Thursday, February 17, 2022

Pink Pinwheels - Tickled Pink Blog Hop

 


Today wraps up the Tickled Pink Blog Hop hosted by Carla of Creatin in the Sticks.  I'm excited to show off my Positively Playful Pink Pinwheels. 

I was short on crafting hours this time around, but I still wanted to play along and use up some of my Pink scraps piling up.


I picked a small block I knew I could sew up lickety split: Pinwheels, and I pulled out my 2.5 inch pink strips and cut triangles for 4 inch Pinwheels. I ended up with 35 different Pink prints for my Pinwheels.


The Pink border is full of pink hearts and brings my total to 36 different pink prints. 

I cut all the pieces out in one evening. The next evening I sewed the top together. It took two and a half Pirates of the Caribbean movies from sewing the first pinwheel to adding the last border strip.  

Maybe one day I'll use a real timer, but for now I suppose I'll keep time by the movies I play while sewing.



I got up early yesterday morning and quilted it before work. I used a pastel Pink thread and quilted an all over "whatever I felt like quilting" motif. Mostly swirls and partial feathers. 

Since the quilt is small it only took about 45 minutes to quilt.



If you need a fun quick project, especially for a baby gift, try Pinwheels with sashing.
 
The top measures approximately 41 x 53.





Check out the other hoppers today to see more tickled pink creations and be sure go back and check out any others you may have missed.

Monday, February 14th



Happy Sewing!


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Monday, February 7, 2022

Island Batik Row by Row Blog Hop - Citified


Today starts off week two of the Island Batik Row By Row Blog Hop and I get to show off my row by row quilt made with the Citified fabric line by Kathy Engle for Sherry Shish of Powered by Quilting.



Week two also starts with a new give away by Island Batik. 

They are are giving two lucky people a chance to win a Fat Quarter bundle of Island Batik collections by Kathy Engle – Citified, designed for Sherry Shish of Powered by Quilting or Contempo, designed for Kate Colleran of Kate Colleran Designs!

 Scroll down to the bottom to enter with the rafflecopter.




Citified has several shades of oranges, some blues, purples, and off white.
If you are a Clemson fan, the purples and oranges would make a great tiger paw block.

These prints should be in shops now or on the way.




I made some smaller block for the rows that helped separate the larger blocks.  They are three inch blocks.  I love little blocks!






Everything was sewn and quilted with Schmetz Microtex needles.


And there is Hobbs inside!  I used  Hobbs Heirloom Premium Cotton Batting for this one.







It quilted up nice with Aurifil orange thread and Hobbs batting.



I used the lightest orange from the Sumatran Tiger thread set.  








It showed up perfect on all the fabric colors.




I used a lot of my favorite blocks: Ohio Stars, Friendship Stars, Churndash, Courthouse steps, Dutchman's Puzzle, and nine patches.





I used 19 of the 20 fabrics in the line. I only left out one of the oranges.
  I used up every bit of the off white prints for the background and sashing.




We took it with us on vacation to take more pictures of it.



Fort the back I used up the last bit of one of the orange Citified fabrics and then surrounded it with some Island Batik Foundations.  I've always been able to find a foundation print that goes with the new fabric lines, they come in super handy sometimes.



Boonky was my helper again.  This time with the binding. Sewing came to halt for a bit while Boonky inspected my binding.





Enter the Island Batik Giveaway!






And be sure to check out what Emily made with Citified as well.  You can find her at The Darling Dogwood.

Happy Sewing!


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Sunday, January 30, 2022

Island Batik Gradients - Step by Step




January's Island Batik Ambassador challenge was all about gradients.  







I got to play with some ravishing reds.




I had to build this one very carefully so I didn't put the wrong shades in the wrong spot. I started in the corners and worked my way to the middle. I put the 20 different colors in pairs so each rectangle has one dark and one light fabric along with some solid black and gray.



The triangles go from dark to light starting from the bottom left and the strips go from dark to light starting from the top right.  Its double gradient movement meeting in the middle.




I sewed and quilted this one with microtex needles by Schmetz.
They sure work great with Island Batik Fabric.




For the quilting I used Aurifl thread in gray #2605 and red #2260
The red looked great on the black and even the light colored fabrics.






Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 bleached cotton batting was perfect for this quilt.




It quilted out nice and smooth.








This quilt measure approximately 54 x 48.




How long did it take me to make it?




Not including design time,  it took 8 Star Wars movies.

So I think I may call this one Force Gradients.  Which side do you prefer?  The light or the dark?






Boonky checked out all the different fabrics before I cut everything up.



Afterwards...Boonky tested and approved.


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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop


Welcome! Thanks for stopping by on this third day of the Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop hosted by Joan of Moose Stash Quilting!  I hope you have been enjoying the hop so far and seen some good Polar Bear Plungy inspiration.




I had been itching to make a scrappy double bear paw quilt and this was the prefect hop to do just that.



My inspiration came from the pattern by Material Girlfriends, but I altered it to have more bear paws and less white space and added a couple borders.



I cut up lots of let over blue scraps from my Island Batik collection to make the center of the paws. I picked shades that reminded me of icy cold waters in the arctic.



I used two different Island Batik browns for the claws on the paws and even the borders came from my personal Island Batik Stash. I used up lots of left over Island Batik fabrics for this one.



For the back I picked a snowflake print for the center and then lined it with several different blues to make a striped piece backing.  Again using up the fabric stash for the backs.




The beach was the perfect place to photograph this one.  The colors of the water and the sky that day were perfectly matched.  But don't be fooled it was a cool 50 degrees with water temperatures to match. Not quite freezing, but cold enough for me.


I did not plunge into the water but sure enjoyed watching the dolphins play that day.  They don't seem to mind the colder water temperatures this time of year.




Make sure to not to miss any of the other stops today and check out their fun polar-ific creations.

 

Wednesday Jan 26

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Hazel’s Daughter 

Words & Stitches

Kathleen McMusing

Quilting & Learning - What a Combo!

Quilted Delights  (ME)



Happy Sewing!


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