If Confetti Grew on Trees....

.... I would wish for you, 

that your "Confetti Tree" was full of confetti 

for all of your celebrations!

Here's how I made my raw edge applique quilt.

I pressed/ironed Lite Heat and Bond on the backside of the fabrics.
I cut the fabric into tiny squares --- 3/4 inch.

Let them cool and peel off the paper from the Lite Heat and Bond.

Made a trunk of the tree with the greenish fabric.

Press/iron the pieces in place on the black fabric.

I used 2 layers of batting - Hobbs 80/20 (Cotton/Poly) Batting on the bottom and Hobbs Washable Wool Batting as the top layer.

I quilted on the black fabric with a dark grey quilting thread with overall Paisley Swirl Quilting.

I selected Bermuda Blue for all the tree parts.

I stitched in Marcia and 2016 by the tree trunk.

I machine stitched on solid black fabric for the binding.

Another fun quilt created for the first Project Quilting Challenge for Season 7.

My finished quilt measures 18" by 24".

I named it " If Confetti Grew on Trees"

I create and quilt in Boscobel, Wisconsin.

I am linking up with all the other entries for this week's Quilt Challenge at Persimon Dreams - Project Quilting.

I am sponsoring 2 prizes for each of the Quilt Challenges again this year.  I have been sponsoring since Season 2. Check out the list of prizes HERE.

Thanks Kim (Project Quilting) for inspiring quilters all over the world!  Hop over and check out all the beautiful quilts created in only ONE week! It is amazing!

Enjoy your day and may your "Confetti Tree" always be full of confetti for all of your celebrations!

Marcia

366 Mini Bow Tie Quilt Block Challenge

Are you doing the Bow Tie Challenge?  I am.

You make one Bow Tie Quilt Block a day.  There are 366 days in 2016. Or you can make 7 blocks in one day for the week.  Whatever works for you.  You can make them any size.

There is a facebook group for posting photos of your Bow Tie Quilt Blocks.  Bow Tie Challenge Group.  Just ask to join.

I am going to make mine 4 1/2" Quilt Blocks.  At least the first ones.  I plan to use scraps from quilts I have made over the years and quilts I will be making this year.

Here's how I made mine:

Bow Tie fabric:  
2 1/2" squares and 1 1/2" squares - 2 of each.

Background fabric: 
2 1/2" squares - 2
I am using an assortment of creams and whites and tans.

Stitch the centers of the bow tie first and trim away the excess. See photo.

Press/iron.

Stitch as shown in photo.

Open and then stitch as shown in photos.

Open and press/iron.

I made them both on Saturday, January 2nd. I needed to make 2.

I pinned them on a bulletin board to help me remember to make one each day.

I have been cutting creams, whites, and tan fabrics for a while to get ready.  

Yesterday, I cut the blue pieces for the Bow Tie fabric for today, but I did not sew it together.  I will sew two of them on Monday.

This is going to be fun!

I invite you to join in on the fun too!

Marcia

Bow Tie Challenge Group

"Love Makes the World Go Round"

That's what I named my quilt! 

"Love Makes the World Go Round" 

That was one of my Dad's favorite songs to sing to my kids when they were babies.  He would sing it over and over and over until they stopped crying. 

December was an extremely busy month for me with my quilting business and all sorts of other stuff for the holiday. I never seemed to find a spot to fit in time to work on the December Optional Quilt Challenge for Project Quilting.

On December 31st, I thought to myself, I have all day!  

YES!  

.....Well, all day turned into only a couple hours as we were having problems with our phone and that took over 2 hours to get it straightened out.  Then something else came up and then another thing. By the time I started it was afternoon. 

Here's how I created my quilt:

Step One:
I ironed on Lite Heat and Bond to the backside of my fabric scraps from all 7 challenge quilts.

Step Two: 
Cut the fabric into 2 1/2 inch squares.

Step Three:  
I peeled the paper off the back and I ironed/pressed them in a circular formation on black fabric. The black fabric was about 22" by 22" square.

I placed them in a random order, starting with the orange squares in the center and just going around the circle.

Step Five:
I selected the quilting thread and quilted it.

I quilted on the black with a dark grey quilting thread. I quilted the background with multiple wavy lines starting in the center and going around and around.

I quilted each color with the corresponding color with a very wiggly spiral motif in each square.

I quilted in Marcia and the year in the corner.

I made a hanging sleeve and a label for the back of my quilt.

But I did not complete it before midnight, so technically I should have added 2016 to the label as I finished it on January 1st.

It's OK, as I really had fun making it!

I took a couple more up close photos, so you can see the very wiggly spiral quilting on the squares.

And a couple photos of the backside.

I created a little stop/start video of how I made my quilt and shared it on instagram.  

I share on instagram craftysewingandquilting

Thanks for the Quilt Challenge Kim from Project Quilting.

I did not link it up, as I did not make the deadline, but you can hop over and check out all the beautiful quilts that did make it in time  --- Click Here.

Tomorrow, Jan. 3rd, Season 7 starts for Project Quilting.

I have sponsored Project Quilting since Season Two.  Hop over and check out the Quilt Challenges.

Join in on the fun of creating quilts!

Enjoy!

Marcia