QuiltUber Fest Block 13

Grrr Ahhhrg! I love doing this quilt along and I was crazy about this next block till I started it! The PDF was not avainlable right away and that was OK, so I decided to 'figure it out' on my own! Only to realize that in order to make it all 'EVEN' I would have to cut to the eigth of an inch (or something like that) So I decided  that the cross in the middle was OK if it was a little bigger ( and because it is the ghostie material it looks much better in person) after I finished I liked the block, which has no name, and when I went back to the web sight the PDF had been added and I am glad I did it on my own. I don't mean to complain, but I am still VERY new and do so rely on instructions, but the math major in me cannot add up five finished sections of 2.5 inches each and get 12!!!  I get 12.5!! I already have a tough time making my squares even without...ooops!! Love the concept not the execution! in order to make this even steven each section would have had to have been 2.4 inches finished!
So I cut mine...
Colour A- cut one 3 1/2 x 3 1/2
Colour B- cut four 3 1/2 x 5
Colour C- cut four 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 ; cut four 2 3/4 x 5
Colour D- cut four 2 3/4 x 2 3/4

'crossroads'

I do like it! And hey, is that 10 blocks now... I do think so!!
J

QuiltUberFest Blocks 6, 7, 8, & 9

Found batteries in my daughters room! YAY

Block 8 Chevron Dreams (but flip it)

Block 9 Bear Cabin

Block7 'In the Corner Pocket'

 

OK so for some reason when I upload these they are fliping out! LOL So all of the blocks (accept 9) turn your head to your right! LOL!! I like to call Block 6 'Bats in the Belfry' and Block 9 Pumpkin Patch! I am having a great time with these although I can say that ummmm go away for a while half square triangles!!  My FAVIRITE so far though is Block 6! I just love how those little guys turned out!!

 

Block 6 'Watch over Me'

Grrr Camera woes!!

So I am so bumbed! I went to post my blocks and my camera was out of batteries! (and if ya'll don't know throughout the week I am kind of a shut in) I looked through all of the kids toys and do you kow I do not have a single toy that takes AA batteries! I have about two dozen AAA batteries! That does me no good! So I am hoping that on Saturday when Honeyman has a day off he can run to Walgreens and pick me up some Camera batteries! I have FOUR blocks done and am just itching to get them on here!!!
My Dad came to visit Thursday, he normally does as he plays/teaches bridge and goes to grief group so he is in town that day, anyway, he kind of teared up. I showed him all of my blocks from the Quilt-Uber-Fest and showed him what materials were Mom's. He said your Mother would be so proud of you! That kind of got me a little, too! I just love the fact that this is the first piece that I am using stuff from her 'stash'! Well, ya'll... I hope to get at least one more block done so maybe i will hit you with five blocks! But I do have to make bread yet today and as it is Friday laundry needs done before the weekend! hhhmmmm sewing or laundry!! LOL

I added a picture that was in now way related to this post, why... because I am nuts that way!!

No really this will be my weekend! I have a b-day party/luncheon on Sunday and I have been intructed that if I do not show up with some of my bread I will be hung up as the pinata!! So!! Have to make bread for us and then will be up early Sunday to make bread for @ 150 people!! BAKE, BAKE, KNEAD, BAKE!! LOL
And I'm off!!
J

QuiltUberFest Blocks 3 & 4

I am just so nutz over Halloween material! I know this will be an UBER CRAZY quilt when it is all said and done, but I do plan on simple either orange or black sashings! I think that will ground it nicely!!

Block 3 "South for the Winter"

I did not use as many fabrics on this one as it called for. I thought the material is wild enough without...well you know! hehe

Block 4 Cabin in the Woods

Hey I kind of got a littel of the ghosties that are in the black there! That material really looks much better in person! The black and white match, but on the white is is more a metalic silver and on the black it is kind of rainbowwy metalic if that makes any sence! (plus I have one that is black with spider webs on it!)
Yay me five blocks down! That is almost a third of them!!
But enough for tonight! Honeyman is coming home from work early and we are going to have a night out on the town... OK OK so we are going to meet some of the other firemen and wives for a few drinks at the local fire/water hole!!
I do so hope to get another two done Wed! Please for more of the log cabining and a little less of the matching of the corners, grumble, grumble and a giggle or two!!
 Speaking of he just walked in the door! Half hour and I am off!!
Thanks for stoping by!!
JoCrazy Mama

QuiltUber Fest (block2 & 5)

Went NUTZ shopping today and decided that I went so crazy i should probably get SOMETHING done! LOL

Block 2  "Flying North"

Block 5 "Homes"

How fun are these! And they go together very quickly! I just love them! Now I just have to catch up!! ooops!! 3 out of 10 blocks (so far) there are 16 total! Maybe I can catch up! Keep your fingers crossed!!
Happy Quilting!
J

What's in a name!

So some posts make me laugh! I think that is why I am so into reading everyones blogs (even if I am not always on top of writing my own!) So when I read As Sweet as Cinnamon's post on why did you name your blog I had to respond!
Well we all have an 'insanity defense' right! I have MANY friends who wonder how in the world I do what I do and keep sane! Between my day care, my kids, my Honeyman, my dogs, my sister (a.k.a. the troll guarding the bridge), my baby brother... where do I find time for myself! And then I decide to go and pick up something like quilting! To top it off I decide on a project like a Dear Jane! What in the world was I thinking! Well short and sweet I am just plain nutz!! All of these things add up to my insanity defense! When I finally go crazy and run down the street in nothing but my slippers there will be no question as to why I did it! LOL it is just a matter of when it will happen! Some days I think that there are betting pools as to when the mighty Mama Jo will hit the nut house!
All in all I am really probably one of the most well balanced people around! I love to party, but I love to sit home and have quite time with my family and friends! I think that I balance these things quite nicely! But in case you read about me on the front page of your newspaper you will all know why!
All the zen in the world,
Josie McRazie

QuiltUber Fest (block1)

So if any of you follow Scott Hansen of Blue Nickel, he is hosting an October Quilt along. it is madness and there are new patterns like the first 16 days of October! Well I decided that since it is October... and I have scored all of these Halloween Materials! What is one more WIP!
Quiltdad had the first block. They are all 12 inch (finished) and incorporate half square triangles and log cabin. Well here is my halloween block 1 anyway!

Some of the material is from Mom's sewing room and the rest I have purchased! I have two others cut and hope to get them stitched up yet tonight while Honeyman is at the station! Here's to a quite evening of stitching!
J