Saturday, November 23, 2013

I Love Color!

See! I just can't get enough of sewing on  my strip pieced spiderweb blocks. But, like a good girl, I put them away after every Tuesday Sewing Day with Vicki and just look at them until Tuesday rolls around again!
So, when I got the message that Rene' was wanting spiderwebs for her November blocks in the Mid-Century Modern Bee, you can imagine my delight!
She asked for a neutral center star and colorful strips. I used both 1.5 inch and 2 inch strips to make Rene's blocks. The blocks are made a little differently than the ones for my quilt, in that they are not foundation pieced. I like both methods, I've decided, but there is more waste of the neutral fabric with the Bee blocks. Here's how they are made. I'm mailing them to her separated so she can mix them in with the other members' blocks.
I laid Rene's blocks next to mine so you can get a reference of the size of spider that is spinning my webs!
 Four triangles together form a 12 inch finished block verses my 21 inch finished blocks. Obviously there are a bunch more rounds in my webs. Isn't it amazing how different it looks with a bright star verses a neutral star center?  I love them both! 
In other sewing, I'm trying hard to get the rest of my Juicy Fruit churn dash blocks made. (I'm wondering now, why I thought that a twin size quilt was such a good idea!) After mentioning to Suz that I was thinking of adding in some large 12.5 inch churns to the mix, she sweetly helped me out by making and sending me one! I plan to make four more  big old churns...that will save time as well as look awesome!
Thanks, my friend! I love it!! Oh, ya, I also decided to add some lemons in with the oranges, tangerines, watermelon and strawberries, did you notice?

15 comments:

  1. Oh! Maybe I can make a churn dash with lemon! I love yellow!
    Your spiderwebs are awesome! I LOVE the centre fabric you have chosen! So, do I have this right- your spiderweb blocks strips are sewn onto the background? I like the idea of doing them that way! Much more stable...

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  2. Can you please tell me where I can see how you are making your spider web blocks :) I love the look pf them and think this might just be the perfect scrap busting project for me. thanks in advance. hugs

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  3. Have never made a spider web before. Yours is wonderful- I like the bigger size blocks.

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  4. Wow...I love it all! Your colors are so bright and cheerful.

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  5. Your juicy fruit will be so awesome! Great spiderweb blocks too

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  6. Carla, I broke down and got Material Obsession 2 (with a coupon) and that book is choked full of some divine quilts, including the Spider Web. NOW to sit down and separate my scraps into colors! Love your work!

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  7. Love all the blocks! I am going to start Rene's blocks tomorrow.

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  8. I love your spiderweb blocks. It is fun to see the difference between your and Rene's. Wondering if you are using in particular tutorial for your? I'm thinking about doing a demo of the block for our guild after doing Rene's block today. Would love to know about other methods.

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  9. I have tried making one and it didn't turn out right, I see that the center part of each triangle should be even> Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Oh, I love color too! I bet your stash is amazing! Love your blocks.

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  11. You're sewing the best blocks ever! I don't know which project I like best. Probably your spider webs, but these definitely make for a toss-up. Can I offer to make a big churn dash block for you? It would be my pleasure to do that, in yellow if you wish. Can you wait for mid-December to get it?

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  12. Your spider web blocks are awesome!! And that Juicy Fruit quilt is going to be amazing. I like that you and your friend have a project that you only work on when you are together.

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  13. It's fun to see the difference between the two different spider web projects! I'm excited for all my blocks to arrive and start playing with the layout. Loving the bright spiderweb blocks you are making with your friend. Need to see if I have that particular Material Obsession book….

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  14. Love the brightly colourespd spider web blocks.

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