A-Moozing - Project Quilting Season 10, Challenge 4

This is the fourth challenge of Season 10 

Project Quilting.

I'm excited to join in this challenge, "Pixel Play"

My entry:

A-moozing

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Kim at Persimon Dreams hosts Project Quilting.

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:

1. Be inspired by digital pixelization.
2. Projects need to be created during the week of the challenge (started on or after February 17, finished by February 24).
3. Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt, but must meet at least one of these three requirements: include patchwork, include appliqué, have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.
4. Incomplete or unfinished does not qualify. Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline.
5. Link up by Sunday, February 24 at noon CST 

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The challenge is something I've always been interested in and have made a few quilts using various techniques to create pixeled looks.

I have been involved in two blog hops (at the same time)

 and had a challenge for 

Island Batik this week.

All while trying to recover from surgery.

(I planned ahead, but my social media has been lacking - sorry)

So this was my chance to go small, and I mean small.

After all, it's been "mini" week here in the Sticks- this is #4.

I marked a 3/4" grid on the non-fusible side of HeatnBond lightweight interfacing with a sharpie marker, cut out fabric in 3/4" squares, and made my design.  

Next, I laid out the fabrics on the fusible side, bonded them, and then started stitching 1/4" seams.  The interfacing helps to keep everything in place.

The seams have to be trimmed to 1/8" to reduce the bulk.

A-Moozing

Project Quilting Season 10, Challenge 4 - Pixel Play

Made by Carla in Dodge City, Kansas

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

Size: 4" x 4 1/2"

Interfacing piecing 1/4" finished squares - the smallest quilt for me 

free motion quilting with Aurifil 50 wt in pixels

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

February 10th

by clicking 

HERE

This one is #25

Ha, I've never been that early in the numbering!

Have a great weekend!

It's supposed to blizzard here tomorrow.

How A-Moozing!

I guess it'll be winter here til the cows come home...

lol

Come Together - Project Quilting Season 8, Project 4

The challenge for Project Quilting this week was "Brighter the Better."

(yes it is!!!)

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.

This is the fourth challenge of 6 for Season 8.

The Rules:

1. Your project must be bright and colorful - and the more colorful, the better! 

2.  Incomplete or unfinished does not qualify. Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline (February 12 through February 19, 2017). Each piece must stand alone as DONE to count toward prizes. 

3. Please remember that these projects need to be created during the week of the challenge (started on or after February 12 through February 19, 2017). 

4.  Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt, but must meet at least one of these requirements:

1. Include patchwork.
2. Include appliqué.
3. Have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.

5.  Link up a blog post, flickr image, instagram post, or public facebook post  by Sunday, February 19th, 2017, at noon CDT.

When the challenge was announced, I listed all the projects I could do 

and 

had to just pick one out of a hat.  

This challenge was just too much fun.

I decided on a technique I hadn't tried before with a pattern (Peace and Harmony) I made years ago.

I drew a grid on HeatNBond fusible light weight interfacing and cut 1" squares of batiks and some of my own hand dyed fabrics.

Once the pattern was laid out, I started sewing and trimming seams.

Next I added a white border and cut about

  a billion 1/2" colored squares 

that had been backed with HeatNBond lite 

and I laid them (with my daughters help) into the swirling pattern and bonded them.

Thank you Trista!!

The quilting had to be spiraled (my feeling).  

The center was free motion and then I switched to a walking foot.

I used my "go to" color of Aurifil 50 wt.  (#2600)

The binding needed to be bright for this one.

I pieced the binding with the color changes of the pieces whirling around.

All through this process I kept thinking, "it's coming together" and then that Beetles song, "Come together" start playing in my mind (only the Godsmack version)

and that's when it hit me, 

there is the name of this quilt.

Little pieces coming together- maybe people should be like this.

Different colors and cultures coming together....

Come Together

Project Quilting Season 8, Challenge 4 - Brighter the Better

Made by Carla in Dodge City, Kansas

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

Size:  17" x 18"

Piecing with interfacing, Fusible Applique,  Pieced binding for color change
Freemotion and walking foot spiral by me

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

February 19th

by clicking 

HERE

Come Together is #114

out of 120 entries.

See you on the flip side.