Sunday, January 31, 2010

January Bee Round-Up

Here are the blocks are made this month for my quilting bees. It's been a busy month so I'm getting them in JUST under the wire!

For snip.sew.send, Robin is having us make blocks for a rainbow baby quilt. She sent each of us a different color and asked for wonky log cabin style blocks. I got purple! It's probably my favorite color, so I was really excited. I added some darker purple fabrics I had from my stash and here's what I came up with (sorry about the weird picture, purple is difficult to capture without natural light...)
Snip.Sew.Send. block for Robin

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Cue Wicked Witch music... da d'da d'da da daaa.

This month, Ruth (aka RuthieQuilts) from Traveling Threads asked for a really fun challenge: Wizard of Oz themed blocks! I had considered all kinds of different blocks from Emerald City to a tornado to ruby slippers or Toto, but finally decided to modify some paper piecing patterns to make some blocks with the Wicked Witch.

The first is a modified version of Sonja (Artisania)'s witch pattern.
Wicked Witch #1 for Ruth's Oz quilt


The second is a pattern that I've been working on for a while to get right. I took the patterns for Snape from Harry Potter and a crystal ball from this site (with tons of Harry Potter themed pattern) and combined them to be the Wicked Witch looking to her crystal ball. I think it turned out pretty well, although I wish the crystal ball were a little more round...
Wicked Witch #2 for Ruth's Oz quilt

10 comments:

  1. wow these are so intricate. i love the purple block. not a color that usually speaks to me but it has been sneaking into my sewing a lot lately

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  2. Excellent job on the crystal ball gazing! I would have known what it was even without any words. And you seem to have found the perfect background fabric!

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  3. Great projects!! I read Wicked a few months ago and have a new interest in all thing Wizard of Oz. :) Christine

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  4. Oh my goodness! Those are too cute! I love the wicked witch with the "surrender Dorothy" fabric.

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  5. My daughter is all about purple right now! The witch looks so difficult! They both turned out wonderful.

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  6. Kris, my fingers are tingling at the very thought of some of these teeny pieces and you are worried about round? Great job!

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  7. A Wizard of Oz theme? How awesome is that?
    Great paper piecing.

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  8. Wow, Kris. I'm totally loving those blocks. First a princess and now a witch - your paper pieced blocks are turning out fab.

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  9. What great blocks! I love the pieced witches... very cool-- and they look like they'll be a perfect addition to a Wizard of Oz quilt.

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  10. nice blocks!! i love love the purple one! ;-)

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