Wordless Wednesday - Blooming Beans!

Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday - My Garden Angel and another Double Double May for Me Quilting Giveaway!

This giveaway is now closed.  Thanks to everyone who entered!  

Check the Giveaway and May for Me page for the current Giveaways.

I love these little wall hangings.  I can't seem to stop making them once I start.  I love cutting out all the little pieces and I especially love quilting them.  It's like I am coloring.  This one is called Blanche the Garden Angel from Patch Abilities Wall hangings.   

I call mine "Miss Molly" !  I particularly like the swirly curly hair on my Miss Molly! Her boots remind me of my hiking boots from college. I not only wore them to hike up on Rib Mountain, but I also wore them to class everyday in the winter.  It was very cold in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.   They kept my toes nice and warm.

 Maybe that is what it is about these wall hangings... I see something in them that brings back a fond memory.

Today is the last day of May, so here is another May for Me Giveaway!  It's another Double Double Quilting Giveaway.  It is $20.00 off my Machine Quilting Services on a Lap Size Quilt or larger. (approximately 45" X 65"). 

I am giving away 2 prizes - 2 gift certificates good for one year thru' June 16, 2012.  So two of you will be winners!  Additional Bonus:  If you book your quilting date for September 2011, you will can get an extra $10.00 off the quilting! So that's $30.00 off the quilting on a lap size quilt or larger.

Please leave a comment to enter.  

• First you need to be a follower  - new or old.
•  You will have two chances to win!

#1  What kind of freestyle quilting would you like me to quilt on your quilt if you win? 


#2  If you want a second chance in the drawing - make a separate comment and tell me where you blogged, shared or tweeted about the Double Double Quilting Giveaway and please include the link.


Drawing will be June 15, 2011 at 6pm. The winners will be announced on June 16, 2011. 


Still time to enter last week's drawing thru' 6pm on June 1, 2011. Double Double Quilting Giveaway!


Still looking for Pat from the May17th Giveaway!  .... Anyone know Pat?  I am still holding the prizes for Pat.


So please make sure you include your email address, so I can contact you, if you win, if you are a nonreplyblogger. Thanks!

I really enjoyed the last day of May and I am going to love all the days in June.  

A friend suggested we call it:  "Just do it June!"

Thanks for following!

Marcia

Blooming Beans Quilt

I quilted my Blooming Beans Wall Hanging Quilt today using a thread painting technique - stitching with different colors of thread on raw edge applique'.  It really gives it a 3-D look.  The Blooming Beans Quilt is a bird's eye view of rows in a garden and the beans are just starting to bloom. One of those patterns that came to me in my dreams... I'll post more about that later.

Here is a photo of the wall hanging quilt before quilting.  I put the leaves and tiny blossoms on the background fabric (the dirt rows of the garden).  I pressed Heat 'n Bond Lite on the fabric pieces before I cut out the leaves and blossoms.

I would hang the quilt lengthwise, but you could also use it as a table topper or make it longer and use it as a table runner.

Some close up views of the 3- D effect of the quilting.  I used a washable wool batting.  It has a little more loft than 80/20 or 100% cotton, thus gives it a little puffiness for more dimension.


In the month of May I am going to do some of  my unfinished projects. I will start writing about it soon.... on a new page in this Blog at  May for Me! Today I took Minutes for Me!  I took a break from my quilting mid morning and pressed the applique' pieces and got the backing fabric ready.  Then later in the afternoon after I was done quilting customer's quilts, I took more Minutes for Me and quilted this wall hanging.  After dinner tonight I took more Minutes for Me and stitched the binding!  Then instead of watching TV, I uploaded photos and wrote this post!  WOW I like Minutes for Me!  We, all of us, should take time for ourselves. We don't do that enough.  Start with taking Minutes for Me and by the time May gets here, you can take LOTS of MINUTES for you!

Wow! My Connectivity Quilt wins First Place for Project Quilting!

I am so pleased.... to be chosen as one of the top three!  Congratulations to all the participants, as we are all winners, just to be a participant in Project Quilting! 

The quilts this time were exceptionally wonderful, considering the hardware theme for the quilt project made it a bit difficult.  

Doing the challenges have really made me step outside my box and try my hand at a more detailed quilting.  I have created new quilt patterns - soon to be available for purchase. And I am designing applique' pieces without a pattern.   Thanks to Project Quilting for being my inspiration to create!

Thanks again to my family and friends for your love and support!

Read the judges reviews at the link below.  Feel free to SHARE the Project Quilting Link with all your friends too! .

Project Quilting

Connectivity

What does a piece of wire, a wire stripper, and electrical tape have in common with a quilt? 

A single stand of wire stands alone as one single piece, a wire stripper opens up the ends to prepare it to connect, and the electrical tape holds all the wires together.


A quilter sews alone til she finds a community of quilters who are brought together through their love of quilting.

Connectivity is the name of my quilt!

 Getting you up close with the stitches. Made all the photos X Large this time so you can see the details! I love thread painting on raw edge applique' !

 Back side of the quilt and hanging sleeve.

 Gabby connects with my quilts too... I really think it is that she just wants to have her picture taken.  She jumps right up on the sofa when I am taking pictures!  My husband thinks I make her do it - NOPE !

 Signed my quilt with my name!

More photos on my Photo Gallery and on My Flicker  and Flicker Group for Project Quilting.  Also link on the side of this Blog for Project Quilting for VOTING. Starts after all photos are in tonight.

Something from the Hardware Store! Do you know what it is now?

Peel off the paper on the Heat and Bond and on the fabric strips.  Then lay them out how you would like them and press with an iron. Then start stitching.  I like to use thread that is not the exact same color but a little darker or a little lighter.  Start to stitch with the thread like you are painting with brush strokes.

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Back of the quilt!

Fresh off the quilting machine. Ready to trim the edges.

Choose the binding -  I think orange is best.  I will bind it on Friday morning, take more pictures, write the description for the posting and then upload my entry to the my Flicker site and Project Quilting Flicker site.  

Quilts that look like pictures or photos.........

.. I use the quilting machine to thread paint on the fabric pieces with all different colors of threads ...... creates a texture like painting ..... a type of thread painting... really gives the quilt a three dimensional look.... Not necessarily real..... because it's not -- it's a quilted wall hanging! See more pictures of this type of thread painting in the photo gallery.