Posts Tagged ‘Challenge quilt’
WIP Wednesday
The new season of Project Quilting has started, which is great. I love having inspiration for sewing projects. This week’s challenge is “confetti,” so I did a little research on Pinterest for ideas and came across a quilt by St. Louis Folk Victorian that I love. I’m using it as inspiration for my own little…
Read MoreYellow Snow Mini Quilt
November is the final month for the Project Quilting Focus Through the Prism challenges. This month’s block was the Snowball, a super simple block that can be used in a lot of interesting ways. For this month’s quilt, the only color I had left to work with was Yellow. And, of course, the first thing…
Read MoreSecret Squirrel Mini Quilt
This month’s Project Quilting Focus Through the Prism challenge theme was the 9-patch block. For my version of the challenge, I created a simple 9-patch design using orange fabrics. I decided to add a fun ninja squirrel for my embroidery design – this is not an actual requirement for the challenge quilts, but it’s a…
Read MoreWIP Wednesday
It’s WIP Wednesday again, and surprisingly enough I’ve actually got another work in progress to share. I’m super proud of myself getting started on this month’s Project Quilting Focus Through the Prism Challenge so early. Of course, I need to get it done and out of the way, so that I can get a baby…
Read MoreMy Little Friend Mini Quilt
I’ve finished up this month’s Project Quilting Focus Through the Prism challenge over the weekend. This month’s theme was Log Cabin blocks. For this month’s challenge, I decided to use my green ROYGBIV fabric and make a scrappy looking quilt. I also chose to add a hand embroidered gnome to this month’s mini quilt, which…
Read MoreSchrodinger’s Cat Mini Quilt
I finished up the first of the Focus Through the Prism challenges today. The block to incorporate this month was the Churn Dash, sometimes called the Monkey Wrench. My version of the quilt, “Schrodinger’s Cat,” features an offset block inside block design, with embroidered kitten, and hand quilting. Fabrics used in this quilt are Cherrywood…
Read MoreProject Quilting – Hearts
It seems like everything is having a heart theme this week. It was the theme for #OurProject52 this week, and for this week’s Project Quilting Challenge. It kind of stressed me out because I don’t usually do hearts- they seem so childish to me. I’m much more likely to decorate with anatomical hearts than real…
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