Auditioning for Sew-vivor: Nancy Wheatley

Rach at Family Ever After is hosting sew-vivor again for the 3rd time and it is for Quilts this time!  There are great challenges with all kinds of opportunities to stretch that creativity.  There's even hexies...I've had those on my "want to do list" for way too long now.

     You can chose one quilt to audition with.  I chose my favorite quilt of course.  This quilt is 50 by 68 and was paper pieced using the pattern, Prism by Faith Jones of Fresh Lemons Modern Quilts.  In the end, I changed the pattern a little by adding a border and extending the orange and pink diamonds into the border.  I initially did this to make the quilt a little bigger but it had the added plus of making the quilt a little different and unique to me.  This was my first attempt at using low volume fabrics. They were fun and I was happy with the scrappy wonderfulness of it.

Land that I love

My daughter is working on baking and decorating.  She wasn't happy with it.  I of course, (a mother's opinion) that it was wonderful.  Happy 4th of July 2014

Welcome July

My poking around finds from Memorial Day weekend.  A gossip bench and a cross-stitch towel.  The bench has a wonderful soft vintage red but it was so beat-up, plus I wanted a gray blue for my entry way.  ( The towel is for a future project...I have plans!)

The top is still a little warped but it is loved.  It came out just like I saw it in my mind.  THAT doesn't always happen.  The pillow was made using a calendar towel.  I was really drawn to the graphic look of the months of the year all printed out and knew I could use them in some kind of wonderful way.  I pick them up whenever I see them in antique or resale shops.  I have a hard time turning my back on old linens.

  My anniversary is in June. My oldest daughter and my husband have birthdays in June.  The weather in June is usually so nice but I am so ready to say goodbye to June 2014.  I won't candy coat it and you can't make me. It stunk! If it wasn't the washer or the lawn mower, it was one of my kids cars or a zillion other silly things....so goodbye June. Bring on July. I don't even care if the weather is sweltering!