Thursday, September 22, 2011

Thursday's Thoughts - Sharing My Thoughts About --- Stitching, Stitching, and Stitching...

 I like to piece simple quilts with free form artsy blocks, 
because I love to quilt them!

I love "Stitching"!  


I like combining the thread colors just to see how they will look.  I think that is why one of my favorite quilting styles is Two Color Ribbon Quilting.  I featured Double Bubble Quilting on Monday and used two thread colors to create the shadowing affect on the bubbles.  
It's fun to try new quilting styles.  
Really makes my job interesting. 
I compare "stitching" to coloring. 
Do you remember coloring? I do! 

I would sit and color for hours and hours, just filling in all the sections of the pictures in the coloring book.  I had a hard time staying in the lines and sometimes I would add things to the pictures and color that too! When I completed the picture, I would sign my name with the date.  
It was delightful!
 That is how I feel when I am stitching. 
It is truly delightful!  



The front of this table runner uses light colors. You can make a table runner reversible by using a darker color of fabric for the backside.



I used my Easy to Sew Quilt Pattern to create 
the Dragonfly Simplicity Table Runner.
  I think the coolest thing about this pattern is that every block looks different, yet at the same time, similar!  






When you make this quilt it looks different every time!

I made three table runners at the same time in just a couple hours.  I only quilted one so far.  They are perfect to make for gifts for friends and family!  
I just mailed this table runner off to my sister-in-law for her birthday.  
I also entered a photo of the Dragonfly Simplicity Table Runner in the Quilting Gallery Weekly Theme Quilt Show.  
If you would like to vote for my quilt or any of the other quilts click here 
this Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Thanks!
I love stitching! 
What is your favorite part about making a quilt?  

Enjoy your day!

Posted by Marcia - Crafty Sewing and Quilting at 6:14 PM 8 comments
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Wordless Wednesday - Gabby and Toby All Cuddled Up in My Quilt Again...







Linked with Wordless Wednesday - Blog Paws.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday --- Our Anniversary, an Aloe Plant, a Denim Coaster, and One Lovely Violet!

September 19th 1992 --- Our Wedding Day!


And here we are 19 years later - September 2011. I cropped us out of our family picture and I can't make it larger or it gets blurry! I think we look pretty good!  Maybe, because we are happy! We celebrated our anniversary tonight by going out for Taco Tuesday.  So many changes in 19 years, but I would have to say all in all, they are good changes...


I love taking photos of quilts, plants, and people. When I view them later, I see the changes... 

In June, I took some photos of my large denim coaster with my aloe plant for my second blog --- a blog devoted to a collection of photos of all my sewing and quilting projects from the past 40 years.  The denim coaster was a fun little quilt to make!





Today, September 20th, I took more photos... I was amazed to see how much the aloe plant had grown and taken over the whole coffee table.  WOW!
Also at the end of June a friend shared this beautiful violet plant with me.  There were no blooms in June!  Look at them now!






I do not think of myself as having a green thumb, but I must be doing something right! 

 I love the green of the aloe against the denim blues...



By taking pictures of things over the years, I see the changes... changes in my quilting, in my plants, and in the people in my life... 


Some changes in life are good... Enjoy the good ones!

Enjoy your day!
Marcia
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