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 

my

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.

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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.

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Thanks for sharing the Winter Blues!

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