Violin Collage - Quilt the Music!

  Welcome to Creatin' in the Sticks 

and 

my day - the final day for the Music Blog Hop.

To all that participated or commented -

Thank you so much!

My head is swimming with all kinds of music

and

stitching ideas I can't wait to try.

But first, it's my day to show my

Violin Collage Quilt.

Dedicated to my daughter.

This was a year ago when she was about ready to have our grandson.

She can play about any instrument, but has a passion for her violin.

I love that I can still go to see her play.

I love to make collage quilts.

To start with a drawing and add fabrics to add shadows and highlights with the fabrics.

In the meantime adding little bits for character.

Here is the violin coming to life...

Close for quilting and a little more detail:

I've used this technique a lot!

I have a brief tutorial using a sugar skull HERE if you want to see more collage ideas.

Please check out the bloggers posting with me today:

Thursday, November 17th

Creatin' in the Sticks

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Quilting Gail

Just Because Quilts

Purring Cottage

Scrapdash

You can find the rest of the schedule HERE.

This blog hop is for everyone!

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!

You can check out the

Pinterest Board

to stay up to date, too.

We are making sweet stitching music together!

#MusicBlogHop

Happy melodies to you!

Stitching Sunshine- Island Batik Ambassador Free Theme! - Fragments of my Sunshine

Welcome to Creatin' in the Sticks

and

my day - the final day for the

Stitching Sunshine 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

"Fragments of my Sunshine" 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

Free Theme!

This is a free month for us to do whatever we like

using

Island Batik fabrics.

Why not make a little sunshine?

I've always wanted to make a mosaic tile project so I used fabric and made a mosaic sun.

I started with a whole lot of Island Batik stash builders (5" strips of fabric bundles).

Next, I used Island Batik Foundation Solid fabric in black for the background

and

drew out my sun.

I handpicked designs on my computer to use for my collage sun and with HEATnBOND® LITE 

I created the sun.

I chose one of my favorite Island Batik Foundation Fabrics, Tourmaline to use for the outside of the sun.  

There are a lot of little things about my life in this sunshine

so I called it

Fragments of my Sunshine.

Each and every little piece is special.

I quilted it by stitching around each piece with a rainbow of Aurifil 50 wt. cotton threads.

The Schmetz Microtex (Sharp) Chrome 80/12 needle 

helped to stitch right through all those layers.

The backing is Island Batik Solid, too.

(Sometimes you just have to show the back)

I had so much fun with this 40" x 40" quilt and love the vibrant colors of the fabrics.

We are celebrating Sunshine!

I have been craving a little sunshine in my life.

Something happy and fun.

No more cloudy days and blah.

So, I invited my blogging friends to
stitch something up with the color yellow or with a little sunshine. 

Here's today's schedule:

Thursday, June 25th

Kathleen McMusing

Den syende himmel
Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting
Samelia’s Mum
Hill Valley Quilter
Seams To Be Sew
That Fabric Feeling
Creatin' in the Sticks You are HERE!

This blog hop is for everyone!

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.

Follow the Pinterest Board

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, June 29th, 2020.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks for sharing SUNSHINE!!

On Angel's Wings - Show Your Wings Blog Hop

Carol said, "Show Your Wings" and let's do a blog hop.

Sooooo...

I put on my angel wings.

Welcome to the Sticks and my stop in the

Thank you, Carol, for a great idea for a blog hop!

It's no secret, I love collage quilting and this hop seemed like the perfect chance to pull out my box of  HeatnBond® Lite backed floral fabrics and make some wings.

I stitched my angel with Aurifil thread in a triple stitch on my machine

then I appliqued my wings.

To hold down all those edges, I micro stippled the wings.

Collage quilting is one of my favorite techniques and it was so perfect for wings.

This wall hanging finishes at 20" x 22"

Here is a list of all the amazing bloggers who are participating:

February 18

What About Rheema?

Hill Valley Quilter

Nutz For Redwork

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Melva Loves Scraps

Creative Blonde

Keepsake Moments

Whims And Fancies

Quilt n Party

Seams To Be Sew

February 19

Patchouli Moon Studio

Vroomans Quilts

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Songbird Designs

Quilts Fabric and Thread Tales

Kathleen McMusing

Life in the Scrapatch

DesertSky Quilting

Clever Chameleon Quilting

February 20

Creatin' in the Sticks

MooseStashQuilting

The Joyful Quilter

Home Sewn By Us

Selina Quilts

Websterquilt

Beaquilter

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Ms P Designs USA

Bumbleberry Stitches

Mageez Room

February 21

Just Let Me Quilt

Sew Incredibly Crazy

Sew Fresh Quilts

Quilt Fabrication

Words & Stitches

All Thingz Sewn

Kathy’s Quilts

For The Love Of Geese

Two Maker Chicks

madeNcorrea

That Fabric Feeling

Be sure and leave these bloggers some super sweet comments.

See all the frost on the fence.

Great for pictures, but I'm tired of it.

Wake me up when spring arrives.

Be You - Bold and Brave - Project Quilting Season 9, Project 3

Bold and Brave is the third challenge of 

Season 9

for

Project Quilting.

My entry is

Be You.

Kim at Persimon Dreams hosts Project Quilting.

She 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.

I had such a hard time coming up with time and an idea for this challenge.

Then the saying Be bold, be brave, be you came to mind

and 

just wouldn't get out of my head.

So I incorporated my love of quilting and my long career of hair styling

with little aspects of me.

Here's my picture process and some details.

I fused HeatnBond lite to the back of florals and cut them out.

I peeled off the backing paper and layed out my design

then I fused it all down to the backing fabric at once.

A few details like a cowboy hat, birds, Kansas City Chiefs.

Love Tula Pink fabrics for collage quilting.

The quilting from the back.

Can you say afro?  

Fro courtesy of Aurifil 50 wt #2620

Be You

Project Quilting Season 9, Challenge 3 - Bold and Brave

Made by Carla in Dodge City, Kansas

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

Size: 17" x 20"

Fusible Applique Collage, Machine stitched letters and face
Freemotion quilting on a domestic- by me

You can see all the other challenge projects and vote for your favorites starting at noon central on

February 11 through Friday, February 16th

by clicking 

HERE
This one is #79

A reminder to always be you.