Making Progress

I am making some progress on my swaps, challenges, classes etc. Wed., Feb. 25 was the start of Sharon Boggon's CQ Encrusted class offered through Joggles.

Lesson one was about color and piecing a CQ block. I hope to piece two blocks for the class, I have one finished. The lace and heart are just pinned in place for now, may change my mind as we start embellishing the seams.

I really like the print fabric but didn't have fabric in the correct shade of blue, so I dyed a piece of white dupioni silk to the shade of blue I needed for this block. I think it worked well.

I found a nice size piece of white dupioni silk in the remnant bin at JoAnn's. I check out the bin every time I'm at JoAnn's and often find pieces of dupioni silk in the remnant bin.

I finished piecing my Mermaid block, I need to applique a couple of seashells silkies onto it and maybe a few stitches before I send it off on it's RR adventure.

Still haven't started on my COF FQ or t-Shirt Challenge...soon!!!

YEAH!!! It is the weekend.

It is the weekend and it is snowing here in IL. Not that I want any more snow, but it will keep me in the house this weekend and I'll get to my projects. The list is long...need to figure out what to do with my COF FQ for the FQ challenge, decorate my COF "state" t-shirt, piece a CQ swap block, round 4 of RR, and gather my supplies for the CQ Encrusted class.

Off to stitch!!! Stay warm and dry.

Personality Rainbow

Tisme posted this on her blog and the HGTV boards, so I thought I'd give it a try. Interesting little quiz. Give it a try, takes two mins or so to do the quiz.

Your rainbow is intensely shaded green, indigo, and brown.

What is says about you: You are a proud person. You feel strong ties to nature and your mood changes with its cycles. Those around you admire your fresh outlook and vitality. You feel closer to people when you understand their imperfections.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

Happy Stitching

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Oh wait....

Yes the new year is a couple of weeks old, but it is a happy new year. Shawkl (Kathy) has written an awesome lesson on how to stitch "Bullion Roses" and it is posted on the Crazy Quilting Wiki (link to the lessons and challenge page, scroll down to Lesson 12).

Along with the new lesson on the wiki, Shawkl has continued her 12 dozen in 12 months stitch challenge, posted on her blog: shawkl.com

Two great stitching opportunities for this new year, enjoy.

Happy Stitching
TGIF!!
Jody

It's Official!!!

I'm going to the COF Retreat in New Hampshire in April. I booked my flight yesterday. I have never attended a stitching/crafting retreat and I can't WAIT!!!!

So far in 2009 I'm doing two things I've wanted to do for many years. In Feb. I am taking my first online Crazy Quilting Class and going to a Stitching/Crafting Retreat in April!!!

Happy 2009!!!

4 stitches

Four stitches have been posted on Kathy's blog www.skawkl.com. I have stitched all four stitches. Only hope I can keep up as the weeks/months go on. I happen to have an open weekend and plenty of time to stitch.

Here are stitches #2, #3, and #4:







Stitch #4 photo isn't very clear, but it is pretty in person.

If you would like to participate in this stitch challenge visit: www.shawkl.com. Awesome creativity by Kathy.

Happy Stitching

Twelve Dozen Stitches in Twelve Months

I've signed up for Shawkl's CQ Stitch Challenge - Twelve Dozen Stitches in Twelve Months!!! Shawkl has started this challenge and is generously writing the stitch combinations. These stitch combinations are being posted on her blog shawkl.com. Check it out.

I did complete the first stitch. This is only a portion of the completed seam. I used it on Kate's RR block and we are only allowed to show a "sneak peek" not the whole thing.




Shawkl has also created stitching templates. Word is out on these templates. 30 some people have requested membership to the Crazy Quilting Wiki, so that they can access her template. Here is the link to Shawkl's stitching template.

I know that Carol Samples has stitching templates. And there is another set of templates available: Success Strips. DecPainter wrote a great tutorial on how to use and where to purchase the Success Strips (scroll down to the link to the PDF).

WOW...must be the start of a new year. Lots of excitement about a new year learning new techniques and starting new projects.

Happy Stitching
Jody