Getting Up Close with My Quilting - Overall Paisley Swirls

Overall Paisley Swirls was a perfect choice for the quilt on Heather's Scrappy Quilt.

I selected the color pearl for the thread.  It is like a white, but not as stark as white. It looks great on white fabric and on colorful prints too.

Heather did not use a quilt pattern to make this quilt.  She created the medallions with scraps of assorted colorful prints. She stitched them onto white fabric and then bordered them with more colorful prints.  All of the centers are black prints.  What a great way to use all of your colorful fabrics!

Heather made pillow shams to match the quilt and ....

coordinating backs for the pillow shams.

I took a photos as I folded them up to get them ready to mail.

If you want to see more of the things that Heather creates, check out her website and facebook page and blog. 

Heather's facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/HeathersGreenHomeGoods

Heather's Green Home Goods: http://www.heathersgreenhomegoods.com/

Heather'sBlog: http://www.heathersgreenhomegoods.blogspot.com/

Enjoy your day!

Marcia
Update: Link to the post about the scrappy Fan/Medallions/Dresden Plate Blocks: 
http://heathersgreenhomegoods.blogspot.com/2011/12/scrappy-fan-quilt.html

What is the May for Me Celebration?

The simple explanation is  ---- "Taking time for yourself".

This is our 4th Annual May for Me Celebration.

See the May for Me Celebration Page for a longer explanation and history about it.

You can add a link to your Blog, if you share at least one post about what you will do to celebrate May for Me --- Taking time for yourself.  And Grab the May for Me Button and add it to your sidebar.  Thanks for sharing!

Here's how I celebrate the May for Me Celebration: 

1. Giveaways each week on my blog during May!

2. Sharing a Linky Party for the May for Me Participants on the May for Me Celebration Page.

2. Sharing a "Minutes for Me Linky Party" each week for participants to share links to posts if you share about May for Me and something you did to take time for yourself or share a tutorial, a recipe, or a time saving tip or two.

3. A few posts about learning how to take a few minutes to smell the roses, relax and breathe, and taking time to sew and quilt just for fun!  I took a crocheting class recently and I will share about that soon. I am going to share some of my thread painting too.  The stuff I like to do --- Just for fun!

That is it --- It is that simple --- May for Me!

Share a Post about the May for Me Celebration and Add your link to the May for Me Celebration Page.

Sharon from Vrooman's Quilts has already shared a post and added her link!  

Take time to enjoy a moment or two in May!

Marcia

Triangle Drool Bibs for a Teething Baby

I created a simple quilted project this week for the Triangle Challenge for Project Quilting, but I challenged myself by using t-shirt knits and I tried my hand at "Big Stitch Quilting".

I cut the pattern from my grandson's a drool bib. I added seam allowance.  There were snaps on his but I selected velcro for mine.

I cut out some of the little houses, trees, and the clothesline of wash from the city fabric.

I cut up an old blanket for batting to stabilize the t-shirt knit and the body of the bib.

I stitched it and left an opening, so I could turn right side out.  When I turned it, I found it was too thick. I trimmed away the blanket (that I used for batting) and left it under the stitching. That way it still kept it stable.

I hand stitched the opening closed and tried my hand at "Big Stitch Quilting".  I stitched around the edge and meandered through the design to hold it in place on the bib.

Up close.

Up close on the backside.

More up close.

I stitched velcro on the points.  I trimmed the velcro with rounded corners.  That way there would not be sharp points on the corners of the velcro to poke the baby's tender skin.

 I want the triangle bib to be nice and soft around my grandson's neck.  The bib will absorb all the drool, so the front of his shirt is not wet against his skin. Some will still go through, but it will help.

Another challenge completed for Project Quilting. 



There's a new Button for Project Quilting that you can grab it for your blog too. Click on the Button and it will take you to Project Quilting.

I linked up this post for the voting which starts at noon CST Sunday March 23rd -- Click HERE.

Thanks for following along.

Enjoy!
Marcia