Twilight Saga Charity Quilt: Vegetarian Vampire Eyes

I watched as his golden eyes grew perceptibly darker day by day. –Bella Swan, Twilight, page 70

Vegetarian Vampire Eyes
Pattern designed by Cat & pieced by Nicole as part of our Give-to-Win Twilight Saga Charity Quilt.

From Nicole:
I love the vampire eyes, and Cat had created a paper piecing pattern for it, which I LOVE. So, I went with the “veggie” vamp eyes. It has a nice topaz-y color, and I used both the white glittery fabric for around the eye and the gold glittery fabric for the flesh of the vampire.

From Cat:
This pattern was done with the “vegetarian” vampire in mind and their topaz coloured eyes, but it works equally well in red. The pattern is a lot easier than it looks as it done without the need to join multiple pieces of paper, but it is still quite striking as the eye looks out at you.

For every $5 donation to George Mark Children's House, you get one chance to win this quilt. Visit the Twilight Saga Quilt Page for more details.

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Stephenie Meyer Quilt: Alice & Jasper

Of the three boys, one ... was taller, leaner, but still muscular, and honey blond. ... The short girl was pixielike, thin in the extreme, with small features. Her hair was a deep black, cropped short and pointing in every direction.
–Bella Swan, Twilight, page 18

“That's ... Jasper Hale. The one who left was Alice Cullen; they all live together with Dr. Cullen and his wife. They're all together though —Jasper and Alice, I mean. And they live together.” –Jessica Stanley, Twilight, page 20

“I was in Philadelphia. There was a storm, and I was out during the day — something I was not completely comfortable with yet. I knew standing in the rain would attract attention, so I ducked into a little half-empty diner. My eyes were dark enough that no one would notice them, though this meant I was thirsty, and that worried me a little.

“She was there — expecting me, naturally.” He chuckled once. “She hopped down from the high stool at the counter as soon as I walked in and came directly toward me. That's the only interpretation of her behavior my past had to offer. But she was smiling. And the emotions that were emanating from her were like nothing I'd ever felt before.

“‘You've kept me waiting a long time,’ she said.”

I didn't realize Alice had come to stand behind me again.

“And you ducked your head, like a good Southern gentleman, and said, ‘I'm sorry, ma'am.’” Alice laughed at the memory.

Jasper smiled down at her. “You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For the first time in almost a century, I felt hope.” –Jasper Hale, Alice Cullen and Bella Swan, Eclipse, page 301

Iris created the image in the crystal ball, layering different elements that represent Jasper in photo shop, including Jackson Rathbone's eyes. The image was transferred to printable fabric and placed in this block inside a crystal ball, which represents Alice's ability to see the future. The crystal ball pattern was designed by Jennifer Ofenstein and the block was pieced by former member, Shannon.

Stephenie Meyer Quilt: Rosalie & Emmett

Of the three boys, one was big — muscled like a serious weight lifter, with dark, curly hair. ... The tall [girl] was statuesque. She had a beautiful figure. ... Her hair was golden, gently waving to the middle of her back.
–Bella Swan, Twilight, page 18

“That's ... Emmett Cullen and Rosalie ... Hale. ... They all live together with Dr. Cullen and his wife. ... They're all together though — Emmett and Roslie. ... And they live together.”
–Jessica Stanley, Twilight, page 20

“Early spring is Emmett's favorite bear season — they're just coming out of hibernation, so they're more irritable.”
–Edward Cullen, Twilight, page 215

“Would you like to hear my story, Bella? It doesn't have a happy ending — but which of ours does? If we had happy endings, we'd all be under gravestones now. ...

“I lived in a different world than you do, Bella. My human world was a much simpler place. It was nineteen thirty-three. I was eighteen, and I was beautiful. My life was perfect.”
–Rosalie Hale, Eclipse, page 154

“Did Edward ever tell you what led to this?” she asked, gesturing to her glorious immortal body.

I nodded slowly, suddenly somber. “He said it was close to what happened to me that time in Port Angeles, only no one was there to save you.” –Rosalie Hale and Bella Cullen, Eclipse, page 153

“You know that I saved Emmett from a bear that was mauling him, and carried him home to Carlisle.”
–Rosalie Hale, Eclipse, page 166

The grizzly bear pattern was designed by Linda Hibbert of Silver Linings Origials and pieced by former member, Shannon.

Stephenie Meyer Quilt: Carlisle & Esme

The walls, the high-beamed ceiling, the wooden floors, and the thick carpets were all varying shades of white.
Twilight, pg. 322

The long hall at the top of the stairs was paneled with a honey-colored wood, the same as the floorboards.
Twilight, pg. 329

I deliberated for a moment, then left the room, crossing the hall to Carlisle and Esme's suite.  As usual, Esme's desk was stacked with plans and blueprints, everything neatly laid out in tall piles. 
Breaking Dawn, pg. 672

It seemed obvious to me that the best symbols to portray Carlisle and Esme would be related to their interests.  He’s a doctor; she loves restoring old homes.  I can picture Esme pouring over a blueprint, but as soon as Carlisle comes home, he goes straight up to their suite, places his doctor’s bag and stethoscope on the table, then greets her with a kiss.  She stops her work and then they go curl up together on a sofa to chat about their day, or perhaps go for a walk along the river.

So I decided to make Esme a wood drafting table.  On it I’ve placed blueprints for Bella and Edward’s cottage, wood, stone and tile samples, plus a shopping list of supplies for building it.  At the bottom of the list Alice has added on her priorities.

The Cullen house is all wood and light creamy tones.  I started with the floor because I knew I had the perfect honey-colored wood planks fabric in my stash.  I carefully fussy cut it to piece it so that it was at an angle to match the perspective of the table.  For the walls, I picked a tone on tone off-white scroll patterned “wallpaper”.  To me it looked classic and like something Esme would have decorated with.  For the table I adapted the “Hardback Book” pattern from Jennifer Ofenstein at Sewhooked, adding legs on the bottom.  I used - and added to -  the divisions on the cover of her pattern to separate a piece of blue fabric with white lines to represent a blueprint, a gray fabric with circles and dots on it to represent landscaping plans, and several architectural type patterned fabrics for the wood, stone and tile.  The list I typed up in Word, in very small fonts, then printed it on Printed Treasures printable fabric.  I asked my husband, who is a better artist than I am, to draw a doctor’s bag and stethoscope for me.  The stethoscope I stitched directly on the table background, the bag I cut out and appliquéd on.

What I really enjoyed about creating this block was using all the neat wood/stone fabrics I’d been collecting for a while and also imagining Esme and Carlisle in a domestic setting.  No threats to their family, no visitors, just a normal day of working/projects, then some quality time together.

Stephenie Meyer Quilt: Vegetarian Vampire Eyes

There was something different, and I couldn’t quite pinpoint what that difference was. I examined Edward the most carefully. His skin was less pale, I decided — flushed from the snow fight maybe — the circles under his eyes much less noticeable. But there was something more. I pondered, staring, trying to isolate the change.

I glanced up, and he was staring at me, that same inexplicable look of frustration in his eyes. Suddenly I identified that subtle difference in his face.

“Did you get contacts?” I blurted out unthinkingly.

He seemed puzzled by my unexpected question. “No.”

“Oh,” I mumbled. “I thought there was something different about your eyes.”

He shrugged and looked away.

In fact, I was sure there was something different. I vividly remembered the flat black color of his eyes the last time he’d glared at me — the color was striking against the background of his pale skin and his auburn hair. Today, his eyes were a completely different color: a strange ocher, darker than butterscotch, but with the same golden tone. I didn’t understand how that could be, unless he was lying for some reason about the contacts.
–Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, Twilight, pages 41 and 46

Traditional Jewel Box block, pieced by former Twi-Quilter, Jean.

Stephenie Meyer Quilt: Vampire Baseball

[Edward] led me a few feet through the tall, wet ferns and draping moss, around a massive hemlock tree, and w were there, on the edge of an enormous open field in the lap of the Olympic peaks. It was twice the size of any baseball stadium. . . . Farther out I could see Jasper and Alice, at least a quarter of a mile apart, appearing to throw something back and forth, but I never saw any ball. It looked like Carlisle was marking bases, but could they really be that far apart? –Bella Swan, Twilight, page 367

Elizabeth designed this block {pattern available here} and it was pieced by Wanda.

From Wanda:
While looking for fabric for another project I had the good fortune of finding the miniture forest fabric which I used for the background. It totally gave the feeling of the baseball field as being the clearing in the middle of a wooded area just like in the book and movie. And while the vampires didn't have a perfect baseball field in the traditional sense this pieced field takes the looker right away to that part of the story. For some reason I never could get the home plate exactly perfect although I tried several times, but in the end there is no doubt it is vampire baseball! And just to complete it I found baseball and bat buttons. At first I thought I would appliqué a bat and ball but the buttons were perfect and looked the best to me. I loved making this block.

Breaking Dawn Charity Quilt: Bella's Shield

I saw Jane smile as Edward crossed the midpoiunt in the distance between us, when he was closer to them than he was to us.

That smug little smile did it. My fury peaked, higher even than the raging bloodlust I'd felt the moment the wolves had committed to this doomed fight. I could taste madness on my tongue—I felt it flow through me like a tidal wave of pure power. My muscles tightened, and I acted automatically. I threw my shield with all the force in my mind, flung it across the impossible expanse of the field—ten times my best distance—like a javelin. My breath rushed out in a huff with the exertion.

The shield blew out from me in a bubble of sheer energy, a mushroom cloud of liquid steel. It pulsed like a living thing—I could feel it, from the apex to the edges.

There was no recoil to the elastic fabric now; in that instant of raw force, I saw that the backlash I'd felt before was of my own making—I had been clinging to that invisible part of me in self-defense, subconsciously unwilling to let it got. Now I set it free, and my shield exploded a good fifty yards out from me effortlessly, taking only a fraction of my concentration. I could feel it flex like just another muscle, obedient to my will. I pushed it, shaped it to a long, pointed oval. Everything underneath the flexible iron shield was suddenly a part of me—I could feel the life force of everything it covered like points of bright heat, dazzling sparks of light surrounding me. I thrust the shield forward the length of the clearing, and exhaled in relief when I felt Edward's brilliant light within my protection. I held there, contracting this new muscle so that it closely surrounded Edward, a thin but unbreakable sheet between his body and our enemies.
–Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, page 690-691

Pattern by Cat, design and piecing by Iris

I'll start off right off the bat saying that I had a hard time translating my idea for Bella's Shield into a fabric block. As soon as I saw that topic on our brainstorm list, I knew I wanted to use Cat's Swiss Shield pattern (without the cross in the middle) and I wanted to use an organza overlay on the shield with bright dots underneath to show the "bright points of light" that represented her friends and family under the shield.

Several obstacles arose.

First, finding the right fabric. I had a piece of the Kaufman Stargazers in Midnight which had some elements I thought would be really good: a swirl pattern to mimic her description of Alec's numbing "gift" hitting her shield; and golden starbursts that fit the "bright points of light" in her description. But since the confrontation is during a snowy day, I wanted something in whites/grays or blues. It took a couple hours of googles but I finally found the Stargazers fabric in Sky, which fit my idea.

I went to print out the pattern, enlarged, and my brain didn't work right and I printed it a bit bigger than I really would have liked. I didn't realize this until after I pieced it. So as a result you can't even see the cool snowflake pattern on the top half of the block. I tried out the organza idea, but even using the really thin printable sheets, you lost the whole pattern with the starbursts & swirls.

I wanted to show "the confrontation", with her friends and family in the shield portion and the Volturi & Nomads around them, and was originally thinking about using fabric markers or embroidery. Angie made a great suggestion to use beads, which I thought would add interest to an otherwise simple block. I used topaz colored ones for her family, placing them mostly in 2's (all the mates) with a grouping at the front to show Bella, Edward, Carlisle and Renesmee. Yeah, I know she has brown eyes, but I got some matte brown beads (which turned out to be brownish/purple) for the wolves. So I made a unified line of those in back of the main Cullen group and had one in front for Jacob. I added a few red ones in the shield for the other Covens. The Volturi "enemies" are lined up outside, with a few Nomad couples behind them. I clustered 3 reds together in the front for Aro, Caius, Marcus, but also added a fourth bead for Renata, and a topaz bead for Katrina. ;)

So, if I had absolute unlimited time, like let's say I was a vampire that didn't need to sleep, or I was just that OCD, I would probably re-make this block just to size down the shield and show more background. However, because I have a wonderfully busy life outside of Twilight, and I still think it came out neat, and I had alot of fun with the beads, it is what it is.

Breaking Dawn Charity Quilt: Bella and Edward's Cottage

I stared into the violet dark. There, nestled into a small clearing in the forest, was a tiny stone cottage, lavender gray in the light of the stars.

It belonged here so absolutely that it seemed as it if must have grown from the rock, a natural formation. Honeysuckle climbed up one wall like a lattice, winding all the way up and over the thick wooden shingles. Late summer roses bloomed in a handkerchief-sized garden under the dark, deep-set windows. There was a little path of flat stones, amethyst in the night, that led up to the quaint arched wooden door.

“…Don’t you like it?” Alice’s face fell. “I mean, I’m sure we could fix it up differently, if you want. Emmett was all for adding a few thousand square feet, a second story, columns, and a tower, but Esme thought you would like it best the way it was meant to look.” Her voice started to climb, to go faster. “If she was wrong, we can get back to work. It won’t take long to—”

“Shh!” I managed.

She pressed her lips together and waited. It took me a few seconds to recover.

“You’re giving me a house for my birthday?” I whispered.

“Us,” Edward corrected. “And it’s no more than a cottage. I think the word house implies more legroom.”

“No knocking my house,” I whispered to him.

Alice beamed. “You like it.”

I shook my head.

“Love it?”

I nodded.

“…But of course I love it. How could I not?”

–Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, pages 475-477

Design and piecing by Beth

I have a thing for houses. How they’re made and how their pieces represent the people that call them home. So no wonder I loved bringing this image to the quilt! The description in the book is fairly succinct. It was just a matter of finding fabric with the correct patterns. I found a shop online and ordered several different patterns and colors of rock and stone, and they also offered different colors of roof shingles!

Once I looked at the pattern sizes and put together complementary shades, I drafted the cottage. I wanted an asymmetrical structure to add some quaintness with curving lines and dormer windows and, of course, a chimney. I planned on setting the house against waves of green fabric with my favorite lavender, scrolly material above as the “violet sky.” But when I found the forest-scape fabric, it was beyond perfect. It came in a deeper, darker green, but I chose this more vibrant green because of the yellows in the trees throughout, since it was early fall in the book. I moved the cut-out of the house stone around on the forest fabric until I found the backdrop look I wanted with the side trees and the pines peaking up above the chimney.

I appliquéd the stone of the cottage onto the backdrop, then the roof thatching (which was difficult around the dormer window cut out) and the chimney. I used the same wood bark fabric from my First Hunt block (details coming soon) for the front door, then hand-stitched outline details to give the chimney it’s 3D corners.

I cut out the backdrop fabric where I’d stitch in the violet sky, but after I put the lavender piece in, things didn’t look right. So I cut around the trees to add more sky showing on the sides and then top-stitched the trees for added reinforcement. I appliquéd on the three windows in a dark (almost black) gray, hand-stitched the door hinges, handle and dormer details, then satin stitched both sets of eaves.

I tried satin stitching the pathway stones in purple, but wasn’t satisfied with the result so I opted to appliqué each of those in an amethyst fabric. I had always planned on ribbon embroidery for the rose bushes and honeysuckle, utilizing simple brown floss backstitches for the rose bushes themselves, but with the lush green of the now-changed background, I was afraid they’d get lost. So I utilized one of the green patterns I had planned to originally use for the green waves of backdrop. I noticed the pattern had small bush-like groupings if I strategically cut them, so I free hand appliquéd those as well.

I used silk ribbon in red and cream to ribbon embroider the roses on the bushes. I’ve always loved this technique and really like how it gives some texture to the block. Lastly, I chose very vibrant DMC flosses to free hand embroider the honeysuckle. I used backstitches for vine, lazy daisies for leaves, 5-point backstitched stars for flowers and French knots for buds.

Although I’m newer to quilting, this block will always be one of my favorites. I really enjoyed making it and am very pleased with the results!

Big Day

When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give your beloved, how could you not give it? –Bella Cullen, Breaking Dawn, page 2

Eclipse Charity Quilt: Newborn Combat Training

Newborn Combat Training by Kate


"When will our guests arrive?" Carlisle asked Edward.

Edward concentrated for a moment and then sighed. "A minute and a half. But I'm going to have to translate. They don't trust us enough to use their human forms."

Carlisle nodded. "This is hard for them. I'm grateful they're coming at all."
-Edward and Carlisle Cullen, Eclipse, page 390-391

Original block design by Kate.

New Moon Quilt: The Vote

The Vote by Jerri Lynn


Here is my vote block. I chose to make this the way I did for a couple of reasons. First of all, we get the whole story of Twilight from Bella's perspective. I always feel like we are reading her journal over her shoulder as she writes, so I tried to convey that with this block. I chose the quote on the left because that was so pivotal for Bella. That, at least to me, is when she finally sees herself as being important to Edward. Their relationship takes on more depth. It isn't just her "crushing on the cute, quiet guy," it's the two of them, loving one another. And then, of course, with this being the vote block I wanted to show the result of the vote. I thought about her jotting down the responses as she went around the table. (I also had to give Emmett a little more presence here, as he is one of my favorite characters!)

New Moon Quilt: Bella's Gifts

Bella's Gifts by Wanda


I fussy cut the first gift so as to create a moon in the middle of the gift. I orginally selected this particular fabric because it seemed to be similar to a present that Alice was holding in an official New Moon photo. I hand appliqued the squares for the packages and fused and stitched the ribbons. My background fabric is also symbolic of moons with the circular design. My roses are cut from another fabric and fused and machine stitched. And even though there are only two they represent the "hundreds of roses" used to decorate for Bella's birthday. They also balance the "small pile of silver wrapped gifts." And yes, the ribbon bows are washable!

New Moon Quilt: Happy Birthday Bella!

Bella's Birthday Cake by Iris



Looks good enough to eat, but like the Cullens (and Bella for that matter), we wont be digging into this lovely confectionery creation. Made of fabric, ribbon, and silk flowers, and standing at 15" tall, my version of Bella's Birthday cake is part of the lovely New Moon quilt that will be up for auction at the THE NEW MOON EXPERIENCE put on by TwilightMOMs and EventsbyAlice NOV 19th & 20th for the premier in Salt Lake City! The auction proceeds will be going to Alex's Lemonade Stand, the official TwilightMOMs charity.

And if you want to get yourself or that special someone a special gift in honor of Bella's birthday today, the tickets to THE NEW MOON EXPERIENCE are 20% off. Just follow the link above!

I wanted to stay true to the books, and yet loved the movie version of the cake, so this is a hybrid of the two....3 tiered with "fondant" strips, fresh flowers, and a shinny name topper, but pink, pink, and more pink as only Alice can do!

Iris

Elizabeth's Mystery Quilt Challenge Update

When Heather had to take a break from releasing the patterns of her Twilight Mystery Quilt four blocks in, I became anxious about never finishing the quilt. I tossed a few ideas around and then Iris showed us her layout. I borrowed her idea but I decided that there wasn't enough room in the layout for everything I wanted to put in my Twilight Quilt. So, I drafted out a second layout and began working on a design of my own. It was such a great creative outlet that I decided to continue in that direction even after the last two blocks of Heather's Mystery Quilt were released.

Iris issued the challenge that we each finish our Twilight Mystery quilts (duly named because no one knows how they'll turn out now) but I knew that I would never make that deadline. I thought, however, that I would be farther along than I am. I got hung up on Isle Esme. I'd originally planned a panel spanning the width of my quilt. This little vignette was to be 4" tall by 46" wide. However, it soon became apparent to me that Isle Esme was in the wrong spot, and so part way in to making the first block I began to turn over different ideas in my head of how to move Isle Esme into a more chronological position and still have it fit in with all my other blocks, which are 6" x 6", with a 1" sashing in between. I wasn't sure how I was going to keep the scale of the design. I discussed this dilemma with Iris and Shannon and they had the perfect solution -- move the waves from the sides of the layout to the bottom. This allowed me to make it into a 6" x 20" panel, which will fit better into the overall layout of the quilt and also fit the timeline of events. I've done some mental rearranging of my layout and now just need to get it down on paper. Another plus to moving Isle Esme is that it leaves me room to add more blocks.

I have been working on this little scene for more than a month now, and it is finally finished. Without further ado, Isle Esme (click on the picture for a large image):


The pattern for this house comes from Marcia Hohn's Website, The Quilter's Cache. The pattern is 6" x 7" and I reduced it to 57% so that it would be 4" tall (and 3 3/8" wide). I liked the square window next to the door so that is why I chose this pattern. Windows are hard; I never know what color to make them, so I used Butter Fairy Frost in the window. I lived in Brasil for 18 months and Isle Esme is an Island off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, as we all know. I used this brick print because it reminded me of the architecture typical of that country. I searched high and low for a red tile print for the roof, but wasn't able to find one.

Isle Esme wouldn't be complete without feathers. This is a quill pattern by Jennifer Ofenstein at Sewhooked. Her website is a favorite for fabulous paper piecing patterns and Cat has many of her designs posted there. I reduced this pattern down by quite a lot, but can't remember by exactly how much. The length of the feather is 1 1/2". I used a beautiful pearly fabric that Iris sent to me for the feather (see how it shimmers even at this small size) and Linen Fairy Frost (thanks Shannon) for the shaft. I pulled my hair out working at this small scale.

I think the fabulous trees are my favorite part of the island. They were designed by our very own Cat. Thanks so much for sharing your amazing talent (she said she's willing to share this pattern, so e-mail if you'd like a copy and we'll get you in touch with the right people). I used Lily Pad Fairy Frost fabric for the palm fronds. Cat varied the the shape and color of the pieces on the tree trunks. The browns I used vary in shade only slightly and so this neat detail doesn't show up in the picture. I love the tropical blue of the sky, but it has a subtle directional pattern, a vertical and horizontal cross-hatch that nearly made me crazy when trying to piece it so that the pattern went in the right direction.

When I thought of Isle Esme, I wanted to include some sort of beautiful tropical flower. I was browsing through Marcia Hohn's patterns and found her N.F.B. block (no idea what N.F.B. stands for) which reminded me of a Bird of Paradise and so this was the natural choice for an exotic flower for my block. Again, I reduced this pattern, but I'm not sure by how much. I had originally intended for this to be a 4" block, but decided that if the flowers were the same size as the trees, it would throw the scale off. So, I reduced again to finally end up with a 2" block. I used Fairy Frost again (have you noticed a pattern? I have been given the moniker 'Queen of the Fairy Frost' by Iris). The colors are (from outside to in) Orange, Lipstick and Honey, with Lily Pad for the green.

For the waves, I had originally planned two 4" blocks on either side of the Island. I planned to use the Snail Trail pattern, winding it so that eventually there was beach next to the flowers. But when I rearranged the quilt, the size necessitated ten 2" blocks across the bottom to create beach and waves. I pre-pieced the four-patch in the center and then paper pieced the rest, due to the tiny scale of the waves. I loved the fabric, a Batik from a favorite LQS (Local Quilt Shop). It reminded me of water.

And since water doesn't break on the beach in perfectly straight lines, I did a few waves with the lighter fabric on the outside to break up the line. I hope it "works." I am considering making little hills and valleys on the beach/skyline because landscapes don't come in straight lines either. Any opinions or suggestions on that would be great! After hours and hours of work, I'm too close to the project to have a good perspective. If it needs some more work to make it better, I'd love the input.

Besides Isle Esme, I've done a few other blocks. I hope you'll indulge me, and allow me to share those with you. I am going to put the book covers in each of the four corners of the quilt. I have the Twilight book cover finished. I used Cat's Forbidden Fruit pattern for that. I enlarged it to 120% to make a 6" block. The stem is a satin stitch done by hand. This goes in the top left corner.


I also have the Eclipse book cover finished. I bought a machine washable polyester ribbon at JoAnn's and modeled it after the book cover, pinning it in place first and then stitching it down. This block will sit in the bottom left corner.


One of my favorite parts of Twilight is the baseball scene. It also happens to be my favorite scene in the movie. I designed the Vampire Baseball pattern for the quilt we made for Stephenie Meyer. Wanda put it together and I loved the fabric she used for the outfield. Doesn't it remind you of a forest surrounding the clearing? So I asked if she would send me some of the fabric for my quilt. She very kindly obliged and it really makes this block.

These next two blocks are a combination of ideas from Heather's Mystery Quilt and a design for Edward's Eyes that Iris came up with for her quilt. Heather had us put red in the diagonal row of squares in this traditional jewel box pattern, but I liked the color progression in Iris' block from gold to topaz to black, so I combined the two to make Vegetarian Vampire Eyes.

This block is another of Heather's designs, modified slightly by me. In her quilt, she did a progression of the phases of the moon from full to new. I chose to just use the New Moon portion of the block. Here again I used Fairy Frost; Natural for the moon. It is raw edge applique with a machine blanket stitch.


Iris modified Heather's full moon from her phases of the moon block and turned it into an eclipse. I liked this idea as well and so I'm incorporating it into my quilt with my version of an Eclipse. It is raw-edge applique with a machine blanket stitch.


Renesemee's Locket was another block we included in the Stephenie Meyer quilt. I wanted to include it in my quilt as well. I started out with a paper piecing pattern for a sort of oval shape, but it ended up looking like a perfume bottle. So, I drew out a pattern for an oval locket and Cat helped me clean the pattern up and put it in electronic format -- thanks again Cat! Jerri Lynn helped me out with the embroidery for the words and my machine provided the vine stitch. I had to use Fairy Frost fabric again, this time the color is Yellow. If you'd like this pattern, please e-mail. I'm happy to share.


The forest around Forks is a character in the books and so I had to have a representation for that. Iris helped me out with this fabulous pattern and I put together two long panels of trees, one for the top and one for the bottom of the quilt. Here is the top row, which is raw edge applique and will eventually have a machine blanket stitch around all of those trees (yes, I am crazy, in case you hadn't noticed):


This tall tree will connect with the bottom row of trees near the bottom left corner of the quilt. It is raw edge applique and is partially machine stitched down.


And here is the bottom row of trees, which is also raw edge applique and will eventually be machine blanket stitched. I am going to add a little sign that says "The City of Forks Welcomes You" to one of the rows of trees, probably the bottom row towards the right side.


I've got a lot of work to do, because in addition to these blocks, I have plans for the New Moon Book Cover, the Breaking Dawn Book Cover, Bella & Edward Dancing at their wedding, flowers from their wedding, And so the Lion Fell in Love with the Lamb, The Meadow, Bella's Bracelet, Bella's Truck, "My Jacob" wolf paw, La Push - First Beach, Edward's Diamond Heart, Fire and Ice, Bella's Broken Heart, the "Other" Jacob, The Clock Tower at Volterra, a Meteor, a Graduation Cap, Motorcycles, Cliff Diving, a Swiss Flag, The Cullen's house, Charlie's house, Bella & Edward's cottage, Jacob's house, Alice's Porsche, more trees and Charlie. I'm trying to come up with ideas for blocks for Carlisle & Esme, Jasper & Alice, Emmett & Rosalie and Renee as well. I'm also considering adding the Cullen Crest, although that is a movie thing.

I also want to thank those who have inspired me. Stephenie Meyer, you're at the top of my list for writing such an amazing series of books. My fellow coven members are right at the top as well. I wouldn't have been able to come up with all of this on my own.

As I mentioned, I won't be done with my quilt by the challenge deadline, but it is a priority and I am going to finish it. I'll keep you updated as I go along, as showing off is one of my favorite things to do.

Elizabeth