A Big Thank You!

My Big Thank You goes out to all who made Project Quilting happen!  To all the participants, the sponsors, the judges, and especially the organizer and creator of Project Quilting, Kim.  Also the general public for viewing and voting! And last but not least , my  friends and family who supported me through hours of crazy quilting ideas and creations which resulted in wonderful final projects for the contest. 

Project Quilting gave me permission to create... What I mean by this, is that I didn't have to follow a pattern.  I would come up with an idea and just start drafting it out on paper or in my head and just go with it!  Sometimes I would have to cut and sew and then rip it out, but I tried new things and really created the ideas that were spinning around in my head!  An extra bonus for me was that I watched a lot less TV at night.  I quilt customer's quilts all day and my only free time are my evenings.  Thanks to project quilting for filling my evenings with creative thinking! 

I am very please to have placed third in the contest!  Makes me smile!  Kim created a wonderful mosaic of my projects.

Watch for an April post which will include the photo directions for making a quilted tote bag from a small quilted piece like a baby quilt or quilted wall hanging.  Learn how to make it in April and do it in May for May for Me!

Do you have a small quilt you would like to make into a quilted tote bag?  Join us for the May for Me celebration!

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.  

Valentine's Day Breakfast - Looks like a QUILT to me !

Love the colors.  They would make a great quilt!

Thanks to Gwen and Jerry I had a colorful breakfast with the Valentine's candies, my oatmeal and fresh strawberries. The blue candy is chocolate covered blueberries combined with chocolate covered pecans and I added chocolate covered raisins and strawberries!  Oh and a little coffee to get me started on this bright and sunny Monday morning!

Happy Valentine's Day to all!

 

Note:  I did not eat Ritch's candy.  Although it was tempting!

Quilt that was featured in the Quilting Video

This is the colorful quilt that was featured in the Quilting Video. The pattern is "The Easy to Sew Quilt Pattern." It is available for purchase on my website

This unique quilt looks different every time you make it! See examples in my photo gallery of quilts and quilting. Easy to read and follow. This pattern makes sewing and quilting fun again!

Quilts in my Garden

Quilts in my Garden ---- Make a "Quilt Like" Cover for your hanging planters for next year! All of the simple instructions FREE under each picture in the Photo Gallery under "Quilts in the Garden" direct link to my photo gallery --- Just follow along and make... your own "Quilt Like" Cover! Feel free to share it with your friends too!

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.

Veiw of my container garden and my fabric cover for my tomato planter

Lengthwise view from both ends of the deck.. This is on the south side of our home. Sunny all day!!


Of course I had to add fabric to my container garden! Wanted to make it look like a quilt!!!

I am really having fun with my little garden!!!

Fabric and Toes! .... Mom's just want to have FUN!!!

Fabric and Toes! .... Moms just want to have FUN!!!
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New Look

The Easy to Sew Quilt Pattern is now available with a Bright NEW front page or with a more Traditional looking front page. It is the same pattern but has taken on a brighter look! The new photo was taken of the quilt made with the Dye Candy Fabrics from dyecandy.etsy.com

I made the baby quilt using only SIX - 12 inch blocks -- thus making a nice little baby quilt approximately 30" X 40". The pattern makes SIXTEEN - 12 inch blocks to make the 52" X 52" lap size quilt. Using the leftover ten blocks I could make another little baby quilt same size or make a square quilt using nine of the blocks -- 3 across and 3 down -- that would make a nice baby quilt too.

The possibilities are endless....

Watch for future entries with more ideas --- you can be Creative too and it is so simple!!

See Examples Page -- Easy Quilt at CraftySewing.com

Saturday was National Quilting Day! -- Making of the Relay for Life Quilt!

I celebrated by sewing and quilting all day long!!! I am machine piecing the blocks for our family quilt for Relay for Life in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin for the Fireside Team. http://www.fortrelay.org The blocks are made with blues and greens in batiks and dyed fabrics of all sorts! Here is a picture of the blocks so far!! After I piece all the blocks, I then need to sew them all together using this cool striped fabric for the lattice strips. Then a really neat blue green border fabric. My mom and I started this quilt about a year and half ago. We first bought every blue and green fabric out there!!! Then we washed and pressed and starched the fabric. The next step was to cut it into 1 1/2 inch strips X 2 1/2 inch X 4 1/2 inch X 6 1/2 inch X 8 1/2 inch and X 10 1/2 inch and center squares that are 2 1/2 inches --- all the sizes needed to form the courthouse round block. Then I put them into a labeled 3 drawer container and Mom carefully chose the strips one by one for each block and laid them out on a paper towel. We put them in a big pizza box. Next it was my job to sew them together. I started sewing in September 2009 at a quilting retreat, but didn't finish the blocks and put them away until about 3 weeks ago, beginning again I sewed two strips on every block each morning before I started my quilting. Each night I pressed the blocks and then the next morning sewing two more strips. I missed a couple mornings and nights! So today I am going to sew and press and try complete the rest of the rounds on the courthouse round blocks. Then I can put it together and get it quilted next week. I reserved a date on my schedule to quilt it! --- must do that in order to get my own quilting done! We want to get it to the Fireside for displaying and for the raffle by Easter weekend. The Fort Atkinson Relay for Life is July 16th and 17th. Raffle Tickets may be purchased thru' the Fireside --- I will post information about purchasing tickets after Easter weekend.

The Easy to Sew Quilt Pattern available today!

The Easy to Sew Quilt Pattern is available starting today for only $8.00 and FREE SHIPPING for the month of March!!! This unique quilt looks different every time you make it! Your quilts will be crafty, unique, and creative! One of a kind! You can make it in any size from as small as a hot pad, place mat, or table runner to as large as a full, or queen, or king size quilt size! You can use new fabric or you can use up your scraps! It is a simple way to learn how to be crafty and creative! This pattern makes sewing and quilting fun!!!
Mail check or Money Order of $8.00 per pattern to: Marcia Wachuta, 41826 Cty Rd W, Boscobel, WI 53805. Order one for a friend too --- I will mail it directly to them with a gift card from you! Free gift card and FREE Shipping! Make sewing and quilting fun again for everyone!!!

See previous post for full size picture of a lap sized quilt.

A Quilt for Gatherings

Just sharing a few photos of my new quilt pattern for Gatherings. It is lap size about 52 X 52 Square. The pattern will be available at Gatherings Gift Shop in Boscobel and thru' my webstie beginning March 2nd. The quilt will be on display starting today in preparation for their Open House of their new fabric lines.... Thimbleberries and Moda ... to mention a few. The Open House will be Saturday, March 6th from 10 am to 5pm. I will have several quilts on display to show different samplings of the variety of free style quilting that I create for each of my customer's quilts. Some will be very detailed and some will be a more relaxed Ribbon Quilting like on the lap quilt. Note the whimsical flower on the lap quilt!

A photo quilt

I am catching up on some posting and want to take the next couple of weeks to highlight some of quilted projects and quilts that I have worked on over this year. I don't have the capacity to post about every quilt I work on, therefore I aim to post things that I think might inspire your own creativity, like today's post!

This quilted wall hanging was a creative way to cherish and preserve memories using fabric photos! This was made by Thankful Sanftlefben. Thankful's daughter asked her to make this special memory wall hanging her in-law's anniversary celebration. She used dark and medium fabrics to create a shadow effect on the fabric which essentially framed each photo. The rose fabric was framed as one of the pictures to represent the roses from their wedding. I quilted on each frame with wiggle/squiggle lines and then the background with meandering leaves and swirls. I used three different thread colors to match each fabric. Using a double poly-batting makes the photos puff and not sag as there is no quilting on the photo (just on the frames). This way they stay smooth. For more pictures check out the Memory and T-shirt Quilts on the media gallery.