Creatin' in the Sticks: February 2023

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Rainbow Wild Star and MORE - Sweet on You Challenge

Welcome
to the Sticks
and
the second day of the
"Sweet on You Challenge"

Here is my finished

Rainbow Wild Star Quilt.

Joan at MooseStashQuilting invited a great group of Bloggers to

create something inspired by something they are sweet on.

Thanks, Joan, for inviting me!

First off, I am sweet on rainbow quilts.

My favorite color pallet is RAINBOW and rainbow scrappy is even more of a

"sweet on you" for me.

I participated in the Wild Star Sew-Along over on Instagram

with

Lindlee at Plains and Pine

If you click on Lindlee, she still has the pattern info available

in her stories under the Wild Star SAL tab.

Sorry about the creases, but I just unpacked this quilt.

Here is why:

We are sweet on our Kansas City Chiefs football!

Tradition says that if the Chiefs make it to the Super Bowl,

we have to watch it in Las Vegas

at a certain party, in a certain booth,

wearing the same shirts...

you get the idea.

We just had to do our part for the WIN.

The year we didn't go watch the super bowl in Vegas, 2021 (covid), our Chiefs lost.

And since we were going to Vegas, there were a couple of other

"sweet-on-you"

things we wanted to do!

Visiting my friend Carol at Just Let Me Quilt was "sweet on you" number 1!

She had just signed up for a class at one of our favorite quilt shops,

Sew Yeah Quilting,

to make seam rippers. I was sooo in!

Eye protection first, I was so scared -

Carol was so brave and showed us all how it was done.

It starts out as a block of wood. You can see it on the lathe.

It's so fun to play once the nerves settled down...

Zach was a great teacher.

We handled the power tools like champs!

And our final "sweet" results-

Carol's is on the left and mine is the red multi

Can you be "sweet on you" with a seam ripper?

Another "sweet on you" thing we like to do in Las Vegas is watch

our favorite college baseball player at the College of Southern Nevada

I had taken the Rainbow Wild Star quilt to Las Vegas to get pictures,

this is not what I had in mind:

It was freezing in Vegas so I was glad the quilt had made the trip with us.

I was double "sweet on you" for this quilt with a minky fabric backing that day.

Check out the others that are "sweet on you" today:

Tuesday, Feb 21st

Vicki's Crafts and Quilting

Creatin' in the Sticks ME!
Quilt Schmilt
Ms P Designs USA
The Crafty Grammie
Vroomans Quilts
Words and Stitches

Joan has the rest of the schedule HERE

and

a Pinterest Page HERE.

In the end, we made it home with the win and "sweet on you" memories!

Challenge complete!

Sunday, February 19, 2023

I'm Kinda' Sweet on You

The I'm Kinda' Sweet on You

Sew It - Show It Challenge

starts tomorrow!

Joan at MooseStashQuilting invited a great group of Bloggers to

create something inspired by something they are sweet on.

Let's see who is up to the challenge!

Monday, Feb 20

Tuesday, Feb 21

Vicki's Crafts and Quilting

Creatin' in the Sticks ME!

Wednesday, Feb 22

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Lynns Blog

Thursday, Feb 23

Just Let Me Quilt

crazy'boutquilts

Quiltery-For the Love of Geese

Pinker n' Punkin Quilting & Stitching

Inflorescence

Purring Cottage

It should be a super sweet week of inspiration!

Saturday, February 18, 2023

Vanishing Stars Project Quilting Season 14, Challenge 4

This is the fourth challenge of Season 14 of Project Quilting.

I'm excited to join in the challenge - A Novel Project

My entry:

Vanishing Stars

Kim at Persimon Dreams hosts Project Quilting
and

this is the 10th 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 rule in this challenge is to be inspired by a book you have read.

It must include either applique, piecing, or have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.

I had just finished the book, "The Forest of Vanishing Stars", by Kristin Harmel when the challenge was announced. It seemed like the logical choice of books.

This is a historical fiction novel (my favorite kind of read)

about survival in World War II.

It's sooooo good. It's one that I just couldn't put down.

I've kind of developed a theme this year for the challenges of quilting tiny.

This was a tough one, as I wanted to do so many details, but in the end,

each tiny star is inspired by a part of the book.

2 1/2" finished blocks and then I added the center black and white star in the center.

The black and white star is for a pivotal person/moment in the book.

You'll have to read it to see.

Vanishing Stars

Project Quilting Season 14, Challenge 4 - A Novel Project

Made by Carla in Dodge City, Kansas

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

Size: 5" x 5"

Piecing and Foundation paper piecing

Quilting on a domestic with Aurifil 50 wt thread #2890

Stuffed with crushed walnut shells

You can see all the other challenge projects

by clicking HERE.

Sunday, February 5, 2023

Second Round of Stay at Home Round Robin

It's the Second Round of the Stay-at-Home Round Robin

and

Wendy is the host this week.

Wendy's prompt for SAHRR this week is stars.

I've made a few and am not sure where I want this quilt to go,
so I'm going to wait to see the next prompt.

This Round Robin is unique.

It's a stay-at-home round-robin.

Quilting Gail has all the info HERE.

It's a busy week and I am hopeful I'll have a chance to stitch on this a bit.

Have a great week!

Thursday, February 2, 2023

54-40 In Miniature - Project Quilting Season 14, Challenge 3

This is the third challenge of Season 14 of Project Quilting.

I'm excited to join in the challenge - 54-40 or Fight

My entry:

54-40 In Miniature

Kim at Persimon Dreams hosts Project Quilting
and

this is the 10th 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 rule in this challenge is to be inspired by and use the traditional 54-40 or Fight block.

It must include either applique, piecing, or have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.

Since I've kind of developed a theme this year for the challenges of quilting tiny, so

I decided to do it again. Kim has a post with a few tutorials and ideas to help get started with the quilt block and I was inspired by the Missouri Star - 54-40 or Fight Freestyle Quilt Tutorial.

They used the Shoo Fly Quilt block with the 54-40 or Fight Quilt block.

I loved it but went tiny with mine.

2" x 2" finished blocks.

Not perfect, but I still had a lot of fun!

54-40 In Miniature

Project Quilting Season 14, Challenge 3 - 54-40 or Fight