Thanks to Beth over at EvaPaige Quilt Designs, I've been feeling obligated to sew every day this week (twist my arm!). She's hosting an event called "Drop and Give Me Twenty." It's a challenge for the month of February to sew 20 minutes each day. There's a fun Facebook group (it's not available anymore) to share your progress and prizes to be won (again, any surprise I'm in?).
So far, I've finished three mini quilts since February 1st. However, the first two were Halloween themed, and it just seemed odd blogging about black and orange in a month supposed to be about pink and red! (So in a nutshell: two Halloween charm packs + disappearing nine patch pattern + stipple and loops quilting = two Halloween table toppers/mini quilts.)
Just before Christmas 2015, a hashtag surfaced on Instagram: #getyourquiltywishesgranted. You could wish for anything. And people would search through the posts to see if they could grant a wish. It was a fun way to connect with others in the quilting community!
One person requested a Halloween mini to be used as a table topper and another person offered Halloween fabric scraps up for grabs! I was able to get the Halloween scraps in order to make a mini quilt to grant the wish! (More on the table topper I made for that here.)
A friend of mine from high school is having quadruplets! And they're all boys! If you want to read more about her story, you can follow her journey here.
I often make a baby quilt for expectant parents, but four!? I couldn't shake the notion that I needed to make these babies quilts though. One night, I had an "Aha!" moment: the babies will be in NICU for awhile after they're born, so they'll need little tiny quilts, not great big ones!
Do you have a "best quilty friend"? Someone that you love to quilt with or someone you ask for sewing advice?
Heather is my BQF! Heather and I met in college, moved to different states, and have reconnected because of quilting. However, she lives in Texas, and I live in Missouri. Since we can't get together and sew, we decided to try something fun to connect through sewing - a Round Robin quilt.
The quilting/sewing community hosts a lot of "swaps" - where you make something for someone and someone else makes something for you. I have been an "angel" a few times (it is better to give than receive!), but decided to actually join the Geeky Science Swap. I haven't received my package yet (official shipping date is this Friday), but I wanted to share what I'm sending!
Of all the sciences, my partner loves astronomy the most. After much thinking (and scouring the internet), I decided on a Big Dipper mini quilt. I found an image that I liked, and planned the quilt around that.
If you've known me very long, you know my affection for Dr. Seuss. The boys' nursery is decorated in Seuss and all birthday parties thus far have had a Seuss theme. So imagine my reaction when I learned of a Dr. Seuss themed craft swap on instagram - after the sign up period had ended.
Craft swaps are a common thing in the crafting/quilting community. Someone makes something for you, and you make something for someone else. Since I wasn't able to sign up, I waited until the shipping date. Lo and behold, a couple people didn't hold up their end of the deal (happens every time). The swap host asked if anyone would like to be an "angel" and send a package without getting one in return (I've done this twice before). I jumped at the chance to create something Seuss!
Just before Christmas, a hashtag surfaced on instagram: #getyourquiltywishesgranted. The idea was that you could post what your quilting desires were (fabric, patterns, etc), and others would grant your wish for no reason other than to make others happy.
I was fortunate enough to be on the receiving end and received a couple patterns and some gorgeous fabric scraps from people around the country that I have never met.
