Fiesta Fireworks–2014 Blogger’s Quilt Festival

 I’m joining the Spring 2014 Blogger’s Quilt Festival sponsored by Amy’s Creative Side.

Twice a year we get to enjoy an online quilt show from our own home hosted by Amy.

I have picked “Fiesta Fireworks” for my entry this time.

It has a woeful tale of not meeting the requirements of the challenge it was created for. I should have paid more attention to the fine print. You can read about it HERE and HERE.

It was made to be a quilt of “Celebration.”

“Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord and joyfully celebrate His mighty acts, for great is the glory of the Lord.” –Psalm 138:5 (Amplified Bible)

And I just learned this week that it has been juried into the AQS Quilt Show in Charlotte, SC.

Yes! Let’s celebrate!

Fiesta Fireworks
Dimensions: 39”X41”
Materials: cotton, tulle with glitter, cotton and polyester thread
Techniques: piecing of some of the blades, fusing, applique
Free motion quilted on a home sewing machine.
Category: Art Quilts

Mississippi License Plate – Go Mississippi II

This is my 2nd Mississippi license plate quilt.

Remember how I said I want to simplify, yes, simply the first one?

The biggest noticeable difference is two pine trees instead of four.

And this time I used the American Made Brand cotton fabric.

The AMB blog tour will start Monday, May 19. I hope you will follow along and visit two states a day. My day will be May 30 along with Indiana. You will have to wait until then to see my “real” Mississippi tag block for AMB. You can see the schedule HERE.

But for now, here is how I made

Go Mississippi II.

I paper pieced the pines.

I added the blank center fabric and …

… and the strips of water at the bottom.

I resized and printed out the “Mississippi” logo and then traced around the letters onto the fabric with a textile marker. (And yes, I’m left handed.)

For the magnolia flower, I drew, cut out, and fused the petals and leaves together …

… and ironed them to the background.

Then I outlined the flower with a permanent craft pen.

Next I layered the top, batting, and back and began quilting. I left the background behind the letters unquilted because I was undecided how to make it look good.

After working with a sample, I decided to quilt right through the letters and then use my textile marker to blacken the thread over the letters.

Now it’s all finished!

Go Mississippi II – $60

Detail

Dimensions: 12 1/4” X 6 1/4”
Material: AMB cotton solids, King Tut cotton, Rainbows, and other thread, unknown batting and backing
Finished with “Fast Finished Triangles” and is ready for hanging.

The back

And you have until 5:00 p.m. PST, May 16, 2014 to enter my fabric giveaway HERE.


  

  

Magnolia Sewing Circle

Our group was quite large this month with 22 or more adults and 25 or more children attending.

We continued hand quilting the quilt with the embroidered blocks.

Sherilyn sews the binding for a comforter.

Shelah, Jenn P. and Jenn L. also finish binding comforters.

Evie and Rhoda cut out dresses for another project.

Brittany and Karla get another comforter ready for sewing the binding.

It was a beautiful day and for the most part the children played outside. But a few toys enticed their creativity indoors.

Crystal shows Sheila how to sew alternate blocks for the bird blocks.

Crystal lays out these bird blocks, that Sheila has bordered, in a pleasing arrangement.

Lester and Louise plan to deliver these 22 packaged comforters to Christian Aid Ministries in Indiana.

And don't forget to enter my fabric giveaway HERE.

  

Mississippi License Plate Quilt

Life …

Grampa adds a stake to the signs that Ashton helped to paint.

… as a Quilter

I finished my trial Mississippi license plate block. Since this was a trial, I decided to go ahead and quilt it. I want to simplify, yes, simplify for my real quilt block for the AMB blog tour. I’m calling it

“Go Mississippi.”

The back and label.

 

Detail

12" X 7"
$60.00 SOLD