Creatin' in the Sticks: Make it Love - Project Quilting Season 10, Challenge 2

This is the second challenge of Season 10 of

Project Quilting.

I'm excited to join in this challenge, "Red, White, and Blue."

My entry:

Make it Love

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kim at Persimon Dreams hosts Project Quilting.

Kim announces a challenge and you have one week to create something quilty.

Prizes can be won and it's a great way to meet new blogging friends.

The rules:

1. Your project should contain ONLY the colors RED, WHITE, and BLUE. It does not have to use all three, but it cannot include any additional colors.

2. Projects need to be created during the week of the challenge (started on or after January 20, finished by January 27).

3. Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt, but must meet at least one of these three requirements: include patchwork, include appliqué, have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.

4. Incomplete or unfinished does not qualify. Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline.

5. Link up by Sunday, January 27 at noon CST.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I worked this challenge a bit backward.

I quilted first on the long arm by combining a couple of Handi Quilter pre-loaded designs

on solid Kona white fabric with a scrap of batting between.
The quilting is with Aurfil 40 wt. long arm quilting thread.

This was great practice in placement with the preloaded designs on the Handi Quilter.
My thought was to make a little Valentine decor
and
not go the predictable patriotic direction.
As blue is not a traditional Valentine color, I felt this might be a challenge.

Next, I trimmed the design and used fabric markers to color the design with red and blue.