Sew Sunshine

#Love of Everyday things quilt project an Interactive Community Quilt project 2 quilts: 63 x 53 Blocks were made on March 17th National Quilting Day 2018 by the public visiting the  International Quilt Study Center and Museum   Lincoln Ne.  Yesterday, May 4th,  the Museum celebrated their 10th Anniversary by having a Block Party.  Thanks to some wonderful volunteer longarm quilters: Stephanie Jacobson and Patrice Steiner these quilts were done this week and ready to be on display throughout the weekend.  Soon the community quilts will find a new home with our local Child Advocacy Center Lincoln Ne. Thanks to Accuquilt!!   They loaned me an Accuquilt Go and some dies and with the help of Cindy, one of my sisters, we were able to cut tons of shapes to use for the blocks.  If you are on Instagram you can check out #loveofeverydayquiltproject and see many of the smiling faces that made the blocks.  (purple s...

  This month on March 17th was National Quilt Day at the local  International Quilt Study Center and Museum . I was one of 5 on the planning committee for this huge one day free event. We had local vendors and hands on learning about strings, handwork and I had this booth to make a community quilt.  We had a huge blast of people come through and make blocks early on. The idea was to create an interactive community project that is open to all ages and be open to quilters and non-quilters alike.  Our theme was "Love of Everyday things". Using the shapes and colored blocks you could create and appreciate everyday things whether it be a pin cushion or just use of color and shape. We took a lot of pictures of our participants and many can be found on IG at #loveofeverydaythingsquiltproject.  The community project then is to benefit another community organization. I chose our local  Child Advocacy Center .  The blocks were so popular that I am mak...

"Steppin' in Time"  42" x 42" Project Quilting Season 8 final challenge is Time is Up .  I chose to do a project off of my bucket list and make a large hour glass by way of court house steps. A while ago I bought the Denyse Schmidt book and in there is a lovely courthouse step quilt.  While the concept for this is traditional and pretty simple just sewing strips around the center block it is also difficult to keep from stretching and waffling the longer strips.  The original quilt in her book is finished at about 60" and I had to stop at 42".  I took liberty with the color placements also.  I used simple grid quilting.  I wanted to do simple quilting because it was very hard to keep this quilt flat. In the end I had to spray baste once I squared up the steps. Tricky! In the book that Denyse wrote, she used a small slab of print in one of her outer borders. I loved this idea and decided to use a bit of the I am a Maker fabric...