It’s a Wonder Full Life

Last day of the Wonder Full Blog Hop! I’m excited to be a part of this blog hop showing off Lizzie Clark’s newest fabric line, Wonder Full from Sweet Bee Designs!  I received a fat quarter bundle from Lizzie for my creation! I decided that I wanted to make a woven bag with this beautiful fabric.  Each of the colors is so rich and vibrant,...

July Color Challenge Block!

It’s the first day of July, so it’s a new color for the Monthly Color Challenge!  This month’s color is YELLOW-GREEN! If you want more details on the challenge, read about it here. Jen from Patterns by Jen designed a block that can be made in 6″ and 12″ finished. I opted to make all the blocks 12″ to match the blocks I designed. You...

#365DaysOfArtPBQChallenge Week26, Exercises 176-182

It’s Week 26 of the 365 Days Of Art Challenge!  We are halfway done!! WOOHOO!  This is also July 1st, so make sure to check out the July Monthly Color Challenge Block that is released today as well!. If you haven’t started yet, no worries!  The link up at the bottom of the post will be open all year so be sure to check back...

June Color Challenge Revisited (Friday Foto Fun #38)

Hello from Kansas City (finally!!!) and a special edition of Friday Foto Fun!!!  All my stuff will get delivered later today and I’ll finally be able to get my new sewing room set up and start quilting again!  This last month has been ridiculously busy and stressful, but we are almost done! June is almost over which means you only have two more days to...

#365DaysOfArtPBQChallenge Week25, Exercises 169-175

It’s Week 25 of the 365 Days Of Art Challenge!  One more week until I’m halfway done with the book.  I was flipping back through the beginning parts of the book and I can see the improvement, so that’s pretty cool! Sometimes it’s hard to keep going when you don’t think you are moving forward! If you haven’t started yet, no worries!  The link up...

Modern Batik Challenge!

This month’s Island Batik Challenge is to create a modern quilt!  Modern quilts incorporate the use of bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid color, improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, and/or alternate grid work.  You can read more about the Modern Quilt movement and the Modern Quilt Guild page here. The fabrics featured in this post were given to me...

#365DaysOfArtPBQChallenge Week24, Exercises 162-168

It’s Week 24 of the 365 Days Of Art Challenge!  And I am hitting the midway slump!  Things that I’ve noticed… I like the art, but I tend to do exercises in groups rather than one a day. I also know people tend to not want to share art they do if they don’t consider it good.  I’m glad I’m able to laugh at myself...

Sister Sewing Weekend! (Friday Foto Fun #36) 

My sister, Sandra, came to visit last weekend and it was the first weekend the house was on the market.  We did end up sewing a bit, but it was sew, pack up and leave the house when there was a showing, then return and take everything back out and sew some more, repeat.  Not ideal but we made it work. It has been a...