Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Doing some catching up

Thought I'd share my Shoreline Shells, block 5, a sea urchin.
Wow, did that take some time--paper piecing pattern had pieces from A - T with sometimes 16 or more parts to each piece. The shells will be in a circle when all 12 are done. As soon as I finish the blocks on Harrisonburg (through the VA Quilt Museum, Pat Sloan, and Wendy Shepherd), I will start on block 6. 

I made this purse and wallet for my hairdresser. Third purse I've made her. I don't usually make for others, but I will for her.
The table runner on the back of the chair is a kit from a shop in Nampa, ID.


I made this wallhanging with the elephant, hearts, and balloons last year as a part of Crafter's Edge Design Team. I thought my granddaughter Sydney would like it since she likes elephants. Well, she sure took it over, so I don't know if it will ever make it on a wall, but that's ok if it doesn't.


Finished Harmonic Convergence. I faced it instead of using regular binding.


It's summer and time for watermelon. Sydney is sure focused on something here. :)
Can't wait to see her and the rest of our grands this weekend!



 

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Monday, May 15, 2023

Christmas in April/May

 


I did get the bench pillow done (see my last post) but didn't get it posted in a timely manner.
This is from Jillily studios. I had purchased a Kimberbell bench pillow insert which turned out to be bigger than this pattern so I added the red border.
I didn't take a picture of it, but put a zipper in the back so I can remove this cover and use another (I have a Halloween pattern--hope I will make it by then...)


I've been working on Shoreline Shells BOM. Block 5 from Whole Circle Studio came out this month, but I just finished block 4. Still, I think I'm keeping up pretty well...
No recent pics. Will try to post some some at some point.

Here's a work in progress; this is Harmonic Convergence by Ricky Tims. It's my fourth one, and I'm making it for a brother and SIL.
It's really all done now, except for some circles I am going to applique onto the front, so stay tuned for that too.

Now for the best part: our youngest granddaughter--isn't she a cutie?! 💕


And here's her mommy (our younger daughter) and her girls yesterday:


More later. I have a purse to make for a friend and a flock of pin cushion chickens to finish/work at before our next quilt club meeting (I'm leader of the chicken lesson).









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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Free Motion and Hand Stitching

 

Wow, it has been longer than I thought since I posted last! Not joining in on blog hops is part of the problem...
A few days ago I finished quilting this Angela Walters panel. It is for her Free Motion Fillers workshop, which I started toward the end of last year. I finally powered through the last 2 sessions to get this thing done. There are optional borders you can buy, but I didn't want to deal with them.
I did buy her set of Glide thread though. (I am not a Glide fan but it did work out for this, thankfully.)

Here are some close ups of sections of the panel.



This was an interesting, educational experience. I doubt if I use some of these designs, but at least I have played with them.

Next up, my Backyard Birds wall hanging. 
This is all hand appliqued and long-stitch quilted. I really enjoy doing these kits by Rachel's of Greenfield, and I enjoy wool handwork.

This Curvaceous table runner (GE Designs) is the fourth I've made with the pattern.
The fabric is Angela Walters and it's Christmas. I bought a set of fat quarters from her shop and then enough of the center fabric for the back and binding.
This is a quilt as you go pattern.

Currently working on a bench pillow that I hope to finish today.
Until my next post...
Keep on stitching!







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Thursday, January 26, 2023

Shades of Blue

My day for the Shades of Blue Sew It/Show It challenge hosted by Carla of Creatin in the Sticks.
When I first thought about participating, I decided a zipper bag would be neat, using scraps on hand. I cut scraps into strips of various widths (1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0...up to 5.0") and also into squares of those sizes. So, I looked through some of my strips and came up with several that I thought worked for the needed shades of blue. I stitched them together, and my zipper bag was born.
On the front, I stitched darkest in the middle and lighter out to the sides.
I liked the added yellow appliqued hearts.

On the back, I stitched light to dark, going both directions.

The lining has some blue too--a scrap of penguin fabric. 

Next, I decided to make a paper-pieced log cabin pin cushion, Carla-fashion.
I love seeing the pin cushions Carla makes for her various challenges and thought I would imitate that.
So the shades of blue pin cushion came about. It is stuffed with walnut shells and fiber fill.
Thanks, Carla, for that inspiration!! I love my blue pin cushion!

Here is the back--simple blue strips.

I made the pins by gluing buttons onto needles. Cute, aren't they?

I thought I'd show a couple blue quilts I've made in the past.
This one was a Craftsy 2013 or 2014 BOM. Many of the fabrics I used were those used by an aunt in various garments she had made for others, so when I finished the quilt, I gave it to a cousin so she could remember her mother every time she looked at this quilt.

I even made giant quilt blocks for the back. Not sure why I was that ambitious then, but there it is.
Lots of blues in this quilt.

This wall hanging is in my daughter's stairway. I made is about 5 years ago, I guess. The pattern is called Waterfall, by Leah Day

The same daughter also received this jelly roll race I made for her, also several years ago. I'm pretty sure those are scrappy strips, not an actual jelly roll.

Last month I showed this little quilt on my blog. I used the various blues because of this challenge, but it was my Crafter's Edge project in December. The animals are all cut from Crafter's Edge dies on the Crossover II cutting machine.

Thanks for visiting!

Here is the line-up for the week. If you haven't visited the rest of the bloggers, be sure to do so for some inspiration, and prepared to be awestruck--I always am.
Thanks, Carla, for a wonderful challenge!

Monday, January 23rd
Just Sew Quilter (You are here.)
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Saturday, December 24, 2022

December Crafter's Edge Project

 

This is my December project for Crafter's Edge as a part of their Design Team.
It is a baby quilt, about 40 x 40", and will go to a youngster in our congregation.


Using the Crossover II as my cutting machine, I used the Funny Monkey, Cute Fox, Sheldon the Turtle, Bumblebee, and Whimsical Sheep. At the time I started the appliques, I wasn't sure what other fabrics I would use, but when Carla announced her Shade of Blue Challenge for January, I decided to use 3 different blues. So, even though this is too early for the hop, I will probably show it again on my day. Hee, hee! I still plan to make something else since I have more time.



Here is the Crossover II, available on the Crafter's Edge website.

These are the dies:









Here's another view on our living room chaise lounge--you can see some of the quilting better.

I couldn't resist showing you the little flying squirrel lovey I made for our youngest granddaughter's 1st birthday. It is a free pattern from Abby Glassenberg for Wild Olive.


And here is that little scoot, stepping on that box to look out her window. She's a sweetie!


Thanks, Crafter's Edge for allowing me to spend 2 years on your design team!
This is my last official project for them, but when I use their dies in future projects, I will be sure to give them credit!











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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Chocolate Dipped Cookies

 

So, after joining this hop, I had to look for a cookie recipe that was different from what I have done before. I had saved this one--it looked simple but good--how can you go wrong with chocolate, right?


Cream butter, sugar


Mix dry ingredients and add a little at a time.


It forms a VERY stiff dough. I took a picture but decided it didn't look very appetizing, so chose not to include it. LOL. (Use your imagination, if you want.)
Divide the dough into 2 parts and roll into tubes.


Refrigerate the dough for a few hours. Then unwrap and slice. 
Put on cookie sheet and bake.
Simple.


Next, dip into melted chocolate. I love my Wilton chocolate pot and
Ghirardelli double chocolate candy wafers.
Sprinkle on the sprinkles. Don't they look yummy?


You know, they really were simple to make and they taste good too.
I'll be making these again.



We made this little tree project at Quilt Club last time. It involves squares of different sizes, from 3" to 10". The pattern is called Folded Christmas Tree and comes from Quilt Corner, in Morton, IL.


Enjoy the rest of the hop! 
Thanks, Carol, for hosting!
Here's the list!

December 5













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Monday, December 5, 2022

Cookie Hop Begins Today

 The time has arrived--the annual Virtual Cookie Hop, hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt!

I trust we are in for another great week of goodies!

Here is the list for the week:

December 5

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