A new project I started over the weekend. I'm still deciding the the direction I want to take it. But so far I'm really enjoying cutting up strips of fabric and sewing them together.
Have a happy week!
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Martha
On My Table...
Conquering My Fear of Color
I finally got back to my sewing machine and I finished a quilt! It is a small one but I'm really excited about it and so happy to share with you. The colors are not something that I would typically choose. For some reason I always shy away from bright colors. But I received a fat eight bundle of these happy fabrics as a gift and I couldn't resist to turn them into a quilt and conquer my fear of color. The quilt top was so easy and fun to put together; I simply cut strips of 1-1/2 inches wide and of different lengths and joined them together randomly to get a scrappy effect. For the backing I used the ever so popular Britten Nummer fabric from Ikea (I had some left over from another project and was very surprised at how well it complements the bright colors from the quilt top). But I think my favorite detail about this quilt is the aqua binding. I chose it a the last minute and I absolutely love how it ties everything together. It is like an explosion of color :)
I'm so thankful to have received these lovely and cheerful fabrics because they have definetely made me less affraid of using more color on my projects.
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Let's Bee Sewcial at Sew Fresh Quilts
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Have a beautiful week!
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Martha
May Moments
Hello friends! How is May treating you? For me May so far has been a busy and exciting month filled with great adventures and lovely moments to remember: celebrations, birthdays and a few road trips have filled our days. However, there has not been a lot of sewing going on. My sewing machine is feeling a little bit neglected. Also, I got new fabric with some birthday money and I can't wait to cut into it. But for now I'm savoring every special moment May is giving me.
I hope you have a lovely week!
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Martha.
Sunday Sewing
After a short break I'm finally sewing again and it feels great. I started a new quilt and decided to go out of my comfort zone. Ever since I first saw the Marcelle Medallion Quilt I fell in love with it. I bought the book (
) last year and every so often I would read through the pattern and dream of the day I made the quilt. The tiny piecing and Y-seams for the center were a little daunting. Well, the Y-seams are not difficult you just need to work slowly (at least in my case). I'm working on border number 2 and there has been lots of cutting, pinning and some seam ripping. My cutting table is quite messy but it is a fun quilt and I'm really enjoying the process. I can't wait to get back to work on it and move on to the next borders.
Have a lovely week!
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Martha.
A Picture... A Moment
Hello Friends,
I've been debating for a couple of weeks wether or not to keep the Friday Link Up. After long consideration I have decided to close the chapter on on this little project. I had such a great time hosting the link up, specially seeing your moments that you shared. I want to thank you all for visiting my little blog and linking up during the short run of the link up. Thank you so much for your support I truly appreciate it.
Spring is a time for new beginnings and I'm looking forward to see what the rest of 2014 will bring. Who knows they sky is the limit.
Happy Friday!
Happy Friday!
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Martha.
Friday Link Up: A Picture... A Moment
Spring days in California. We been having a terrible drought, but we finally got some much needed rain and now everything looks green and so full of life. It makes my heart sing.
How about you? Did yo happen to capture any special moments this week?
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Happy Friday!
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Martha.
Triangle Quilt
Happy Sunday! I hope you had a lovely weekend. I had an amazing weekend. I finally finished my triangle quilt I've been working on. So happy the way it turned out and I even more excited that it is my first quilt finish of the year. Yay! Also, my husband and I took a nice drive to a National Park we have been itching to explore. It is so beautiful we are definitely going to be back and as added bonus it has great spots for photographing quilts :)
Anyway back to this little quilt. I'm totally smitten with the triangle pattern and I want to make more triangle quilts. My triangle rulers makes cutting a snap and piecing so easy. This quilt measures approximately 55X55 inches (I had planned to make it a little bit larger but I ran out of fabric). But still is a good size lap quilt. I quilted it with a simple meandering pattern. I just took it out of the dryer and is so crinkly! I love it. Now what to do next?
Have a wonderful week!
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at Sew Fresh Quilts*
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Martha
Friday Link Up: A Picture... A Moment
Lately days have been busy and no much time is left for working on my projects but every morning I sneak a few minutes of knitting. And a couple of rows a day my little shawl is slowly growing.
How about you? Did you capture any special moments this week?
Please join in and share a moment from your week. Add your link, visit others that link up and help me promote the link up with at text link or the button.
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Martha.