Lucky week...

While it was a busy week at work,

it was a lucky one on the home front!

First off my friend MB gave me 

some beautiful blue Kaffe FQ's:

I love them all - thank you so much!

And then I won Sew Mama Sew's give away 

with a fabulous Indygo Junction package:

Thank you very much - 

I better get stitchin'!

Happy Sunday,

Barb

Supersize

After all the tiny 3.5 inch string blocks

for Bonnie's Orca Bay mystery I needed something bigger

that would make a difference in my stash report.

So I came across this Sew Mama Sew tutorial

by Malka Dubrawski and had to try her Supersized Shoo-Fly quilt:

Just so you can see the size:

 9 (!) string blocks of 3.5 inch square each

will fit into one supersized square!

Unsewn Supersized Shoo-Fly quilt is 70 x 70 inches

and sits half on my rug and half on my woodfloor...

Taking a break and will sew the blocks together later today.

Stash usage: 6 yards! Wohooo!

Hope you like it,

Barb

Reflections and predictions

I just came across the SewMamaSew interview series of Sewing industries 2010 reflections and 2011 prediction. And now here are my answers, as somewhat a newbie in sew- industry land...


Looking back on the sewing scene of 2010, what trends stand out in your mind?

I have become so much more awareof solid fabrics in the quilting world. It must be ignorance from my end though... Easy, modern pattern and more scrap happy patterns have been all around in 2010. And word fabric has been everywhere.
What were some of your favorite things? (Trends, fabric collections, patterns, blogs? Whatever you really loved.)
Modern blogs from Oh Fransson, Amys Creative side, jaybird, and tons more. Really like the different ideas on the ModaBakeshop

What was your very favorite fabric collection or print? (If not listed above.)
There are so many out there, it depends on the project and recipient of the quilt... Really liked Sweetwater's collections.
What was the best thing you made in 2010? (Be sure to share a photo!)
I guess for me the Wedding Quilt Lumiere De Noel (even though a kit) was my best quilt of 2010:

What is one of the best things you saw that was made by someone else?
So many beautiful designs are out there in blogland - impossible to narrow it down,sorry

What do you think 2011 has in store? (Again, trends, fabric, patterns, etc.)
A lot of modern, graphic prints, more organic fabric lines, probably more solid colros for projects. It looks like the new animals of the year for fabric are whales.

Anything you're ready for the sewing world to get over?
I believe by now I have seen enough owls.
What's on your sewing agenda for 2011? What are you excited about? What would you like to learn more about?
For me it's stash busting, finish projects, hopefully I will learn a new technique or style for quilting in a workshop. Getting my feet wet in using solids. And maybe I will even comquer EQ7 and design my own quilt.

Well, that's my view on all things quilty. Go and check out the different interviews on Sew Mama Sew and enter their give away - you still got time until the 15th of January!

Barb