QAL #1
First up, the Sew. Happy. Quilt. QAL that Jenna is running over on Sew Happy Geek. This QAL began December 21 and runs until March 18.
Fabric requirements are 11 to 12 fat quarters for the blocks and about 2
yards for the sashing and border. I'm going to use the Riley Blake
Designs Solids FQ bundle below for this QAL. I'll use the reds, oranges,
pinks and greens for the blocks, plus white.
QAL #2
Next up is the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt-a-long that every blogger on the internet is participating in. Karyn from Make Something is starting up a QAL in January. Since The Workroom is where I purchase my fabrics here in Toronto, AND she's encouraging people to share their progress during Quilt Sundays at The Workroom, I've decided to join up. I'm using this as an opportunity to learn and practise paper piecing, since there are foundation templates for all 144 blocks online.
I haven't decided on a colour scheme for this quilt. I'm wondering if I should just go completely scrappy and use whatever is handy. Alternatively, I could go monochrome. I do love green and perhaps some cohesion is a good idea when making 144 quilt blocks? What do you think?
Bee #1
Hayley of Mrs. Pickles posted on Flickr that she wanted to start a bee for beginners and I joined up. So far there are only six members but she's holding out for twelve. Hayley will be giving more details about the bee after the holidays and I can't wait to see what we're going to be doing.
Bee #2
I think I mentioned previously that I'd joined an add-a-border bee on flickr. I've since decided to withdraw from this group. I perused the groups photo stream and I don't think we share the same tastes. It just isn't a good fit for me.
So there it is. Three groups. I really thought there were more! This is totally manageable. Sweet! 2012 is going to be all kinds of quilty goodness!
That bee for beginners sounds kind of cool. How exactly does it work?
ReplyDeleteWe're still trying to decide. Fill out the survey on Mrs. Pickles site here and let her know your preferences: http://mrspicklesgarden.blogspot.com/2011/12/whole-lotta-buzzin-going-on.html
ReplyDeleteI think the way we'll end up doing it is that each member will be assigned a month. When it's your month you pick a quilt block and everyone else makes it for you and sends them to you. You'll tell people the colour scheme or theme you are looking for and they get to be creative. So every month you'll be making a different block and sending it out to the person whose month it is. At the end of your month, you'll have 6 to 12 blocks to make into a quilt.
Fun right?!
I am very close to jumping on board for the Farmers Wife Sampler QAL! I really like the two bees I participate in...they are NuBee's and 3x6 Mini Sampler.
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