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Friday, August 30, 2019
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Scrap-Happy Meets Wild & Crazy!
Earlier this year I decided I wanted to do something with all the scraps of leftover fabric I've got in my stash from previous sewing projects. And right around the time this idea popped in my head, Amy Ellis of Amy's Creative Side was hosting an Improv with Amy sew-along/tutorial event on social media, so I decided to challenge myself and join in... And here it is!
This was the start of my #improvpieced quilt top, featuring many
un-matching fabrics that kinda make it look like a Wild and Crazy quilt! 🤪
Besides all the scrap fabric pieces I was using in this project, I also used a number of my own #spoonflowerfabric designs. For example,
the purple petunia is one of my own personal fabric designs, along with a
number of others. 😊
Let the piecing begin...
Below shows a closeup of a number of my Spoonflower designs
incorporated into the piecing along with the scraps.
And the quilt top is completed...
Just another closeup...
Curved piecing below = great practice and I love how it turned out!
AND FINALLY...
I designed my quilt label using Bazaart and PicMonkey,
then ordered it through Spoonflower.
The best part about this quilt?
Well, that would have to be that Amy Ellis
quilted it for me! 🥰.
I love her Broken Glass Quilt Design on this quilt...
it
works perfectly with the busy fabrics!
While geocaching at an old cemetery after work,
I decided to take some of these photos.
I just love the
history and reading the headstones,
More Fun on the Farm Blocks!
Fun on the Farm with Quilt In A Day...
I’ve fallen behind on my #funonthefarmbom by a few months due to having too many sewing projects going on at the same time, but here's some more blocks I did manage to get made since my last post on this particular BOM subject...
Here's my “Matt the Sheep” quilt block. However, I decided to make this block my own way, rather than following the sheep pattern
provided for April’s block. Instead, I made the #folkartsheep using a #paperpiecedpattern purchased online. Then raw-edge appliquéd all the rest to complete the #quirky
look I wanted. I do wish I had used a different shade of sky fabric for the
background, though, so the sheep would stand out better. But it’s too
late now!
Note: Here’s where the pattern can be purchased for the Folk Art sheep:
Note: Here’s where the pattern can be purchased for the Folk Art sheep:
Love me some quirky, paper-pieced, #farmanimal #quiltblocks,
with added #appliqué embellishments, LOL!
Just had to get a photo of these two blocks, side by side!
Next, here’s my #chicken
block, which of course, I did my own way
rather than following the pattern that was provided for this BOM.
(Lighting is not the
best since it was night time when I took the photo,
and the ceiling lights always tend to make
photos seem yellowish).
and my bale of hay is wonky, LOL! 🤣🥴😂
The
chicken is paper-pieced, and her name is Lotta.
I purchased the pattern
for Lotta from Regina Grewe a few months ago at
And most recently, I made a second
paper-pieced / appliqué Lotta the Chicken block...
this time for someone else, though.
After sharing my photo in the Fun on the Farm Facebook group
of the first Lotta block I made,
of the first Lotta block I made,
another group member jokingly commented she wanted one, LOL!
I told her I
would make her one if she really wants one, so I did!
Now that it’s
finished and mailed, I can share a photo of it. I hope she likes it!
(I love how much better this photo looks than my first Lotta block...
I'll have to retake the other one outside in the daylight to get a brighter shot)!