Letters, letters, everywhere

I've had a great time cutting out all these letters for my current quilt project. I've cut out 24 pieced letters so far and have 11 more to go. Whew. That sounds like a lot, but it has really gone pretty quickly. I have been able to get each color pieced, and cut out during our morning school time this week. It has been a three day week, so a rate of about 8 letters per day. My kids are having fun watching the letters come together and are convinced that this quilt will have their names on it! But I'm not telling!

I really must have some kind of obsession with these colors. My kitchen, after all, is decorated in the same colors! {That's a mixing bowl and teapot in the top of the first picture, and if my kitchen were cleaner, I'd show you the rest of my citrus-y decor!} I totally did not plan that and didn't even notice until I was figuring out where to take my pics!

Orange you glad I didn't say...{oh, nevermind}

Whatever could be the meaning of all this orangey-stripey goodness???  I finally worked out one of those quilt projects that's been floating around aimlessly in my brain and began work. There is not much that is as refreshing as cutting fabric for a new quilt. {Yeah, go ahead and call me a quilt geek, it's ok.} I'm really excited about this one and I hope you will like it too!

Spool Quilt Block

Isn't this spool block lovely? This is the Tonie's block for February for the Redbird Bee! I'm in love with the colors and the fabrics. That background fabric is linen... Linen! Super cool! I would have never picked out linen. I can't wait to see this quilt finished!

Tonie's Spool Block

Two New Quilts

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January was a busy month. It's hard to believe we're well into February. Valentine's Day is right around the corner and I haven't even began my V-Day projects!

Here's a peek into what I've been up to.

This is a baby quilt I did for a friend. I used one Little Apples charm pack for the front and this pattern. The pattern called for two charm packs and makes a slightly larger quilt. Since I like my baby quilts to measure 36x36, I was able to gey away with using only one. I really like the way this one turned out.

I did learn a very valuable lesson while making this quilt. It's difficult to see blueberries on an espresso colored table. Oh, and blueberries stain quilts if you lay them on top of said blueberries, then smash your quilt into them becuase you can't figure out what could possibly be making that bump under your quilt.  :(

Little Apples Baby Lattice Quilt {pattern here}

Little Apples Baby Lattice Quilt {Pattern Here}

My next finished "quilt" is not your typical quilt. It's a super mini quilt! This is a magnet that I made for the STLMQG's Itty Bitty Magnet Swap! This was fun to make. I used my newest additions to my stash family for this- Aunt Enda from DS Quilts at Joanns. I'm absolutely in love with that line! And it count's as a completed quilt, right?

Q is for Quilt- Itty Bitty Magnet Swap

Next up is the Block I made for the Redbird Bee that began in January. This is the first time I've ever done a bee. I had fun making this block for Gina and can't wait to see what we're going to do next!

Redbird Bee- Gina's Block