May Schnibble of the Month - Doc!

The May Schnibble of the Month was Doc.  I don't remember why Carrie calls it Doc, but it's a card trick block.  And it was lots of fun!  I started out with two charm packs of Martinique and made lots of HSTs...

I cut the red charms for the corner stones and used Moda Bella Snow for the background.

Here are my first blocks...you have to lay the blocks out carefully by your machine (not a lot of chain-piecing on this one!) and make them one at a time.  Not hard, you just need to be focused.  And (unusual for me) I didn't mis-sew any of the blocks!

And here is Doc quilted and bound.

You can't really see the quilting, but I used a new pantograph called Cloudy Skies by Meadow Lyon Designs that I picked up at MQX last month.  It was super quick to do.  I also used a creamy white Fil-Tec Glide Thread bought at MQX last month.  This is the second time I used Glide and I sure wish I had bought more of it..  I had as good an experience as the first time I used it.  Tension was perfect and it looks great and the thread didn't break once.

I used this piece I had in my stash for the back ...

And I pulled two pinks from a FQ bundle of Martinique I have to do the binding. 

And, I'm in just under the deadline!  Check out Sherry and Sinta's blogs on June 1st to see lots of other Docs in the Parade of Schnibbles (and I've seen some really cool ones around the blogs so far)!!

Quilt Stats:

Pattern - Doc Schnibble by Carrie Nelson

Size:  42"x42"

Fabrics - Martinique by 3 Sisters and Moda Bella Snow

Started:  5/21/2012  Finished 5/28/2012

Schnibbles Times Two – Woo Hoo!

It’s finally here! I’ve been not so patiently waiting for Amazon to deliver my very own copy of Carrie Nelson’s Schnibbles Times Two and it came in today’s mail (I’m sure the receptionist is glad so I will stop stalking her desk to see if I got a delivery today o:) ) I pre-ordered the book, I know it was released on 4/9, so why, oh why was mine on backorder???

Same thing is happening with French General’s Rural Jardin yardage I ordered. I’m all set to start the Snowbound appliqué BOM from Bunny Hill Designs. See the button over on the left? I want to use a lot of the Rural Jardin fabric for it. I’ve been printing out the free patterns for months now and am raring to go! But I’m 4 months behind. And this time it’s not my fault. The yardage was supposed to come out in March and here it is the end of April and it’s coming in dribs and drabs. I ordered five different fabrics from the line to use in the quilt. I got two pieces at the beginning of April, I just got another yesterday and two more are still on backorder. Again, HOW CAN IT BE ON BACKORDER, WHEN IT JUST CAME OUT??? But I digress, back to Schnibbles….

I haven’t even made a Schnibble yet! I just found out about them a few months ago (yeah, I know, where have I been?) and I’ve ordered a few of the single patterns (after making sure they weren’t going to be in the book – thanks, Carrie, for giving us a sneak peak on your blog). Schnibbles will allow me to feed my fabric addiction by buying charm squares of fabric lines that I am drooling over and actually make something with them –without breaking the bank! So now, which one to start with? And, do I do a regular-sized Schnibble first or the larger? What? Oh, I have two new quilts I’ve just started and haven't finished piecing yet?? That’s right, I must have forgotten in all the excitement! Oh well, I’ll savor the book for a while and dutifully finish piecing my Aviary Taffy Treats and Beach Cottage before I cut out the pieces for something new.

Sigh…so many quilts, so little time.