JANUARY - STASH BUSTIN KWILT

My January 'Stash Kwilt" is going to be the
 6th (yes 6th) Ghastlies Kwilt for the same customer.

I choose Perfect 10 by Swirly Girls Design as the pattern
so I can highlight the Ghastlies Family Portriats.
No border for this one, sew it will finish at 48" x 60"

Here are my "Stash Fabrics"

  I cut the portraits out individually and then using a solid pink

built them out to out 8 1/2" squares.

Let me introduce you to...
The Ghastlies Family

1. Mathilde Ghastlie, The Matriarch
2. Gasper Ghastlie, Devoted Husband
3.  Garrick Ghastlie, 2nd Son of Mathilde and Gasper
4.  Mildred, Magda and Minerva Grislie, Mathilde's Sisters
5.  Cordella and Cassius Ghastlie, Twins of Sebastien and Darla
6. Darla Ghastlie, Sebastian's wife
7. Gunnar Grislie, Mathilde's Father
8. The Widow Ghastlie, Gaspar's Beloved Mother
9. Sebastian Ghastlie, Son of Mathilde and Gasper

 Design Wall plus Big Board to get the blocks in a pleasing layout.
All portraits are framed in black.

 Blocks are sewn together in rown here 
and now it all fits on the design wall.
I love the way the PINK makes the kwilt pop!

Close up of the fabrics in the blocks.

I plan to kwilt a spider web in the gray spider web blocks.

and ta...da...the top is done

And here is the back.

Using a B & W polka dot and a

Light greenish square with dots

Long arm machine kwilting come springtime!

January Stash Kwilt  

Hey, if you missed it....the Grow Your Blog Hop

is in full swing and I have a giveaway here.

 

JANUARY GOALS - SCRAP BUSTIN & TUTORIAL

As part of my 2014 goals to bust my stash and
no fabric purchases, 
I am using up scraps each month!

Today I'm sharing my JANUARY Scrappy fun!
and an unexpected tutorial

You all know how much I luvvvvvvv 

Zen Chic's COMMA fabric.

How bout a Thread Catcher?
I used a couple different designs from some patterns I have
and added my own spin to them to include a holder
for scissors, seam ripper and ruler.

 I have lots of it and lots of  COMMA scraps,

sew I made a fabric journal cover!

FRONT

INSIDE

BACK

 Here's the link 
to my
"Quilt As You Go" Journal Cover Tutorial
 

JANUARY, 2014
SEVERAL SCRAPPY PROJECTS COMPLETED

NO NEW FABRIC PURCHASED!

TUTORIAL WRITTEN  - NOT ON MY GOALS LIST!

GROW YOUR BLOG and a GIVEAWAY!

This giveaway is now closed.  Thank you for stopping by!

Hello everyone!  
My name is Kathy and I am sew pleased to meet you.  
If you have been hanging out with me...thank you!
If you are new to my blog, I hope you will poke around and see what I'm all about.

Along with kwilting, you will find fun and easy tutorials, 
gardening pics, and whatever else
that  races from my mind to my fingertips!

Kwilty Pleasures was born in the Fall of 2011 due to 3 things. 

I love kwilting, writing and technology!

Two years later, I have not run out of things to blog about!

A Kwilty Pleasure, by my definition,

 is anything fabric or fiber in the 

kwilting world that puts a smile on your face 

and fills your creative soul with pleasure. 

Enuf talk...let me show you some of my work.

MODERN KWILTS

BABY KWILTS

 MORE BABY KWILTS

BAGS & TOTES

GHASTLIES!!!

KWILTS FROM MY "TRADITIONAL ERA"

which began some 20 years ago!

1. Aussie prints - My Boomerang Won't Come Back  2. Amy Butler-Turning 20 pattern 3. Mystery Kwilt
4. Friendship Signature Kwilt 5. Strips and Curves  6. Pumpkins Gone Wild-Layer Cake Desgin
7. Holiday Bargello  8. Halloween Twister 9. Turning Twenty design in batiks

click here to read my sewing space post. 

 PROUD MEMBER of

 VOLUNTEER at
The James Stitching Sisters 
making kwilts for cancer patients

Thanks to SewCalGal who sent me lots of pink ribbon blocks
I made this kwilt but there are more!
Click here to see a featured post about it over at SewCalGal!

I also love to Garden 
Come take a stroll with me...

OHIO STATE  BUCKEYES FAN
(College Football)

SOMETHING
people will be surprised to know about me...

Many, many "Egyptian Moons" ago 
belly dancing was my creative outlet.  

I danced for 15 years, taught it for 13 years.

Meet....Raheja, Middle Eastern Dancer
Yes that is a real sword and a Greek band playing music
at The Agean Supper Club, where I danced.

Agean Supper Club, 1978, Live Greek Music and Raheja performing a sword dance)

AND FINALLY MY GIVE AWAY!

Many thanks to Aurifil for sponsoring this giveaway
with a sampler of their yummy threads

• Mako Cotton 12 wt, color 3770 (variagated)
• Mako Cotton 50 wt, color 2888
• Mako Cotton 28 wt, color 2830 
• Wool 12 wt, color 8255

 


Giveaway is open to everyone.
You don't have to be a follower
but I'd be thrilled if you were!

Random draw on February 15!

Just leave me a comment and tell me
one thing people would be surprised to know about you!


Thanks to Vicky over at 2 Bags Full 
for coordinating this HUGE effort!


LINK BACK
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beginning Sat. January 25th.

WIP - Hocus Pocus

Sorry if you stopped in a saw a jumbled mess.
Tried a iPad app to post.

LI am still trying to correct this mess!

Working on a new Halloween Kwilt
LHocus Pocus is the main fabric from Alexander Henry
My own design

and yes, all fabrics pulled from my stash!

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Linking up to WIP Wednesday!

2014 FINISH ALONG - 1st QTR PROJECTS

Two posts in one day.  YUP.   Just worked out that way.
I almost missed this opportunity to do the 2014 Finish Along.

Well, why not...I've already setup my goals and projects to finish for 2014
so why not add one more linky party to the mix.

  

  Katy over at The Littlest Thistle is hosting this and 
offering some great prizes for finishes...
great incentive keep me  us going.

My 1st Quarter Finish Along projects are...

 Green Ghastlies Kwilt  

Top is done...backing is done, quilting needed.

Queen size kwilt for my sister 

Here's the top...needs borders to build to queen size

and kwilting.  This one is almost done!  YAY

Hocus Pocus Halloween Kwilt

 Fabrics selected, design has begun.

Scraps to make journal covers and zippy pouches

COMMA Fabrics

Journal Cover, Thread Catcher

Linking up here
the more I sew, the less I shop!

GROW and SEW!

I just love the name of the blog "Two Bags Full" 

You, me, everyone, is invited to join in a winter blog hop.
Thanks to Vicki for rounding up sew many blogs to participate.

It's a great way to "grow your blog" and increase readership

or just have some fun meeting new bloggers and finding new inspiration!

Click here for details
The Party is January 25, 2014
Last day to sign up your blog is tomorrow, Jan 15th  

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Today, there was a "kick off" for 

with Jennifer over at Ellison Lane.
Click  here to see what the tote bag looks like
and other fun details.

I luv, luv, luv totes, bags and traveling!
Better get down to my sewing room and rustle thru my stash
to find the fabrics I need!  

Am I crazy to take all this on? with all my projects
I have lined up for 2014?
Nah...If I'm sewing then I am not in the store
fighting the urge to RESIST fabric!

SUNDAY STASH - HOLIDAY TWEETS!

Joanna, swap partner in my Modern Guild, 

gave me these Sweet Tweet FQs (Robert Kaufman) 

in our holiday swap.

I love birds...sew this is right up my tree!

She also crocheted  a beautiful Scarlet and Gray Cowl Scarf.

I can always use Ohio State Football cheer gear!

 I was in a LQS on Friday and stopped at Joanne's on Saturday

but NO FABRIC came home with me.   

I did break out into a sweat when I passed some lovely chevron fabric, put my motor into RESIST

and moved directly to the batting!

What I did NOT RESIST was two new kwilt books!

 HA!!!

I have had my eye on "Quilts from Sweet Jane" - Sue Pfau,  

and there she was....begging me to take her home.

I had not seen "Quilt by Monday" - Annie's Quilting.

12 Fast and Easy Quilt Tops by various designers,

showcasing many fabrics and good photos of the quilting

Lots of Modern inspiration and like magic...

it was in my cart!

Linking up over with Molli Sparkles for Sunday Stash.