sew & tell - a quilting bee?

Did you remember that I am part of an online quilting bee, A Notion or Two?  I know, it's been a while since I've updated anything on it.  Partly because I've been a little slacker-ly this summer.  But I've been a busy bee (hahaha - pun totally intended) getting some blocks finished up.

You all know lovely Nicole from her guests posts here this summer.  She is making a maple leaf quilt.  It's going to be SO cute!  Here's my block for her:

And Sarah, of A Flower for You, is starting her adventure in mommyhood in a few short months. These blocks will be for her little man. I just love the colors.

My month was May. I thought it would be a good month, I could send out fabric early before I had the baby and before moving got crazy... well, it didn't work out so well. I don't think I sent my fabrics out until mid-May - so I've given my dear quilting friends more time to get them back to me. Here's what I have so far. I'm in love with it!

The fabric is Swanky by Chez Moi (I think that's right). And the pinwheels come from Rachel's (from P.S. I Quilt) pattern.  Pinwheels are one of my favorite blocks.  I'm going to have 12 all together and I'm debating making more to make a bigger quilt....

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Now a few notes about Sew & Tell.  I've kind of agonized about writing this.  I've felt a little overwhelmed with how many linkers we've had over the last few months and I wanted to feel less overwhelmed.  I wrote that sew & tell survey post a while back to get some feedback and I've used some of that here.

Sew & Tell isn't just any linky party.    Since you can't come to my house every Friday to show what you've been sewing, we get together here!

It is...

• a time to get together each week to celebrate a finish of a sewing related project.
• a place to meet like-minded kindred sewing spirits.
• an opportunity to get feedback and encouragement to keep cutting up your favorite pieces of fabric!
• a place to be inspired by the lovely and creative friends you will inevitably make.

I LOVE the community we have built here at Sew & Tell.  I've made some great friends.  I so appreciate everyone's enthusiasm for our weekly accountability check!  It's so motivating for me to have a place to check in each week to make sure I'm keeping on track and not letting my UFO's collect dust!

I know we are all busy.  I know that we can't always visit every blog that links up each week.  I want every minute you spend here to be worth your while.  That's why I've changed some of the link up requirements.

I appreciate all of you regular linkers and I'm happy to welcome new-comers.  However, I'm into quality over quantity. I'm into blogging etiquette. Please participate using the guidelines.

Now I know some people are new.  Or you wrote about something earlier in the week.  Just add a little note about sew & tell to let your other friends know what we're up to.  Maybe they'll be inspired to get some of their projects finished too!

I have gotten some great ideas from projects you have done, as I'm sure you have!  If you used a tutorial to make something - link up to it, in case someone (ie: me) wants to add it to their to-do list.  If you have written a tutorial it would be awesome if you could link to that in a different post as well, sometimes the tutorials in the sew & tell posts are distracting.

And a finish can be whatever you deem a finish, like pieces of a bigger project - like a quilt top for instance.  And if you don't want to blog about a gift until the receiver has gotten it, that's totally fine!  I'm not a total party-pooper.  :)

When sew & tell was born - it really was a means to have a weekly goal.  Finishing up one sewing project a week.  Let's keep it in that spirit and continue enjoying everyone's talents!

I have seen some amazing work here!  You guys are awesome and I'm glad to know you!
Did you make it this far?  Thanks for listening reading.
So now, what did you finish this week?

NEW RULES FOR LINKING UP!  Please read carefully.  The delete monster will be eating non-compliant links.

1. One linky per person. (please put multiple projects in one post.)

2. Link to your specific post.  (See here for permalink instructions - or email me.)

3. Please write the post for sew & tell - or add a blurb mentioning sew & tell to a post written earlier in the week.

4. Link back here with a link or a button.

5. Comment away!