A Color Palette Finish and!! Finished ( Or not!) Friday!!!

 A little while back a few bloggers issued a Color Palette Challenge QAL and I joined in.  It was a lot of fun to create a quilt with a palette of colors - even if you weren't sure where you were going.

I had the inner part of this top done and I thought it lacked a little pizazz - so another blogger suggested an Orange border... and you know what? It worked!!

Fast forward to this week - I decided it had marinated long enough and it was time to get quilted!!

And here is the best part!!! I had enough of the orange to Bind it!! Sometimes when things marinate, pieces get used up and you forget what you had them for... which totally happened this time - but ! I was able to dig - and bam!!! It exists!!!!!

PS - my girls say it is pretty!!  it is the Turning Twenty again pattern from Friend Folks

I quilted Butterflies and flowers on it - and used this super cool swirly Blue Backing fabric... 

it measured 62 x 71 - so not too bad!! I am listing it in my Etsy shop too ;-)

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Color Palette Challenge Finish ( Finally)

Way back in the Dark Ages  Vicki W and Judy L hosted a Color Palette Challenge....

Alright - it was really 2012.... but today - that seems like a Lonnnnng Looooong way aways ago.

Each Month they would present a photo that they had changed into a color palette , which you were to use to pull your fabrics and make something.

Here was the Palette for March - and boy Oh Boy did I struggle to find fabrics... But I persevered!

This is the little quilt that I made

It is 36 x 54 inches

and ( Katie Z sit Down!!)  I bound it this week!!

Yep - I did - for real

Here's a little close up of the quilting

And my Artsy Fartsy Shot

It should be in a magazine right?

I just crack myself up!

Oh!! And the back!

It is to the left of the Color Palette

So I included it too!

And... Another one Bites the dust!!

Linking to:
Fabric Frenzy Friday
TGI Friday at Summer Lee
Busy Hands

Color Challenge's

Do you remember in 2012 when Vicky Welsh put together a color palette, and Judy at Patchworktimes encouraged us to make a quilt with them?

The March Color Palette was a challenging one - but I did finish the top.  And now...

I finally got to the quilting!

I am glad I got it done this summer. Wednesday the kids go back to school and I go back to work!! I am excited - I have a great Line up of Client Quilts ready to work on.  (PS I have appointments available! )

The original Color Palette can be found in this post:   http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-color-challenge-quilt.html    It was a challenge for me - but all of the fabrics were from my stash ;-)

And of course  - the back. I noticed every single quilter at the quilt show asked the white glove folks to let them see the backs!

And of course it now needs to be bound - do you have an opinion on which fabric would look the best?

Progress

I thought that maybe I would try a new tactic in my quilting life.... and actually finish a backing AND binding before I put a quilt top away. Maybe .... just maybe I will actually get it quilted IN. THIS. YEAR!!!


May's Color Palette  has not been put away yet...  I made the back!!! And used up every last little piece I had... no scraps left behind  (tee hee)

then... I decided - well gosh, if I made the binding right NOW - maybe I could stitch it on as I am quilting.......  don't hold your breath on that one, but at least I was thinking!!

I am really hoping that I am going to get this quilt quilted this month. I don't see why I can not ...


My camera has all these crazy settings - so I took a picture of the boys and dad setting up the pool. it is kind of crazy isn't it?

Hope you all have a quilty day!!

May's Color Palette Quilt

I finally finished May's Color Palette Challenge  - I liked what I had started - but it just needed more... and now I Really Really Really like it!!

I am still learning my camera for close up shots ... 

And NO

The borders are not that wavy - I had helpers....

Isn't that border print crazy? The stripes make it!! 

I am glad I have that finished - and am now working on the backing. I hope that I will quilt it a lot faster than some of the other quilts that I make!!

On another note - last night was a crazy crazy weather night, we were under a tornado warning/watch all thru the night. Here is my favorite though...

"We are seeing some action out in the east, however it is a rural area, stay tuned tomorrow morning for more news coverage."

Cracks me up - there are actually quite a few people out here!! We want to see what's happening too, especially when it is pitch black.

Thank goodness for weather.com 

Enjoy your day!! Make it quilty!!

May Color Challenge

Well.... it is not 100% finished... I don't think - but this is what I have come up with so far for the May Color Challenge....


Here is the Palette...... It makes me hungry......

And here is my top ( okay its just the blocks) up on the design wall.... I think it needs a little more so will work on it... hopefully today... although there are a lot of Ranch Chores beckoning.... Sigh...

A close up - I love the Butterflies.....and the paisleys

And the plaid like oranges!

Oh!! And for those of you who asked - this is my new camera. It is a Nikon D5100 and it is shown here with its telephoto lens. The running joke in our house is that * it is all about me*

So....My oldest son qualified to go to the State Swim Competition, the venue was a big pool in Denver, where the pool is on the ground ( duh) but the seating is way up high. My little Canon Power Shot Camera, which I love and adore, does not take great far away pictures.....

I decided that I needed a better camera - actually have been thinking on it for a few years - and so decided the time was right....

Although my Son made it to state - it was all about me! I needed a new camera to get pictures that I wanted....  aren't I good LOL

I will be linking up with Judy at Patchworktimes.com for the color challenge...... enjoy!!

March Color Challenge Quilt

This month's color palette was a little different for me, I love the Red's and Black's, but I had a hard time mixing them with the other colors.... but I decided that I was just gonna have ta  LOL - I just decided to buckle down and sew the colors together, and you know what??? 


I like it!! I was going to add borders to the top as well, but the more I looked at it, the more I decided I liked it just as it was...

Here is the palette  

This is my block......put into a top....

Ta Da - here is the whole thing. I think when I finally do quilt it ( which may be a while!!) I will bind it with the black or the yellow.... Not sure which at the moment.

For other Finished Fridays go to

Confessions

or to

Crazy Mom

Have a great day!!

Design Wall Color Palette and QOV edition

I came home Sunday night and completely took over the WHOLE front room!! We had our sew day Sunday and made a LOT of things that I had to check out again... and I got to sew Saturday evening, so had my own things all over the floor - Life is good!




First Off - the February Color Palette - designed by Vicki  is pictured below.

 This is my quilt - the wickedly easy pattern from ByAnnie.com  was being discussed and I did n't have a plan in mind for my fabrics - I modified the pattern a little, in that I made a few continuous colors thru it, but I kind of like it..... its different .... that's for sure.

And the - our sew day - I took 42 thirty million 10 inch squares, and we all cut and sewed, and cut and sewed.... and made a gazillion blocks.......

Then we started putting the blocks into tops - and we got 3 complete tops finished, and a LOT in progress.... some were taken home to be finished.... and we were tickled.


The pattern we used can be found here:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxC-0T5lXw4

I LOVE it!! They use a layer cake - which is 42 pieces.... but we used 48 pieces - and that way

we could lay them out 6 x 8 which gave us

54 x 72 inch quilts!!

here we are - all working so hard, and maybe snacking a little itty bitty bit!!

For more design walls go to:
http://www.patchworktimes.com

January Color Palette Revisited

For some reason I just couldn't let this sit, I mean I did, I folded it and put it in its tub, and then I thought... if I don't make a decision this will be in my 2013 UFO pile... and Lordy Lordy - we DO NOT want that to happen!!! So....  Here is the palette ... It is picture of the print out, the better version can be found at vickiwelsh.typepad.com    ....

and this was ( well it still is) my top.... I just wasn't sure if it should have borders, or be left as it is.. I have no idea if this is staying here, or will find a recipient , or become  Quilt of Valor... you just never know with my quilts.....  


I posted a couple of pictures with a border - Here  , and I got a lot of great suggestions to try, and I tried them all... and then Cheryl  said to try orange,... and I thought - she it joking me right?


So I emailed her back - and said really? Your not just teasing me? Your not just making me admit that I have orange in my stash too?  Your not just giving me busy work, cuz you know... if your serious I will check it out.... 

And she WAS Serious... and I layed it out on the ground, and I hemmed and hawed... and then Big Bit came in, and he said ... MOM - that is too cool, and I still left it... and then Wrangler Man came in - and he said ... WIFE ... I love that Orange..... ( okay he really didn't say Wife... but it looked good in type)

And then Little Bit, and Middle Bit came in and they said .... Ohhhh MOM that is great... so I was sold... and I bordered it last night - and NOW I am done.... until it comes up in my quilting list!!

A closer look - because after I used the orange - that lighter purple looked good....

And now... I am going to go have breakfast because Wrangler Man cooked!!

Finally Finished

Or maybe its really finally caught up!!!  I was behind on the QOV Persimmon Mystery Quilt, and have been working hard to catch up.... I wanted to pick my fabrics out for the Color Palette challenge.... and the boys and I wanted to start our strippy quilt.....


A spoiler alert - if you are working on the mystery - I am going to post a picture.....


this is the Color Palette - put together by Vicki Welsh...

 These are my fabrics ( minus that red and white striped one in the back -oops)  I really thought that i would not have all of these colors in my stash, so I was pleasantly surprised. A few years ago I inherited a stash from a fellow quilter... so between the two of us, we really did have this challenge covered!!

And - at last - the catch up of the Mystery quilt.. I know another clue comes out either today or tomorrow.... so its a short lived feeling ... but I am going with it!! 

I am linking up with  http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/  for the Whoop Whoop Friday 
Enjoy your day!!

Januarys Color Palette Challenge

I did it!!! I actually  made something for the Color Palette challenge.... and then.... I got stuck!! I am going to show you the pictures... maybe this quilt doesn't need a border... or maybe it does....

First heres a picture of the palette - of course the picture is probably not as good as the one over at Vicki's

And here is my quilt top...... it is 55 x 66(ish) ( I can't remember where I wrote it down!!)  It is from the pattern Turning Twenty again by Tricia Cribbs.


Now... opinions please?  does this border fabric work with it? 

or should I just call it good?  I am really leaning towards the good, because January is over, and I would love to just start February... and it is a good size, it would fit me ( I am 5'10")




To see other Color Palettes go to:

http://www.patchworktimes.com/2012/02/01/february-palette-challenge/

Color Palette Challenge

Vicki at Field Trips in Fiber  and Judy at Patchwork Times are hosting a Color Palette Challenge. And you all know I am Colorly challenged.... so I printed the Palette and this is what I have come up with so far.

It was taken with my phone, so there is a little blurring - but here is what I found. I want to see how many of these I can do with my stash!!! 

Now to pick a pattern!!
Who else is doing this challenge this month? Do you have your fabrics pulled? Can I peek? 



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