Project Quilting 12.1: Illuminating + Ultimate Gray

 

Sometimes inspiration doesn't happen at the speed of light. 

Sometimes it doesn't happen at all.

For me, it came just in the  nick of time.

This is the first week of Project Quilting 2021 sponsored by Persimon Dreams. 

This challenge requires the use of Pantone's Color of the Year, which actually is 2 colors. 

Any shades of either color are acceptable, along with white/and or black.

Along with those basics, each project must include at least one of the following:

patchwork

applique

3 layers stitched together

Call me an overachiever.

I've included all 3 of the above.

Somehow, I saw a vision among these scraps. 

I "made" my own fabric by stitching those scraps together. 

Such fun!

Soon the piece was big enough to make a baby bib.

I got it traced and cut out.

Ready for quiltin'!

Simple cross-hatch quilting on Franken-batting.

A cute Mary Englebreit-type flower was sewn and appliqued to give a bit of a feminine touch.

Backing is a yellow light terrycloth for ultimate absorbency!

If you've made it this far and you've decided you really like this artsy bib, go ahead and leave a comment! 

Mention that you'd like to have your name added to the hat. 

I'll choose a winner on January 17th and will email the lucky one. 

(U.S. addresses only please)

A reply email must be sent to me within 48 hours or I will need to choose another name. 

Linking up to:

Persimon Dreams PQ 12.1

Mellow Yellow Challenge 4 of Project Quilting Season 9

"Mellow Yellow" was the next challenge at Persimon Dreams Project Quilting.

It wasn't in my plans to get involved in this one.

I have a lot of excuses.

• I wasn't feeling inspired. 
• I don't have a lot of yellow in my stash.
• My work schedule was pretty heavy last week.
• Yellow always reminds me of a former colleague who loved yellow. She said it made her happy. She was anything but happy. She was a royal PIA. And downright mean!

But then, late last week, a secretary at one of the schools I work at said she had a new grand-daughter. I asked her if I could make the baby a bib with her name on it. The secretary was thrilled that I'd asked and she'd love anything "girly" as an applique.

My first thought was to make a yellow bib! Could I make that girly enough?

I dug through my stash and forced some yellows together until I got 2 fabrics that I liked.

I strolled through my plethora of machine applique designs and settled on a layered flower from BabyKay Appliques. Then I pulled scraps and coordinating threads to make the applique.

It was coming together. Still that "girly" thought nagged at me.

Kinda like that ol' colleague of mine.

I mixed a few fonts together to get a sweet scrolly, girly look. This would work OK.

Here is the design and name loaded onto my machine.

During the machine applique process...

Notice I even have the mellow yellow pin thing going on??

You can imagine what song I had strumming through my head, too! "They call me......" 

Lining up my bib template and ready to cut!

A pink ric-rac trim was added along the seam line before stitching to the terry cloth backing. Definitely girly.

I may have to re-think my feelings about yellow.

I am kinda in love with it! It makes me happy! 

Madison's bib measures 9" x 13"

It includes applique

It was made in my home in Dubuque, Iowa

I am linking up to:

Persimon Dreams Challenge 4 Mellow Yellow

I am # 93!   I'd appreciate your vote!

Inquiring Quilter Wednesday Wait Loss

Farewell 2017

December was such a busy month here. Not too much of a surprise for most people, I suppose. 

I had only stopped in my sewing room a few quick times to take up a

package or two of goodies I'd bought online.

No sense in letting those lie around and give my sweetie another reason to roll his eyes. 

Yesterday was the first time I spent any quality time in there during the entire month of December.

I even had to change the calendar page! Yep, it will say December for only 2 days. 

My last 2 projects for 2017 were baby bibs. Not too surprising.

I wish I'd kept count how many I've made over the past 5 years.

No two are alike and every one is stitched with love!

Baby Joseph will receive this bib:

Baby Maria will get this one:

These orders came in last week.

It's sweet that an order specifying "Joseph" and "Maria" were given to me the week of Christmas!

Happy New Year, my blogging friends!

I wish you many blessings for 2018!

Linking up with 

2017 4th Quarter Finish Along

Tuned Into Texture--Project Quilting Challenge 3

This past week sewists were challenged to think about texture and include it in a project.

I was stumped. I was busy. But I wanted to take part.

I looked at my pile of scraps from trimming my Baby Lattice Quilt and thought I could use them to make a matching baby bib and throw in some texture.

I got out the seam ripper and removed all of the white to use up the patterned fabric pieces.

I sewed the scraps wanky-panky together. (cool word, eh?)

I didn't want it to look like perfect patchwork.

Using my bib template that I've used a billion-jillion times to check for size,

I traced and trimmed the fabric.

I wanted to add a flower applique with some "poof",

so I cut a matching piece of batting to sew under each layer of the flower.

I used the blanket stitch around each flower. Very organic stitching!

Now it was time for the fun part! Thinking about the ripples in water when a stone is thrown in, I went for the "ripple" look around the flower. I sewed it onto a piece of batting that was in the scrap pile. I just zig-zagged them together to make a piece large enough. Perfect!

The ripple/echo quilting was the most fun! It really does give this sweet bib a lot of texture.

It was cut free from the batting and stitched with a gray polka-dot backing,

then top stitched for stability.

With my label, all it needs is a snap!

The bib measures 9.5" x 14". It has 3 layers and is a scrappy patchwork design.
Completed in my sewing room in Dubuque, Iowa.

I  hope the new mama will love this for her first baby!

Linking up with:

Persimon Dreams Project Quilting Season 8 Week 3

Lily Pad Quilting Cabin Fever Party

Oh Scrap! Quilting is More Fun Than Housework!