Sew Sunshine

Saturday June 16th is a celebration of the 8th year of the local chapter of Quilts for Kids Lincoln.   We have a small group that meets at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum on the 3rd Saturday of each month. It is a lovely location open to the public that visit the quilt house.  I am doing a short demo on the tutorial by  Cluck Cluck Sew  on Easy stack cut and sew blocks. The above piece is a sample I made up for a boy quilt. Those are sometimes hard to come by.  Organic wavy line quilting goes fast and easy. Quilts for kids label...check! pieced back with a few left over strips. Sadly it was super hot out and I have a hurt foot so I didn't go scouting for a good photo area. I stuck to the shade in the front yard.  eh.. So to get ready for the demo and sew day I took to my stash pile and decided to cut out squares for a variety of blocks. I think this tutorial will work well as a scrap quilt so any...

Recently got back from a vacation in Mexico. It was really beautiful but really humid and hot. Getting caught up on laundry and needed to get to a fix it project I have been putting off. My husband's jeans tear out on right pocket because that is where he clips he tape.  A while ago I came up with using a piece of sample book vinyl fabric. I was given this glue (miraculous stuff) from a neighbor. This stuff sticks quick and you can sew. This is a super hard to get to place so stitching is not perfect but no matter. It works! My work here is done...well after I did about 5 pairs!! :) and now ...........siesta time! Linking up with NTT @  My quilt infatuation

Another quilt for my 'stash bash' week of quilt making.  This quilt was actually started back after the new year when I bought myself the Classic Curve Ruler by  Colorgirl Quilts This is the 4th quilt I finished in about a week from my stash. I posted about the others  here at Triple Stash bash I had started the pink arc blocks but that pink fabric was what I want to call a little 'squiggie'. It was fine until you tried the curve and all the arc is curve. ha So I put it away and decided today that finished is better than perfect. hmm.....wonder where i have heard that before (angela walters) I am trying every angle to get my beautiful peony in the picture because it looks so cool with the quilt colors.  Another one going to Quilts for Kids Lincoln Ne chapter.  Scrappy, squiggie, stash bashing, and done!  It's all good.  Linking up with  Crazy mom Quilts   and Let's Bee social

After finishing the community quilts last week I suddenly have the ability to work on some of my own projects.  First up trying to use up some of the fabrics I have out of my stash.  The tulip quilts are from a recently viewed Jenny Doan video. The tulip block uses some 5" charm packs and I happened to have one that is not exactly my style. So...."little house on the prairie" charms went into those. The rest is just scraps and bits that were big enough to fill in.  Since my style is a bit more modern I wanted to see if I could successfully mix those tiny calico prints with some little more contemporary fabrics.  What do you think? Tulip one Tulip two Now this one is a fun stack and whack type quilt. Tutorial can be found over at  Cluck Cluck Sew . This really is a super fun quilt to make with whatever scraps you might have around. These fabrics I scrounged up were each 9" square to start. I found 2 sort of contrasti...

#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...

and fellow lqg member  Steph .   Turning in circles approx. 38 x 48 stash fabric  walking foot and free motion Steph taught a quick HST class.  We were to let the hst's be random.  I think it fell together nicely.  I started with a FQ pack of 5 and added a few more from my stash. The Elizabeth Hartman butterfly fabric was perfect for the backing.  There were 3 offset groups of hst's that formed an hourglass square so I chose to feature those three with circle quilting. Two were done with walking foot and then I decided to try the free motion foot and just wing it. :) Large pebbles filled in the rest.  I really like how the colors worked together and a few more pieces got relegated to the smaller scrap bin.  This will go to Quilts for Kids charity.  Lastly I forgot to share my new favorite recipe. I decided to make a carrot cake for Easter. I found a recipe that is grain free, gl...

Last November I taught a class using the Quick Curve Ruler.  I had students who wanted to use the large ruler and some the small. My solution was to bring sample blocks to sew in both sizes. I already finished the Holiday runner that was the smaller sample blocks.  That one will go back to the lqg for a donation or auction item.  This one will head to my local chapter of Quilts for Kids. It is nice and bright so I hope some little one will love it.  I recently had a help meet sew day from this class and so there are a few more samples that were put on the back. It is such a great way to use the samples sewn and now the blocks didn't become orphans but a whole quilt.  I am so happy and proud of the members who contributed.  I quilted it with a little serpentine stitch. Simple and will hold together nicely for the many washing ahead.  Notice my matching garden/quilting gloves...bright seems to be my theme lately.   linking ...