Creatin' in the Sticks

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Thermoweb Valentine Sew Along

Are you stitching a Valentine?

We are over at Thermoweb this week.

Carol from Just Let Me Quilt has 2 free quilt block patterns today over at
Thermoweb
and
tomorrow
I will have 2 for you, too.

I stitched the blocks designed by Carol.

Love Bunny

and
Love Bird.

I'm using Michael Miller Fabrics, Garden Pindot collection for my blocks
and
nothing makes fusible applique easier than
HeatNBond EZ Print Sheets

The blocks are 8" finished and we will be putting them all together for Valentine's Day projects.

Join us for a fun and free Valentine Sew Along.

I'll be sharing my 2 quilt block designs tomorrow over at Thermoweb.

Monday, January 27, 2020

Winner - The Winter Blues

Blog hops are a great way to show

new quilting methods, patterns, fabrics, projects,

and

products you may not have seen before.

Last week we had so much fun with the

Winter Blues Blog Hop.

There were so many awesome projects and comments.
Thank you to all who either posted or commented.
YOU make it happen!

Now it's time to announce the winner of the

Giveaway!!

One of my favorite fabric shops is the

Fat Quarter Shop

and

Allison is receiving

$25.00 Gift Card to go

SHOPPING!!!

Our random draw winner follows Creatin' in the Sticks on Facebook.

Congratulations, Allison.

I am emailing you right now!

Thursday, January 23, 2020

The Winter Blues - Let's Get Scrappy - Catching Some Blue Zees

Welcome to Creatin' in the Sticks

and

my day - the final day for the

Winter Blues Blog Hop.

To all that participated or commented -

Thank you so much!

My head is swimming with all kinds of ideas

and I can't wait to get to stitching.

But first, it's my day to show my

"Catching Some Blue Zees" quilt.

I'm combining two challenges into one project this month.

You see, I am an Island Batik Ambassador

2020

and the ambassador challenge this month is

Let's Get Scrappy

We are to make a fun project with a scrappy look

using

Island Batik fabrics.

I started with a whole lot of Island Batik blue fabric left

from last year's projects and some that I had purchased before becoming an ambassador.

While I like blue and white together, I've had a love of blue and black since
I was young coloring those fuzzy black velvet-like posters.

One of my goals is to make all 30 quilt blocks from

30 Quilt Blocks in 30 Days
challenge

into 30 individual quilts.

I decided on the Catching Z's quilt block pattern - block #26.

Click HERE if you would like the free pattern for the block.

I made 30 of the blocks with the blue fabrics

and

Island Batik Foundations solid fabric in black.

The Island Batik solids are tight woven and are super soft like a high thread count sheet once you wash them up in a quilt.

The piecing was all done with Aurifil 50 wt thread #2692

I added a 2 1/2" black border then a 4 1/2" border with Island Batik 2 1/2" blue strips.

I used Hobbs Natural Cotton with Scrim Batting

and

quilted
Catching Some Blue Zees
on my Handiquilter with Glide thread in Black.

Catching Some Blue Zees

is 65" x 75" and will be a gift for a special graduate this May.

Blue is her actual middle name

and this Aunt can't wait to surprise her.

We are celebrating the color blue!

I invited my blogging friends to
Stitch something up with the color blue.

Let's celebrate winter with projects in blue.

I'm excited to introduce today's line-up of bloggers:

Friday, January 24th

MooseStashQuilting
Selina Quilts
LimeLeaves Design
Karrin's Crazy World
Sew Many Yarns
Domestic Felicity
DayBrook Designs

Creatin' in the Sticks - This is me!

Have fun visiting each blog and making new friends.

They have worked hard to show us some new ideas, so be sure to thank them with

a sweet comment!

Find the rest of the schedule by clicking HERE.

Follow the Pinterest Board

GIVEAWAY

One of my favorite online fabric shops is

Fat Quarter Shop.

One of my readers will receive a

$25.00 Gift Card to go

SHOPPING!!!

Come back every day of the hop, visit all the blog posts of the day, leave a comment,

and

enter the giveaway.

(I've extended the time to enter to allow for everyone to visit all the blogs)

The winner will be announced on Monday, January 27th, 2020.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks for sharing the Winter Blues!

Ok, one more because it matches my Jeep. ;)

2020 Island Batik Ambassador

I'm so excited to announce that I am an Island Batik Ambassador again for 2020.

My first task as an ambassador is to make an unboxing video.

I’ll be sharing projects, quilts, or tutorials each month using the items

from this video.

Not my comfort zone, by the way, but here it is.

I went for the shortest unboxing video. Hey, they wanted us to get creative... (insert smiling face here!!!) It's all in fun, right? I want to thank Island Batik, Aurifil, Hobbs Batting, Accuquilt, and Schmetz Needles for sending me all of these goodies.
You can find the complete list of 2020 Island Batik Ambassadors HERE.