Projects for Summer

Sugar Block of the Month, June - Home Sweet Home

Sugar Block of the Month, July - Lime Sherbet

Sugar Block of the Month, August - Camp Out

Sugar Block of the Month - The quilt squares thus far...

Block of the Month April 2012 redo - Sunny with a Chance of Hex

Block of the Month June 2012 redo - Greek Cross Block

Projects for March

• A new recipe: flourless chocolate cake, made for a friend with wheat/gluten allergies. Read more about it here. 

• Sugar Block of the Month - Forget Me Not Block

• Craftsy Block of the Month 2012 - 

String Block

Broken Spider Web

• Craftsy Block of the Month 2013 - Economy Block

Projects for February

February is a shorter month with only 28 days - I blame the lack of days on my lack of projects. :)

Chocolate ravioli became a favorite recipe during the month of February. Pie Crust + gooey chocolate center = deliciousness! I found the recipe here

 J moved into a new office at his work. We bought 2 end tables at Ikea and I added a little flair to one by creating a checkboard with vinyl pieces I cut on my Cricut. A few matching bottlecaps and we've got ourselves a gameboard. 

I'm continuing my online quilting classes:

• Sugar Block of the Month. 

This was a tougher block this month and I became best friends with my seam ripper. I didn't think paper piecing was incredibly hard until this block. It's not perfect, but a wise friend taught me the galloping horse theory. If a galloping horse can't see your mistakes, then decide not to worry about it and move on. I do have plans to remake this block before putting all the squares together and making the final quilt.

• Craftsy Block of the Month 2012

I'm continuing my efforts to make better on last year's quilting class.

Chunky Chevron Block

Balkan Puzzle Block

• Craftsy Block of the Month 2013

New February blocks on the left called Spring Blossoms, January blocks from last month on the right.

Projects for January

I don't create resolutions but in January I do reflect and remember all that I hoped to accomplish. For example I took an online quilting class from Craftsy (Block of the Month - 2012) and never finished it. I did great until September when I made a major mess up on the block that month. I lost all desire to finish because it meant making that block again and I'd rather do anything else. In November, I got busy decorating for Christmas. All of our Christmas items are stored in my craft room, so there wasn't any room to craft. Then in December, several of the craft sites I visit promoted new quilting classes and I was instantly interested again. So this year, I'll start over with my class from last year (Craftsy Block of the Month - 2012) and participate in 2 more (Craftsy Block of the Month - 2013 and Sugar Block Club).

Here are my two blocks from last years class but remade for this year.

Asterick Block

Wonky Pound Sign

One of my new classes is taught by my teacher from last year, which coincidentally I went to college with her. I actually paid to take the class ($7) so I feel that I must keep up with everything lest I waste my money. With this new class, I am making my quilt exactly as she is with the exact same colors. I'm copying her quilt in hopes that it will be somewhat easier for me to follow and I will stick with it because I'll see exactly what I'm missing out on.

Snow Blossom

Here's the block for the Craftsy Block of the Month, 2013 edition for January. My teacher has given us the outline of the entire quilt we are making and for January we are not quilting the four smaller blocks together as I would have expected. According to the outline, the four smaller blocks will be used throughout the larger quilt.

Offset Log Cabin