selina quilts: April 2018

Thursday, April 26, 2018

My Day for the 30 Blocks in 30 Days Blog Hop

Yahoo it's finally here, my day to participate in Carla's 30 Quilt Blocks in 30 Days Blog Hop. If you follow the link you will find tutorials for all of the blocks that are being presented in this Hop.

Carla put out an invitation to the participants to pick a block from her December sew along. This is my quilt from the sew along where I used all 30 blocks.

I chose December 27's block, Broken Strips. In this photo it's the gold block, bottom row, second block from the left.

When I chose the block I had no real purpose, therefore no clear goal. Then Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict posted the organizations that would be participating in Hands to Help Charity Quilt Challenge 2018 and I knew a quilt using this block was coming.

You will notice that the pictures of my quilt are only of a quilt top. For the organization that this quilt will be going to, Victoria's Quilts - Canada the contributions were requested to be
"tops only" This request is intended to keep shipping costs down.

This picture was taken indoors due to weather. It does nothing for the fabrics.

I made the blocks and put the top together last month while at my first quilt retreat. Should have taken the pictures there. It was a beautiful location on a lake. Hidesight is as they say 20/20

The out doors in the front of my house was just a tad windy and a bit shady.

Victoria's Quilts gets quilts out to people living with cancer. I did my blocks in bright greens with blues and a slightly busy background fabric to keep it joyful and happy.

I tried taking pictures in the back of the house and the light was much better.

The fabric is showing up true to actual. I just don't have a nice flat space to use in the back of the house but I am thankful the breeze let up.

I really enjoyed working with this block and making it my own with color choices.

Thank you Carla for coming up with this different blog hop concept, it has been fun participating and fun to follow. The creativity found in these posts is as always amazing. Here is a list of the participants for the entire Hop. Do yourself a favor and check them all out.

Date

Project Designer

Block

April 1^st	Creatin’ in the Sticks	Block 1- 4 Patch
April 2^nd	Kwilty Pleasures Blog	Block 2 - Double Stuffed
April 3^rd	Sew Incredibly Crazy	Block 3 - Baby in a Corner
April 4^th	SBD Embroidery and Quilting	Block 4 - Dutch Door
April 5^th	What About Rheema	Block 5 - Surrounded
April 6^th	Quilted Delights	Block 6 - Tacked Up
April 7^th	Joy Studio	Block 7 - Stripper
April 8^th	Just Sew Quilter	Block 8 - Staggered
April 9^th	Quiltscapes	Block 9 - Topsy Turvy
April 10^th	beaquilter	Block 10 - Chunky Pinwheel
April 11^th	Freemotion by the River	Block 11 - Painted WIndow
April 12^th	krislovesfabric	Block 12 - Broken Cinder Block
April 13^th	MooseStashQuilting	Block 13 - Reaction
April 14^th	Quilts by Joanne	Block 14 - Median Strip
April 15^th	Persimon Dreams	Block 15 - Center of Attention
April 16^th	Needled Mom	Block 16 - Bounce
April 17^th	Just Let Me Quilt	Block 17 - Sweet Sixteen
April 18^th	Life in Scrapatch	Block 18 - Yeah Eights
April 19^th	Quarter Inch Crafter	Block 19 - Weave
April 20^th	Seams To Be Sew	Block 20 - Classic
April 21^st	Just Let Me Quilt	Block 21 - Spot
April 22^nd	Something Rosemade	Block 22 - Cross Walk
April 23^rd	Thimblemouse and Spouse	Block 23 - Opposites Attract
April 24^th	Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc.	Block 24 - Possibility
April 25^th	Words & Stitches	Block 25 - Camper Window
April 26^th	Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats	Block 26 - Catching Z's
April 27^th	Selinaquilts	Block 27 - Broken Stripes
April 28^th	QuiltFabrication	Block 28 - Stockade
April 29^th	Lakeshore Stitches	Block 29 - Dovetail
April 30^th	Creatin’ in the Sticks	Block 30 - Slow Tee

Thursday, April 5, 2018

30 blocks in 30 days quilt along and bloghop and #scrapvortex100dayproject

So if you haven't heard there is a blog hop going on right now. Brought to you by Carla over at creatin' in the sticks

It is based on her December 2017 blog posts where she posted one simple 10 1/2 inch block per day for 30 days for her 30 blocks in 30 days quilt along.

Each day in April will highlight the use of each block from December in this hop. For the hop I will be posting my use of block #27. And yes, I will be posting it on the 27th.

I made all of the blocks in the quilt along and put them together into this quilt.

My block for the hop is the bottom almost left hand corner of the top picture. Its the gold
and white block. Broken Stripes.

This quilt will be going to one of the organizations from this years Hands 2 Help Charity Quilt Challenge 2018 ( see the button ). It measures in at 50 x 60.

At the bottom of this post I am listing all of the participants for the Hop. Start checking them out, there are some awesome ideas popping up.

I have decided to participate in the IG 100 day project. I've hooked up with #scrapvortex100dayproject It is being coordinated by @wendyfranczak using the scrapvortex pattern from Amanda Jean over at Crazy mom Quilts The link takes you to her posting regarding this project and the links to her original tutorials.

This is day 1

This is day 3

I'm thinking at about a half hour per day = 50 hours which should give me a pretty decent size top at the end of 100 days. I know I'll have days where I put in more time and days where I won't be near a sewing machine so I am keeping track of my daily time so I don't get totally off track.

When Amanda Jean first posted her Scrap Vortex quilt along back in June 2015 I had great visions of finishing a top but got caught up in other things along the way and instead of a finished quilt I ended up with very pretty placemats. I'm hoping to do better this time.

As promised here is the list for the 30 Block Hop