   It was actually really fun to go through my fabric stash and pull out fabrics to swap, liberating to give up some stuff, and I think I pulled quite a pile! I have a boy pile, a girl pile, a random pile, a Christmas pile, and a jungle pile of fabrics. I sure hope my swap mates can use some of this stuff! Stashtacular! officially kicked off yesterday, with lots of tutorials, giveaways and a fabric swap, hence the reason I pulled out all this fabric! It isn't too late to join in...    4 Comments  Fabric pizza, that is. I have all my little fabrics cut and neatly stacked for my Kaleidoscope quilt, now just to find the time to sew them together! Hoping you are enjoying your summer, we sure are enjoying ours!    I hadn't forgotten about this quilt along, life has just been a tad bit hectic lately! I bought this bundle from Pink Castle Fabrics, this bundle was actually intended for another quilt along, but once I saw all the lovely purples, I just couldn't resist and thought it would be perfect for the Kaleidoscope Quilt Along. This bundle came with two yellows, that I ended up removing, and instead added in a few fat quarters from the lovely line, The Blue Skies by Sharon Holland Designs, which I felt blended in perfectly. I will be using the light gray solid as the background print, and can't wait to get to cutting!  What is this problem, you ask? I have a weakness for fabric, I love it all, the colors, designs, texture, oh the creative possibilities. The problem is....I own WAY to much of it, it is overflowing, and stuck in every nook and cranny in my house, it is an addiction and a problem and it has to stop now! What is the solution? Easy, I joined Stashtacular! This great group was created by three lovely blog ladies, Blue Bird Sews, Spontaneous Threads, and Sew Happy Geek. This is a two part group, the first being that you agree to NOT PURCHASE any fabric for the month of July, OK, DONE. The second part involves a fabric swap, give up some of your stash and get new stuff in return, cool, right? Actually there is a third part to this group also, these three lovely blogs will be posting tons of new tutorials, and if you make any of the items from their tutorials, then you have a chance to win some awesome prizes. I thought this would be the perfect group for me to cut back on fabric purchases, meet some new bloggy friends and use up some of my stash! Win, win! It's not to late to join in! On a side note, I thought I would share a little "sneak peak" of a brand spanking new, still kinda smells like paint, piece of furniture to join my home as of last night! My husband has been diligently constructing this piece for quite some time now, and I am happy to say that it is now finished and sits happily in my living room. What is this piece of furniture you ask? Well, my hint for you guys sits on the shelf, and just might help me with my fabric problems!  July is my "month" in the Christmas Fabric Bee and after sorting through my piles and piles of fabrics, I chose to use the Candy Land Christmas line of fabrics from Moda with a few random add-ins. There will be two different centers, this gold print shown below and a white on white snowflake print from Kate Spain. It really didn't take me long to whip up this block, and I think that was because I used a wonderful tutorial from {House} of A La Mode she made the directions so easy to follow, such a great tutorial, you should check it out! I just hope my bee mates think it was as easy I did!  Overly ambitious as I am, I have taken on another project, more specifically, another quilt along! Who could resist with such a lovely designed quilt along button such as this one! I love great design! I'm a bit off track.... Originally when I saw this quilt along (and several others) starting up all around the same time, I knew that I wouldn't be tackling any more projects, but I "accidentally" stumbled across the loveliest fabric bundle and couldn't pass it up. Then I had to figure out what I was going to do with this newly purchased bundle. Then I remembered.....kaleidoscope! It will be the perfect showcase for this collection of fabrics and I am super excited to get started! I am leaving you guys in suspense as to which fabrics I will be using, but I'll share soon, I promise! Wednesday again? It seems to come sooner and sooner.... I was on vacation for the majority of this past week, so I'll keep it short, since I didn't accomplish much! Which is a good thing sometimes. We all need a break once in a while! I finished bee blocks for "justabitfrayed" in the Always Bee Learning Quilt Bee. She sent us Anna Maria Horner's new line of fabrics louLOUthi, and we all did Quilt As You Go blocks for her. I made her two, and am quite pleased at how pretty these blocks are! They are trimmed to 12.5" x 12.5" and ready for her to put them together, no quilting needed! I included a back shot, since so many have asked how the back looks using this method. When sewing I left the back tails long, and then once I was completed, I threaded each tail on a needle and wove the thread back in, came up and trimmed it, this way the ends are "more complete!" I hope she likes them! That is it folks, I told you I would keep it short and simple!  Finished Projects: Quilt Bee Blocks  Ongoing Projects: Organizing my OUT OF CONTROL Fabric Stash (65% complete) Bottled Rainbows Ticker Tape Quilt-Along (5 of 16 blocks complete) Lily's Quilts Quilt-Along (Using Sherbet Pips) Making a Light Box & Photographing 150+ Items (Supplies bought, partly assembled) Sewing (for myself) a few tops/shirts. (2 down, several more to go!) Quilt Bees Sock Skeletons Amy Butler's Style Stitches Teardrop Bag (cut out) 2 Uber Large Handbags (cut out)  This Week's Stats: New Projects - 0 Completed Projects - 1 (This will stay on the list because I have more to make!) Currently in Progress - 10  Cut out two Uber Large Handbags. Dream Projects On Hold For Now: Sock Monkey Quilt Denyse Schmidt Home Dec Fabric Wall Hanging Quilt Making a bunch of clutches.  Head over to Freshly Pieced to have a look at what everyone else is working on!  My month in the Quilting newBEES is quickly approaching (July) and will be here before we know it! After much deliberation and hair pulling, I decided to use the Denyse Schmidt Picnic and Fairgrounds collection, with a few matching solids, and a few matching Denyse Schmidt prints from her other previous lines. I also added in several matching prints from my stash that had that "feed sack" feel to them. I decided on a log cabin based block, nothing wonky, just straight lines, but the members will have a lot of freedom with these blocks. Logs ranging in size from 1/2" to 3", and the blocks themselves ranging in size from 12.5" to 16" will allow these "newBEES" the freedom to create something totally original! I whipped up these two blocks as examples, and both ironically measure in at 13". I can not wait to see what my group members whip up!   Happy Wednesday! Did you have a productive week? I guess I did, though I'm not really sure the definition of productive anymore. I made quite a few bee blocks, and some I haven't even taken photos of yet! I also finished my pillow case carried over from my box of projects last week, but alas I'll have to share photos of it another time also. Be on the lookout for it though, it is pretty funky! My first bee block is for the Christmas Fabric Bee, it's for "Julie @ DistantPickles." She requested a non-wonky house. Easy enough, I don't think this guy is wonky at all, though I will admit the "smoke" coming out of the chimney, doesn't resemble smoke as much as it looks like an alien is trying to beam someone out of the house! I finished up my 10 depression blocks for the Scrapbuster Swap, all those hst were fun and I didn't have that much trouble lining up all those points as I thought I might! Though I do find they all look very similar..... "Kreated by Kari" is running that group swap and as a Thank you for all her hard work putting the thing together and shipping so many packages, I made for her a Mod Tree Block to go with a quilt that she is currently making. I created something totally against the grain for me, and was really pleased with the way it turned out, I think it is Mod for sure! You can see the photos of the block below! Here's hoping you had a productive week, no matter how you define productivity!  Christmas Fabric Bee, June Block for Julie Finished Projects: Quilt Bee Blocks Scrapbuster Swap Pillow Case Ongoing Projects: Organizing my OUT OF CONTROL Fabric Stash (65% complete) Bottled Rainbows Ticker Tape Quilt-Along (5 of 16 blocks complete) Lily's Quilts Quilt-Along (Using Sherbet Pips) Making a Light Box & Photographing 150+ Items (Supplies bought, partly assembled) Sewing (for myself) a few tops/shirts. (2 down, several more to go!) Quilt Bees Sock Skeletons Amy Butler's Style Stitches Teardrop Bag (cut out) 2 Uber Large Handbags (cut out)  Mod Tree Block for Kreated by Kari This Week's Stats: New Projects - 3 Completed Projects - 3 (Two will stay on the list because I have more to make!) Currently in Progress - 10  Up Close Detail Shot of Mod Tree Block Dream Projects On Hold For Now: Sock Monkey Quilt Denyse Schmidt Home Dec Fabric Wall Hanging Quilt Making a bunch of clutches. Head over to Freshly Pieced to have a look at what everyone else is working on! | Marci GirlA feisty mom designing, sewing and blogging her way through everyday life! 
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