting us come by and visit. I hope you'll visit me and Sunbonnet Sue, too, and be a follower. I'm a new follower of your blog. Take it easy....there's sew much to do....

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  28. love your blocks - especially block two - thanks for the inspiration :)

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  29. Hope you are feeling better. Beautiful block and I love that table stand.
    xx

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  30. It's great to be able to use up scraps. I love both blocks. They are very pretty. Thanks for sharing and hope you feel better soon.

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