My Crazy Valentine Apron (and more) - Hugs and Kisses

 

Welcome to my day on the

 Hugs & Kisses Blog Hop.

 





 For this hop
everyone had 3 patterns to work with

that Soma from Whims and Fancies

and

Madame Samm from Sew We Quilt

designed.

THANK YOU

To these

Ladies.

 

These patterns are a blast to work with.

If you would like these paper piece patterns

they are available

 - Here at Etsy!

 -Here at Craftsy!

 ( all proceeds will be going to 2 charities)

This is what the patterns look like.

We could use one, two or  three of the above patterns  and create anything

 

With all the snow storms recently, I've needed some help at work

rescheduling appointments.

(I live over an hour away from work and when the roads are bad, I don't go)

Making a little thank you gift for the salon coordinator

was high on my priority list.

She loves aprons and really loved the
apron

I made for the

Christmas Party gift exchange.

 

 

It was time to make her

 My Crazy Valentine Apron

It's reversible!  A good girl, bad girl kind of thing....

 

 The back of the apron is pieced with

Alexander Henry pin-up fabric.

If you look too close
it may cause a little blushing...lol
 

The perfect Valentine's Day Present

for a single gal.

(and a sports nut)

 

 

Using the quilt block patterns by

Madame Samm

and Soma

for the front of the apron,

the pockets are the patterns

shrunk by 50%
(talk about some scrap busting with tiny pieces)

then

lined and adorned with ruffles.

 

 

Here she is

hamming it up with

with another stylist

 ready to get her baking on.

 

She can bake up some sweet treats for the girls at work *hint, hint

 

 

Next on my list of Valentines...

 

 

This one for me!!
In

My favorite colors!

 

Once again, I shrunk the patterns

50%

and scattered them with

the full sized patterns to make a

table runner with batiks.

 

 

The corners are embellished with

 heart shaped

 yo-yos and buttons.

 





 

The back -  I love the chevron batik

and used it for the binding also.

LOVE!

 

 

Let's see what

these ladies

have to share today

 

 

Feb 13th

Lady Beth

Beth Strand

Lady Jenny

Squawk That

Lady Britt-Inger

Hill Valley Quilter

Lady Carla
You are here

Create in the Sticks 

Lady Marian 

Seams to be Sew

Lady Lyndsey

Sew many Yarns

Be sure to leave loving comments for all the ladies.
It's like hugs and kisses!

Sending hugs and kisses to Madame Samm.
Thank you for another great hop
and cheering this one on!!

Don't forget about this giveaway.  It ends on the 15th.
 

 

 

 



Peace and Harmony

It's so exciting to post "Peace and Harmony."  This quilt was created for the "Let's Twist to the 60's with Batiks" blog hop. 



Peace and Harmony Quilt

 Welcome to my stop on this magical mystery tour. There have been some trippin' projects in this hop and it has been my favorite hop to participate in, so far.  Color is my THING!!  Batiks are a favorite of mine and I was born in the 60s, so this hop just seemed to click with me.    Madame Samm created this hop and Mary put the organization to it and I want to thank them.

Peace Sign Free Motion Quilting

I've always been a fan of the artwork on the Grateful Dead albums and used that as my inspiration for this quilt.  It's kind of tie dye meets pixels in batiks.  I think of it as color harmony in a twist.  I will work up the pattern and share it later. It's 72" x 90" double bed size.  Update:  THE PATTERN IS NOW AVAILABLE AT CRAFTSY.

The quilting is at least a million a lot of peace signs free motioned in a mixture of sizes on my Janome 6600.  This is the first time I used different thread on the front than the back.  The thread on front is variegated cotton and the back is white poly. 

A look at the back

Once I figured out the tension, it worked like a charm.  I never realized the difference having a pieced back would make.  The white fabric needed a little less tension than the peace sign fabric.  I had to change my tension in the middle of stitching some of the peace signs to keep the threads from showing.



Love, Peace, and Daisy Hill Forever Jayhawk in Lawrence Kansas



This quilt traveled with me to northeast Kansas (5 hours) and had it's picture taken with a Jayhawk in Lawrence, Kansas.  My son was the photographer and posed the quilt.  I'm not really a Kansas University Jayhawk fan (unless it's basketball season), but it was a perfect shot.  Thank you, Randy!

 

Thats not all, of course.  My twist on words... a batik project called "Peas and Hominy."  You can never have enough Pot Holders, right?  I'm pretty sure pot holders were used in the 60s.



Peas and Hominy

Another twist - not the dance - I tried my hand at dyeing my own batik fabric and made a little coin purse from a 1960's pattern.  I adorned it with a button and a charm I found at Hobby Lobby.

I will try making a batik again, but with a little more planning on the designs for the fabric and colors.  It was fun to give it a go, though.  I'll keep you posted on all the trials and errors...

Here are the other far out blogs participating today:

October 1

Gracie Oliver Arts

How ART You?

Creatin in the Sticks That's me.

Sew Peace to Peace

Meadowbrook

 

Please spread the love and visit them.

I'm so sad to see my days of listening to 60's music and watching 60's inspired movies come to an end.  I loved researching for inspiration and working with the beautiful fabrics.  In fact, I want you to have some 60's fun too.  How about a giveaway...

Just leave a comment and you have a chance to win these fat quarters of batik fabric and your very own peace charms.  If you are a follower you can leave me another comment saying you are.  That will give you 2 chances.  The winner will be announced by Monday October 7th.  Anyone can win, just make sure I can e-mail you...



Wishing you Peace, Harmony, and Love,

Linking up with:  Amada Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts 

 

 Leah at The Free Motion Quilting Project