Colby Cartledge

January 2012

These are the projects I worked on and/or completed in January of 2012. When I went to put this together I didn\’t realize that I had done so much this month. Hope February will be as prosperous.Most of these are still in progress. Most notably my Name Game Swap Mini:And my Chain Link:I hope toContinueContinue reading “January 2012”

Almost Done With My Name Game

So this weekend I have solely worked on my Name Game Mini. I was having trouble coming up with the initial idea, but once I made by ruler dresdens the rest came naturally. My partner has more of a traditional style and like applique, hence the dresdens. I wanted to make it bright but notContinueContinue reading “Almost Done With My Name Game”

Small Starts and Finishes

So I have one finish for the week:This is the block for the Pizza Box Exchange that we are doing through one of my local guilds. Everyone puts a pattern of their choice and some fabrics in a pizza box and they get rotated at each guild meeting and when you get your pizza boxContinueContinue reading “Small Starts and Finishes”

I Tried Something New.

I know this is going to be hard to believe, but I have made quilts, bags, pouches, I embroider, knit, etc… BUT I had NEVER made a pillow until the other day. Shocking. Usually that\’s one of the first things someone does but I don\’t know, I\’ve just never gotten around to it. The motivationContinueContinue reading “I Tried Something New.”

W.I.P. Wednesday 1/25/12

I have two major projects in the works. My Chain Link and my Swoon. I am about half way through my chain link and am just waiting to sew together my first Swoon block.Chain LinkFirst Swoon BlockI am also doing a couple of swaps this month. Hoop Up, which involves embroidery, and Name Game whereContinueContinue reading “W.I.P. Wednesday 1/25/12”

Swoonin\’ Tuesday

So this weekend I picked out the fabrics I wanted to use for my Swoon. The plan is to use it as my bedroom quilt and the colors are brown beige and robins egg blue. These are the fabrics I chose:This is the first trial with the fabrics. I think I want to pull someoneContinueContinue reading “Swoonin\’ Tuesday”

Monday Chain Link Monotony

I\’ve been working on a quilt from Link From the 30\’s for a couple of weeks now. It caught my eye because even though it\’s a 1930\’s design, it looks very modern. I have been chain piecing the heck out of this thing. I HATE CHAIN PIECING. It saves so much time and thread butContinueContinue reading “Monday Chain Link Monotony”

Trying New Things

I am in the Beejeebers Bee this year and we were asked to make a wonky tree, a wonky house, or a wonky log cabin block. Since I did a wonky tree for the Stash Bee this month and a wonky log cabin for Sew Bee Joyful in November, I decided to push my limitsContinueContinue reading “Trying New Things”

I\’m Taking My Time

This past week I got a good amount of hand quilting done. I\’m currently hand quilting 2 quilts, one for my Best Friend for her wedding in March (I\’ve already told her to expect it as a belated present due to the huge amounts of hand quilting I\’m doing on that baby). I\’m doing anotherContinueContinue reading “I\’m Taking My Time”

My Geese are Flying!

So I recently bought the Fon\’s & Porter Flying Geese Ruler after hearing a really good review on it and so today I tried it out. It is as good as the review said it was. Everything fit perfectly together and from cut to finish of 24 individual flying geese blocks, probably 30 minutes totalContinueContinue reading “My Geese are Flying!”