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4th of July Swap

9 Comments / 4th of july quilt, fourth of july home decor, fourth of july quilt, swaps / By Melissa Dunworth

Happy Thursday! Sorry there was no post yesterday for Not-So-Wordless Wednesday, I had a doctors appointment and didn’t have time to get my act together.

I am in a swap group on Facebook and the theme for this round is Fourth of July, sewists choice. Meaning we could make anything we wanted so long as it was Fourth of July themed. I started by making some quarter square triangles and after I had about 20 I started playing with them and came up with this little wall hanging.

The backing I love because it is a solid piece of fabric but it totally looks pieced. I like to call this “Cheater Fabric”.

My label ended up being wonky instead of straight because I forgot to add it until the binding was already sewn to the front of the quilt. OOPS!

I’m very happy with how this turned out and really want to expand the design on the front and see where it goes for a larger quilt.

Quilt Stats:
Title: 4th of July Time (the QSTs make me think of hour glasses)
Designed & Quilted by: Melissa Dunworth
Quilting: All over meander using Coats & Clark quilting thread
Measures 21″ x 21″

I hope you have a very happy Thursday!

May Winners – A Lovely Year of Finishes

4 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Fiber of All Sorts / By Melissa Dunworth

Time to reflect and celebrate.

Whoop.

Shanna from Fiber of All Sorts and I are always so excited to share your amazing talent.

GO YOU!

Here is a list of our generous sponsors for May!!

May prizes & winners include:

1. Fat quarter bundle from ADORNit

Cheryl – Texas Quilting Gal

2. 3. Honey, Bunny and Doll – 2 Patterns

Caroline – Caroline’s Craftiness

Becky – My Fabric Obsession

4. Sew Sweetness – 1 pdf Pattern

Allison – Flickr

5. Thread Prize from Aurifil

Jessie – Just Some Boobs

6, 7. TWO winners each getting to choose one pdf pattern

from Sew BitterSweet Designs ($10 value)

Vera – Negligent Style

Joanna – Riddle and Whimsy

8. PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

Debbe – Pieces to Love

9. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

Cheryl – Flickr

10. 1 Charm pack or $10.00 gift certificate to

Stitches n’ Giggles (winners choice)

Kim – Persimon Dreams

11. One PDF Pattern from Meadow Mist Designs

Sharon – Forget-Me-Not Stitches

12. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

Heather – Heather’s Creative Blessings

13. Thimblepie’s Quilt Supplies – Custom fabric package, 4 yards (worth $20) plus free shipping

Alexis – Cinnamon Chip

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Seriously awesome work done by all!

Happy ‘A Lovely Year of Finishes’

Week 24 Goals

12 Comments / Goals, SSMQG / By Melissa Dunworth

I have lots of sewing projects to show off this week, if I could only get them photographed! Anne wore a dress I made her 2 weeks ago every single day last week and I didn’t manage to snap a picture of her once. She is just always on the move that girl.

This week I am working on the Modern Quilt Guild Michael Miller challenge. Our guild has a secondary challenge to use at least 3 of the fabrics. I am using all of them, and on the front this time too. I have a design in mind. Here is a sneak peek.

I’m envisioning this being square and finishing around 60×60. Today I am going to work on the center strip and see where I land. For the fans, I am using the long skinny ruler in the picture – it is a 10 degree wedge. I have it next to my standard dresden ruler because I was trying to give my mom a size comparison when we were on FaceTime last night. The ruler can do upwards of a 50″ circle but I didn’t have quite enough fabric to accomplish the 50″, I only had enough to do a 48″ half circle. I was all set with that plan when the idea of breaking them up into corners hit like lightening and I really love the direction it is going so far. Thank goodness for the design walls, they truly help me push my creative process!

Are you doing the Michael Miller Challenge too?

Anne’s Last Day of School

9 Comments / Craftsy, Purse/Pouch / By Melissa Dunworth

Tuesday was Anne’s last day of preschool (sort of, she goes to preschool again next year too). I can’t believe how much she has grown! Over 2 inches, and she is just becoming the most amazing little person. I love her so much!

What I love is that after all these months, she is still saying she wants to be a pilot. I need to work on making her dream of flying come true!

Of course I had to make year end teacher gifts too! I ended up going back to the wonderful Craftsy class I took, Beginning Serging and made the awesome pouch from the class – except I made it FIVE times. I really do love this pattern. The best part is I was able to do all 5 pouches entirely from my stash. This fact simply proves that I keep way too many craft supplies on hand because I needed 18″ zippers (5) in varying colors, fusible fleece and fabrics for the inside and out in the teacher’s favorite colors. Go figure I would have everything on hand.

Did you make end of year teacher gifts?

We are off to Anne’s end of year picnic with her school now, have a wonderful afternoon!!!

This was also one of my goals for Q2 of the FAL with Katy from The Littlest Thistle!

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Week 23 Goals

5 Comments / Goals / By Melissa Dunworth

I’m so late in the day posting, but I’ve been trying to figure out my goal for this week. I am in a swapping group and I need to ship my 4th of July Swap by June 14th. So this week I am going to make something from this lovely pile of patriotic fabrics. I may add more once I find out a bit more about my partner.

What’s on your plate this week?

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