Sew Sunshine

I finished this little "Streak of Sunshine" quilt for our local chapter of Lincoln Quilts for Kids  charity that gives quilts to kids in local hospitals.  I usually do bright but I had these soft cute peace sign prints in pink and green so went for it. Not great photos but I had to snap these before I gave it away. Hopefully it is on its way to help comfort a sick child.  Linking up to WIP Wed with Lee @Freshly Pieced and Let's Bee social with Lorna @ SewFreshQuilts

Okay so last week I decided to work on some handwork for a change. I can have something portable and take to chat with my quilty friends. Then my wrist started feeling weird. That was okay as I now have another challenge I am working on this week. So this is the back of my handwork hexi piece. I think I am going to make a pillow out of it so it doesn't have to be too much bigger. Busy week this week so I hope to get back to this or work on my challenge. Linking up with Let's Bee Social with Lorna HERE and WIP Wed with Lee HERE  

A little bit of improv in my life lately! This is my finish for my guild challenge. A few months ago our new guild decided to try a challenge. We are in the process of making a guild banner and the "grunge" fabric used in the banner were thrown in a bag and we each picked two and had to make something. My color was blue green, and green blue...really pretty but together??  I thought about it for a few months. I kept thinking sea glass and water and then a friend posted an old picture of her and her husband looking at tide pools and I started piecing fabrics together. We could add in one neutral so I added in a wet sand color. No tide pools in this city but that didn't stop me from searching out some water. :)  Wavy line quilting over all helped with the watery look. The back is all the scrappy bits leftover from the scraps I used on the front! I really like how this came together. I love all the bits and fitting the curves in and adding splashes of color an

Okay I admit that might be a long shot. In my mind this looks like a heart but to my husband...nada! So this is a block that I am using for a challenge that requires hearts. I wanted to do something improvish so I have been messing with these dots and solids to come up with something fun and new for me. Do you think it looks like a heart?  Some of my blocks are a bit more squared so not as obvious but still I was so happy with my progress until I asked my husband!! :P Linking up with WIP Wed @ Freshly Pieced and Let's Bee Social @Sew Fresh Quilts

I can't help it ...this quilt makes me smile!  My swap partner Jenn  Jennifer under the Juniper Tree  (her post on her version is up so go check it out) and I finished our quilts. We made them big and bright and scrappy and they are finished. Did I say that already??? Both of us finished! Okay, enough.  The swap was the brainchild of Stephanie from  Late Night Quilter and Sandra from One Million Stitches . The challenge swap ends Feb 14 and Lee Heinrich herself from Freshly PIeced and the designer of the SuperNova  will be the judge. Now more pics:    There is a little up close view of the straight line grid quilting using aurifil in 2600 again! Lastly I leave you with this picture (dig the sun going down sprinkling light on the blocks!!!) of my SuperNova with a factory in the back ground and little note from the  NASA website as to  "What is a SuperNova"? A supernova is the explosion of a star. It is the largest explosion that takes

  Last night at a guild meeting I gave a demo on using the Quick Curve Ruler by Jenny and Helen @ SewKindofWonderul . I don't have many rulers but I purchased this one to do a sewalong that Jenny was doing on her blog. I quickly fell in love with the easy piecing. I was sewing curves and they were turning out every time.  No I am no affiliated with them at all but the ruler really makes curve piecing so sew easy! Some of samples from the class. I really love the stacked wave piece and I think that has lots of possibilities. There is my finished Abacus quilt that I will blog about for my Lovely year of finishes so far this year! The demo was fun and a few actually sat down and tried piecing it and all were successful! :) One new member, won the QCR giveaway. She was afraid of curves but no more...... Linking up with WIP Wed over at Freshly Pieced and Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts There is still time to vote for the Sunrise /Sunset challenge at Persimon Dreams Pro

A little blurry..sorry! I am working on a project and not sure of some of my color choices so stay tuned. :)  Not sure what I am doing or if this is a go but one must go for it!  ...lots of kona solids Linking up with WIP Wed with Lee Freshly Pieced and Let's Bee Social with Lorna HERE

      Starting the year off with an easy one I hope!   This is the Urban Abacus pattern from SewKindofWonderful  using the Quick Curve Ruler.                      Linking up with Fiber of all Sorts and Bittersweet designs HERE also linking up with      WIP Wed   with Freshly Pieced and with Lorna Sew Fresh Quilts