Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks - Sew Happy Together
November 12th, 2009
There’s only one thing more fun then being in Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks issue… and that’s being featured with lots of friends and rock-star quilters - and I’m so honored to be amongst them! I kind of fudged a little… I’m using the alternate cover image that features Camille, Laurie, Elizabeth, Pat, Pam and me AND ME!
You can follow along on the 100 Blocks Blog Tour, and even have a chance to win prizes and an issue. Tomorrow (9/13) is my day on the tour, so leave me a comment - and for jollies tell me your favorite 2-color combo. Or tell me whatcha makin’ for dinner. I’ll draw a name from all the entries posted by 12:01am PST Nov. 14th, 2009 (that’s right, mmmm-hmmmm… I’m not messin’ around with Friday the 13th), and the winner will be sent a copy from the nice folks at Quiltmaker. It’ll be so fresh off the press you’ll be able to sniff it like a ditto.
Is it a coincidence that Pam’s block (#90) and my block (#89) use the same fabrics (Sweet, by our pals the Urban Chicks)? Is it a coincidence that Pam’s block and my block are great companion blocks and look Sew Happy Together?
Only time will tell. It’s very possible we’ve been cookin’ somethin’ up.
Yup.
It’s possible.
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That is turning out so stinkin’ pretty! You two are quite a pair!
November 12th, 2009I’m loving pink and brown (and the quilt on the ironing board is looking really good!) Congrats on being in the book!
November 12th, 2009Love your quilt blocks, and they do look quite darling together! Can’t wait to see what you’re cookin’ up!
My favorite color combo these days is aqua and red, and we are having BBQ chicken pizza for dinner =0)
November 12th, 2009I happen to enjoy pink & grey together :)
November 12th, 2009cool about the quilt blocks! But what I want to know is, do you have an ironing board top to your cabinet? WHAT A GREAT IDEA!! No ironing board to pull out and then tip over!!!!
November 12th, 2009Congratulations on your gorgeous block.
November 12th, 2009Colour combo? Loving hot pink and red.
Dinner? Roast lamb with all the trimmings.
Andi :-)
Congrats on being in the book!! My favorite color combo right this minute is orange and gray. No idea what’s for dinner, probably leftovers (or “bachelor chow” as we call it around here). :-)
November 12th, 2009Love your blocks, this has been a great launch for the magazine! Favorite color combos…love red and white, blue and tan, green and tan, I’m kind of a traditionalist. Dinner tonight? Probably leftover soup…it’s a cold rainy night here in NJ!
November 12th, 2009Loving the quilt on your ironing board! Right now my favorite color combo is aqua and red and varying hues of those (like pink and blue etc) Hubby is making dinner tonight! Yay for me!
November 12th, 2009Very cool. And, of course, it’s not coincidence that the two cosmic sisters’ blocks are together. :) Congrats to you chicks!!! :)
November 12th, 2009I thinkmy favorite color combo is orange and blue right now. I love those Urban Chiks! Thanks for a chance at the magazine!
November 12th, 2009Those do look yummy next to each other. Oooh and that dark brown quilt is looking mighty chocolicious as well. I’m normally an aqua/turquoise and green type of gal, but lately a lot of my projects have involved purple/green or brown/red. Not sure what’s happening, but all color is good. :-)
November 12th, 2009those blocks are so pretty!! my fave colors are blue and purple., and i did a so lazy dinner tonight, frozen chicken and french fries.
November 12th, 2009When Pam showed the blocks on her blog, I thought the two blocks looked like they could go together! Very nice! I’m partial to Blue & White in a two-color quilt.
November 12th, 2009WOW! Seriously?! Pick two colors? I love them all, but I have to say yellow and green together is working for me right now. Congratulations on being in the book. I’ve been following your blog for a while now and you are extremely talented.
November 12th, 2009I thought I was the only ones who sniffed ditto (or should I date myself and say pages fresh off the mimeograph machine lol) I think turquoise and a green are my favorites right now!
November 12th, 2009You can’t go wrong with black and white! And I made a delicious Baked Penne with Chicken and Sun-dried Tomatoes with a side of sauteed kale for dinner tonight. Sooooooooo good!
November 12th, 2009orange & white.. and we went out for dinner.. chinese… b/c everyone knows i can’t cook.
November 12th, 2009My latest two color combo is gold and gray. But that’s the great thing about quilting - it can change any time! And hubby made chili cheese dogs for dinner. Yummy!
November 12th, 2009Love, love, love your quilt block - it’s gorgeous! Right now my favourite two colour combo would have to be turquoise and white!
November 12th, 2009These days I’m loving red and black! Dinner was drive through Sonny’s Barbeque!
November 12th, 2009Congrats on the magazine! It looks like a great inspiration for all of us quilters.
My current favorite color combo is lime green and turquoise. Actually line green and anything!
November 12th, 2009i’m making THIS for dinner!!!!
now gimme a prize!!!
November 12th, 2009At the moment I am loving aqua and red. It is hard to find aqua fabric though.
November 12th, 2009Right now I’m itching to do a purple and grey quilt for my almost due baby. Those two blocks together are smashing!
November 12th, 2009I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU MADE A QUILT USING OUR TWO BLOCKS ALREADY!!!! I have just barely begun to think about it, but IT LOOKS SO DARN GOOD!!!
November 12th, 2009CONGRATS Monica!! Love the block. Love the colors. For dinner………….Tilapia, potato cakes and Pecan Pie for dessert. YUMMY!!!
November 12th, 2009That is so awesome! I’ll have to keep an eye out for this issue! As for colours I love pink and orange together! And for dinner the dude at subway made me a salad :)
November 12th, 2009Hmmm, I just love pink and yellow together right now. I am making 7 cup soup in the crock pot tomorrow..and we’ll have it all weekend for lunch too with corn bread too.
November 12th, 2009Red and aqua! I know… shocker. ;o)
November 12th, 2009Love your block!!! Love reds and browns. Late night at work…Driving through Burger King (Astoria)
November 12th, 2009Love red and aqua, and brown and pink. Tonight–having asparagus, ribeye steak, and ginger tilapia. Yummy! Congrats!!! Love ur blog!
November 12th, 2009Ahhhh, let me think…perhaps red/white..whatcha think??
November 12th, 2009That quilt is fab, as usual!! Look forward to the maggie!
xo
How about some turquoise and orange to jazz things up?
November 12th, 2009Right now I love turquoise and lime green. But I also like turquoise and red. I could go on and on, but… Oh by the way, I love your block.
November 12th, 2009oooo, love that quilt…
my fav color combo is brown/red
November 12th, 2009Luve the red and turquoise, but my two together colors are turguoise and purple. Conrats on being 1 of 100!
November 12th, 2009you know I am quite colourful but my favourite colour combo surely is aqua and red. count me in :)
November 12th, 2009There are so many color combinations I love, but if I have to choose just one I would go for purple and green.
November 12th, 2009Congratulations, Monica for being featured in the Quilt Makers 100 Blocks with all those others! You must feel proud!
November 12th, 2009I started to appreciate the combination of white with a nice bright color, such as pink, aqua, even red. Yes, I started to appreciate red too, over the last year. It was definitely not my color, but with a daughter who loves red, you find all kinds of new possibilities. So my choice would be white with a bright color.
Well and I will let you know what I will do for dinner today: Buy pizza! I have cooked very responsible over the last 5 days, so I thought it was about time to have some ‘junk food’(((O:
Have a lovely Friday! Thirteen is actually my favorite number .^-^.
Just lookit you and your bad self! Whoopee! More press!
Of course you and Pam both used “Sweet,” because, well, do I have to say it? OK, you’re soooooooooooo sweet!
I need some real-life quilt buddies. I’ve learned by the seat of my pants, and I have to do everything wrong 12 times before I get it right. I want somebody to be in the room so I can say, “Hey, what do I do now?”
November 13th, 2009Yay on being in the most popular magaine right now! My favorite color combo for now is teal and brown. My dinner is going to be homemade stew by my personal chef…my hubby!
November 13th, 2009I forgot to answer the question! Hmmmm. Favorite two-color block. Right now I am sort of in love with Kona’s chartreuse solid paired with Kaffe Fassett’s red/pink/magentas. I also love 30’s turquoise and yellow together.
Actually, I’m quite the color whore. I like everything bright. And we had pork loin for dinner, and I have a turkey thawing in the fridge. 8 bucks for a 13-pound turkey! How could you not? Wish I had a lot of empty freezer space.
November 13th, 2009hi
November 13th, 2009actually found your blog a while ago via your poochie bags!
dinner tonight is sausages and mash with onion gravy - cheers
um favourite combo at the moment would be red and white, well red & off white.. whats for dinner? um super dh is at work, two boys are at sleepovers, so it is ‘fendfer’ dinner.. ‘fend fer yerself’..
November 13th, 2009what a blue colour, one of my oldest daughter favorites.
November 13th, 2009What fantastic blocks and yes, yes, yes, I love them together! Can’t wait to see what you gals are cookin’ up!!!
2 color combo: love blue & yellow, but can’t believe you asked me to pick just one!!! Compulsive fabric and color hoarder!!!
Now was dinner for Thursday or Friday? Thursday was leftover Swiss Potato Potage (potato soup with swiss cheese and bacon) and Friday will be pot roast since I decided too late yesterday to start it. With this horrible storm here in VA, I need all the comfort food I can get!
Congrats to you both on being chosen for this super special issue.
November 13th, 2009Favorite combo at the moment is aqua and red. Dinner tonight? Homemade pizza!
November 13th, 2009Glückwunsch, liebe Monica!!
November 13th, 2009Ich mag die Farben pink und rot zusammen und heute Mittag gibt es Schweinebraten mit Erbsen und Möhren dazu Salzkartoffeln! Kommst du zum Essen? Hahahaha!!
Liebe Grüße
Sabine
Love the block, love the blog, love your designs, love your sense of humor. I visit often, but comment little. Can’t pick two favorite colors and dinner is leftovers for hubby as I’ll be at work and need to go back to sleep as it is 4 a.m. here.
November 13th, 2009Yay! Congrats on the publish! I’m loving orange and white. Maybe I’ll have grits and circus peanuts for dinner!
November 13th, 2009First, congratulations on your inclusion in the book! A wonderful accomplishment!
Second, thank you so much for your happy blog! It cheers me up every day to see the pretty colors and read about what you’re doing.
Third, my suggested colors are sage green with lavender with white to brighten it up.
Fourth, dinner is probably another salad with chick peas and ginger seasame dressing.
Thank you!
November 13th, 2009Diane
Congratulations on being featured in this special publication! Love your block!
November 13th, 2009Love your blog — even the comments are entertaining! Blue and yellow are a current favorite color combination. And for dinner, my own invention, ravioli carbonara.
November 13th, 2009I just love those little matching apples :-)Great block too
November 13th, 2009These are great blocks–sorta traditional and sorta modern. Two color combo: I’m liking grey and red today–classy! For supper, mulligatawny soup (sorta chicken curry with apples). Congratulations on the tour!
November 13th, 2009I am really like gold with either red or green lately. I also love pink and brown together too. Love your project.
November 13th, 2009Favorite fabric combos are purple and gold, pink and green, blue and yellow. Too had to choose.
November 13th, 2009Dinner tonight - Mexican and margaritas; not a hard choice there.
Favorite color combos? Right now, it’s 2 - purple and green, and pink and chocolate brown!
November 13th, 2009Congrats on the block! Can’t wait to see what you have cooked up.
November 13th, 2009Congrats! I love earth tones, and lean towards green and brown. Thanks!
November 13th, 2009I love brown and pink. Still new to quilting so this would be a great addition to my books and patterns.
November 13th, 2009Wonderful block and versatile for all types of quilting.
My favorite two combinations are creams and greens.
That sort of sounds like what I had for dinner, lol.
Debbie
November 13th, 2009red and white is my fav combo.
November 13th, 2009I love blue and brown. Congrats on being included!
November 13th, 2009That looks like a quilting library essential to me! congrats on your entry to such a great looking book.
November 13th, 2009Congrats my friend! This is super-dee-dooper cool!
November 13th, 2009My favorite color combo’s change like the wind, but there always seems to be some shade of blue in the mix.
Congratulations! I like the brown and dark pink together. Like chocolate and strawberries….hmmm. wonder if I can have that for dinner?
November 13th, 2009purple and orange - i do love them so!
and i’m making chicken and dumplings for dinner - ha ha ha!
November 13th, 2009I’m LOVIN’ your blog. You are so filled with light and laughter. Thanks for the fun read. I spent way too much time exploring and seeing all the aspects of this great HappyZombie.
November 13th, 2009and I am thinkin’ you and Pam must be cooking something for the Moda Bake shop?
Congrats on the honor of being in this book. I love the Quiltmaker mag.
xxoo
~a
Too exciting. I am going to have to get my hands on that zine!
November 13th, 2009You are so mysterious and Pam is so mischevious! I can’t wait to see what you two are up too! Although my favorite color is red, I don’t use it often in my quilts. Thanks for being a great hostess!
November 13th, 2009very engaging, and how about those apples?
November 13th, 2009My very favorite quilt color combination has to be pink and green. To think, before I had two little girls I HATED pink! It kinda grows on you when everything everyone gives you as a gift for a little girl is pink. No wonder both my girls first favorite color was pink!
November 13th, 2009I really love the old standbys red/white or blue/white.
November 13th, 2009I am having leftovers for supper, whatever I find in the fridge.
I’m kind of boring. I like blue and white, or red and white, although for the last year I am LOVING browns. Hmmmm, for dinner tonight…. maybe meatloaf?
November 13th, 2009Nice block and it looks great in the quilt.
November 13th, 2009My favorite colors are green and whatever other color looks great with it at the time.
Dinner? I am making a place at the table for myself. My son’s GF is visiting for the weekend and they will cook. Nice.
Congratulations! I love your block. My favorite color combination is brown and pink. And, I’m making my sweety Salisbury Steak and Smashed Potatoes for dinner tonight.
November 13th, 2009I like turquoise & brown, or maybe Emerald green & cream
As for dinner tonight: I have a pot roast in the crock pot.
November 13th, 2009Marching Band!! Waving Fabric Flags of Aqua and Red polka dots for you!! And that cute as a kitten friend, PKM!! SWEET!! of course you are…and my favorite color combo is pink and black. Always has been! Of course my updated favorite color combo is pond scum green and plum, purple, magenta, any of the above. For dinner last night? Remodel menu of Trader Joe’s frozen turkey meatballs in marinara and frozen pasta. Amazingly good. Presentation on a paper plate! good times! xo Pam in Chico
November 13th, 2009I love your block and have been having a lot of fun on this blog hop. It’s been so much fun to see all the great designers and bookmark your blog to come back to it. I’m loving aqua and red. I’ll been an aqua girl but have added red recently. I’m not cooking tonight - Jenny Craig is! I’ve reached my goal of 50 lbs trying to keep it off:)
Please enter me into your give-a-way!
November 13th, 2009Laura Tawney
Looks like you girls have been cooking again :-) There are so many great color combinations, but I think right now I am liking black and deep red.
November 13th, 2009purple and orange always zing for me.
November 13th, 2009I will always love a blue and white combo; it probably has something to do with my Dutch heritage…Delft and all, you know!
And for dinner? Someone ELSE is cookin! Yeah, baby, we have been invited to someone elses home and I am not cooking tonite!
November 13th, 2009The block is great, and that quilt on the counter in the picture is gorgeous. I read your blog too, very entertaining. I won a mag. so don’t put me in. Thanks and Congrats on getting in the book.
November 13th, 2009My favourite colours? Any!
What I cooked for dinner? Kedgeree.
This is my 1st visit to your blog, but it won’t be my last.
November 13th, 2009yellow and purple
November 13th, 2009I love red & white, esp. since Christmas is right around the corner. Cooking? It’s dinner out tonite! Yea!!!
November 13th, 2009I’m stuck on collecting fabrics of teals (turquoise) and browns. Haven’t made a quilt of them yet.
November 13th, 2009You all are just too talented for words!
Favorite color combo-orange and turquoise
Supper tonight-Tacos!
November 13th, 2009I really enjoyed your blog and will be checking it out again soon. This hop has been great; as I haven’t been too familiar with blogs in the past. Your block is terrific and am looking forward to the 100 Blocks issue. My favorite colors are blue and yellow. My dinner tonight is strip steaks with oven roasted potatoes and toss salad. Hope the steaks are as good as the last ones we had!
November 13th, 2009Aqua and red baby, all the WAY! My new (old) favorite color combo. When I first saw it a few years ago, it was just soso, but now I’m so loving it. Oh, and I have ALL the magazines you are in, your tutorials are awesome! (Does that get me extra brownie points for the drawing? Hehe)
November 13th, 2009Love the way you guys play so well together! I have been lurking at the magazine racks hoping to find it a little early, so dinner tonite will be take out! probably Sammies and salads from Quiznos!
November 13th, 2009Pink and green OR pink and brown. From one extreme to the other! Dinner? A concession stand hamburger - basketball season!
November 13th, 2009I guess I have Christmas on the brain, cuz the sage green and brick red combo is really appealing to me.
November 13th, 2009Love the block. the colors are so pretty. Also the picture of the quilt right above the comments lines. That is great. Love the blog
November 13th, 2009Love pink and grey together
November 13th, 2009I love the two blocks, they look good together. I also like the pink and brown. Congratulations on being in the magazine.
November 13th, 2009quite a ute block and I love your colors
November 13th, 2009I know where Astoria is! I’ve been there before - gotta love it. Remember, “The Goonies” was filmed there, what, like 100 years ago? LOL
Anyway, my favorite 2 color combo is re-violet and teal! Now, about that FREE magazine… Congrats to you!
November 13th, 2009your blog is so awesome.
November 13th, 2009lately i’ve been drawn to neutrals paired with browns.
salmon patties for dinner tonite.
Favorite combos-red & white, yellow & blue, pink & green, purple & green. I have lots of favorites. Congrats on being in the magazine.
November 13th, 2009Congratulations - what a thrill to make this group of super designers! I’m lovin’ your new pattern with Lecien and can’t wait to try it out ~ My favorite combos have been red + aqua (rocqua) and also pink and orange. Have a great weekend, Monica!
November 13th, 2009Do I just name one color combo? That would be very difficult as I love barn reds with greens, then pinks/browns, turquoise/reds….never ending. Congrats on your block in the magazine!!! If I win a copy from you will you sign your block for me? :-)
November 13th, 2009I love that so many of these blocks can be used together! I really can’t wait to get my own copy of this magazine!
November 13th, 2009I am a follower and love your blog! You block is so cute! I just bet you and Pam are cooking something up! You go girl! I would love to win a copy of the magazine. Thanks for the chance! My favorite color combination is greens with anything or purples with anything! Yes I do put green and purples together too!
November 13th, 2009Well I haven’t made anything with these colors but lately I’ve been looking at pinks and browns. Congrats for being in the magazine!
November 13th, 2009Great block! This blog hop is so much fun. I can’t wait to get a copy of the magazine. My favorite two-color quilts are blue and white, always a classic. No dinner for me tonight cause I had a big lunch :)
November 13th, 2009My colors these days are pink and lime green. Had leftovers for dinner.
November 13th, 2009The blocks are so pretty and I would love one of these books! I love brights, just about any two of them together is okay by me!
November 13th, 2009Hi Monica! Congrats on the mag, love your block! What are you and Pam up to, HMMMM? I’ve drunk the aqua/red kool-aid…yup, my favorite combo as of late. We had beef stroganoff for dinner!
November 13th, 2009we made fettucine alfredo and cupcakes for Grandma’s birthday! And went to a new quilt shop with my three week old. :)
November 13th, 2009Your blog is happy and colorful! and I love your blocks. Congrats on being included in the magazine.
One of my favorite 2-color combo: orange and seafoam (teal)
Dinner is Minestrone Soup and homemade bread. :)
November 13th, 2009Love the blocks. My favorite combo? Right now turquoise and red!
November 13th, 2009Wow, I love your block, and the one on your ironing board is wonderful…..
November 13th, 2009Wow what a wonderful blog………….
November 13th, 2009Love those blocks…just perfect. I am pretty much in love with robin egg blues and mocha browns. Love it. Thanks for a chance to play.
November 13th, 2009Wow…great blocks and great fabics. Favorite color combo???? hmmmmm…How about yellow and apricot or apricot and teal or yellow or blue or…you get the idea. Colors are incredible. You can choose any combo and have fun!
November 13th, 2009i’m kinda cheating ‘cos i really want to comment on your previous blog–love the QAYG technique–you made total sense and i love your fabric choices and photography. just love your blog period! i think you’ve showed me the ways of aqua and red–i’m loving that combo right now. though i just realized that years ago (almost 10 maybe?) that i made an aqua, blue, red & pink quilt, with Hello Kitty fabric nonetheless. oh, so maybe i do have good taste, i.e. like yours :-)
November 13th, 2009I seem to be drawn to creams and blues but I do love florals. Tonight for dinner we ordered pizza. My son turned 13 on Friday the 13th so he had a birthday party for 13 of his closest friends! What a great time we had. Hard to believe he is 13 already. Time flies…
November 13th, 2009I love my kindergarten classics, still: pink with kelly green. And I made pumpkin spice cupcakes tonight, which I may have eaten four of before the second batch was finished. (Whoops.) Thanks for the giveaway!
/goes back to lurking
November 13th, 2009I love the Sweet fabric line and have plenty of it to make both blocks. I think I know what you all had in mind!
Great block!
November 13th, 2009Love your block and the color you chose for it, congrats on it being published! At this moment my fav. color combination is blues and pinks, it mostly has to do with the project am about to start. For dinner: greens a la African way … (so yummie), white rice and buffalo BBQ chicken! Thanks for this giveaway !
November 14th, 2009Cool block. I like turquoise and yellow!
November 14th, 2009Too cool! You never cease to amaze me–the way you think outside the box and are so creative!
November 14th, 2009beautiful block - I love reds brown and turquoise.Dinner will be spagetti and meatballs.
November 14th, 2009very good idea mixing the 2 of your blocks together..so clever….wish I had time to sew even a dozen of these blocks…
November 14th, 2009Well done. Lovely quilt block.
November 15th, 2009