Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Summer Sensations Blog Hop



Welcome to the final stop of the Summer Sensations Blog Hop.  Today is my stop of the hop.  Thank you Marian at Seams to Be Sew for sponsoring another Blog Hop and letting a newbie like me participate.

When I think of summer I think of camping.  We have already gone camping three times this year.  We just came back from our favorite camping place, Assateague Island National Park, this past Sunday.   We like Assateague Island because we can do our second favorite summer activity which is go to the beach.  So 15 of us piled in cars and went camping on the beach.  We had the best time.

Since my sister-in-law has been asking for a beach blanket forever, I decided to make a beach theme quilt.   I decided to design one myself.  Here's what I came up with.


I originally wanted to do a paper piecing and applique project because I set a goal to do a project using both methods this year.


I fell in love with a sun pattern that I found at www.craftpassion.com so I tried to incorporate it into the pattern, but if I'm going to design my own pattern I should design the whole thing.   So here is my semi final quilt without the sun.


I'm working on taking better pictures of full quilts so here are some closeups.



I was lucky to win a copy of the Crafted Applique method by Lara Buccella.  I used her method to apply the appliques.



Thanks for stopping by.  Please check out the other bloggers sharing today with me.  Don't forget to leave a message and participate in the Give-A-Way.

Today's Bloggers



Monday, July 18, 2016

SUMMER SENSATIONS

With so much to do during the summer, what stands out when you think of Favorite Summer Sensations? Well Marian from Seams to be Sew is sponsoring a blog hop where you can see what 13 bloggers (including me) came up with. I had several ideas but I'm not telling, you 'll have to come back and visit me on my post day Tuesday, 26 July.

I’ve included a schedule of the bloggers below.   Don’t forget to check them out on their assigned dates.

Monica

July 21
July 22

July 25

July 26




See you soon!



Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Welcome to Opposites Attract Day 5

Finally Here!
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Welcome to my stop on the 'Opposites Attract Blog Hop'.  Thank you Marian at Seams to be Sew for organizing this.   When I ran across the invitation to join this hop I thought this would be great for me as a beginner blogger.  I had just decided to participate in my guild's Crayon Challenge so I thought I could do this.   My crayons were Navy Blue, Hot Magenta and Dandelion.  







I immediately new what pattern I wanted to make.    It was the Snowflake Block Tutorial originally designed by Madame Parfait. So here is the matching fabric.




I think the crayons and fabric match up pretty well.  The blue shows darker then it actually is.  OK on to the pattern.



Well the pattern was pretty easy to do.  Here are some pictures of the cutting and stitching.  








Just a note:  I made a mistake between end of Part 1 and beginning of Part 2.   The tutorial didn't mention anything about trimming, but when I went to Part 2 the segments were trimmed (I probably lost a page somewhere).  So I trimmed the segments but I forgot the 1/4 inch seam allowance.


Before I trimmed the segments.
After I trimmed too close to the top of the diamonds.

Well a few diamonds are not pointy.   Quilting and a scrappy binding and I'm done.




Thanks for dropping by.  I hope to participate in a lot more hops this has been fun.  Be sure to visit these other quilters posting today:

June 07
I Can Quilt 2 me


And now the giveaway, a $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter shop! Please leave a comment and then enter the rafflecopter to have a chance at winning.  Also, check out Marian at Seams to Be Sew page to see the giveaway from DJ Inkers.

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

My First Blog

This is my first blog.  I'm dedicating it to my mom.  Wonderful seamstress!  Love You, Miss You