Back to School...Less Sewing

I have been very busy in the last few weeks. I was standing in a wedding and started back teaching. It's been a busy few weeks; however, I did manage to get a little time to be in my sewing room. I started off by setting my sewing machine back up and organizing my room a bit.

Then, I was able to start working on a quilt for a dear friend of mine. I am using the Stash Stars Pattern from Quilt it...today. I did modify some things slightly since I wanted my stars to be all one colour. I picked all sorts of purples for the stars and a beige colour for the background.
Here are a few pictures of my first couple of blocks.

 

 

I have also been working on a quilt block exchange with my sister at Jada's Quilting Adventures. We are both making a Mosaic Tiles quilt. I have started to cut and prepare her blocks. However, I can not post pictures just yet until she receives them later this month.

I am very excited to be sharing this project with my sister. It's going to be fun to receive the squishy packages every month!

 

I received my Kona Pewter fabric for my background, and a yellow fat quarter bundle to do some of my 5" squares. I decided I wanted my Mosaic Tiles quilt to be yellows, blues and greens. I also got some pink and purple fat quarters for my sister's quilt blocks.

 

 

 

I love how Sew-Sisters added this little charm on my fat quarter bundles that say "Made with Love"

 

 

 

I hope everyone has a great sewing week :) Enjoy and keep quilting ! :)

 

Random Appliqué Projects

Here are some random appliqué projects that I have completed in the last year.

My first introduction into appliqué. Yet again, I have to thank my sister for her lessons. She knew I would love this since I am big into scrapbooking as well.

 

After finishing the above project, I decided I wanted to do more. I fell in love with appliqué from the beginning. I love how I can create my own designs and add my personal touch.

 

Here is my second project I created without a pattern.

 



Here are some other appliqué projects I have completed in the past year.

Hope Mug Rugs

St. F X Wall Hanging for a friend

 

Hope you enjoy :) Be creative !

 

First Quilt Project

This was my first project as a beginner. My sister had lots of patience to help me learn the skills I needed to make a quilt.  The quilt top was finished in about 5 days during our first Sewing Vacation. However, the quilting took a long time.

This is a picture of the beginning...making the rows.

 

This is the quilt top finished. 

 

It took me a while to figure out how I wanted to quilt this colourful project. I decided to use a variegated thread. It is all different bright colours. I used a zigzag stitch. I am not sure if I will ever do that stitch again on a quilt. It took a lot of patience and time. But it turned out pretty nicely :)

 

After completing the quilting on this quilt, I only had the binding left. I have never done binding on anything this big so I decided to take it back on our sewing vacation to finish it up.

 

 

I am very pleased with the outcome of my first quilt. The feeling of completing a quilt is great motivation to continue working and completing other projects.

 

Happy quilting :)

 



First Attempt on a Sewing Machine

I have been watching my mom, sister and many aunts sew for years. I finally decided it would be fun to try and learn how to sew, little did I know it would become an addiction. My sister was the brave one that offered to take the time to show me a few things. She helped me make a scrappy mug rug. She began by showing me now to use a rotary cutter, how to do piecing, quilting and binding.
This is the little project I was able to complete :)

I had a great teacher to show me a thing or two about sewing and quilting. After enjoying making this mug rug so much, I decided it was time to look into buying my very own sewing machine.

 

 

This was done May 2014.