BUCKEYE PRIDE is more than just a football!

If you know me at all you know...

 about THE Ohio State Buckeyes!
I am not just any fan...and if you scroll
thru this post you will see why!


Last nite THE Ohio State Buckeyes
showed the world just what BUCKEYE PRIDE is
They made college football history by winning 
the NATIONAL playoff championship game!

Sew what?   
Well I bleed scarlet and gray!
and even if you don't...
I think you will enjoy this post and
see where my BUCKEYE PRIDE lives.


An OSU kwilt I made my hubby



 BRUTUS BUCKEYE the mascot
Yup..I painted this for football season.

A hand embroidery piece

Snowmen doing the signature O - H - I - O

BUCKEYE CORNER - in our bar
party central for football parties

Wall hanging I made my son...
He picked his fabrics and design...




He's been a Buckeye a very long time.




 BRUTUS and me a few years ago!

A kwilt for my BIL who gave me 
the licensed fabric for Christmas

and the BUCKEYE BITCH...
she hangs around parties making sure
we have a great time.

    

We are BUCKEYE PROUD!

AND SEW IT BEGINS

 My 2015 Sew my Stash all begins with

GHASTLIES and the
Moda Modern Building Blocks pattern

You can buy a pattern from many vendors on line for around $12.00 - just google it.
Kits are also available...but many are using their own fabrics. 

For a peek at the Moda pattern design and assembly instructions
you can find a PDF here


Block 1 - 36" square

Block 2 - 36" block

Side by side...in my sewing room...
This kinda puts the size into a HUGE perspective!  

Block 1 and 2 - that's 6 feet of fabulous GHASTLIES!
eeeeekkkkkk!

Block 3   - 30" square

but has 93 pieces "POINTY" pieces

This one had me shaking in my shoes

 but I just took my time, fixed my mistakes, redid some seams 

til it finally came together.

I can't decide on the outside round of color, 

so I will wait...finish a few more blocks that go around it

and then decide. The fabric will have to talk to me!

   If you are on Instagram check out hashtag
#modernbuildingblocks or #modabuildingblcoks
to see some fantastic fabric choices for this pattern
other than just solids.

I'm not an all solid color kinda girl!


And just sew I made sure I wouldn't run out of Ghastlies
I bought MORE!   bahahahahaha

 Yep, the orange and black Kona will go with my

ORANGE GHASTLIES collection and kwilts!

I'll add this to my other Ghastlies to...

A GREAT START FOR THE NEW YEAR!

I'm sew excited!  

I have been asked to participate in a blog hop 

by Ms. Midge using her new pattern...

Head "down under" to meet Ms Midge.... click here!

Check out her great tutorials... click here!

Want your own copy of this pattern... click here!

 The new pattern is charm-ingly friendly
 hmmmm...how will I ever decide which charm pack to use? 

The hop will be in March sew I have a couple months to 
make my project.   
  BIG snowfall in Ohio overnight (4 or 5")
..sew I'll get started!

Follow my journey and sneak peaks...here on my blog

and via IG @kwiltypleasures  

Thanks Ms. Midge for the invite to play!

LET A GHASTLIE YEAR BEGIN!

'2014 was a very "stash busting" year for me.

  I made over 70 projects...from mug rugs to kwilts.

 In doing sew...I burned myself out!

By December...I didn't want to go in my sewing room.

If you know me at all, you know I love 
Alexander Henry's GHASTLIES Fabric
I have quite a stash - not counting a bunch of scraps!

I have made and sold 7 Ghastlies Kwilts

and now I wish I had kept them...

 Like this one -the very first line of Ghastlies
and the "Sidelights" pattern.
Which is how I fell in love with the Ghastlies
The pink and gray just drew me in!

or this one from the "Ghastlies Gallery" line
The Perfect 10 pattern was "perfect" to highlight the 
family portraites

In 2015 is gonna be "my" selfish sewing year of 
THE GHASTLIES!!! 
Let's see what happens when I make them MODERN!


Modern Building Blocks pattern....in Ghastlies

 ***
I saw this on IG by @liveacolorfullife

And new I had to make my own version!

A Nested Churn Dash Kwilt 
***

In 2014 I made 2 minis using the Nested Churn Dash pattern

I only have a small amount of this original "orange" Ghastlies  
I will make sure the kwilt with this showcases this print.
I know it will be some type of "churn dash"

 

An Economy Block Kwilt

 ***

Here is a mini I received from SewBrewtiful 
in my 2014 Ghastlies Swap that I hosted
I want to make a bit bigger blocks and a lapsize.

I sold a "wonky impromptu"   
made with blocks similar to this one. 

It's a great way to use Ghastlies scraps in the center 
 and add other stash fabrics to finish it out!

and I have some of the Ghastlies Christmas prints

that are begging to be used!

Of course, I have smaller projects

up my GHASTLIES sleeves!

Won't you follow along with me here on my blog 

and on Instagram, by following @kwiltypleasures 

If you have an idea for me to use my Ghastlies
please leave me a comment and I'll consider it!

2014 - A YEAR IN REVIEW

2014 was...well all about fabric!

I kept my sewing focus by joining in these challenges!

January

My "personal challenge" in 2014 was to "Bust My Stash"

 I made over 70 (yep seventy) projects

From little fabric coasters to a queen size kwilt!

February

Fell off the "not buying fabric" wagon with $1.50 FQs!!!

No more fabric diets for me...ever!

March

 Moda "2wenty Thr3e" jelly roll to this beauty

April

I was lucky to do some long arm kwilting 

 Baby kwilts for twins - in my Etsy shop

Dancing Dragonflies for me

Jelly Roll "Modern Quilt Blocks"  

finished kwilt in my Etsy store

May

A little fun at kwilt retreat!

I ran my own sweatshop...piecing 5 tops

Entered COMMA.JUST.COMMA 

National Quilt Show (NQA)  "modern category"

 "House Dressings" made from my Mom's house dresses

was proudly displayed in the Recycled Exhibit

June

Time to buy more fabric

Dear Stella's Woodwinked  

I gotta thing for "owls" and "mushroom" 

and these colors!!!

July

Pieced a stack of kwilt tops

 and played in my flower gardens

August

Hot weather - cool polar bear kwilt

September

Made 2 Nested Churn Dash Mini's

using Ghastlies fabric

Hosted my "first" (and successful) on-line swap

 Ghastlies, of course!

October

Vacation....at the beach!

But that doesn't stop my from sewing!

Both kwilts are finished and in my Etsy Shop.

November

Wrapped up the Handmade Christmas Challenge

You can see my post on these finishes here

 Love making pillowcases

and zippy pouches

and by December I was pretty much "burned out"

but managed to finish up a couple Christmas kwilts

A little Crown Royal...all stitched up

 Ohio State Buckeyes kwilt

 

If you want to see all the items I made for my Etsy shop...

just click here

What's should you expect from me in 2015?

Stay tuned!