Are you ready??

First of all...I love ALL the fabrics everyone picked! Each set seems to match each person's personality!
Tabitha and I were talking, and to make a twin size quilt (or a couch size quilt) you will need about 20 blocks. (We'll talk about backing and border material in a few months.) So, each month a pattern will be posted. You need to make 2 of these blocks. So, only cut enough for 2 blocks. If you're wanting a bigger quilt, you would need to make more. The first pattern is super easy. It's just two different sizes of squares, but it's so neat looking. I love it! It only has 3 colors, so it's up to you which colors you use. The two blocks can be completely different looking by using different colors. You can make both the same or 2 different blocks. It's up to you. Also, these are easy that you could easily make the block in one day. Or you could do a little through out the month....cut one day, sew some another day....you have all month, so no pressure!
As we move on, I'd like to try a little bit more challenging blocks. Hope you have a fun time making our first block. Remember to post pictures as you go!
Love you all,
Kami
Oh yeah...the link :)
Carrie Nation

Tay's Quilt

After almost an hour, 5 different color schemes, and a few opinions from random JoAnn Fabrics shoppers I finally settled on these bright fabrics. I love it! Not to thrilled with the brown and the orange being so much a like but, I think they will work well. If not I bought a back up just in case :) I think I am going to like this whole sewing thing. Now, if I can just figure out how to thread the machine I will be ready. Mom, I need a sewing lesson!!

Hello everyone!! This is the fabric that I selected. I love it!! It is exactly what I was looking for, I wanted something that looks like I am a farm wife and I am using my families clothes to make a quilt! When mom saw the fabric that has the green back ground she said ( and I quote) "MAN THAT IS UGLY!" but I love it anyway!

I am trying to find someone with a Joanns coupon for 40% off so that I can go get a rotary cutter. If you have one I would be willing to trade it for scrapbooking supplies!

The twins and I went to look a Barnes and Noble and we looked at quilt books. WOW! There are some cool ones out there! Today I want to get to the library to see if they have any. Why are quilting books sosososo expensive?

I love you girls and can't wait to get to cutting!

Keela

YEAH!!!! I've got my Fabric!!! MOM :-)

I finally have my fabric, Keela and I went together and we had a great time. I went with a totally different one then I started with. Someday I will do the other one but I like what I have. The cutting lady asked me if I was making a flower quilt??? I replied No, we're making blocks and then putting them together. DUH all the fabric is flowers :-) . Then Keela walked up and told her the whole story how we were all doing it and two other sisters live here and the other one in Canada and Grandmother in Michigan. The lady was so nice and helpful. We already have ideas for the next project. :-) Can't wait to get started. Love you all, Love, MOM

Psalm 100

Rotary Cutter Tutorial

Hey,
This is a link to some great video tutorials to teach you how to use a rotary cutter, if anyone is interested.
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-rotary-cutter/

Sarah's Fabric

Hey Everyone,
First I was going to go with all polkadots. I went to the wedding section and found the cakes. But my mom said when I came back to her "Your going to do it all wedding themed?"
But I told her it is not a wedding cake because it doesn't have a bride and groom on top. We decided it was a party cake.

The first fabric is hot pink but in the picture it looks red.

I also know, just as Emily knows that when I go to sleep when it is done I will have made it all myself. I hope you do too.

Love,

Sarah

Emily's Fabric

hello fellow quilters,

At first I wanted light greens and a light pink, but when I saw the butterfly print with the stripes I loved it.
I think it is so much fun to know that when I go to sleep with my new quilt that I will have made it all by myself.

Tabitha's Fabric

Hi Everyone,

I told Emily and Sarah that I wasn't going to use brown and lo and behold....they all have brown. I just love brown.

The first one is not pink at all, but on my monitor it does appear a bit pink.

We each bought 1 1/2 yards to be save.

Tab

One more week

Okay everyone! You have about a week left to buy fabric, then post it on the blog! I'm ready to see everyone's colors!
Also, it has been mentioned that it would be better to have a little bit bigger of a quilt....so we need to decide what to do.
We could
#1 Make the same block 2 times each month, so we would finish with 18 blocks
or
#2 Do this for 12 months and then we would make a larger border so it would fit a twin
or
#3 Make a new block every 2 weeks and be done in 9 months with 18 blocks.

I need everyones "vote" in as soon as possible and we'll decide this by Friday!
Love you all!
Kami

Hi this is Brenna

This is my fabric for the quilting club. I can't wait to start this. I'm excited to start it!

This is Elisabeth, I bought my fabric

This is my fabric for my quilt. I bought the second one and we already had the rest.

I've got my fabric!! From Kami

The girls and I went to Fabricville today and bought our fabric. The store was very nice, but a little different than our JoAnn's. The fabric looked a little different too, and they had very little quilting fabric. They cut the material by the meter. So, I got a meter of each of mine. Three of them are actually a different kind with a little bit of a raised pattern in it. I love it and am so excited to get started!!

Here's the Plan

I am so excited about this!
First of all you need to pick out your fabric. It would be good to have at least 4 fabrics to choose from. It would also be good to have one of those be a lighter fabric and one a darker fabric , but whatever colors you would like to do will be fine. Try to pick about a yard of each. The quilt blocks we'll be making will be 10". At the end of 9 months we'll have 9 blocks to assemble into a quilt. The patterns will be very easy and take very little time. I'm thinking by the time you cut and sew your fabric, it may take an hour or two, tops. That's not bad for a month! You need to have your fabric picked out by June 1st. Then, I'll post the pattern that you'll have to work on for the month of June. If you can, post the pictures of the fabric you pick and progress you're making. It will be neat to see how everybody's doing with their project or questions they have. (I'm hoping Mam-maw can help us with the questions part! :) ) I'll send you the password to the blog.
I love you all, and I'm so excited we're doing this together.