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| Share your Trunk Treasures at Whims and Fancies ! |
If so, then hop on over to Soma's blog, Whims and Fancies (Nov 10-18 ) and see what everyone is pulling out to share !! I just know it will be inspiring and creative and fun!
And, if you are blogger, you can write up your own post ( details here ) and pull out a few things from your own trunk! Soma has even arranged for sponsors for the blog hop, who are donating some awesome prizes for participation.
So here is what I pulled out of my Susie's Sunroom trunk!!
(I started out making bags and totes, and they aren't "stored" in my trunk.)
I found this on the very bottom of my trunk. It's from "way back" in 2009 : (My roots aren't very deep yet! LOL)
My first official quilt that I made: The Scruffily Quilt A Moda Bakeshop Pattern {here}
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| My first quilt.... The Scruffily Susie's Sunroom |
This quick and easy pattern used a Layer Cake, a Jelly Roll and a Charm Pack of fabrics. I chose Moda's Glace (by 3 Sisters) fabric, and still LOVE these fabrics. The smaller squares on top of the 10 inch blocks were just sewed on top, leaving raw edges. Hence the name "scruffily."
Uhhmmm... Don't look too closely at where the blocks join up.... (remember it was my first quilt! I hadn't figured out how to line up and pin the blocks as you sew them together, yet!)
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| Oops! I did get the scruffily part right!! |
Well, anyway, I was happy to see that I made a quilt label for the back!
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| Yay for a quilt label! |
I still have scraps left from this quilt. {Happy Dance !} Now I can make a pillow to go with my quilt , pull the quilt out at Thanksgiving time , and USE it this year! Despite this quilt's imperfections and simplicity, it is still very dear to my heart.
What's next in my trunk?
The Scottie Dog Mug Rug- 2012 pattern by The Patchsmith
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| Scottie Dog Mug Rug Christmastime version by Susie's Sunroom |
I fell in love with making small, fun and heartfelt patterns, using Amanda, The Patchsmith's patterns!! The Patchwork patterns actually taught me how to use fusible applique technique and create patchwork !
I gave this mug rug to my mother. She pulls it out every Christmas season now. It is still one of my favorite designs!! I have since made MANY mug rugs with The Patchsmith patterns!!
Excuse me while I lift my cat out of the trunk.... she 's snoring away on top of my pile of quilts!
So what is on the top of the trunk? This Farm Girl Vintage Sampler Quilt. I finished it up last week. You can read about it {here}.
Design from book " Farm Girl Vintage" by Lori Holt
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| Farm Girl Vintage Sampler Quilt |
Note: I guess I have come a long way from sewing 10 inch squares together.... to making 106 Flying Geese in a border!
I wanted to use more patterns from the book , for on the back of my quilt. I made four barns with four animals in the barns. I also got brave enough to free motion quilt the outer border, to add some texture and crinkles! (I just noticed the "scruff" and "crinkle" affinities that I have !)
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| The back of my Farm Girl Vintage Sampler Quilt Susie's Sunroom |
I used another adorable The Patchsmith pattern for this Daisy cow in the barn! I also used this pink gingham material for the back and binding... it was in my stash since about 2010! And of course, I made a little label for the quilt.
I invite you to go over to Whims and Fancies blog to see what is in other quilter's trunks!
Look over Soma's blog posts and her pattern shop while you are there! She is so talented and interesting! I think I first learned about Soma by seeing her amazing paper pieced patterns. She was in the line-up of designers in the Garden Party blog hop , back in 2012. Before long I was hooked on her blog, and in admiration of all of her widely varied talents and interests in the arts and sciences. It didn't take me long to realize that Soma creates from her heart!
I made this mini wallhanging, "fREADom" , designed by Soma in July 2015: { blog here }
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| fREADom Bookshelf Mini Susie's Sunroom version |
See you over at Whims and Fancies!! And , Thanks for stopping by here!!
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| I'm off to my sewing room! |
PS Voting is open from now until Nov 17 , at Sew Fresh Quilts, for your Dog Gone Cute post favorites...
My "The Naughty Little Puppy baby quilt " version...
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