Stripping with a punch

Being part of a strip club is everything that I've hoped for!

I am being pushed beyond my comfort level to make more than just one block in one month.
I have to make 5 blocks in two months. SO much better - le'sigh!

But it does rock, I make an entire ROW in colors I'm not used to working with, for someone that I totally admire and adore.

This is officially the first row that I had to create for someone else and there are four more rounds to go - eeep!

The first stripper I got to strip for is Shelley.  She doesn't have a blog but she posts some of her projects on her flickr photostream. I've had the privilege to sew with Shelley because her friend Mary keeps dragging her into these groups.  I have to admit that Mary is an enabler!  I'm lucky I don't live near her {although I would adore it}

I made the top row from Shelley's inspirational foundation row on the bottom.

Shelley asked for whatever hit my fancy in her 'punchy' color choices.

She wanted black with punches of color fuchsia, orange, red, magenta, purple, and a splash of limey green or grey.  Ohhh okay!

Since I'm totally in love with the Quick Curved Ruler . . . I used it for every block but the center.  But as you can see even that is a circle - yeah baby!

I'll talk a little in depth about some of these blocks in later posts. . . when I'm dying trying to figure out my next row for Mary - sigh.

Go check out the other strippers and their first row progress can be found at our flickr group or on some of these blogs:

Melissa

Mary

Leona

Jovanna

Strip on ladies!

Where does your inspiration come from?

I have found some amazing artists and oh man have I learned a lot.

Being able to just flip through photos and images. . It's where I glean most of the items I want to try.  Most of the time it's 'ohhh I want to do this' or 'yep .. SO going to do this'.

I had one of those moments hit me while I was stripping.  

You know with my strippers.

I was working through the blocks for the amazing Shelley, who is blog-less but she has an amazing flickr photos found here.

I created this block . . . 

From THIS mini quilt inspiration from the Bee a {modern} Swapper flickr group. 

This is from Karen who blogs over at Laughter in Quilts

But here's the deal. . . she got her inspiration, of sorts, from here.

It's just funny how this quilting community works.

Where do you get your inspiration from?

Ohhh baby ... curve it up

There are so many awesome projects or blocks that I see in my quilting circles, through blogs and flickr.
I am in constant awe of how cool these people are!

Melissa of Sew Bittersweet Designs is one on my many muses.

She posted this block waaaaay back in August.

I immediately went to the tutorial over at Sew Kind of Wonderful and ohh-ed and awww-ed.

It was only a matter of time really. 

It took me a whole 2 days before I broke down and bought the ruler from Jenny. 

This awesome Quick Curved Ruler was instantly shipped and arrived at my doorstep.

Totally worth it! 

This is my first block

Seriously this is my FIRST block!

Go check out Jenny's videos for sewing these curves. 

{Left side of her blog}

And there is a flickr group of uber talented ladies that use this ruler found here.

I put this block in my foundation stripper row . . .

Looks pretty good front and center :)

I can't wait to get to some me sewing time as you'll be seeing more curves from me for sure!

Building a Foundation

My lovely group of Strip Quilters are ladies I've sewn with in previously through other flickr groups.

More about these strippers I talked previously about here. 

I'm so excited to sew with them again!

Each of us are using our stash fabrics to create a block within usually general guidelines.

My row should include one triangle per block.  That's as much guidance as I provided.  Muahahaha

I pondered my foundation row for weeks!

I even started a journal to jot some of my ideas down. 

My journal is quickly replacing the rotating 15 + sticky notes I have floating around (which sometimes get lost).

These poor ladies!!
My obsession with triangles just continues on! I've requested triangles for ohhhhh the last 3 online bee's. Some of my strippers have previously been subjected to my !

This is the foundation row I came up with.

It's remarkably close to the notebook above. . no really!

But I cheated!  Some of these blocks are from the lovely ladies from {Sew Bee It} that ended in July 2012.

Not only was I running late but the blocks were remarkably similar to what I wanted!  So ta-da!

Special thanks to:

Corrie of Thread Girl Designs for her block
Sarah of Bluprint Textiles for her block
Mary of Fairly Merry for her block 

I'll blog about the center block and the other block I made in a few days.

Make sure to keep tabs on what we are doing by checking out our photos over here

Until then, happy sewing!

Strip Quilters Button {and blog headers and titles} images created by Kristin Holt Photography Copyright © 2002-2012 Modjeska Designs. All Rights Reserved.

Learning to Strip

I've been a wee bit obsessed with on-line quilting bee's.  It was so fun to meet new people and to sew different blocks.  One result is piles of blocks just waiting to be made into quilt-top and eventually quilts.

Because of some commitments to our family budget I decided to scale WAY back on my mailing costs and my wonderful fella has allowed me to stay in one group. To keep feeling like I'm creative with others.

So, I'm learning to strip. . . strip quilt. 

And I'm not the only one!


Image created by Kristin Holt Photography Copyright © 2002-2012 Modjeska Designs. All Rights Reserved.



This is the group of us are taking on this different kind of project:

Melissa of Sew Bittersweet Designs

Jovanna of Sharing Jovanna Moments

Shelley with no blog but go check out her flickr photos

Mary of Fairly Merry

Leona of Leona's Quilting Adventure

We'll each be be making a row of blocks a "strip" for each other. 

There are some fun color combos and requirements.

Here's a my foundation row. . .

But I'll talk more about this later.

Happy Monday!