When I started sewing 3 years ago, I was never really into the "quilt block" thing. Maybe it was too traditional in my mind - not that that's bad at all - but I had these grand ideas for quilts (see my finished quilts to see what I mean). Now, I'm a tad obsessed with blocks. I've even started designing them... *gasp*! Plus, this year, I decided I needed to perfect some techniques. Which is why I joined the Sister's Ten BOM at Gen X Quilters. Here's my May block. I'm all caught up! *If* I have some extra time this month (ha) I might make the second block. For now, I'm seeing how it goes, and I'll catch up with extra blocks at the end of the year... yes, that's probably not smart, but it works for now :) I also made quite a big, nontraditional block for Quilts for Boston. I love the color scheme they chose (blue, yellow, gray, white). I'm bringing it to the CJMQG meeting a week from now to hand in.

Speaking of the CJMQG, our mini quilt swap in analogous compliment color schemes is coming up... and I finished quilting tonight... GUYS. I can't wait to share the whole thing with you. I used this tutorial over at Petit Design Co. for the quilting. I've been learning so much with my walking foot lately, it's been unreal. Seriously. Unreal.
[{"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://i.imgur.com/0S1m1R5.png", "src": "http://i.imgur.com/0S1m1R5.png", "formatted_filename": "S m R"}, null, null, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-44Xh7D2GL0U/UYm_44sevMI/AAAAAAAAE0Y/abTtx7H7BuM/s640/IMG_7460.JPG", "src": "http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-44Xh7D2GL0U/UYm_44sevMI/AAAAAAAAE0Y/abTtx7H7BuM/s640/IMG_7460.JPG", "formatted_filename": "IMG", "rendered_width": 640, "rendered_height": 434}, null, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g6khA3x0hDY/UYm_zhe8JwI/AAAAAAAAE0I/3SlBR-wqS0c/s640/IMG_7458.JPG", "src": "http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g6khA3x0hDY/UYm_zhe8JwI/AAAAAAAAE0I/3SlBR-wqS0c/s640/IMG_7458.JPG", "formatted_filename": "IMG", "rendered_width": 640, "rendered_height": 604}, null, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pJdMZMwWAEU/UYm_wPK0TLI/AAAAAAAAE0A/sqWHm5OkS6Y/s640/IMG_7445.JPG", "src": "http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pJdMZMwWAEU/UYm_wPK0TLI/AAAAAAAAE0A/sqWHm5OkS6Y/s640/IMG_7445.JPG", "formatted_filename": "IMG", "rendered_width": 640, "rendered_height": 332}, null, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xlyil64QmgY/UYm_3eFWhEI/AAAAAAAAE0Q/cVmv5zIluWg/s640/IMG_7466.JPG", "src": "http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xlyil64QmgY/UYm_3eFWhEI/AAAAAAAAE0Q/cVmv5zIluWg/s640/IMG_7466.JPG", "formatted_filename": "IMG", "rendered_width": 480, "rendered_height": 640}, null, null, null, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr300/blogsbyheather/PinIt.png", "src": "http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr300/blogsbyheather/PinIt.png", "formatted_filename": "PinIt", "alt_text": "Pin It"}, null, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://www.linkwithin.com/pixel.png", "src": "http://www.linkwithin.com/pixel.png", "formatted_filename": "pixel", "alt_text": "Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger..."}, null, null, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://i.imgur.com/0CJRpMi.png", "src": "http://i.imgur.com/0CJRpMi.png", "formatted_filename": "CJRpMi"}, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://i.imgur.com/7SQkyRY.png", "src": "http://i.imgur.com/7SQkyRY.png", "formatted_filename": "SQkyRY"}, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://i.imgur.com/quydd72.png", "src": "http://i.imgur.com/quydd72.png", "formatted_filename": "quydd"}, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://i.imgur.com/R0q730C.png", "src": "http://i.imgur.com/R0q730C.png", "formatted_filename": "R q C"}, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://i.imgur.com/8NmDujH.png", "src": "http://i.imgur.com/8NmDujH.png", "formatted_filename": "NmDujH"}, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://i.imgur.com/w8Uoqsq.png", "src": "http://i.imgur.com/w8Uoqsq.png", "formatted_filename": "w Uoqsq"}, null, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://s3.feedly.com/img/follows/feedly-follow-rectangle-volume-medium_2x.png", "src": "http://s3.feedly.com/img/follows/feedly-follow-rectangle-volume-medium_2x.png", "formatted_filename": "feedly follow rectangle volume medium x", "alt_text": "follow us in feedly", "rendered_width": 71, "rendered_height": 28}, null, null, null, null, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uAnINWliCDM/Uo-ybCPquVI/AAAAAAAAGdk/mx2iOrieEoY/s1600/sms_contrib_red_175.jpg", "src": "http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uAnINWliCDM/Uo-ybCPquVI/AAAAAAAAGdk/mx2iOrieEoY/s1600/sms_contrib_red_175.jpg", "formatted_filename": "sms contrib red"}, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://i.imgur.com/qWDNQiZ.png", "src": "http://i.imgur.com/qWDNQiZ.png", "formatted_filename": "qWDNQiZ"}, {"document_url": "http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2013/05/block-sewing-and-quilting-sneak-peek.html", "unformatted_src": "http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7292/9516033027_5c4d1d8030_q.jpg", "src": "http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7292/9516033027_5c4d1d8030_q.jpg", "formatted_filename": "c d d q", "alt_text": "I\u2019m a member of the MQG!", "rendered_width": 150, "rendered_height": 150}, null, null]