Squared Up Sundays - 10/15

After a short break Squared Up is back! For the entire month of October we are going to be doing Halloween themed squares because of the beautiful holiday halloween truly is, to start us off we have a cute, sweet and simple pumpkin block.

The hardest part of this block would be lining the stem up correcting and cutting the fabric to go around it in the right manner, but over all this block would be quick easy and perfect for a little place mat at the table. Plus with all of the different colors pumpkins can be now, the color palettes you could use is endless.

I have been a bit obsessed with quilting lately and I can see this block being a perfect transition for more than just plain strip blocks which makes it very exciting and one that I might possibly try very soon.

With that in mind I am off to finish the quilt I am working on now and start on the next one,

I am ready to set sail (and hang the halloween decorations early),

                                       Ms. Sinking Ship

P.S. I have a few ideas for other segments I would like to start since this one is going so well, I put up a poll on the side, let me know you're guys favorite!

Squared Up Sunday - 9/11

I almost didn't post today because for some people this day is very saddening and important and I was just very unsure about it, however I decided to go ahead and post todays and I picked this block very specifically 

The Butterfly Block

This block was picked today for the purpose that when a caterpillar goes into it's cocoon its body falls completely apart and because mush pretty much and then from that it is remade, and it all comes together to be born into a beautiful butterfly, and in bad times (like 9/11) our country does the same, when we are torn down we come together and help one another and are reborn better than before by the end of it. This block is incredibly detailed and very difficult but would be gorgeous to those that could make it. I wish you the best on this day, and I can't wait to see what you all make out of this block. 

I'm Ready to Set Sail (and I hope my point came across correctly),

                                                                                                      Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sunday - 9/4

Today's block is one I've always been incredibly fascinated with because it seems like it would be very simple but as a large quilt it would look incredibly intricate and beautiful

The Braided Block

This block seems like it would be fairly simple to construct and is very nice looking after but also looks very incredible when all put together on the quilt, it's connected by a large amount of thin strips all connected to make a braid, I eventually think it would be cute to make a quilted table runner out of this block but it's a project for when I get a house of my own for sure and not any time soon.

If you guys try out this blog I would love to see what you do with it and how you incorporate it into your quilts or other designs you put it in as always!

I'm Ready to Set Sail (and braid that bad boy!),

                                                       Ms. Sinking Ship 

P.S. Have an amazing Labor Day!

Squared Up Sunday - 8/28

Do you know what todays is? 

National Bow Tie Day! I didn't know this until today but I'm very excited for two reasons

1. I love bows and bow ties they're adorable and show be on everything. 

2. I don't have one BUT TWO blocks to show you guys today because I got really excited and couldn't decide because these both are so cute and totally need to be shown. 

The first is very simple and sweet and would most likely just be used as a small decoration block on a quilt 

The Big Bow Block

It is one of the easiest blocks I have ever seen and I am very tempted to make an entire quilt of these blocks, even though I just said it would just be said it would just be used as decoration, tonight because it's so cute and I want it and I would take it every where with me. 

The second block is just as simple but is more on the sassier side and could be done in more manly colors for and more masculine look.

Fat Quarter Bow Tie Block 

This block is equally adorable but could be changed of in very simple ways to give it very different feels and I really like that about this quilt. It is very gender-neutral and could also be used in several different scenarios and I like that a lot as well.

Both blocks could be incredibly personalized as a lot of blocks can be now (but that doesn't matter), and would be very fun to try out, I definitely plan to try out the first block because I am overly excited about how cute it is and can not wait! I'll make sure to document the process and let you guys know how it goes,

I'm Ready To Set Sail (and bow it up),

                                                        Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sundays - 8/21

 This week I found this adorable block that reminds me of summer and all of the fun that was had!

Bee Hexagon Block

This block is incredibly intriguing and adorable, the hexagon is made out of six bees with there wings spread, this block isn't for the weak, as it is incredible complicating but the outcome of after dealing with all of the tiny pieces that go into it makes it totally worth the hardship. Every time I look at this block I want to be snuggled up in a big quilt with them all over it and eventually I will be because I just have to attempt to make this block. It's adorable and sew cute in every way (see what I did there). I may die in the process because I am not the best at handling the little pieces at all but by golly I am going to try!

I'm Ready To Set Sail (and quilt until I can't quilt anymore!)

                                                                                            Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sundays - 8/14

Did you guys know that today is National Coloring Book Day? 

Me either until I looked up holidays and events that happen on today in hopes something really cool would come up and I could use it with one of my blocks sadly though, nothing to exciting came up, other than the fun fact that China has declared war on an August 14th Multiple times, strange right? 

Anyways, so since nothing over the top interesting is happening today I decided it wouldn't hurt to do another school supply since I'm sure people are still just now starting school and getting settled in, This block was really neat and posses a bit more of a challenge than the last one

The Scissor Block

This one you may need to hold off on until you have a decent amount of time to cut and piece because  there e are a lot of pieces and some of them are oddly shaped. The block over all is really cool though and would look pretty neat next to a large variety of other types of blocks so it would fit well on a big quilt of some type. I don't really see myself making this block (at least any time soon) because I would get frustrated very quickly but I love looking at it because of all of the shapes and the over all look of the block. It is very intriguing and inspiring and maybe one day I'll have the patience to concur it but not any time soon. If any of you do though I would love to see it as always!

I'm Ready to Set Sail (and scout out more cool blocks to look at and never have the courage to try),

                                                                                                                                       Ms. Sinking Ship

   

Squared Up Sunday - 8/7

With school starting up again for every one very soon I saw the perfect opportunity to use this block

The Pencil Block

Since all will be busy getting back into the groove of school and their normal not summer schedules and everything this block seemed fitting all around. It's simple and sweet and a adorable necessity. It's easy enough that it won't take to long to cut out and piece together so you'll still be able to fit it in to your schedule while things are hectic but it's still cute and something that would be adorable and can be used in multiple functions! 

For the first time ever I won't be in school this year around this time but I'm still tempted to try to do something with it and give it to my sisters or others around me that are attending!

If any of you do try the block I would love to see how it turns out as always! 

Im ready to set sail (and skip the whole school thing),

                                                                           Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sunday - 7/31

 Today I am spending my time at one of my favorite festivals, Warped Tour, and since I am going to spend most of my day shining bright like a diamond here (just kidding, it's not that type of concert festival and the only shining I'll be doing is sweating) the most perfect block seemed to be this 

Simple and sweet Diamond Block, 

the block has a few pieces so there would be a little bit of difficulty when cutting and piecing everything together how ever, the personalization you could do when it came to colors and patterns would be awesome and there would be very few ways these blocks could turn out poorly.

They would be very neat to try and I think I have just the fabric to do it when I get back to my humble abode. 

I'm ready to set sail (and sweat it up),

                                              Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sunday - 7/24

 For the next week I am going to be at my Aunt's house visiting the great country side of Missouri,

and do you know what they have plenty of on the country side?

Animals. Horses, cows, chickens, donkeys, wild scary animals that live in the forestry really close to here. We saw a panther looking thing once and that was intense. The point I am getting at, is since I am going to be enjoying all of the animals around me this week, it would be fitting to use that for the other things that I am doing this week as well, so this week's Quilt Block is 

The Donkey Block

It's Interesting and definitely a force to be reckoned with, ironically almost the opposite to the Donkey in animal stero-type cases. The neat perspective of the Donkey makes the block intriguing and I really want to try it out once I get better at cutting pieces out, I should probably master the straight line before trying something like this. 

If any of you try it I would love to see it!

I'm ready to set sail (and breathe in the country side),

                                                                       Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sunday - 7/17

Though I'm not the best at quilting (it's a work in progress), I have to say a guilty pleasure of mine is going through Pinterest and staring in awe at all of the quirky, adorable and amazing quilt blocks. 

All of the blocks are just so creative and incredibly done, it's so hard not to enjoy them and imagine making them myself. 

With that being said, I want to share the enjoyment I from looking at all of the blocks (and poorly attempting to make them) with all of you so, I created Squared up Sunday! I day dedicated to showing the cutest and most interesting blocks I've found for all to try and enjoy! 

To start things off  and being in the summer-y spirit, this week's block is:

The PineApple Block

This block is perfect for a little coaster or for a large quilt you can take to sit on for picnics during these last few summer days, it's vibrant and refreshing and with the way this block is put together, there is plenty of room for variety and creativity when it comes to colors and patterns to use!

I hope you guys enjoy this little segment as much as I am going to! I may even end up trying out a few of the blocks and doing posts on the attempts as well, though I'm not sure yet there's so may ideas I have to go along with these and who knows what will actually come out of it all. I would love to hear your opinion on it, see quilt blocks you love and your attempts as well from all of this! 

I'm ready to set sail (and see where this goes!), 

                                                                   Ms. Sinking Ship

Pinned Up - Most Pinned of the Week

I think we can all agree how great Pinterest is, so I thought it would be fun to do a simple sweet post about something Pinterest related on Sunday's, this week it is the most pinned photo I've had this week.

                

This is a picture Mollie makes posted a few months ago, I loved the sequined detail and the sleeves and have been planning on trying it some time soon, apparently so is every one else because it was pinned 22 times and liked 7 times.

 

I think this segment will be cute and I'm excited to play around with the idea, and try this picture out for my self as well,

Ready to set sail (and get pinning),

                                Ms. Sinking Ship

 

DIY Color Block Clipboard

                    

I have loved color blocking and I have for a while now, I've been wanting to do a tutorial on it for almost a year now and I finally found something to do it with finally! 

This clip board has been through all kinds of disastrous remodeling (you should have seen the 80's stickers from my mom that I had to scrape off of the back) and it is once again time for a change, and this time one for better not worse. 

To do this I used:

• My clipboard (obliviously)
• Something to put my paint on
• Paint
• A paint brush (the bigger the better because it covers more space and makes more evenly distributed)
• I didn't use anything for this but if you need help making a straight line or are using another color on the other side, some type of tape to tape off the edge.

          

This is what the clipboard looks like before I did anything to it, it was covered in duct tape from that put duct tape absolutely everything you own then from a few years ago.

If you have anything on the clip board (or surface if you are just using this as a basic color blocking tutorial)  you are redoing make sure to remove it.

       

Then take your paint and put it on your plate/palette/or anything you decided to use to put paint on and then get plenty of the paint on your brush

                              

This is the part where if you need to tape down to keep your line straight you do so, then make a line half way across the tape half way on your clipboard. 

If you aren't using tape to make a straight line draw a line straight across where you want the line of color to be everything below that line will be filled in. Then you fill it in. You may have to do multiple layers of the paint to get the color you want, if you o say make sure to wait until the paint is completely dry before you paint another layer or you will just end up rubbing paint around and making the overall painting very spotty. 

                                                       

I ended up doing multiple coats but this is the first finished layer I did, I did the back as well where the checkered ductile was as well however it is not on here because I had to scrub Hannah Montana and other varies sticker collages off the back before I could paint it, but I follow the same process on the back if you plan to do so as well. I hopes this helps in any of your color blocking endeavors, again I;'m exciting to be back writing again!

Ready to Set Sail (and do stuff that is soon to be revealed!),

                                                                                 Ms. Sinking Ship

 

0309 Pinterest obsession: tumblr journals,

I've always had a joy for scrapbooking, collages, and journals. I've also always had a love for odd pictures, sayings. etc. These journals bring all of that together in the cutest manner and I can't stop obsessing over them, within the last week I filled my Pinterest with thousands of these pictures, now I've sat through and picked my favorites to show you. You can find all of these on my Pinterest or just pin them from here if you like them too. I'll be trying ideas I have from some of these soon and can't wait to see how they turn out.

Now I'm ready to set sail (and keep pinning!),

                                                                 Ms. Sinking Ship