Tickers Unveiled!! Some ORBC Round 9 Samples!

I know this is what you all have been waiting for....so here they are...some Ticker Tape samples! Some of you may recognize these. I did them last year. One of them is now living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the other is on our bedroom wall.
Here is my Frame Me Ticker, yes, you can do this!!:)

And this is a mini I made for the STUD April 2010 Hip to be Not Square Swap. It now lives in Kansas City, Missouri. I do miss this one a lot!! These are the quilts that made me such a fan of the Ticker Tape ...thanks so much Amanda Jean for coming up with such a novel way to use up our scraps!

Now for some recent additions to my Ticker Tape Album, most of these are small examples that you can use to make the quilt we are doing in Round 9.

Here is an idea using scraps with a holiday theme. You know those novelty fabrics that have great drawings but you have to cut one up to get a whole one of another...well here is an idea using those scraps!

This one is a baby doll quilt I made for a two year old cousin....I Spy...I know you have lots of cool scraps to make one of these! It was well received!

This one was made for another cousin. I want you to notice the scraps are inline and the same size. That makes sewing them on so much easier because you can just do straight lines up and down top to bottom, side to side. I also used fabrics from a collection...just wacked a 2 1/2" strip off the bottom of four fat quarters and cut out the rectangles....so yes, these weren't scraps!:)

Here is an example using a dark colored top fabric and then all black and white fabrics.

I noticed I had a lot of green scraps and that book fabric and immediately thought of a tree...a ticker tape tree!!

Here we have the nine patch look with a row of squares on point...yes...you can sew your scraps on in traditional block patterns!! This was another easy one to sew as I hardly had to lift up my machine's foot!!

Here at last is the bigger quilt, the one I am showing you how to make....here is the back....

...and here is the front! It is a nice lap size....made with four quadrants that were then sewn together to make a bigger quilt. It is so much easier sewing in smaller sections.

So next post we will start sewing scraps on, hopefully now you will start to get an idea how you might like to place those scraps. Did I give you more ideas?:)

I still have several more to show you....

Here is a sneak peek of one!!:)

Hope you are inspired!

~d

ps...see that button at the top, QLD Flood Appeal Auctions? Please check it out and help if you can. I will be posting an auction this weekend to help in my small way....but small ways add up to large ways!

ORBC Round 9 Time to Cut!

Isn't that a lovely little stack of scraps?
Here is the fabric I'm using....my batting: Warm and White, my top fabric: Nature's Palette in Baby Aqua, my backing: a cute birdcage print from Urban Outfitters!
Can you see a problem already? I mean I figured it out but using a big directional print is not a great idea!!


Here is a cutting diagram. It is definitely NOT to scale! This is based on your 2 yards of fabric being 44" wide...adjust accordingly!:) The backing and batting are basically the same size but I drew it so you could see the fabric sandwich better! All I did was cut my 2 yards of fabric into two one yard pieces and then cut those in half on the fold and cut my batting the same size and the tops 2 inches smaller length and width. Make sense?
After cutting and ironing fabric lay them on top of each other and put in a few pins to keep it from shifting. You'll have four fabric sandwiches!

Here is what happens if your backing is the same size as the front....this is what you don't want to happen....learn from my mistakes! Any questions please email me!!

Post your fabric sandwiches on the ORBC flickr site!!

Next up, playing with scraps!:) I promise you won't have to wait a week!!

~d

PS....what you cut WILL all be sewn back together!!:)

Lucky Numbers 24 and 87!

I gave Don a notepad and asked for two numbers between 1-105...he didn't even ask what for...just wrote two number down and got a cup of coffee. Guess he's used to me asking him to do odd things!:)

Livingonair and meri_drake are the winners of the bags o' scraps...and a wee surprise. As soon as I get your addresses I'll pop them in the mail.
Thank you all for your wonderful NON-resolutions. I really enjoyed them all!!

Here is a little sneeky peeky of one of my Ticker Tape examples....next up...cutting and sandwiching directions! WhoooHOOooo!!
~d

ORBC Round 9 Supply List....and a couple of Giveaways!!

WhoooHOoo.....supply list time for Round 9 of the Old Red Barn Quilt-Along!! Below are what you'll need...easy peasy!

~2 yards top fabric…any light color…even a small print-

but not TOO busy.
~2 yards backing fabric….non-directional

(I’ll explain later…I learned my lesson!!)
~batting to equal your backing fabric
~thread, most use white but I have also used

greys/off whites
~pins
~pinking shears/scissors
~glue stick
~S C R A P S !!

That's it...easy peasy...I bet you already have most of it in your stash!!

Ok...so now you know what you need AND I have some of what you may like to have....two gallon bags of scraps!! All you have to do is leave me a comment...tell me what resolution you DID NOT make!! I'll have our pal Random Gen pick two winners next Monday, Jan. 10, 2011...I will also get this party started on that day!

The fun doesn't end there.....the lovely and talented Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts and the inventor of the Ticker Tape quilt is ALSO having a giveaway of HER scraps!!! So mosey on over there and tell her something nice!!:)

~d
PS...make sure there is a way for me to contact you if Random Gen picks your number!;)

The Sketchbook Challenge

Kerry told me about it.....I haven't drawn in years....years....YeEEaarssss!
January's theme is "Highly Prized"....first thing I thought of was my family....
Maria's words, James' music, and Don's skill with handtools....
they rock my world!!
Next I need to be brave and try some color!

Join the Challenge....click the button over there on the right!:)

~d

Variations on a Theme-Round 9 of the ORBC Quilt-Along!

Happy New Year everyone! I am so pleased and honored to be starting the new year leading Round 9 of the Old Red Barn Quilt-Along....thanks bunches for your confidence in me Dana!! So here it is......Variations on a Theme....and the theme is ...

TICKER TAPE!!

This wonderful way of using your scraps was invented by that quilting guru Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts!

Here is a link to AJs tutorial on Sew, Mama, Sew! What I am going to do is show you a way to easily make a bigger one and lots of variations....sort of like my Frame Me quilt....but of course done the right way!!

On Monday, Jan 3rd, I will post a supply list...which I'm sure will be pretty short since you all have most of what you need already in your sewing rooms!! I will also start this party with a giveaway at the ORBC flickr site hosted by me AND Amanda Jean!:)

So stay tuned and please....stay interested!!!;)

~d

T-Shirt Quilt, a Wallet, and the Number 9

A week or so before Christmas I finally finished Maria's tee shirt quilt using her WVU tees from each year's Marching Band shirts and others that she accumulated in her four years of fun in Morgantown....

...and appropriately enough she picked out some Stonehenge in Old Gold and Blue for the backing and binding....goes good with the Mountaineer theme!

Wanted to make something for James too...so I found this tutorial online...

...I added an extra set of pockets....easy peasy!! Thanks Allisa!!

The number nine you ask..... ....starting next week....hope you can join us in the fun...and a few giveaways!!

~d