Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Hugs and Kisses Blog Hop Day

Huggin' and Kissin'

More information and details at Madame Samm's Sew We Quilt .com

Welcome to Susie's Sunroom!

Today is the final day of the "sweetest" blog hop ever ... The Hugs and Kisses Blog Hop !
The sweet and ruffley Mdm Samm has arranged this Valentine's Day theme hop ....along with sweet Soma and her awesome paper pieced patterns !

Patterns available at Soma's Craftsy. Proceeds go to 2 charities.

Everyone in the blog hop is making projects using these Hugs and Kisses paper pieced patterns. Sweet!!

Be sure to visit everyone on the list today and see what beautiful projects they have created ! (The whole list is at the end of my post in case you have missed any days.)

Feb 19th

Lady Bente

Lady Kristen

Lady Linda

Lady Marcy

Lady Susie

SusiesSunroom You are here now!!

Mdm Samm

sewwequilt

I'd love to share what I made using Soma's Hugs and Kisses patterns....

A Hugs and Kisses Tea Towel and a Hearts Pincushion

Hugs and Kisses Tea Towel and a heart pincushion

The Hugs and Kisses Tea Towel -

Pattern- Free Spirit Tea Towel by Heidi Pridemore (link here)

Fabric: Valentine Rose by Tanya Whelan at Free Spirit (ADORE this fabric line!)

Kona solids

Michael Miller Garden Pin Dot Petal Pink (such a Happy pink!)

the hugs and kisses patterns were reduced to 50% size, and inserted into the fabric as part of the top of the tea towel

The top section is perfect to feature the Hug and Kiss symbols.
And, I love the ruffle bottom on this tea towel !

The Hearts Pincushion -

Pattern- Prettified Pincushion from the book
" Patchwork Please " by Ayumi Takahashi ( Zakka projects to stitch and give) (link here)

the top and bottom pattern was substituted with the Hugs and Kisses heart blocks by Soma ...one made in pink fabric and one made in red fabric
filled with crushed walnut shell kitty litter (Blue Buffalo )
Valentine fabric pieces for the sides
heart buttons

The Red Heart side of the pincushion

A Pink Heart side of the Prettified Pincushion

Now.... if you happen to be a regular follower of my blog, you probably figured out already that I wouldn't be able to stop at making " just 2 " little old small hearts....

What else did I make? A Table Runner using these hearts....
I got the idea after seeing a pretty Valentine's Day Table Runner made by Cherilyn at A Farm Wife's Journal... where she put heart blocks together with 9 Patch blocks.

I decided to use five of Soma's paper pieced heart blocks , and pair them with some jaunty little pinwheel blocks.

The I *Heart* Pinwheels Table Runner-

My I *Heart* Pinwheels Table Runner

The I *Heart* Pinwheels Table Runner-

Pattern- Hearts- Soma's paper pieced hearts were reduced to become 6 1/2 " blocks . I made five of these.
Pinwheel blocks - five 6 1/2 inch blocks

Fabric- Valentine Rose by Tanya Whelan at Free Spirit
White Garden Pin Dots by Michael Miller
Stash fabrics for different pinks

Thread - Aurofil White 100 % cotton (50 weight)

I love pink gingham!

I used the Aurofil White thread (50 weight) for the first time, for both the piecing and the quilting. "in love with this thread"

A pink polka dot heart..... hey, where'd that bird come from?

These little hearts are so cute, that I wanted to make something using a smaller heart. So I made a little door handle pillow.

Tiny Heart Door Handle Pillow-

Tiny Heart door handle pillow

Pattern- Heart pattern- Soma's Hugs and Kisses heart -reduced to a 4 1/2 " block
Fabric - Valentine Rose by Tanya Whelan at Free Spirit
White Garden Pin Dots by Michael Miller
Stash fabrics for pink

Embellishments- Ruffle 2 1/2 " x 44" made with my gathering foot (Easy Peasy this way!)
Glass beads

White lace - 1/2 " wide

The Tiny Heart Door Handle Pillow

The back side.. all plumpness and ruffley

Thank you so much, Mdm Samm for cheerleading and organizing this blog hop, and giving us a fun way to stretch our imaginations and to be inspired ! (Sew We Quilt blog).
Thank you so much, Soma, for these awesome hugs and kisses designs! (Whims and Fancies blog)

Here is the Hugs and Kisses Blog Hop full schedule: You will not want to miss anybody's lovely projects....

Feb 12th

Lady Carol

Lady Sandy

Lady Cynthia

Lady Pat

Lady Jolie

Lady Susan

Feb 13th

Lady Beth

Lady Jenny

Lady Britt-Inger

Lady Carla

Lady Marian

Lady Lyndsey

Feb 14th

Lady Soma

Whims and Fancies

Lady Laura Ann

fuzzyhatquilter

Lady Doris

Quilting Queen Online

Lady Rexie

Crow Calling Woman

Lady Shari

refreshedintent

Lady Cherry

cherry blossoms quilting studio

Feb 17th

Lady Mary

I piece 2 Mary

Lady Vickie

More stars in Comanche

Lady Anne

Lady Selina

Lady Theresa

Lady Jane

Feb 18th

Lady Lana

Lady Judy

Lady Shanna

Lady Amanda

Lady Kay

Feb 19th

Lady Bente

Lady Kristen

Lady Linda

Lady Marcy

Lady Susie

SusiesSunroom That's Me!

Mdm Samm

sewwequilt

And if you were not in our hop

but wish to get the patterns…

HERE they are ..

- Here at Etsy!

-Here at Craftsy!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

It has been a pleasure opening my heart up to you today!

I'm off to my sewing room!

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Basket and Blocks

The January weather is snowy and really cold outside, and it is great to be inside sewing, with a cup of coffee at my side. Perfect weather to work on my comforting Patchique' blocks!

Amanda, The Patchsmith, leads the way to making the blocks from this book

First block: #15 Kasuri niju kaku (Kasuri double square)

#15 Kasuri double square from the book

This block , a double square, uses 3 different fabrics. I went to the first fabrics that anchored my brown colorway for the blocks. (Moda FaLaLa)

#15 Kasuri double square made by Susie's Sunroom

Second block: #75 Hoya no hana ( Hoya flower)

#75 Hoya flower from the book

#75 Hoya flower made by Susie's Sunroom

This block had a lot of applique' pieces to cut out, and to blanket stitch around the outer edges (machine). I like the brown and aqua colors together. I enjoying looking at the blocks together in groups after I make them....

Side by side... #15 and #75 made by Susie's Sunroom

Do hop over to see Amanda's progress on her Patichique' blocks, and see beautiful pictures in her Flickr group.

My progress in the Patchique' journey so far: (slow and steady progress!)

Completed blocks Jan 22

Basket time: a Divided Basket pattern by Anna at Noodlehead

This basket is one of my favorite baskets to make! This is a nice sized basket, with so many possible uses!

Divided basket by Noodlehead made by Susie's Sunroom

Fabric: Le Cerise berries and script by Susan Winget
green tonal blender

Basket Dimensions: 13.5"wide, 7.5" deep, 10.5" tall including handles (7.5" tall without)

I fell in love with these fabrics... The black and cream outer fabric has French words for different berries . The companion fabrics are so pretty... with berry panels, a blueberries and leaves print , and a cute cream text with nature sketches. ( I *heart* these!)
The basket went together quickly, as it was the second time I made it, and I knew what to expect. The directions that Anna provides are excellent!

I placed a blueberry panel on one side of the divider section

The other side of the divider has cherries

I was nearly giddy with delight when I noticed that the berry panels fit exactly into the dimensions of the divider, and could be put in as a feature on the front pocket of the basket! (You , out there, know what a great feeling this is when you first discover something fits exactly for fussy cutting!!)

Strawberry panel on the front outer pocket

My dear friend is using this basket for her mail. I hope she thinks of me every time she uses it!

Blog Hop Ahead...
Have you noticed the new button on the top right of my blog page?
It is the Hugs and Kisses Blog Hop, Feb. 12- 19.
The creative and ruffley Mdm Samm , at Sew We Quilt, has organized this Feb. blog hop, with Soma , at Whims and Fancies !

I have been busy making some projects for the upcoming blog hop that I am in , using fun and fresh new Valentine's Day patterns designed by the talented Soma, of Whims and Fancies !

You can buy Soma's patterns, where donations are being made with the purchase.

The whole list of the bloggers will be coming out soon, and I will have them on my blog. You can look for my projects , near the end of the hop (so far that's how I am scheduled!)

Well, I think I need to make a divided basket for myself now! One can never have too many baskets..

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