Kickoff of "No Scrap Left Behind" Blog Tour and Giveaway

Giveaway Closed!

Today I'm excited to kick off a blog tour to celebrate Amanda Jean Nyberg's crazymomquilts new book, No Scrap Left Behind!

I'm excited and honored that she asked me to join me in a celebration of SCRAPS! It's no secret that Amanda finds great enjoyment in transforming scraps into beautiful and useful finished objects. She really is trying to inspire me to actually use my scraps.

Amanda asked us to share our scrap sorting/storing methods OR our favorite tips/tricks when it comes scraps. Here is as far as I got on the first day.....all the scraps in one place:

Two of my grandchildren, 4 1/2 year old Vince and 7 year old Audrey thought it looked like a great place to hang out. I will continue on the scrap sorting another day.

Here are the projects I made using patterns from Amanda's book No Scrap Left Behind:

Fabric and Paper Pincushion

Skinny Pinnies

Pillow Pincushion

Bright Birch Tree Pincushion

Of course there will be prizes, too! At each stop along the way, a copy of No Scrap Left Behind will be given away. If you are a winner and you live with in the US, you will receive a hard copy of the book. If you live outside the US, you will receive a digital copy of the book.

Here is the schedule so you can follow along:

Monday, April 24th Mary Kolb (That's me!)

Tuesday, April 25, Lee Monroe

Wednesday, April 26, Sandi Hazelwood

Thursday, April 27, Bernie Kringel

Friday, April 28, Erin Cox

Monday, May 1, Katherine Greaves

Tuesday, May 2, Tracy Mooney

Wednesday, May 3, Cheryl Arkison

Thursday, May 4, Debbie Jeske

Friday, May 5, Amy Smart

To win your very own copy (either hard copy or digital) of No Scrap Left Behind on my blog, please leave one comment per person telling me how many sewing machines you own and how long since you have bought one, either new or used.

I will draw a random name next Monday May 1st at 9:00 P.M. Central Time. I will email the person so make sure that your email address is connected to your comment or if you are a no-reply blogger, leave your email address in your comment.

Have fun and use your scraps.

Giveaway closed. Winner has been chosen and emailed.

 

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Meadow Storm

Meadow Storm Quilt

I was lucky enough to get a fatquarter bundle of Meadow Storm designed by my friend Victoria of Victoria Findlay Wolfe Quilts for Marcus Brothers Fabric.

I found the perfect pattern to show off all the beautiful colors in the line. It is called Diamond Patch by Valley Creations.

I chose the twin size and it required 46 nine-patches using 2 1/2 inch squares.

I used my favorite background fabric from the Meadow Story line, Meadow Storm Misty White. You can find it by clicking on the name. It's going to be great to have the extra I bought around for more projects.

The quilt measures 60" X 90". I have not had a chance to quilt it yet, but have a few ideas in mind.

 

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St. Louis Sixteen Patch

I committed to making this quilt last year - a St. Louis Sixteen Patch using all original Katie Jump Rope fabric line by Denise Schmidt. This fabric line came out six years ago and I collected all the prints when I could no longer find a bundle of the entire line.

This quilt is 108" by 108" and was quilted by the fabulous Steffani Burton. I chose a wool batting for this quilt and love how the quilting makes a wonderful texture.

I really like this new look for our bed.

 

 

 

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Twister Jack

I finished Twister Jack with days to spare!

He is 14" X 15" with each block finishing at ONE INCH SQUARE. So fun to make and now so fun to display every Haloween.

I finished my bee blocks for Anne of the Mid-Century Modern be. I can't wait to see what her idea is with these.

I also finished Stephanie's bee block for the Sew Sister's Bee:

She has a great idea for each of us to choose a different color and the quilt will be a display of the ends of colored pencils.

I have a helper this weekend. We should have the leaves taken care of in no time!

 

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Halloween sewing

I like to make something new every year for Halloween and this year I got a late start due to some health issues. I want to post my in-process photo to encourage myself to get it finished!

So I started Twister Jack by Need'l Love about a week ago expecting to make the larger size. And even though I have three sizes of the Twister tool, I did not have the correct size.

SO, that meant I had to make the small size which uses the 1 1/2" Itty Bitty Primative Pinwheels tool for finished pinwheels of ONE INCH!

Here is where I'm at - about 1/3 finished. I'll be back when I'm completely finished.

 

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Blogger's Quilt Festival

It's been a very long time since I posted on my blog and maybe the Blogger's Quilt Festival will inspire me to get back to this.

My most recent quilt ended up being one of my all time favorite quilts, maybe because I made it start to finish.

This quilt is a pattern called Ventana by Nydia Kehnle and the fabric is all Michael Miller Cotton Couture. It's hard to tell but the background is a dark chocolate brown.

I quilted this on my Pfaff in horizontal rows every 3/8" using Aurifil 40 wt. thread.

The backing is Anna Maria Horner Field Study Sinister Swarm that I pieced to match the pattern.

The texture turned out amazing.

This quilt is 50" by 59".

I entered this quilt in the Small Quilt category in the Blogger's Quilt Festival if you would like to vote for this quilt. Thank you.

 

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Quilt finish number 3 in 2016

This one has been in the works for a while. I first asked my Mid-Century Modern bee members for a block back in 2014. Then I decided I needed lots more blocks for a quilt.

In 2015 I requested the same block from my Sew Sister Bee members. I kept rearranging on my design board until I came up with a layout. This required me to make five more block.

After that I had the layout but when measuring the blocks I had about 1/2" difference both ways. These blocks would not look good trimmed to the smaller size so I consulted with fellow Mid-Century bee member Elizabeth (Ocassional Place) and she recommended sashing two sides. I did this and squared each block to a consistent size! It worked perfectly.

Here you can see that for quilting I cross-hatched at 1 1/2".

The sashing is Carolyn Frielander leaf print in orange - I love it. It called for a solid orange binding.

It is so fun to have this one finished - finally.

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