Sew Sunshine

Too Short! That is what February was. I did finish a few things and make some progress on another. So here is the monthly report: First up: -Scrappy Trip Around the world. The blogging craze that was started by Bonnie Hunter over at  Quiltville . Mine went to a great local chapter of  Project Linus Ackkkkkkk! I am adding this a day late: I finished a UFO from last year and I can't believe I didn't get it in my report! My Charlie Brown charity quilt was sandwiched and quilted. I have not give it away yet but it is in the stack to go. :) Next, I signed up for the    over at  Fiber of all sorts   and I finished my challenge to complete an item.  This is the Birdbath quilt pattern by Elizabeth Hartman. I am giving this to my niece for Relay for life  auction coming up (stay tuned for a chance to bid in the silent auction). I have not shown this to her yet. :) Along with that I made a tote - Denise Schmidt Hope Ma...

3rd Challenge:  For the 3rd Challenge- Annie's Inspiration. Please go to  Annie Young Art  to see her inspirational works.  I fell in love with many of the pieces, the colors she used and her love of nature.  One of my favorites is the 'listening fields'.  I really feel we need to stop and really listen to our souls.   I knew right away that I wanted to emulate my Sew Sunshine theme on my blog by making a big bold piece of sunshine.  "Sew Sunshine" I wanted to try my hand at my own paper piece design but after a first attempt I needed a little help and found it in the book by Jean Wells called Intuitive Color and Design.  In the book there is a quilt called Firefly that had just the elements I wanted. I made 4 paper pieced sections piecing 4 colorways with bright yellow and gold backgrounds.  I had a small scrap of a mono-print I had made a while back with some glitter paint. I used some of that in the turquoise sun blades ...