Quilt for Pulse

Here is my quilt for the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild's Quilts for Pulse drive:

I took these pictures at City Centre in Houston.

It was really fun to run around and find places to stage the quilt.

Interestingly, although there were a lot of people around, nobody asked me what I was doing!

I also finished the fourth block of the American Made Brand Mystery QAL:

I cut of the tip of my mountain, accidentally on-purpose (surely you've done this too?), so I'm calling it a cinder cone volcano.  I made the valleys lakes, and that's like glacial terrain, so it's a former glacial area with more recent volcanic activity.  I don't know of anywhere like that - do you?

I think I pulled about 12 different solids to use, and maybe ended up using 9 or 10.  

I still have a big stash of solids, so bring on Block 5!

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I am currently quilting a Quilt for Pulse, but this past weekend, I took a break from quilting to make some blocks.

Covered in Love

First, I made the August disappearing 9-patches for Covered in Love. 

These were quick and easy, and I loved digging into my black & white fabric stash. 

(I had a lot more than I wanted to admit to!)

Westering Women BOM

Barbara Brackman's 2016 BOM celebrates the path of women traveling west into the frontier.

July's block was Courthouse Rock (not to be confused with Schoolhouse Rock!).

I look to natural colors for this BOM, and my block reflects that.

I envision the light hitting the rock at the top, then the colors intensifying towards the base until you get to the green grass and bushes.

Giveaway for a Cause

Susan Emory is sponsoring a giveaway if you send in a block for an ALS quilt. 

The cause's colors are navy and white, so I got out my American Made Brand fabrics and made this fun block.

I just love pinwheels, and when I saw this block in the 501 Rotary Cut Quilt Blocks by Judy Hopkins, I knew it would look stunning in two colors.

Side note: Does anyone have this book or any of Judy's others?  Do you know if they've been updated for making 4-at-a-time flying geese or 4-at-a-time HSTs, etc?  I would love this book but using updated methods.  I keep having to go onto the internet to look up these quick methods every time I use her book.

Clothworks American Made Brand Mystery BOM

I made block 2 and block 3.

Block 2

The freezer paper templates under these made them easy to join using nylon thread.

I then added colored thread on top to additionally secure the seam and add more color to the block

Block 3 

This cactus was prickly!  Some of the instructions have the wrong measurement.

See on the bottom of the right cactus branch?  Where the medium green is pieced?

This is unit 3 of the instructions.  The measurement there was not correct, but easily fixed with the addition of more green fabric.

I used some grays and dark browns to give dimension and realness to the cactus, but it doesn't make it look pretty like some featured on the blog.

I still like what I achieved, and it will go in the quilt. 

But...

I'm ready for an easier block!

Block 4 has mountains in it.  As a geologist, I'm very excited about it!

The inverted triangles are going to be lakes, but will I go with the red rocks of Vegas, the yellow and purple shales of central Wyoming, or the buff limestones of the Texas Hill Country?

Only time, my whims, and my American Made Brand fabric stash will tell!

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