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Thursday, September 22, 2022

Queen of Gadgets Blog Hop

Welcome to day four of the Queen of Gadgets Blog Hop hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt.

The challenge for this hop was to use our favorite sewing tool to create a project and tell why we love it. I went big for my project so it isn't quite finished yet, but it's close enough to give you an idea of why I love the tool below!

Right now my favorite sewing tool is the Blade Saver Thread Cutter by Purple Hobbies.

I am a chain piecer and assembly line sewer. I cut everything at once, then sew it, then press it, then sew another batch and press, etc. A lot of times that leaves me with a chain of 100 or more pieces to cut apart before going to the iron.

This little tool helps me separate the sections lickety split. I have tried other brands, but I like this one the best. Sometimes my rotary blades are still super sharp except for one spot, like when I tried to cut a pin or something, so it is nice to be able to use the best part of the blade for something else. Plus the blade fits inside the stand if you ever need to take it with you. Small and compact and easy to carry.

What better way to show off how to use this tool then by creating a quilt that has lots and lots of pieces. The Greenhouse pattern by Elizabeth Hartman has been on my "want to make" list and I figured this was the time to make it. I really wanted to go big on this one so I needed 56 different ten inch squares.

I pulled squares from three different Island Batik 10 inch stackers.

Drizzle - an older pack I had been saving for a while

Farm Fresh and

Garden Gems.

The background is my favorite Island Batik neutral called Sprinkles.

Cactus plants...

Flower plants...

The Blade Saver Thread Cutter in action!

Prickly plants...

Jade plants...

and Aloe plants.

So many pieces to separate! I am glad I have this little tool!

Oh, does tape count as a tool? If so I am loving the Diagonal Seam Tape by Cluck Cluck Sew as well. You can see it on the sewing machine in the picture above. No more drawing diagonal lines on fabric for sewing guidelines, just use the tape. A definite need for this pattern too!

Be sure to hop on over to the other Queens of Gadgets!

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Get on Board Blog Hop

September is National Sewing Month, which you can read all about here:

https://www.nationalsewingmonth.org/

and Melva from Melva Loves Scraps and Brenda from Songbird Designs have been hosting the Get on Board Blog Hop to celebrate! They are also sponsoring a giveaway which you can read about at the end of the post.

I have been sewing since I was in middle school. My mom taught me how to use the machine and I made a few clothing items at home and in my home economics class in high school, but I didn't really get into till after I got married and started making clothes and costumes for my kids. I don't make very much clothing anymore, instead I spend most of my time making quilts! I am addicted to them, but every now and then I throw in a fun small project, such as this fun sea turtle!

The theme for this hop was anything tropical that inspired sewing so I went with this fun sea turtle pincushion and thread catcher. I love seas turtles and get super excited whenever I see one. I was lucky enough to see one just this Saturday!

It was a big one swimming a few yards away from the end of the pier and it came up several times for us to get a good look at it!

The pattern is by Jennifer Jangles and this hop was the perfect time to put this project at the top of my to do list.

The pattern has nice color photos and gives instructions to either attach the thread catcher permanently or make it removable. I hand stitched mine down. I have been needing a thread catcher to sit on my longarm and this cute little sea turtle will be the perfect thread catcher guardian.

The pattern calls for 1/4 yard of two different prints, but if you do some creative cutting you can get every piece from two Island Batik Stash Builder strips. Stash Builder strips are are 5 inches tall by 42 ish inches long.

I used a blue and green five inch strip I had on hand and they worked out perfectly.

The outer shell pattern piece says to place on the fold, but to make it fit on the 5 inch strip I cut two separate pieces and added a 1/4 seam allowance on the end. Then sewed it together to make one piece.

I pressed the seams open so it wouldn't be bulky and you can barely see the seam in the finished turtle.

Two tiny black buttons make perfect eyes.

Below is the list of other Blog hoppers. Make sure to check them all out!

And make sure to enter the raffle copter giveaway hosted by Brenda and Melva. They are giving away lots of goodies to one lucky winner!

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Thursday, September 1

Anorina – Samelia’s Mum

Denise – For the Love of Geese

Cheree – The Morning Latte

Brenda – Songbird Designs (that’s me!!)

Friday, September 2

Karen – Karen’s Korner

Nancy – Grace and Peace Quilting

Sharon & Susan – Ms P Designs USA

Nina-Marie – Creations – Quilts, Art, Whatever

Monday, September 5

Karrin – Karrin’s Crazy World

Linda – Texas Quilt Gal

Yvonne – Quilting Jetgirl

Emily – The Darling Dogwood

Tuesday, September 6

Gail – Quilting Gail

Joy – Days Filled with Joy

Melisa – Pinker ‘n’ Punkin Quilting & Stitching

Carol – Quilt Schmilt

Wednesday, September 7

Melva – Melva Loves Scraps

Tammy – Tamarinis

Leah – Quilted Delights (me)

Patricia – Faith, Trust & Breast Cancer

Happy Sewing!

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

UFO Blog Hop - Flowery OBW

I was excited to join the UFO blog hop this month hosted by Joan of Moose Stash Quilting. It inspired me to finish up this One Block Wonder that has been in progress since 2019. It is made from seven different panels, six cut up and one left as is for the center.

I have a long list of UFOs... not sure I'm ready to announce the actual number here yet. Lol, let's just say I suffer from Quilters ADD. I'm easily distracted by new ideas and projects.

I will say as of now I have 7 more One block Wonders in different stages of progress.

Some are still waiting to get their hexies sewn and another one is waiting for quilting.

There are also a few more waiting to be cut up. What can I say, when those awesome panels go on sale super cheap I can't pass that up.

I went through several different layout ideas till I found the layout I loved. There was a lot of late night sewing for this one, hence the different lighting in this photo.

I like to take pictures as the layout comes together so I can see if anything looks off.

That is one of the most fun parts for for me, trying to decide what goes where.

Once everything is in its place its time to sew the rows together.

I like to sew two rows at a time to save thread.

Sometimes I will sew another project in between to have less thread clipping. That is another reason I have more than one One Block Wonder going. Sometimes I like to sew hexagons of another OBW while piecing the rows of another one.

This part usually goes pretty fast when I do two rows at a time.

I tried three at a time once, but then I forgot what pile I was on and messed everything up.

With two piles I seem to do pretty good.

I like to press all my seams open for these. Makes it easier to quilt later on.

Fitting the panel in is sometimes tricky. I always have to cut a wee bit of it off, but after all is said and done I can't remember which part is gone. I appliqued half of some of the hexies that overlapped the panel to help everything blend in.

I use lots of pins when sewing the rows together. It helps keep the points somewhat matching.

I love these thin tulip pins. They are my favorite!

I made the back for this one a while ago and together the top and the back have been sitting in the UFO pile just waiting to be paired with some batting and quilted.

This month, thanks to the UFO hop, it was time to get it out of the closet and into the light of day.

I quilted it with pink thread. I didn't want a dark color over the pink flowers, so I decided pink would be good. I did wonder if it would be ok for the black, but as soon as I started it looked fantastic. I quilted a meander swirl and feather. Just what ever came to mind at the time. For the panel in the center I did try to follow the lines of the leaves and flowers, but it was very loose.

I pulled some older floral prints for the back of this one. Again with the stripe backing.

Stripes help me use up the left over scraps and smaller pieces I have in my stash.

This is my ninth completed One Block Wonder.

Be sure to visit all the other blog hoppers today to see what UFOs they are showing off!

Could be real spaceships with aliens or loved UFOs finally getting their time to shine.

Monday July 25

Tuesday July 26

Creatin' in the Sticks

Quilted Delights (Me)

Days Filled With Joy

Kathys Kwilts and More

Food For Thought

Wednesday July 27

Stitching Farm Girl

BeaQuilter

SelinaQuilts

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilt Doodle Designs

Quilting Gail

Thursday July 28

Patchouli Moon Studio

Quilt Schmilt

Lynns Blog

Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel

Home Sewn by Us

Friday July 29

Homespun Hannah's Blog

Happy Sewing!

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Friday, June 24, 2022

Here Comes the Sun Blog Hop

Welcome to the last day of the Here Comes the Sun Blog Hop hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt.

I've sure enjoyed seeing everyone's creations. If you missed any, you can find the whole blog hop list at the bottom of the post.

The challenge for this blog hop was Summer and Sunshine.

We were challenged to sew something that has a summer theme like: sunglasses, beach items, sunny skies, and/or yellow colors. It could be a quilt, a bag, a toy, or whatever we wanted it to be.

I went with yellow and lots of it!

I even threw in some orange and reds for hot summer sun colors.

I had snatched up these Island Batik color strip packs from Missouri Star a bit ago when they went on sale and this was the perfect hop to use them.

Half of each pack makes a whole lot of four patches! I didn't even use them all for this quilt. When I first started, I had no clue where this project was going. I was just sewing four patches.

As I was sewing the four patches I felt like I needed something pointy for sun rays, so I added the red triangle in a square blocks along with some orange half square triangles and ended up creating the quilt I have now.

The other red, white, and orange prints are left overs from my other Island Batik Ambassador projects and from my personal Island Batik Stash. It was fun to play with these colors of the sun.

I quilted it with Hobbs Heirloom Premium 80/20 Bleached Cotton/Poly Blend. I like using the white batting when I have lots of white in the quilt top.

The back is older fabric from my stash. I really like piecing my backs. Helps me clear out the stash!

I am calling this one Summer Sun. It measures approximately 64 inch square.

Check out all the blogs below to see all the fun creations:

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