Minutes for Me Linky Party #27

Time to share! 
I took a break from the Linky Parties, last summer through January for this year.  If you shared before and would like to share again.  Join in the fun!

There will be a party open all the time and every week a new one!  Each party will over lap, so every time you hop over to share a link to something you have created, there will be a party to share it at.  

Check out the simple guidelines here about Minutes for Me Linky Party.

Don't forget the backlink to my blog --- Important do the Backlink FIRST!  http://marciascraftysewing.blogspot.com/

and/or the Minutes for Me Button. Thanks!

So others can find this and share too!

You may share 2 to 3 posts a week!  

If you have made it, created it, cooked it, drew it, painted it, quilted it, sewed it, or even grown it - you can share it!

If you are NEW to Linky Parties and you need my help -- Email me directly with any questions. Marcia@craftysewing.com

If you have a problem and something doesn't up load right -- Email and I will help you fix it!

Take time to share...

Where's Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday and What is Talkin' Tuesday?

It will be postponed until next week.

This is the week of the second Project Quilting Challenge and I am working on it full steam ahead, during my free time.  Last night, I was "multi tasking".  I was sewing and tweeting with quilting friends on the Talkin' Tuesdays.

I sewed and I had to seam rip a few too! Not a very good multi tasker! Did more tweeting than sewing!

I made progress, but I need more than 15 minutes tonight to complete the quilt top.  I want to quilt it at the end of my quilting day on Thursday, so I can do the binding on Saturday.

What's Talkin' Tuesday?  Quilters on twitter chat about quilting topics.  Last night was about the documentary series that aired on PBS ---  Why Quilts Matter? 
Why Quilts Matter is a 9-part documentary on quilts, history, politics and more. 

In 2011, thirty years since its founding, The Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc., has created another “first” – a nine-part documentary series titled Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics. The series takes a fresh look at quilts and spreads the word about their unique position at the center of a startlingly broad grid of topics, ranging from women’s studies to the contemporary art market.

At the end of the two hours of chatting, prizes are given away and I won last night!  I won the Why Quilts Matter Documentary!   So cool!   Special thanks goes to Cara Wilson who runs Talkin' Tuesdays and special thanks to Why Quilts Matter for sponsoring with a copy of the documentary series!  Thanks!

Talking about prizes, I won last week too!  Kim from Project Quilting sponsored and gave away her new quilt pattern "Spinning Nines".

If you are on Twitter or you are thinking about getting a twitter account, you could join in on the chats on Tuesday nights.  Hop over and check out what it is all about at Talkin' Tuesdays.  There is an "About" Page that tells you how it works and if you have a questions leave a comment on the Blog for Cara.  She is very helpful!

Enjoy your day!
Marcia

True Blues

This week's Quilt Challenge is "My Favorite Color" for Project Quilting.  Kim has added a FAQs page. Hop over and check it out.

Of course, my favorite color is blue and you would think this would be an easy choice for me.  I love blues!

I am working with my tiny blue prints for the My Favorite Block Quilt Along.

Wonky Log Cabin - Block 1 and Road to Oklahoma - Block 2 

Last week, I choose to create my Marcia Squared table cloth quilt using blue fabrics and blue thread.

 Cool!  I get to create with more blues!  I have a ton of blue fabric.  I pulled out some beautiful fabrics that my daughter bought for me when she was in college in Taiwan.  But I don't think I can cut them.

I even thought about using some of the blue tiny prints.

Maybe I had too many choices of blues...

I bought this next group of fabrics from a quilting friend on the facebook fabric destash page this past summer. (you can click on the link to the page and ask to join the group -- it is a closed group in facebook.)

I knew when I bought it, I would save it for the perfect quilted project.  She had made a quilt and these are her scraps!  I love her scraps!

I laid out the blue fabrics onto white fabric, because we are to combine our favorite color with white, but no other colors.  The white makes a very nice contrast, but....

I think it needs a white that has a little bit more interest.

I like it!  I like it alot!

I pressed and starched my fabric. Then I started to cut some strips. I have a tentative plan of direction for this quilted project, but I am not positive.  I may dream up something else overnight.

I was able to sew a little bit this afternoon, but I hope to find more than 15 minutes tomorrow night.  We will have leftovers from today for dinner, so that will help me find more time at the end of the day to sew!

Hope you can find time to play, to create, and to sew!

What is your favorite color?

Enjoy!
Marcia