Sew Sunshine

  "Stardust"  19 1/4" x 32" Tablerunner Project Quilting Challenge entry #6 = Triangles   This week the challenge for Project Quilting #6 was Triangles. I wanted to give the flip and sew triangles that I learned in the Jacquie Gering class a couple weeks ago a try. This method made perfect use of the triangles as a focal point of this table runner. I called it Stardust because the shades of gray and taupe blend so well with the pop of the star blocks. I used some french themed fabric I had in my stash and added a few texture pieces and I think it will look great on any table.  I did match-stick quilting with 4 shades of taupe to gray to cement thread. They actually add to the Stardust effect.  For some reason the up close view with the finer lens made this look a little more blue gray and it is not. The match stick work looks good here though.    Plain piece of dot fabric on back and bound by machine but finished by hand. (...

I am going to start out by saying that this challenge has innumerable possibilities.  I thought of so many things I might use like this coveted piece of lettuce fabric I have (don't ask!).  Or rainbow colors for all the colors you are supposed to eat, fruits, veggies etc. On Thursday night, knowing I was going to be out of town for the day on Friday, I gave up the idea of making anything. Woke up Saturday morning, got out my dresden plate ruler and decided to give a small project a go.  Every time I go to the grocery store I forget to grab the big tote bags to get my groceries in. They are big and they don't fold down unless you take the time to really make them.  I decided today was the day for a soft fabric market bag. I am calling it "Be Green".   I made a mostly green dresden plate for the greens I love to eat. The fabrics are all from my stash and left overs from another quilt I made last year. I used a dresden plate ruler, made 4 1/2" petals an...

  "Blink" - Across the Universe Challenge Project Quilting @ Persimon Dreams  HERE 29 x 29 Pieced, raw edge applique Circle quilting  in white FMQing in clear  binding with a facing Project Quilting Season 5 #4 challenge "Across the Universe". At first I had no idea what I wanted to do with this challenge because it could be so many different things.  Then I remembered I had ear-marked an illusion quilt I wanted to try sometime and to me this spoke "Across the Universe" if I could pull it off.   You can see the quilting a little bit here The fabrics really are Kona plain black and white. Some of the photos are taking in lighted room and the others on the floor under a skylight so they really look different don't they? Don't look too long at some of these photos....Blink! :)  Here is an idea of how little my applique pieces were!  The backing is just plain print and the facing is a tiny geometric. I like how t...