FRIDAY FINISH IS NOTEWORTHY

Noteworthy fabric from Moda is one of my all time favorites.  

Miller's Dry Good QS in Ohio Amish Country, also a favorite

I am stash bustin again!

My first LOW VOLUME kwilt.

I grabbed Jenny Janome (my small travel machine)

And for a first time did some some straight line kwilting.

I also used a stencil for the center block...not to bad!

Jenny proved she can do more than just 1/4" seams!

  

Here is the fun backing - Noteworthy notes in full view

 I love the green and white stripe for the binding.

I have lots more Noteworthy so wonder what will be next?

Another 3Qtr Finish, another Kwilty Pleasure

just listed my Etsy Shop!

Friday Linky Parties on the side bar

stop over and see what fun projects everyone is 

finishing!

LE CHALLENGE - SMALL

I have a "small" project I'm linking to

The challenge theme for July is a  "small" project!
My Nested Churn Dash  (NCD) block
finishes at 24" x 24" - small enuf!

Here it is on my design wall 
using TYPE fabrics from Windham 
and a few scraps from my stash.

Building it out

and the final round on the design wall
at 24" x 24"



I kwilted using straight lines with gray thread
following the churn in each nested section 
angling on the corners

Backing is a muddled gray and white

and if you look closely you can see the kwilting design.

 Binding is a black and gray geometric print.

It's ready for a place in my sewing room.

 I can also check another project off for  




Head over and see the what fun projects 
come in small packages!
 

HANDMADE CHRISTMAS - JULY

 I finished a Christmas project I don't like!

(there I said it) 

Did you ever have a WIP for so long 

that by the time you got it done...well, it turned ugly?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...and this
beholder ain't beholdin' to this fabric any more

I made a holiday table runner and kwilted it
with some straight stitch waves.
Some fabric you just can't "modernize"

And the backing - ugh...
Thank goodness, my fabric taste 
and color palate has changed.



The dang thing is a mile long and
I can't find a place to get photo!
Oh ugly bugly!

 This is going in Santa's sack and I think
it's may be somebody's lump of coal! 


On a brighter side...

I did finish knitting this scarf.
 In doing so, I bumped up my knitting skills .
It's been a looooong time since I did a pattern!

  

Next month will be better as...

 Insights from SewCalGal's
Handmade Christmas Challenge Linky 
will be open July 15- 25!

Sunday Stash and Christa Quilts Donation

My Sunday Stash is a mixture of fun.

A couple sale items from my shopping excursion

to the Fabric Shack

Only $22.00 each

A jelly roll - ing me toward Halloween

And a layer cake to take me down a Sweetwater Road 

But the best happy mail was a donation from

Christa Watson over at Christa Quilts

Please stop over and see her great blog, store and fabric prices!

Tell her Kwilty Pleasures sent you.

Why? because she donated

over 20 FQ and 10 yards of Project Linus fabric

from her on-line shop to

The Plaza Quilters (Nationwide Insurance Group)

who will make quilts for Project Linus!

  

And no dust is gathering on these fun Peanuts characters.

I have already cut out 3 complete tops...ready to sew

Linking up with Molly Sparkles -Sunday Stash

A PATTERN TO "FLIP" FOR!!!

 "Flip Side" is a great pattern by Rachel Griffith.  

 I used it as a "stash buster" for this fun baby kwilt.   

I machine kwilted it last year but somehow 
this post got buried and never published.  
(ooops)

I love the modern log cabin feel...
and the soft neutral colors for any child.

Take a peek at the straight line kwilting.

FLIP SIDE (back)
I used some extra blocks vertically and stash gray FQs
giving it a modern feel. 
A reversible kwilt is always a good thing.  

What are you favorite colors right now, to use in baby kwilts?

Linking up to Let's Bee Social.

Fabric Friday Frenzy

TGIFF