September, So Happy to See You

It's day 4 of the See You in September Blog Hop

and

welcome to my stop in the hop.

Shari over at Living With Purpose has kept this blog hop organized and has been a great cheerleader.

Thank you Shari!

Thank you Madame Samm
at

Sew We Quilt

for dreaming of this wonderful place 

where quilters can sew and show!

For this hop, participants are to show 3 projects from the summer with one of those projects using 

Riley Blake Designs gingham.

September is a special month here in the sticks.

DH and I were married in September and we both celebrate birthdays.
In fact, today is my duck whisperer's (hubby) birthday.

We haven't been able to get away all summer, so to celebrate September,

 we loaded my three projects for the hop

into the car and spent the weekend in Teller County, Colorado 

taking pictures, shopping, relaxing, sightseeing, and eating great food.

The apron, above, was a vintage find during our trip.

(posted here)

This is where most of the photos were shot for this hop.   A beautiful fishing lake surrounded with mountains and lots of hiking trails.

I warn you, this post is very picture heavy!

Sorry.  I just have been waiting all summer to hop.

But this hop is all about what I did over the summer.

I tackled an attic window quilt to start the summer.  I've always wanted to make one and there is a spot in our cabin that is perfect to hang this.

The pattern is my own, put together by looking at other attic window quilts on the Internet.

I had the duck panel (South Seas First Light Panel by Austin Jackson)

 and figured out how to cut out 2 inch strips without loosing too much of the duck scene.

I had this quilt finished in time to enter it in our local fair.

The judge liked it enough for a blue ribbon  and particularly liked the wood grain free motion quilting

I did on the outside border.  I smiled for a week.

If you click on the non polaroid pictures above, I think you will see the quilting better.

Some of the first craft projects I conquered in middle school and high school were counted cross stitch.  My mom still has a few of them.  

I started this project and enjoyed a little summer stitching out on the porch.

Once this little jar was stitched

it became part of a nested churn dash block.

And then the block became a sweet 16" pillow with RBD gingham.

I had just enough of a pre cut strip of RBD small yellow gingham to make the first churn dash block.

The second churn dash, backing, and binding are RBD medium gingham in aqua.

I cut the binding on the bias for a different look at gingham.

But, my super sweet cross stitch pillow isn't my RBD gingham project.

(well it is, but it isn't the main one..lol)

Molly is always there to assist me.  

She was right there to work on a bridal shower gift for "Mini Me."

Stop reading right here, Trista!!

(I want it to be a surprise)

*wink*

My daughter, Trista, is going to be married in October and there is a shower for her in 2 weeks.

This throw (60" x 72") will be part of a gift for her and I am finished ahead of time (for a change).

(That's Pikes Peak in the background)

I used 4 charm packs of RBD large gingham to make the blocks. 

Each charm was bordered with Kona white to form the blocks.

Setting the blocks on point was a first for me and I can't wait to try it again.

It makes the quilt look more complicated than it is. :)

It was about to rain in this picture.  The purple looks so much darker and the wind was whipping it around.

Trista loves purple, so I used Kona solid for the back.  The inside border is also Kona solid and I chose a green because her wedding colors are purple with a touch of green.

I made a swirly flower pattern in free motion for the quilting and a scalloped edge seemed right for this quilt.

Trista will love this.

The lake was so reflective of the mountains in this photo, I had to show it.

And there you have it, my summer in a nutshell AKA blog post.

But, wait, you should sign up for my giveaway before you leave.

This summer there was a huge shop hop.

The Row by Row Experience was a chance to get free patterns from local participating quilt shops.  Many of the shops carried the Fabric Plates from Zebra Patterns 

and 

as a thank you 

I have one to give away.

UPDATE:  giveaway is over.  

Linda is the winner

 Linda said...

Carla, you outdid yourself! Everything you made is gorgeous! I love the idea of putting a panel behind the attic windows! Wow!

 Thank you, Linda.  You always have the best things to say and you blow me away with your talent.

To win this fabric license plate, just leave a comment.

ANYONE can win, although it does say QUILTING USA.

And

If you follow this blog,

as a thank you,

leave a second comment telling me you do.

Now, don't be a "no-reply" commenter.  ok?

You can't win if I can't e-mail you.

I will choose a random winner at the end of the blog hop.

That's September 16th.

Be sure to visit my hop mates today!

Leave them comments and make their day!

Monday, September 8

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Thanks for visiting.

Happy Birthday, to my wonderful hubby.