Think Ruffles Blog Hop- Day 8

Be Sure to Stop over for the last day of the Hop!

Think Ruffles Hop-Eighth Day

Thimblemouse and Spouse

Jane's Quilting

Bear Creek Quilting Company

Ipiece to Mary

The Quilting Queen Online

Miss Priss Quilts

Sew We Quilt

Think Ruffles Blog Hop Day 7

Think Ruffles Hop-Seventh Day

Seams To Be Sew

Tea Time Creations

Sew Peace to Peace

mila+cuatro

All Thingz Sewn

More Stars in Comanche

Stitchin' By The Lake

Think Ruffles Blog Hop--Day Three

Please remember to check out:

Think Ruffles Hop-Third Day

Ridge Top Quilts

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Just Let Me Quilt

MooseStashQuilting

Childlike Fascination

It Seams To Be Sew

Meadowbrook

Think Ruffles Blog Hop--Day Two

Please remember to check out:

Think Ruffles Hop-Second Day

Lily Patch Quilts

Hill Valley Quilter

Missy's Homemaking Adventure

Quilt in a not-Shell

Debby Kratovil Quilts

Quilt Doodle Designs

 QuiltnQueen

I'm Thinking About Ruffles!

Welcome to day One of the Think Ruffles Blog Hop!  There are many very talented crafters who will be taking part for this hop, I am anticipating many clever items will be shared.  The line up for today includes the following blogs:

Sew Incredibly Crazy

Malini's quilts

Missouri Mel

Just Quilt It

In the Boon Docks

On the Banks of Frog Creek

Sparrow In Flight (you are here)

I was so excited when this particular blog was announced as I believe this themes was something I could definitely tackle.  My daughter loves everything to be festooned with ruffles, shiny bits, pink and obtain perfect twirl-ability.  I decided I would go with a dress for this venture.

This fabric was purchased last year for Miss Z's First birthday dress after I successfully completely her first Christmas dress (HERE).  She has certainly grown since then, so I set out to make her an Easter Dress, salvaging some of the pieces I had begun!  I adapted this dress from The Cottage Mama's Party Dress pattern (free tutorial found HERE).  The changes that I made from the original was to lengthen the skirt, add the ruffles, and use snaps instead of the loop button closures.  I also added a little bit more fabric in the skirt width to allow for more twirling, which is a favorite activity in our household.

Thank you so much for stopping by on my stop on this Blog hop, please take the time to check out the other projects being featured today at the links at the top of this post!

*\0/* Cheers

Shanna

Think Ruffles Blog Hop

Tomorrow starts the blog hop and boy am I excited!!!  Here is the line-up:

March 5^th

Sew Incredibly Crazy

Malini's quilts

Missouri Mel

Just Quilt It

In the Boon Docks

On the Banks of Frog Creek

Sparrow In Flight(ME!!!!!!)


 

March 6^th

Lily Patch Quilts

Hill Valley Quilter

Missy's Homemaking Adventure

Quilt in a not-Shell

Debby Kratovil Quilts

Quilt Doodle Designs

 QuiltnQueen


 

March 7^th

Ridge Top Quilts

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Just Let Me Quilt

MooseStashQuilting

Childlike Fascination

It Seams To Be Sew

Meadowbrook


 

March 10th

 

The Tilted Quilt

A Geeky Crafty Life

Constantly Quilting

Life in the Scrapatch

Pig Tales and Quilts

How arT you?

GrammieQs


 

March 11^th

Needle and Hook

Marjorie's Busy Corner

Blessings From Our Nest

Little House on the Dairy

Just One More Stitch

Creatin' in the Sticks

Just Sew Quilter


 

March 12th  

Quilted Delights

Patchwork Breeze

Sheila's quilt world

vicky myers creations

Words & Stitches

Sew Many Yarns

Sew and Sow Farm


 

March 13th

Seams To Be Sew

Tea Time Creations

Sew Peace to Peace

mila+cuatro

All Thingz Sewn

More Stars in Comanche

Stitchin' By The Lake


 

March 14^th

 

Thimblemouse and Spouse

Jane's Quilting

Bear Creek Quilting Company

Ipiece to Mary

The Quilting Queen Online

Miss Priss Quilts

Sew We Quilt

Love, Hugs & Kisses

Welcome to Day Five of the Hugs and Kisses Blog Hop!  The line-up for today is:

It Seams To Be Sew

FrimART

Sparrow In Flight (HERE)

Amanda Murphy Designs

Sew Golden A Chance

The first project I am sharing with you is a little pillow I made from the heart paper-piecing pattern to coordinate with the quilt that I have been working on for my daughter.  It turned out to be a very sweet pillow, perfect for her Dollie to have her own pillow to sleep on.

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The second project I am showing you came into my mind the very first time I saw the pattern!  The larger paper-pieced blocks are made with the original pattern, but the smaller paper-pieced blocks are made from the pattern reduced to 25% of the original.  The Cuties girl blocks came from a panel from one of Pam Kitty's lines of fabrics.  Almost all the fabrics used in this quilt came from my daughter's stash that we picked up last year (I talked about them HERE).  It's only a flimsy right now, but I have high hopes I will get it completed soon.

The patterns are rather easy to use, if you like what you have seen on the hops it is worth picking this one up. Thank you so much for stopping by on my stop on the tour this day, please be sure to look up the stops on the schedule for today posted at the top.

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Shanna

Hugs & Kisses Blog Hop Day 4

Don't forget to check out the beautiful creations on the Hugs & Kisses Hop!

Day Four

Mary@ I piece 2 Mary

Vickie@ More stars in Comanche

Anne@ Stitchingbythebeach

Selina@ selinaquilts

Theresa@ bumbleberrystitchn

Jane@ janesquilting

Stash Report 2014-Week 4

NO change over last week:

Used This Week:  -0 yards
Used Year To Date:   -7 1/2 yards
Added this week:  +0 yards
Added Year To Date:  +11 3/4 yards
Net Used For 2014:  +4 1/4 yards


*\o/* Cheers
Shanna

Don't forget to go visit all those who have posted for the last week of the Kona Solids Blog Hop with Sew We Quilt!!

Kona Solids Blog Hop Day 10

Check out these beautiful creations on the Kona Hop!


Day Ten

Just Sew Sue
Pigtales And Quilts
Miss Priss Quilts
Charlottes Creation
Childlike Fascination
Renee Luvs Quilting
Cherry Blossoms
Sew We Quilt

BOM'S & Design Wall

Greetings!  I have two more blocks completed for Lone Star Pizazz BOM from my LQS.  The dark green fabric on this first one was from my own stash as I horribly messed up the block on my first try.  That will teach me to complete those tester blocks before hand!  My piecing skills have definitely improved over the past year, though I am not perfect I am still proud of my work.  The Fourth block I just picked up on Friday looks really complicated, so I will have to be very careful with this next block.  If you have some BOM's of your own or you have a project you have broken down into monthly parts, you should consider linking up to What a Hoot's BOMs Away linky party( see HERE).  I know a few of you will see this post from that very linky group, but for those who have not, it has been so much fun seeing what BOM programs are out there and to know that I am not the only one that lingers in such an area!  My goal this year is to have 2 complete BOM'a completed.  That might mean I use those blocks in different ways than all together in one quilt, but I will have completed that month's block nevertheless!  HERE is a link to my current BOM's which you can also find on the tab at the top!

Block 2

Block 3

Design Wall:
I have a bunch of secret projects on the wall today that I can't show you quite yet so I don't spoil the surprise, however I also have the tester blocks for Block 2 above that I want to make into a quilt top this week.This one I can't quite wrap my head around how I want the layout to go right now.  I was thinking of a simple 9 by 9 with a border or a sashing between the blocks with the white fabric.  The center coral fabric is currently on sale at Connecting Threads for like $4/yard, so I am debating with myself if I should pick it up now for the binding and backing fabrics since I don't actually have a lot of pink in my stash this has been a hard quilt.  My goal was to make a rather girl baby quilt so I think that part is going in the right direction atleast!  I really want to join up with Judy's Quilt-along, but I am afraid I have too much on my list right now.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

I am linking up to:
Design Wall Monday with Judy@ Patchwork Times
BOM's Away with Lyn @ What a Hoot Quilts

*\o/* Cheers
Shanna

Don't forget to check out the beautiful creations on the Kona Hop!


Day Nine

More Stars In Comanche
Buzzing And Bumbling
Quilting Quietly
Grammie Q's
The Quilted Cat
The Quilting Queen Online
Lauraluvsloons
Sew Incredibly Crazy

Finishes & Stash Report 2014-Week 3

I am very pleased with how this quilt turned out!  I could not find a solid that would work for the binding so I used a black & Gray Swirl print fabric instead.  I love the rainbowy backing fabric I've had in my stash for about 16 years!  This finished wall hanging measures 11 3/4" X 11 3/4" and I am so excited to keep this beautiful piece!

Rainbow Trip Around the World-front

Rainbow Trip Around the World-back

Rainbow Trip Around the World-Close up on stitching

Hanging Pockets

I did purchase some fabric this week for several projects I have in the works including clothing for my daughter and the next blog hop item!  The zigzag fabric I got for $3/yard so I was pretty excited with that find!  Overall, I don't think I did too bad this week.  The fabric shown on the right is for the LQS' BOM, but I thought I would count it now just in case I forget to once the quilt is completed.  My Stash altogether looks exactly like last week with some minor changes so I did not include a picture of the cubes.

Fabric added this week!

Used This Week:  -4 yards
Used Year To Date:   -7 1/2 yards
Added this week:  +11 3/4 yards
Added Year To Date:  +11 3/4 yards
Net Used For 2014:  +4 1/4 yards

*\o/* Cheers
Shanna

Don't forget to go visit all those who have posted for the second week of the Kona Solids Blog Hop with Sew We Quilt!!

Woman In Process Wednesday

I've decided that this year I will make progress with more than just fiber-arts, I want to make changes in myself as well.  I am taking part in the 2014 Sugar Block Club, and along with January's block came Amy's very personal self-reflection.  From her out-pouring there was something that just clicked in me; it made me realize that I wanted to focus changing things about myself.  I started my blog 3 years ago to help me work through the loss of triplets.  Focusing on quilting and throwing myself into my creative brain has helped me more than you can imagine, but I am now ready to move beyond that.  I I am ready to stop existing, I am ready to thrive!  This month the theme is "Be Intentional" and I plan to do fully that.  So what does that look like?

1.  Have more tea parties.  I want my daughter to remember me when she grows up.  I can teach her to count just as easily with tea cakes as with flash cards.

2.  Read and watch more things that will make me laugh.  I used to be fun and energetic, but I have gotten so serious.  I plan to read books for simple enjoyment.

3.  I plan to buy this orange chair or something like it this year.  My favorite comfy chair broke last week after we have had it for 5.5 years.  We have been saying for two years now that we will buy  a couch, since that has not happened yet we are now down to one living room chair!  In the meantime, I plan to make a couple more floor pillows.

4.  Make a couple more floor pillows! (see above)

What do you plan to be more Intentional about in 2014?

*\0/* Cheers
Shanna

Don't forget to check out the beautiful creations on the Kona Hop!


Day Seven

Thimblemouse & Spouse
Daisy Days
My Addition To Quilting
Meadow Mist Designs
Hill Valley Quilter
Malini's Quilts
Englating

2014's BOM Lists

I have a few BOM (Block of the Month) that I am now working through in 2014, some of which you have seen before and some are new!  I was hoping to get a block completed this week to share with you, but it didn't happen.  Instead I rested in my blankets and listened to an audio book.  I checked that it was okay to share my thoughts with you on the book which I shall do in the next couple of days!

This is what my BOM list looks like right now:

New:
The  Sugar Block Club 2014
The  Craftsy BOM 2014 (This is free here: http://www.craftsy.com/)
The Farmer Wife Sampler

Continuing:
Lone Star Pizzazz BOM 2013-14

The  Sugar Block Club 2013

The  Legacy Sampler  1 BOM 2012-13

The  Legacy Sampler 2 BOM 2012-13

You can see my BOM list at a glance, with pictures, on the tab at the top.  I am trying to keep it updated each week as I complete blocks.  My goal, of course, is to actually complete a quilt you know!  I will get there, in the meantime, I am sure enjoying the journey and I certainly have learned so much!

*\0/* Cheers
Shanna


Don't forget to check out the beautiful creations on the Kona Hop!


Day Five

Creatin' In The Sticks
Meadowbrook
Cathy's Chatter
Selina Quilt
Sew Fresh Quilts
The Sassy Quilter

Kona Hop Day Four

It had been my intention to complete my Rainbow Trip Quilt from Day One on the Blog Hop, but not only can I not decide what fabric to use for the binding that I already own, but I also caught a bit of a cold, so I am running behind my plans.  It is what it is, however so I will try to that next week.

Meanwhile, take some time to visit the lovely work showcased on today's stops on the hop!

*\0/* Cheers
Shanna

Day Four

Life In The Scrapatch
Vroomans Quilts
Bumbleberry Stitches
Upstairs Hobby Room
Sew Many Yarns
Easy Patchwork
Beaquilter

Kona Solids Blog Hop Day Three

Day Three


Ridge Top Quilts
Marjorie's Busy Corner
A Stitch in Time
Freemotion By The River
Everyone Deserves A Quilt

Kona Blog Hop Day Two

Day Two


Stitchin' By The lake
That's Sew Julie
Living With Purpose
Nini's Patchwork Blog
Quilts My Way
Jane's Quilting
Quilt Matters

Color Enrichment: Kona Blog Hop Day One

Day One

Just Let Me Quilt
Sparrow In Flight (HERE)
Geta's Quilting Studio
How ART You
Desertsky Quilts

What is a world without color?  There is just something about a certain pop of color that elevates an item.  I wasn't always interested in using solid fabrics, but the longer I experience the world of quilting the more I appreciate the power of simplicity.  This bare wall was screaming out for adornment and I headed it's pleas with A Rainbow Trip Around The World wall hanging.  The pattern exploded across my flickr stream last year, but laid dormant in the back of my brain until this challenge was put before me.  You can find the pattern HERE by Bonnie Hunter.

A Rainbow Trip Around The World was quilted with an organic swirl pattern and measures 36" X 36." All of the fabric for the top was purchased 3 years ago for a Kona Amish Churn Block Swap, which I was not able to participate in, so I was not able to obtain the same matching black fabric in time for this post so it is presented without binding.  A Beautiful rainbow Batik I bought when I was a mere 18 years old, was used for the backing which also does not fall under the Kona Solids description so I wasn't quite sure if I should share it, so please come back to view the backing on Thursday when I should have binding attached as well.  I am slightly obsessed with rainbows so this wall hanging is selfishly all MINE! [edited 01/18/2014: The finished quilt can be view HERE]

When I had all of the Kona solids in my stash laid out upon my bed, I saw my sweet daughter clutch a Bright Cherry Red that she took a certain liking to; then I had to make something for Miss Z!  The pattern comes from MADE's Fiesta Skirt Pattern.  I made this one for valentine's Day, though I may go back to make a another skirt specifically for Cinco De Mayo, which is big here in Dallas. I added a little extra room in the waist for growth and I chose to make the skirt width 4 X her waist for extra twirl.  I have a petticoat in the works to make it extra full underneath.

Every girl needs a simple Navy skirt in her wardrobe I think; for Miss Z, I added the little lace on the bottom for a sweet touch.  I made this simple skirt pattern up, the skirt is 2 X her waist and the skirt length goes to her mid-calf.  You will be seeing more garment items for my marvelous daughter over this next quarter as she is transferring to size 4T before she is even Two years old!!  I will be sprinting to catch up, let alone get a bit ahead of her growth spurts!

Thank you so much for joining me today, please visit the others posting for this day of the Hop!

*\0/* Cheers
Shanna