Author name: Melissa Dunworth

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August 2012 Hopeful Threads Sewing

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This month Kristy from Hopeful Threads is raising awareness about Children in the United States Foster Care System. I have been racking my brain over the last few days trying to figure out how I can contribute and I realized that in the past I have done some sewing for Foster Children. I have been sewing on and off with a wonderful flickr group called Quilting For Kids. I have helped make 2 quilts in the past and this will be my third time participating.

Sarah from So Sarah Sews organizes Quilting for Kids. Here’s how it works: when Sarah is ready to start a new quilt she puts up a thread in the Flickr group and announces it on her blog. In the announcement she states how many blocks she needs, tells us which block she needs, links to a tutorial, and then tells us the colors and due date. Everyone signs up with the number of blocks they will commit to make and we all get sewing. It is a wonderful group and some really amazing quilts have been created. I will be making 2 blocks for the next quilt and I hope you will join me. We are still in need of another 20 blocks to make the next quilt.

Thank you to Kristy, Sarah and all the other quilters and sewists out there who are doing such wonderful works with their creative skills.

BitterSweet Bundle – Fractured Color

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Today I wanted to share with you my third BitterSweet Bundle – for Contemporary Cloth – Fractured Time. This one is available for purchase and I am very excited about it. I began to realize just yesterday that my bundles are a little different than what most people out there in the quilting blogging community are putting together. I am not doing gradations of color, I am not sticking to any kind of theme or even any particular designer/manufacturer. I am trying to push the envelope and show you different combinations that you may have never thought of or considered before. With each bundle I create I like to start with a main focus fabric, in this case it is the Hay Wire Blue by Alexander Henry. As I started to pull colors and fabrics from it I discovered the Hay Wire Yellow also by Alexander Henry and realized that – Hello! It was the perfect compliment.

All of these fabrics are available separately for purchase at Contemporary Cloth AND they are also available as a bundle for your sewing enjoyment.  Now on my last bundle, Broken Time, there were a couple of questions like what would you do with such a different assortment of colors and prints. Well this time I designed a little mini-quilt/wall hanging for the bundle.

I’m calling this Checkered Stars – because it makes me think of a checkerboard but I also see stars in the design.  (Note: Keep in mind that EQ7 does change the scale of the print when you are doing mock-ups.)  Just a little something fun to help you visualize what this cool little bundle could do. If you like this…let me know and I can whip it up and do a tutorial.  You may be looking at this and saying to yourself “You didn’t use every fabric…” You would be right. When I buy a fat quarter bundle it is for 2 reasons – to build my stash and for specific projects. Half the time I split up the bundles I buy. I do have the oranges pulled into the mock up on a different image:

I think both work nicely and these are color combos you don’t see often but that do work well.

I hope you like thew new bundle, I would love to hear what you think of both the bundle and the new design. I am thinking of using it for a doll quilt I will be making for my Sewing Buddy’s daughter (we are doing a swap!).

 

New Flickr Group

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Happy August Everyone! Today is my dad’s birthday – so I am throwing it out there for everyone to see – Happy Birthday to the best Dad and Baba in the whole world!

In other news…I have finally started a Flickr Group for my blog! I would love to see everything and anything you have made or done using my projects and tutorials for inspiration! It is open to everyone and it will also be a great place to ask questions and what not if you are unsure of my sometimes poorly described instructions.

Sew BitterSweet Designs

I would love to see you there!!!

Good-Bye July

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Wow! I can’t believe that July is already over. I am actually pretty blown away by that fact. Tomorrow is my dad’s birthday – Anne and I spent Sunday doing some fun art projects and I mailed them yesterday – here’s hoping they arrive on time. Of course I didn’t take any pictures before we mailed them! DOH!

Sometimes when the month comes to an end I really feel like I haven’t accomplished anything but this month I really dug into my sewing room and despite my hands being completely uncooperative at times, I managed to get a fair amount accomplished – I even made a little mosaic to show you!

I actually managed to finish 4 quilt tops which just blows my mind and scares that pants off me too because that means I have 4 more quilts that need quilting! I got 4 bee blocks done (might get 2 more done today, we’ll see). I also made 2 pairs of shorts to donate to Hopeful Threads – and for all those who sewed…did you see that Kristy has more than doubled her goal for July – that is AWESOME! I also participated in a fun take on the game Telephone – that is my sunset that you are seeing.

Overall I am happy with my progress in July. Next month I am hoping to knock out my nephews quilt top, I will have a bunch of bee stuff to work on and then I will start quilting everything that needs to be done before I go back to California again for the holidays.

What did you get accomplished this month?

Winners!

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Hi Everyone! I hope you all are having a great start to your week!  I had a very productive weekend – I finished the quilt top for my first commission and I sent fabric recommendations to my “client” (my former boss and friend) and I also finished 2 bee blocks. Pictures tomorrow – the camera is not readily available right now. Also, I am again behind on emails – my hands and wrists have been literally burning all weekend (calling the doctor again today) – I will reply! I swear! (If only I didn’t depend on the sewing and quilting for my sanity, then my hands might not hurt so much, then again, they seem to hurt just as much when I don’t sew…double edged sword!)

In the mean time…I have the pleasure of starting the week out really great for 2 lucky people!

The winners of the Kona Modern Quilts Half Yard Bundles from Fat Quarter Shop are…

Katy and Patti – I will be emailing you both later this morning! Each of you will get to pick out one bundle in your choice of colorway.

Congratulations!

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