Miles of Beach - Salt and Sand

  Welcome to the first day of the

Salt and Sand Blog Hop!

I'm happy to kick things off with

Miles of Beach!

Carol of Just Let Me Quilt has invited bloggers to make an ocean/sand-themed project. 

After all, we are all dreaming of vacation and the beach would be a great place to escape.

Thank you, Carol, for inviting me to join this super fun blog hop!

Visiting with my hubby one day, I told him my favorite place to run is on the beach.

His response was, "I'll take you to the river bed where there are miles and miles of beach!" 

That's where the name of this quilt comes from.

We have lots of sand with no water here in Dodge City, Kansas.  You see, our river is dry.

The Arkansas River runs through Dodge and although it has lots of water to the west in Colorado and 30 miles to the east of us there is water, here there is none.  

Just miles and miles of sand.

So I took my ocean colors to the river bed for some sand pictures.

I'm working on scrap management this year so I pulled my blues and cut 1 1/4" strips.

I randomly made log cabin "ish" blocks, wrapped them in sand-colored fabric, and cut them wonky.  The border is from the strips too.

The completed quilt is about 62" x 72".

Perfect to lay on the sand...

if you can avoid the traffic.  haha

Yes, those are tire tracks.  

That's about all there is to do at the river, 4-wheel drive in the sand.

The sand gets quite loose and deep in some areas.

I can only dream of a trip to the beach with real water.

But for now, I will live through my friends.

Check out the other bloggers posting in the

Salt and Sand Blog Hop:

March 22
Creatin' in the Sticks
Selina Quilts
That Fabric Feeling
Days Filled With Joy
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Karen's Korner
Homespun Hannah's Blog
Crafts and Math
 
March 23
MooseStashQuilting
Life in the Scrapatch
Food for Thought
For The Love Of Geese
Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel
Karrin’s Crazy World
Sew Many Yarns
Kathy's Kwilts and More
 
March 24
Ms P Designs USA
DayBrook Designs
Vroomans Quilts
Kathleen McMusing
Quilt Schmilt
The Darling Dogwood
Daughters of Dorinda
Annie’s Musings
 
March 25
Quiltscapes
Beaquilter
Stitchin At Home
The Joyful Quilter
Scrapdash
Freckled Fox Quiltery
Quilts Fabric and Thread Tales
Words & Stitches
 
March 26
Just Let Me Quilt
Websterquilt
Quilting Gail
Samelia's Mum
Quilt Fabrication
Little Penguin Quilts
Just Sew Quilter
Inflorescence

I'm sure by the end of the blog hop, you will have more ideas than time.

I always end up that way...

Now you can say you've seen the great beaches of Western Kansas.

Yes, I'm living the dream...

Heart Within - Project Quilting Season 12, Challenge 6

   This is the sixth challenge of Season 12 of Project Quilting.

I'm excited to join in the challenge -  Ab Intra

My entry:

Heart Within

Kim at Persimon Dreams hosts Project Quilting
and

this is the 9th year I'm participating.

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 in this challenge are that the project must be inspired by the Latin phrase, Ab Intra, which means from within. It must include either applique, piecing, or have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.

I'm on a roll with paper pieced pincushions (this is my 6th)

so

I kept with my season 12 theme and made a pincushion with super tiny pieces.

I created a pattern to show my colorful heart within trying to get out.

I'm always inspired by color and create from my heart so I created my pincushion to represent.

The finished pincushion is 4" square so you can imagine how small these pieces are.

I've had inquiries into what I use for foundation paper piecing - 

I love StitchnSew EZ Print Quilt Block Sheets.

I can print the pattern on the sheet from my computer and they are tough enough to allow me to stitch tiny pieces without falling apart, but I can remove the pieces easily.

Here is the back before it became a pincushion.

All those 1/8" seams took foreveeeeeeeeeeeer!

And while I used so many pins to line up the seams, it's still not perfect.

But, either is my heart.

Guess that makes it perfect. Ha *insert smile*

Heart Within

Project Quilting Season 12, Challenge 6 - Ab Intra

Made by Carla in Dodge City, Kansas

http://www.createinthesticks.blogspot.com/

Size: 4" x 4"

Foundation paper piecing, pattern making, Y seams, and

stuffed with crushed walnut shells

And now the challenges for Project Quilting Season 12 are finished.

I'm happy to say I completed all 6 of the challenges with a set of pin cushions

and

I love every one of them.

Thanks to Kim for a great season and I look forward to next year! 

You can see all the other "You're Crazy" challenge projects

by clicking HERE.

Crusin' with My Peeps Applique

 I'm so happy to share a new pattern for Easter.

Crusin' with My Peeps

I'm over at Thermoweb today with this free tutorial and pattern.

It's such a quick and fun pattern to dress up a tee for Easter

or

make it a quilt block.

It only takes a few things to make this super cute tee in an afternoon:

HeatnBond Light Weight Non-Woven Interfacing

HeatnBond Soft Stretch Lite Fusible Web Adhesive

PressingPaper 

1 - Cotton t-shirt pre-washed (this one is 4T) 

Cotton fabric:  blue – 6 ½” x 6 ½” scrap for truck

Small scraps of yellow, pink, grey, light grey, and black 

Aurifil 50 wt thread:  #2692 

Ink Jet Printer, Iron (I love my pink Oliso), Permanent Marker for tracing, Sharp scissors, Sewing Machine, and general sewing supplies

 optional – fabric marker for eyes and nose

A great Easter egg hunting outfit or anytime leading up to the big day.

Have fun "Crusin' with My Peeps"!

Pin Crazy - Project Quilting Season 12, Challenge 5

  This is the fifth challenge of Season 12 of Project Quilting.

I'm excited to join in the challenge -  You're Crazy

My entry:

Pin Crazy

Kim at Persimon Dreams hosts Project Quilting
and

this is the 9th year I'm participating.

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 in this challenge are that the project must be inspired by the late 1800's "crazy quilt" movement. It must include either applique, piecing, or have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.

I'm on a roll with paper pieced pincushions (this is my 5th)

so

I kept with my season 12 theme and made tiny "crazy quilt" blocks.

It includes satin, lace, and batik fabrics.

Instead of hand embroidery, I used some stitches on my Janome sewing machine with metallic thread.

The finished pincushion is 4" square so you can imagine how small these pieces are.

I've had inquiries into what I use for foundation paper piecing - 

I love StitchnSew EZ Print Quilt Block Sheets.

I can print the pattern on the sheet from my computer and they are tough enough to allow me to stitch tiny pieces without falling apart, but I can remove the pieces easily.

I use tweezers to remove those little bits.

I really had never considered making this type of quilt block before.

I have a friend that made a huge beautiful Crazy Quilt that I think she named, 20 Years, for the time she spent on it.

The closest thing to a Crazy Quilt I've ever made was this little 

cross stitch ornament.

Until now...

Pin Crazy Pincushion

Project Quilting Season 12, Challenge 5 - You're Crazy

Made by Carla in Dodge City, Kansas

http://www.createinthesticks.blogspot.com/

Size: 4" x 4"

Foundation paper piecing, quilting on a domestic with metallic thread

and

stuffed with crushed walnut shells

I keep saying it, as long as the challenges continue to let me make these super fun pincushions I will keep on rolling! Only one more challenge this year! So much fun!!!!!!

You can see all the other "You're Crazy" challenge projects

by clicking HERE.

Hello Buttercup - Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop

 Today is my stop in the 
Dust Off a Quilt Book

Blog Hop

Hosted by Bea at Beaquilter.

So, Hello Buttercup.

The idea for the hop is to find an old quilt book on your shelf and make something from it.

Here is my lovely:

Quilts, Quilts, and More Quilts by Diana McClun and Laura Nownes

copyright 1993

To be honest, I don't know how I came about owning this book, but it was in a stack and it just called to me.  Especially this page:

I decided to change the layout of the blocks and make it my own by using up as many scraps as I could to make a baby quilt.

It's about 42" x 52" and has a fun fleece tie-dye design backing.

Here is the schedule of those showing off their old quilt book projects:

MONDAY 3/1

Words and Stitches

 Samelia’s Mum

High Road Quilter

TUESDAY 3/2

  Karin’s Crazy World

Lemon Tree Snippets

 Anjaquilts

WEDNESDAY 3/3

Beaquilter

   Cynthia’s Creating Ark

  A Quilting Readers Garden

THURSDAY 3/4

Kathy’s Kwilts and More

Quilting Patchwork Applique

 The Darling Dogwood

 Creatin’ in the Sticks You are here!

FRIDAY 3/5

Beaquilter

Quilting at the farm

 Kathleen McMusing

Please check them out leave them some warm and fuzzy comments.

There are some fun old books to see.

I really do need to use my books more often.

Thanks, Bea, this was fun!

Baby Shark PJs Transformed

 It's kids week over at Thermoweb this week
and
I have a fun project tutorial on the Thermoweb Blog.

Why not take an outgrown favorite and give it a new life? 

I’ll show you how to make a pajama set into a fun kids tote bag.

Here is the list of Thermoweb supplies:

HEATnBOND® FUSIBLE Medium Weight Interfacing

HeatnBond Fusible Fleece

EZ-Tee Woven Fusible Stabilizer

Plus you will need a Pajama set,1 fat quarter of fabric for lining, thread – Aurifil thread:  50wt # 4660, an iron – I love my Oliso Pro, and other general sewing supplies.

 After all, how can we have kids week without a little Baby Shark?

You will find a giveaway over on the Thermoweb Blog for National Craft Month!

Hopefully, that song isn't living in your head...