Showing posts with label Quiet Play. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quiet Play. Show all posts

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Koala Kuteness

A Koala Bear pattern coming soon ...

 I love putting a block together, and then stepping out of the room for a minute.  When I return to the block , I am  amazed at how pretty and full of life the completed  block has become.  Those  same fabrics , laying flat in a pile, just don't come close to looking as great as the finished block does.

 Kristy, of Quiet Play blog, has designed two new sets of paper pieced patterns.  They are Australian Animals and Woodland Animals block . { Awww.  They are all so cute!}  A few of the delightful blocks are already available singly, in her Craftsy shop.   New patterns will be added  , to gradually make up a stellar set 10 inch block patterns.
Aussie Critters  patterns by  Kristy at Quiet Play



Woodland critters patterns by Kristy  of Quiet Play




Guess which pattern I got to test ? It is from the Aussie animals...  Yep,  that "kute koala bear."

Koala Bear    design  by Kristy at Quiet Play     made by Susie's Sunroom

Size:  10 inches unfinished
Cuteness factor:   hugable!

I know these blocks would make  fun and delightful nursury quilts , wallhangings, and pillows.  So keep watching Kristy's blog for  all of the newest patterns .

 Speaking of fun, here are two fun winter swaps!!
  
     First:                     Celebrate The Olympics Mug Rug Swap  

Amanda,  The Patchsmith, and Michele,  Quilting Gallery, have announced this year's mug rug swap!  Amanda has designed two special patterns to swap with a secret partner.  The mug rug patterns are: Winter Dove and Russian Doll ! These are such beautiful patterns, with Amanda's  clear and precise directions.    Each person creates these 2 mug rugs, to swap with  their assigned partner, in secret.  There is a flickr group where you can  see  little peeks of mug rugs being worked on .  Your partner might be from the other side of the world!   What a fun way to make a new quilty friend!
 You can sign up until Jan. 21 st ... click here..... over at Quilting Gallery blog.
The second  :

 The  Skinny Pincushion Swap!   at  Amy Made That!


Amy,  of Amy Made That! blog, is hosting this cute pincushion swap.  
                                            Here's her description of this swap:
A Skinny Pincushion is easy to make.
You can add some assorted goodies just for fun,
then send it off to a happy new friend...
and wait for your OWN Skinny Pincushion to arrive
from another swappy friend!


Some of you may be asking , "what is a skinny pincushion?"   It's a fun, skinny,  and EASY- to -make  pincushion, that many of us made in the monthly Across The Pond Sew Along , last October. You  get the pattern, which is FREE,  ... here.... designed by Green Bee Designs .
Some skinny pincushions  in the October 213 Across The Pond Sew Along  .  See  our flickr group to see who made each one!
Hop on over to Amy Made That! for all of the details to sign up!  The swap registration will close on January 31, 2014 at midnight.

Linking  up at:    Paper Piecing Party @  Quiet Play  and  Sew Cute Tuesday@ Blossom Heart Quilts
I'm off to my sewing room!

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Friday, September 13, 2013

Music in the air... and blog hops ,too!

Music in the air


Recently, I had the pleasure of testing some  paper pieced patterns for Kristy, of Quiet Play.  She is so creative and talented , as both  a quilter and a pattern designer!  Go on over and  check out her awesome patterns in her Craftsy store.  (There are 108 patterns in there now!)
I really enjoyed making these  blocks, because I have been involved with music for as long as I can remember.  (My  mother was a music teacher, and taught piano lessons at our house throughout my childhood. There was always music at school and in our home.)

The set is called Musical  Notes Paper Pieced  Pattern.   There are patterns for 5 blocks in this set, with each pattern making an 8 inch square block.

The Eighth note and Quarter note  blocks

The G clef,   Sixteenth note  , and Bass  clef    blocks
These last three blocks have lots of details !


The whole set....  Ta Da !!  

I think I will make a pillow out of these someday... maybe for my mother!

Blog Hop Alerts:

 Coming up next week, I will be participating in two different blog hops!  Yay!
Saturday,  Sept. 21,  I will be the blogger of the day , in the  Quilts in the Pumpkin Patch Blog Hop!
Sheri,   at  Sunshine in the Attic blog is hosting this fun blog hop, with a quilter sharing a fall inspired project every day for a week!  Sheri starts us off on Thursday, Sept. 19.   I can hardly wait to see all of  the projects . I love getting new ideas this way.   I hear that  there will be some giveways... 

Sunshine in the Attic. blogspot.com
 September 19th  Sheri -- Sunshine in the Attic  
Want a little sneak peek  of what I have been working on?
Sneak Peek

AND,  the other blog hop:

Pin It blog hop has already started...



If you love pincushions.... like I do... then you are in for lots of fun !
Check every day fo ra list of bloggers  "for the day" , and then go visit them  and see what cute pin cushion these talented quilters are  sharing with us!!
Thank you so much  Mdm  Samm  and Kristen for organizing and running this blog hop event!

Here is the schedule , with links to the blogs  on the day they will share their projects.  I have included the whole list, so you can go back and see blogs that you might have missed....

September 10








September 16


 I am on the last day of the hop,  Tuesday, September 17 th!  Please come by.  I hope to see you  around on the blog hops!
I'm off to my sewing room!
Linking up at :  Paper Piecing Party @  Quiet Play
                      Can I Get A Whoop Whoop? @  Confessions of a Fabric Addict
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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Sew Much Fun With Blocks

August Blocks

 August is flying by so quickly, isn't it?!  
Even though it has been very busy, I have been able to fit some fun blocks in this month.

 First block:  the  August " And Sew On BoM"  
                            
Quiet Play's block of the month
This month's block is very detailed, and took quite a while for me to pick out my fabrics.  I wanted to use fabrics that I have used through  the other blocks, and also use some from scraps from my real stash piles.
And Sew On BoM  August block   Stash Cupboard    by Susie's Sunroom
I would love to have yellow gingham wallpaper in my sewing room!  (I would also love to have nice neat piles of fabric, too!!)

And Sew On BoM  August block   Stash Cupboard    by Susie's Sunroom


Isn't the pile of fabrics cute, on the floor?  That REALLY IS LIKE MY SEWING ROOM!!
My eight blocks so far in And Sew On BoM   
Wow, I think September will be the last block. Time is flying by...

 Kristy, of Quiet Play,   is a busy lady  designing new blocks all the time.  Her patterns for paper piecing are available at Craftsy . She has 105 patterns in Craftsy so far!   

 Check out her totally cute and fun knitting block. I was lucky to be a pattern tester for her. It will be in Craftsy soon....
Kristy's  Knitting Needles pattern
I decided to use some fabric that my daughter liked when she visited recently.  And when she knits, she uses a lot of brown yarns.  So my block is tailored to her color tastes....
Knitting Needles pattern by  Kristy of Quiet Play       by Susie's Sunroom

Love how the yarn ball is designed with the piecing... it looks wound
I added a sash for a border, and machine stitched some binding on to this cute block to finish it up
Shhh, don't tell my daughter I made this for her!  ;)

 And, the third block I worked on is a Pinwheel Star Block that I saw at The Crafty Quilter.Julie has an excellent tutorial on how to construct this block.  I wanted to make it, because our August theme for Across The Pond Sew Along is pinwheels.  
Pinwheel Star Block      tutorial by Julie at The Crafty Quilter
I had so much fun making this block.  And I learned some great tips from Julie,  such as how  to keep the seams lined up .  I added a sash and just need to do some quilting on it now.  I want to make it into a table topper.
Pinwheel Star Block         Ready to quilt     by Susie's Sunroom
If you made any pinwheels, we'd love you to share them with us.  Put it into our Across The Pond Sew Along Flickr group.
Keep looking for details about two Blog Hops I am participating in during Sept!
(I will be having giveaways !!)
I'm off to my sewing room!


Linking up at : Across The Pond Sew Along Flicker Group
                         Paper Piecing Party @ Quiet Play
                         And Sew On BoM @ Quiet Play
             Can I Get a Whoop Whoop @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
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Monday, August 27, 2012

Using Texts Fabric Block 1

Blocks using  Text in the Fabric  Block #1

 Today is the day to officially post my blocks for  During Quiet Times  Texting While Sewing Contest!  I am a beginner at paper piecing, but have fallen in love with all that you can make with it.  And I can't believe how imaginative people are with their paper pieced designs!  Go on over to look at all of the beautiful work!

 The contest  guidelines were to make 12  inch blocks, incorporating text fabric in creative ways.
I knew what I wanted to make as soon as I saw this pretty fabric on Fabric.com.  
It was called French Post Cream  by Michael Miller.  I loved the romantic colors and style of it immediately.  Then I remembered seeing a rosebud paper pieced pattern online. It was a design by Cat Magraith, which I enlarged.                                                

                                              Rosebud on postcards

 I want to make it a mini wall hanging someday soon.

I had so much fun making this block!    Part 2 to follow....
I'm off to my sewing room!



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