Horse Show Ribbon Quilt

It's all done.  I finished the horse show ribbon quilt.

Backstory... a few months ago my cousin asked me if I would be able to make a a quilt out of horse show ribbons that her daughter has collected over the years.  She competes in many events throughout the year.  I was nervous to work with the ribbons, but I am happy to say that it came out perfectly.

I believe there are 80 printed ribbons in this wall hanging.  There are also the solid ribbons used in the center of the blocks and on the top and bottom edge.  The rosetts are not permantly attached, they slip into tabs that I sewed into the quilt.  This makes it easier to change them out or display newer ribbons that she has won.  I love all the colors and the fact that the grand chamopins worked to frame it perfectly.  All different places are represented in the quilt alond with many of the different competitions that they participated in. 

I have to say one of the favorite things in the quilt is the strip across the middle of the quilt with all the printed ribbons.

She loves it (I sent her a picture).  I just have to pack it up and send it to her. 

Linking up to Linky Party Tuesday at Freemotion by the River and to Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story. 

So excited to cross another thing off my 100 Day Hustle List. 

Some log cabins

So I spent today working on some of my monochromatic scrappy log cabin blocks to go with the scrappy stash quilt along at Ellison Lane Quilts. So far I have 8 blocks, 4 green and 4 purple.

Love how they are looking. I am excited to see how everyones blocks turn out 

Haunted House Mini Quilt

Yay it is done!

I finish off my haunted house mini quilt.  Of course I was late for the contest so I couldn't turn it in, but that is ok cause it is cute and I love it.  I did run it over to show the girls at my LQS.  They loved it.

 

It is all free pieced with out a pattern.  I appliqued the green bushes and the pimpkin on the front lawn and th one ghost is half appliqued and half sewn right into the seems.     

 The shutters open revealing a big spider web in one and eyes that say boo in the other. 

 

The back is just a fun green with purple spiders.  I love that all but the spider web material came from my stash (the spider web was required for the contest).  

 

I have since found a dowel to hang it with and it is hanging by my front door. It makes me smile.  Another check on my 100 Day Hustle List. 

 



Haunted house mini quilt

So I am working on my haunted house mini quilt and I am sad to say I don't think I will make the deadline for my LQS contest, but I am going to finish it anyway.

It is mostly pieced with just the one ghost being appliquéd on. I started with the top little section and worked down, adding bits here and there as needed. I love the shutters and you can see they open too. I think it might need an appliqué tree, but I'm not sure. I'll just see where it takes me.

This is in my list for the 100 day hustle. I hope everyone else is keeping up with their lists, too. 

Mini Granny squares

So the other day I was reading Krista Stitched and she had made the cutest little granny square pin cushion. I was in love with it, I mean it was so cute who wouldn't be? So I decided I needed an upgrade for my own pin cushion. You see, my pin cushion is actually an old McDonalds toy... a Piglet head.

I pulled out my batik scrap box and cut up some tiny squares and went to work. I made my granny square and then added the sashing. I added fusible fleece to the back to give it a little body.
I love my new pin cushion. It definitely is an improvement. The next one will have to have a loop to hang it with. I've already pieced out a few more to work with.

Oh and thanks Krista for the help with the iPad photo problem.

Fun fabrics... take 2

Stopped at my LQS, Quilting Possibilities, last week and picked up a couple fabrics. I had fun with the scraps again and came home with this haul of black and whites.  I have to say that my "Cheers"greeting whenever I walk in the door there always makes me smile.

 

I got some other fabrics in my scrap bag, too, but the black and whites were the majority. I also hit up another fabric store that is near me. Stitch and Sew is one store that has a ton of fabric. (and they are generous cutters there too... Yay!)

I picked up some great prints, most out of the the sale box. Those are usually just $5 a yard. Love those boxes.

 

 

I also went through the "get rid of this fabric" table and found a couple great pieces. They sell off the samples of decorator fabrics that they no longer carry so I picked up a pack that had 5 27" squares of the fun square decorator and another that is the stripe which is 1.25 yards by the width of the fabric.

 

Well, I better get back to sewing. I have been sewing, but the lack of a laptop has put a damper on editing photos so I am struggling with sending photos from my phone to my email to upload.  I am not a fan of posting from the iPad, either. Oh well, I will figure it out eventually.

 

Edited.... now I hope the photos are there...  ugh!

 

 



Strip baby quilt

I think I have figured out a little more about the iPad that my father is so graciously allowing me to borrow until I decide on a new computer. So here goes...

About a week or so ago I was just playing with strips of fabric that I have, mindlessly sewing to relax me because lately my stress level has be at the overflowing like the waterfall in my background picture. As I pieced the strips came together so nicely I decided it would make a cute little baby quilt/play mat.

I love all the colors together, so happy and playful. 

I quilted it by stitching about a quarter of an inch away from the seam on only one side. I then used my scraps and whipped up my scrappy binding. 

This fun little baby quilt is backed with a pillowcase. (I always keep at least one sheet prewashed in my stash and if it is from a set, then the pillowcases end up in  my stash, too.  I love how much fabric you can get out of a pillowcase when you unpick the seams!)

This quilt measures 29.5"x30". I used my favorite warm and natural cotton batting to give it a nice weight, not too heavy and not too light. It is machine quilted and machine bound with a fun scrappy binding.

I think that I will be putting this one up in my etsy shop since I just made it to relax.  I just have to figure out how to upload the pictures from the iPad.