bubblegum and EQ

Okay, so it’s not just BUBBLE gum, it’s the quilt Bubblegum dreams I’ve been working on! 🙂

Yesterday I finished the 2nd part of the blocks – the bubble gum wrappers…

Then I laid them all out on my table- instead of the design wall and started sewing them together.

here’s the main part of the quilt top done, without the border.

The picture showed a square quilt, I guess for a different size, so I was kind of surprised this was a rectangle, which of course I don’t mind.

The border will have LOTS of applique, so I’m waiting a little bit on that.

Then I started playing with EQ7 again.

for some reason at church today I started thinking about log cabin blocks

(Hey, I WAS still listening!)

I thought of an appliqued motif in the middle and then having the log cabins go around, so I found this cute butterfly block and I matched the colors to fabrics and added to the log cabins.

of course, I can’t just leave it at that, I had to play with the layout of the log cabins.

Here I just changed the center of the flower to a dark orange and then changed the outer border as well

now this is kind of cool!

But I liked this better!

Back to a different log cabin block and a focus block with candy canes

Oh, this is SO traditional!

I saw this cute space ship block too and oddly enough, the colors were the same as the butterfly block so I just had to plop it in the middle and take the colors from the log cabins and add them to the space ship, is it boyish enough?

the other day I started playing with animal blocks in EQ as well

I think I got inspired by that from the simple series in quiltmaker ( I think that’s the magazine, with just squares and HSTs to make cute animal layouts)

So I thought of an elephant.

a cute boyish quilt!

the giraffe block was very complex so I figured it needed to be BIG, I’m not really into the brown and yellow combination though, reminds me too much of growing up in the 80s 🙂

Then I found these penguin blocks, I actually really LIKE this layout.

How about a cute simple bunny? without being too much like easter!

and here’s a smaller version

My daughter then came in and was wearing this shirt that had a chick on it and read CHICKS rule!

so of course I had to copy that 🙂

This layout is better

I like to have little blocks in the corners and then I centered the text

here’s I added more of the “diamond” blocks and colored them differently and added an ! in front of the text

I also tried to create my own little chick.

When I got tired of the chicks, I searched for a bear block, there were so many, but then I figured I’d create my own again like the chick and of course use a bear claw block also.

I also added a “double diamond” block instead, don’t think that’s the name of it, but that’s what I’m calling it for now 🙂

here’s another update on my 2012 list

#1 welcome to the hive-turned into a pillow DONE!

#2 lotus quilt- DONE!

#3 blue flower table runner- DONE!

#4 pumpkin star pillow- just needs to be stuffed and sewn together

#5 red mini star table topper- top done and ready to quilt DONE!

#6 Bunny table runner- DONE!

#7 Connecting threads KIT fabrics- all 12 blocks are done.

#8 giraffe wall hanging – still working on needleturn applique, mommy giraffe almost done

#9 pineapple black and blue quilt- giving these a break now

#10 Blue star quilt- lots of blocks done

#11 Pine tree BOM- MARCH is done

#12 Next Stitch STAR- quilted! and binding attached

#13 snowmen table runner- DONE!

#14 Elenar Burns star Go! die- pieces cut for a scrappy look- SCRAPPED!

#15 aqua owl- DONE! and made a pair of hotpads too for a neighbor

# 16 geese in a ring- DONE!

# 17 Bonnie Hunter ORCA mystery – top done- skipping the border

# 18 Little twister blue- SCRAPPED

#19 green, red, yellow flower quilt- top done, just taking forever removing the papers

# 20 small embroidered trees (4 blocks) – DONE!

# 21 spring swap blocks- got plans but no background fabrics ordered yet

# 22Making memories embroidered panel- needs to be made into a cute wall hanging

# 23 black, red white asian quilt- DONE!

# 24 color block swap- top is done, done and quilted!

# 25 fall leaf blocks swap- top done

# 26 Baby gingham dog boy quilt- DONE!

#27- a doll apples quilt- DONE!

#28(jan 2012) need to quilt 2 donation quilts- done and mailed off

#29(jan) bubble gum quilt kit won at quilt show – main quilt top done without border

#30 (jan) wonky block- mailed off DONE

#31 (feb) jelly roll quilt- DONE!

#32 (feb)5 x 1yards of beige/ black batiks- DONE!

#33 (mar) won 9 march BOM from pine tree guild- make into quilt top

#34 (mar) batik quilt for McCalls – DONE!

#35(mar) #2 quilt for McCalls- DONE and shipped

#36 (all year) Round Robin swap -May mailed out

#37(mar) Dr seuss baby shower gift- DONE!-missing label

#38 (april) blue strip pieced blocks – top done

#39 (april) won a pattern and two charm bundles- top done and backing and batting ready

#40 wonky block swap block- wonky houses- top is done, May is done and shipped out

#41(may) Civil War Legacies- DONE! extra blocks ready to ship out

#42 (may) blue and white lil’ twister- main part of top done, waiting for border fabrics