Sunday, July 9, 2017

Pattern Testing Reveal - Gradient Stars from Patterns by Jen

I am so happy to share a pattern I tested for Jen at Patterns by Jen.  She released her Gradient Stars pattern on Friday and I hope you will visit her site to see the other testers quilts and check out her other patterns.
 
Here is my completed quilt top, I am still contemplating how I want to quilt it.  John was kind enough to step outside into 100° weather and hold the quilt up for me.
 
One thing I did a little different from the original instructions was to cut my pieces from a strip as shown above.  I was working from my stash so needed to make the best use of my fabrics since I didn't have much extra.
 
Pinning was important for this one, and I had to rework some of my seams to nest better but it was worth it.
 
My stacks ready to be sewn together.
 
The 15-91 works so well for piecing.
 



Here's a close-up of the quilt, I am so happy with how this turned out!  I think that this may be one of the more intense patterns I've made so far and the results are incredible.  If you have any ideas for how I could quilt this I would love to hear them.
 
Have a wonderful day!
 
~Brandy

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Saturday, July 8, 2017

Christmas is Coming...

Christmas in July that is!

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I'm super excited to be participating in the Christmas in July blog hop this year, hosted by Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  Here is the list of everyone who is participating with links to their page:

 Friday, July 14th

Saturday, July 15th

Sunday, July 16th

Monday, July 17th

Tuesday, July 18th

Wednesday, July 19th

Thursday, July 20th

Friday, July 21st

Saturday, July 22nd

Sunday, July 23rd

Monday, July 24th

Tuesday, July 25th
 
Everyone is showing different project ideas and some are having tutorials, it will be great to get a lot of ideas earlier in the year so we can all be ready for December!  Sarah is also having a quilt-a-long during the blog hop that looks great for using up some scraps.  Come visit me Friday the 14th to see what I make with this:
 
 
~Brandy

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Sunday, June 11, 2017

June already?

Hello again!  The last few months have been quite the experience, first of all I have a new job working at Home Depot now.  I'm loving the part-time, it gives me time for the second happening which is that we are starting a quilt pattern business!  I have taken a few business classes and am in the midst of pulling together a business plan.  We received our business license a couple weeks ago and that was a really exciting day, made it very real for us.  I also approached a local quilt shop about one of the patterns I have in the works and the owner was VERY excited about it which is really encouraging.
 
In other news, there has been quilting happening!


I finished the last three Snapshots blocks!  The truck represents my truck that I bought a year out of high school (hmm, 13 years ago now, crazy!) and I altered the picnic basket and glass to reflect my basket and the glass is a goblet with orange sherbet in it.

This is my truck, a 1978 Chevy Scottsdale.  It was my first truly-mine vehicle so is very dear to me.

All the blocks together and how I decided I like them arranged.  Now I just need to decide what color I want to use for the frames around the "photos".  This was the end of February.

In early April the guild hosted a symposium for anyone to attend and learn about quilting.  I shared the joy of hexi's and had a lot of interest.  It's amazing how many people have never tried English Paper Piecing.

In May we (the guild) had the baby quilt sew-in and this is the top Sarah finished while she was there.

I put borders on a panel that I bought at Quiltmania and worked on free-motion quilting for the day.  I love how it turned out.

Pat worked on this batik Sticks and Stones (MSQC tutorial here) and it is going to be gorgeous!

My cousin graduated high school this year and I made her a quillow.  It is the first I have made, and I learned a lot of how I will do it differently in the future.

Is this not the most adorable cat block?  I am making a donation quilt for the Blue Mountain Humane Society's Fall Fur Ball and plan on making 7 more.
I saw pictures on Facebook and tracked it down to a pattern by Carol Hughey called Scrappy Cats, which was published in the June 2014 Issue of The Quilt Life magazine.

John and I left early for the diesel show in Abbotsford, BC this year and were able to stop at a couple quilt shops on our trip.  I am super excited that I was able to pick up a couple more Row by Row license plates and even found another pin, and my collection of black and white fabrics has grown to 16 different designs.

This is an example of the practically impossible happening.  I bought the fabric for the hunter's star quilt 3 years ago at WW Sew & Vac, and when I went in on Thursday to see if they had the same fabrics, they did!  The black is actually a match, I was so impressed and surprised.

At Home Depot we held a bake sale this last week to raise money for a couple associates who are in need.  Only people who work there are allowed to donate money to the cause so I made a half batch of oatmeal butterscotch cookies and they were a big hit.  Even John liked them and he doesn't like sweets.

Speaking of John, he's been working really hard to fix up a couple motorcycles.  One is being made street legal and one is being fixed up to be race-ready for his father's 60th birthday present.  We hope to drive down to California to deliver it to his dad before the end of summer, funds permitting.  :)

I have a bit of writing to get to so I'd better get off this computer and hop over to the other.  Thank you for visiting and I wish you all a happy summer of sewing!

~Brandy

Belle is helping me create a banner for our new business, stay tuned for more information coming soon!

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