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February 14, 2025
my creative week Project quilting and stay at home round robin from Not Afraid of Color

 


7" X 10" 

this is my entry for Project Quilting this week, the prompt was to take three traditional blocks in the common usage and make a finished quilt. I took out my scrap bags of Cherrywood hand dyes to use thinking I'd make a sketchbook cover. My bags have strips from  a half inch wide to 2" wide. 

I made a sawtooth star, put a log cabin around it (taking into consideration two values on each row) and made my improv flying geese for the top and bottom. I loved it and thought of all the things I ...

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added by LA Paylor 1 year, 2 months ago. under project quilting , sahrr
February 10, 2025
PQ 16-3 Common Blocks & Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome! I hope that you're hibernating in your studios and playing with fabric

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added by Andree G. Faubert 1 year, 2 months ago. under blocks , fmq , free motion mavericks , free motion quilting , half-square triangle block , linking party , project quilting , wall hanging
February 9, 2025
Quilt Reveal: To Wash Or Not To Wash from High Road Quilter

 

The Project Quilting Challenge for the week is Common Blocks. The rule is to make a quilt with three common quilt blocks.  There is also a quote "No one owns the copyright on a 16-patch block, or an Ohio star."

You have no idea how happy this challenge made me.  I was working on a tutorial about whether you should pre-wash your fabric before making a quilt. I was thinking about making three nine patch blocks - one with all pre-washed fabrics, one with no pre-washed fabrics, and one with a mixture of both.  I was debating making three different quilts ...

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added by Shelina 1 year, 2 months ago. under blog challenge , blue quilt , green quilts , pink quilt , project quilting , quilt reveal , quilting , to wash or not to wash quilt
January 31, 2025
January Last from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're just about to say hello to February. We're another month closer to the departure date for our Fifty-Fifty trip to Alaska (that's our 50th state during our 50th year of marriage). I keep reminding myself it will be on us before we know it. I've made reservations for the first several days of our trip, and the rest will remain open. For this trip, we'll play it a little looser than usual and keep the length of our stay in any given place more flexible. It's a little too ...

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added by Barbara 1 year, 2 months ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , mindless musings , project quilting , quilts , small quilts
January Last from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're just about to say hello to February. We're another month closer to the departure date for our Fifty-Fifty trip to Alaska (that's our 50th state during our 50th year of marriage). I keep reminding myself it will be on us before we know it. I've made reservations for the first several days of our trip, and the rest will remain open. For this trip, we'll play it a little looser than usual and keep the length of our stay in any given place more flexible. It's a little too ...

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added by Barbara 1 year, 2 months ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , mindless musings , project quilting , quilts , small quilts
January 30, 2025
Project Quilting 16-2 Ombre Challenge from Quilting & Learning

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added by Andree G. Faubert 1 year, 3 months ago. under ombre fabric , pouch , project quilting
January 25, 2025
Creativity this week... two challenges met and knitting socks from Not Afraid of Color

 

Project Quilting prompt for this week was "ombre" which is a shift from one color to the another. 

I am knitting socks with an ombre affect at the moment. Purple to turquoise

two of my favorite colors! I like to put my own spin on a prompt so I thought I'd graduate from purple to turquoise with fabric PRINTS instead of solids. I wanted to make something I could use too, so an older pattern for a "keeper" fit the need

Now I have a non Christmas colored keeper to hold sock projects in the family room


I arranged ...

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added by LA Paylor 1 year, 3 months ago. under project quilting , rsc , sahrr
January 22, 2025
Challenge Complete from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a bright sunny day, but still very cold. Brrrr. If it weren't so cold out, it might be a nice day for a walk. But it is cold, so...nah. I'll stay inside where it's warm and do my walking on the treadmill. Also, there's plenty of walking between my sewing machine and my ironing board. Quilting: it's good for your health and stamina.


Usually I'm doing my quilting first before anything else, but I really wanted to finish off the challenge piece, and so I started there ...

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added by Barbara 1 year, 3 months ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , free-motion quilting , project quilting , quilts , small quilts
Challenge Complete from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a bright sunny day, but still very cold. Brrrr. If it weren't so cold out, it might be a nice day for a walk. But it is cold, so...nah. I'll stay inside where it's warm and do my walking on the treadmill. Also, there's plenty of walking between my sewing machine and my ironing board. Quilting: it's good for your health and stamina.


Usually I'm doing my quilting first before anything else, but I really wanted to finish off the challenge piece, and so I started there ...

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added by Barbara 1 year, 3 months ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , free-motion quilting , project quilting , quilts , small quilts
January 21, 2025
Ombre Sunset from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. All sewing, all the time, with a little bit of baking thrown in for good measure. What could be better than that? Well...maybe winning the lottery, but first one must actually play the lottery. 

Finishing off the stitching for the small Catmint piece was at the top of my list. This will still need borders, quilting, and binding. I have some cute fabrics to finish it off.


There was still a little time left in my slow-stitching morning, and so I started stitching the names and places for the ...

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added by Barbara 1 year, 3 months ago. under book review , cats , challenge quilts , cooking , embroidery , free-motion quilting , mindless musings , project quilting , quilts
Ombre Sunset from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. All sewing, all the time, with a little bit of baking thrown in for good measure. What could be better than that? Well...maybe winning the lottery, but first one must actually play the lottery. 

Finishing off the stitching for the small Catmint piece was at the top of my list. This will still need borders, quilting, and binding. I have some cute fabrics to finish it off.


There was still a little time left in my slow-stitching morning, and so I started stitching the names and places for the ...

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added by Barbara 1 year, 3 months ago. under book review , cats , challenge quilts , cooking , embroidery , free-motion quilting , mindless musings , project quilting , quilts
January 20, 2025
Sashing and Gnashing from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. When I wrote yesterday's post, I completely forgot it was the day a new prompt would be announced for the Project Quilting challenge. Late morning, after I'd done as much quilting as I'd planned for the day, I checked my email, and there it was. The challenge this time around is "Ombre." 

Well that threw me. I spent a good part of my afternoon sewing time gnashing my teeth about what I could do for this. My initial reaction was to skip this one, but then I get a bad case of the ...

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added by Barbara 1 year, 3 months ago. under book review , cats , challenge quilts , cooking , embroidery , exercise , free-motion quilting , project quilting , quilts
Sashing and Gnashing from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. When I wrote yesterday's post, I completely forgot it was the day a new prompt would be announced for the Project Quilting challenge. Late morning, after I'd done as much quilting as I'd planned for the day, I checked my email, and there it was. The challenge this time around is "Ombre." 

Well that threw me. I spent a good part of my afternoon sewing time gnashing my teeth about what I could do for this. My initial reaction was to skip this one, but then I get a bad case of the ...

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added by Barbara 1 year, 3 months ago. under book review , cats , challenge quilts , cooking , embroidery , exercise , free-motion quilting , project quilting , quilts
January 13, 2025
PQ 16 - 1 Mythical Creatures - A Korean Folktale from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome. This piece is in response to Project Quilting's first challenge of 2025. When PQ's first challenge was announced, I had just checked out TextileArtist.org's Stitch Club's latest class about Korean folktale art. What serendipity!  From the workshop I made a piece that I call "The Rabbit's Adventure". Let me tell you about it

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added by Andree G. Faubert 1 year, 3 months ago. under embroidery , fmq , free motion quilting , project quilting , textileartist.org stitch club
January 12, 2025
Quilt Reveal: Al-Buraq from High Road Quilter

 The Project Quilting Challenge this week is Mythical Creatures. The first thought that came to my mind was Pegasus, but when I found pictures of a winged horse with a face, I immediately gravitated towards the Al-Buraq.  One of my rules for this challenge, since there is only a week to make it, is to not overthink any decisions and to just keep going with the flow.  Decision-making takes more time.

So I present to you, Al-Buraq. I love the metallic border that frames my creature and I think for a mythical creature it is a successful project.  Looking at ...

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added by Shelina 1 year, 3 months ago. under animal quilt , project quilting , quilt reveal , quilting , small quilts
January 11, 2025
creativity this week, hand embroidery and Project Quilting (Mythical creatures) from Not Afraid of Color

 

Project Quilting is an online challenge to make a quilt in a week from their prompt. Start to finish. 

I call my piece "Weeki Wachee"

19" X 21" 
I've had an infatuation with mermaids for almost as long as my love of Flamingos

a pin gifted to me from Miss Pat and some nice perle cotton embroidery thread

Pat sent me an embroidered bag with that pin (!!!!!!!) a while ago  and it resonates with my love of flamingos kitch and the 1940's/1950's

I didn't start my mermaid piece til Thursday, dithering over fabric choices. When ...

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added by LA Paylor 1 year, 3 months ago. under project quilting
January 8, 2025
Project Quilting 16.1: Mythical Creatures from ... Cat Patches

 Good morning, my friends. Once again, I’m writing fast. Poor Sadie has to go to the vet this morning. There’s been no bloodshed so far, but one can never rule that out when Sadie is being transported somewhere against her very strong will. Honestly, for her size, she packs a punch. But, let’s not focus on that right now. I’m afraid she’ll be reading over my shoulder, and realize what’s in her future.

So it took me two days to finish my piece for the “Mythical Creatures” prompt. After thinking over several ideas, I ...

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added by Barbara 1 year, 3 months ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , free-motion quilting , project quilting , quilts , small quilts
Project Quilting 16.1: Mythical Creatures from Cat Patches

 Good morning, my friends. Once again, I’m writing fast. Poor Sadie has to go to the vet this morning. There’s been no bloodshed so far, but one can never rule that out when Sadie is being transported somewhere against her very strong will. Honestly, for her size, she packs a punch. But, let’s not focus on that right now. I’m afraid she’ll be reading over my shoulder, and realize what’s in her future.

So it took me two days to finish my piece for the “Mythical Creatures” prompt. After thinking over several ideas, I ...

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added by Barbara 1 year, 3 months ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , free-motion quilting , project quilting , quilts , small quilts
January 7, 2025
Marathon Stitching from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a beautiful day of weather yesterday. It looks like we're in for another pretty day today. It's a grocery shopping day, and so a dry day is always appreciated. The sky was pretty this morning, treating us to some pink and blue stripes of sky.


My day yesterday was spent hand-stitching...almost the whole day. Smitty was only too happy to help.


I was working on the embroidered portion of my Project Quilting 16.1 challenge...Mythological Creatures. I'll show this to you when I have it finished, but for now ...

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added by Barbara 1 year, 3 months ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , free-motion quilting , project quilting , quilts
Marathon Stitching from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a beautiful day of weather yesterday. It looks like we're in for another pretty day today. It's a grocery shopping day, and so a dry day is always appreciated. The sky was pretty this morning, treating us to some pink and blue stripes of sky.


My day yesterday was spent hand-stitching...almost the whole day. Smitty was only too happy to help.


I was working on the embroidered portion of my Project Quilting 16.1 challenge...Mythological Creatures. I'll show this to you when I have it finished, but for now ...

read more
added by Barbara 1 year, 3 months ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , free-motion quilting , project quilting , quilts