Pets on Quilts 2014!

Pets on Quilts started on August 1st and runs for 10 days for entering and then on the 12th the voting starts!

Category #1 Dog on Quilt

You still have time to share a post featuring your pet on a quilt or your quilt that features a pet.  See all of the information at Lily Pad Quilting.

I did not even have to set up this "photo shoot".  I came out of the shower and Toby had hopped up on my bed. It is perfect for the Pets on Quilts Show!

I made this quilt top in 2002 and it was one of the first quilts I quilted on my long arm machine in 2003.  I made it for my in laws, but we have it on our bed, as they have both passed away.  I love all the blue prints, but I do not like the quilting.  I left too many "un quilted" spaces.  I do not like the way the fabric just hangs there. I keep it on my bed as it was one of the first quilts I personally quilted for family.

I only quilted a few quilts, (way back in the beginning) loosely quilted, like this one.  I was just learning how to quilt!

I like the heart as it is filled with the free style loops and lazy daisies, but there should have been some background quilting like a meandering around the heart. Remember, I was new to long arm quilting back in 2003. 

When quilts have blank spaces the fabric hangs and gaps up.  I learned fast after I quilted this quilt.  I would never leave blank spaces when quilting again.

Sometimes, I think I should roll this quilt on my quilting machine and fill in the spaces, but then I remind myself that it is good to look back and see where I started and how far I have come in 11 years!  WOW!  

If you want to see posts where I share "Up Close" photos of my Free Style Quilting click here or any of the specific links in my sidebar of this blog.

I wrapped up Toby in the quilt for a cuddled up photo. I love that the morning sun was streaming in the window on our sweet little Toby.

I am sponsoring again this year for the Pets on Quilts Show with 3 prizes of PDF Downloadable Quilt Patterns!
Click here to see the post about the 3 prizes that I am sharing with 3 Lily Pad Quilting Winners! 

Want to see all the Pets on Quilts over a Lily Pad Quilting?
Click here to hop over and check it out!

Update: This Giveaway ended at Midnight on the 11th. Winners announced on the 13th.

A Bonus Giveaway here too!

Want to enter to win a chance to win one of my Craftsy.com PDF Downloadable Quilt Patterns?

My Craftsy Store: http://www.craftsy.com/user/3103603/pattern-store

I am sharing 3 PDF Downloadable Quilt Patterns here too!

You can enter twice:

#1 Leave a comment and tell me if you hopped over to the Pets on Quilt Show to see all the Entries at Lily Pad Quilting. Tell me your "Favorite Pets on Quilt's Post"

http://www.lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2014/08/pets-on-quilts-show-2014.html


#2 Leave a comment and tell me where you shared a link to this post And my Pets on Quilt's Photo.

Tweet? Facebook? Pinterest? Google? Blog? Flicker? Picasa?  
Share this link to my blog. Thanks! 

http://marciascraftysewing.blogspot.com/

AND

Grab this Photo of Toby and share it with my link. Right click and save as to your computer and then share it somewhere.  Tell me in your comment, where you shared it, with a link to your post or tweet or where ever you shared it. Thanks for sharing.

My Pets on Quilt Giveaway here closes at Midnight on August 11, 2014.

Three Winners will be announced on August 13, 2014 and the 3 winners will be emailed one PDF Downloadable Quilt Pattern of their choice --- Value $8.00.

Link to my Craftsy Store. Check out all my Quilt Patterns! There are currently 2 FREE patterns.  Hop over and get the 2 free ones.  I will be adding more soon!

I love the Pets on Quilt Show!

Thanks Lily Pad Quilts for hosting!

http://www.lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2014/08/pets-on-quilts-show-2014.html

Pets on Quilts 2014

Enjoy!

Marcia





Do you want to see my posts from the past Pets on Quilts Show?  Click here. 

This was my favorite past photo of Gabby and Toby all wrapped up for the Pets on Quilt Show from 2012.

My Indepence Challenge for Project Quilting

It is very typical for me to start out making a quilt and then come up with another idea and change it all around!  That is why this quilt, that I created is perfect for the Independence Challenge. 

I will be publishing a PDF Quilt Pattern in August on Craftsy.com using charm blocks for the quilt, instead of doing a transformation on the Rainbow Quilt. That is the quilt made from 6 fat quarters. The PDF Quilt Pattern will have all the exact measurements, so you can make the quilt too.  I will post when I share it in my Craftsy Pattern Store.

If you missed the first post about my Rainbow Transformation for the Independence Project Quilting Challenge click here and then come back to here for this post.

Yes, I did make several changes.

First, I made five large 4-patches using the 7 inch squares and a couple of the small 4-patches.

Then I cut some of the 7 inches squares into 6 inch squares.

Spread them out on the guest bed. Time to pause and view.

I liked the white spaces in between the blocks. So, more pausing and viewing and brainstorming.

I stitched a white strip to one side of the large 4-patch blocks and the 6 inch and 7 inch and small 4-patch blocks.

Next, I stitched a white strip to the bottom side of each block.  I stitched the smaller blocks together to form a rectangular block that measured the same width of the larger block.

I spread them out on the guest bed again and stitched them together in 3 vertical rows.

Next, I stitched the 3 rows together and added white borders on one side of the quilt and top side of the quilt.

I found the perfect backing fabric - a blue checked fabric.

I quilted it.

I selected a lite blue and green for the thread for the Two Color Ribbon Quilting.

Here are some up close photos of the quilting and the quilt blocks.

The Ribbon Quilting looks like windy roads!

This quilt will be given as a gift to a new baby! I quilted in his name and birth date and Made with Love by Marcia and Ritch.

I used a Zig Zag Stitching for the all machine stitched binding.

Here's a full view of the quilt.

I folded it up. It is ready to take to the new parents for their new baby.

I will linking up this post over at Persimmons Dreams for the July Project Quilting Challenge.

Here is a sneak peak of the same quilt made with charm squares.

I will be publishing a PDF Quilt Pattern in August on Craftsy.com using charm blocks for the quilt. The PDF Quilt Pattern will have all the exact measurements, so you can make the quilt too.  I will post when I share it in my Craftsy Pattern Store.

Enjoy!

Marcia

Quilting with Paper during the Storms

What do you do when it storms?  

I do not run my quilting machine or my sewing machine.  

I do not iron.

I do not blog.

I quilt with paper!

I am not a scrapbooker, but I bought a bunch of cool scrapbook/greeting card stock from a friend who was destashing her supply of cardstock. It looks like fabric to me!  Everything looks like fabric or a quilt to me.

 Some of the pieces, I cut a little smaller than the card and I adhere it with double stick tape.

Some I cut into squares and rectangles.  Three pieces make a nice balance, but four can work too.

I sign my name and the year on the back of the cards with a fine point sharpie marker.

At the end of the storm, I packaged them up and mailed them to my Mom.  She loves when I make greeting cards and share them with her.  She especially loves the ones I stitch fabric pieces unto the card stock.  I recently created a tutorial for making the fabric stitched greeting cards and shared it on Craftsy.com.  Here is the link to my Craftsy Store.

Also when the storm is over, I am back to quilting.

Enjoy!

Marcia

Source: Fabric Stitched Greeting Cards via Marcia Wachuta - Crafty Sewing and Quilting on Craftsy