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

Fabric Haul and Plans for the KNITche,

I recently came across a $2 per yard sale at my local store and took it upon myself to buy everything I possibly could. After all that excitement I thought it would be fun to do a little haul video, it's not the best but it is definitely a good start.

All of the Fabrics were full cotton and I got a yard of all of the fabrics except for the mermaid scale fabric which I got 3.5 yards of instead. 

A large amount of these fabrics are going to go toward new projects I have going for the KNITche and it's reopening in early August so if you enjoyed any of the fabrics you saw make sure to keep an eye on that,

I'm ready to set sail (and start sewing),

                                                                  Ms Sinking Ship