"2013 Creative Pay-It-Forward: The first five people to comment on this status will receive from me, sometime in the next calendar year, a gift - perhaps a book, or baked goods, or a candle, music, or a surprise! There will likely be no warning and it will happen whenever the mood strikes me. The catch? Those five people must make a similar offer in their FB status. Who's in?"
I promptly commented and on Thursday I received a set of 4 absolutely BEAUTIFUL snowflake mugs! I love, love, love them! First, because my Soul Sister Sherry picked them out just for me, second, because they have snowflakes on them and third, because they are HUGE! Thank you again Sherry! Muah!
I like big mugs and I cannot lie!
For my creativity this week I've been working on a scrappy crazy quilt for my oldest grandson. I'm combining some of his old clothes and scraps from my ever growing scrap pile. Here are 3 basic blocks I've done. I'll be adding embroidered and sewn embellishments to each block to make it a little more crazy. I don't use any patterns. I just quilt as I go along. I start each block using a 9" x 9.5" base block of white material and then I just reach for my scrap pile and start sewing strips, blocks and shapes at whim. This 3 block panel with the border is 43" long left to right and 17" top to bottom. I'm going to try and make it as close to a twin size as I can. Again, I don't use patterns so I really never know. I just love the creating process of it all.
Here are the blocks individually just to give you a better idea.
Stripes - uneven on purpose.
It's the way they came out of the scrap pile.
The dog house.
And this just looks like a pointy doggy
band aid to me. I have no name for it.
To me these 3 blocks are a blank canvass to me. I can't wait to add some embellishments to make them "pop" and add a bit of crazy character to them.
I'll post updates as I go along on this. I'm really having fun with it. My future daughter-in-law is bringing more clothes over for me so I'm anxious to see what other fabrics I'll have to work with.
Any other quilters or sewers out there? What is your favorite quilting style? What do you like to sew??
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Times like this I wonder what I miss not having FB but my sanity is a much better prize or so I tell myself lol. Love the quilt idea I did a patch work quilt as well with just as I went along different squares of materials were given to me and because I have no use for sewing machines I chose to do it all by hand and crazy threads a showing. I love the red colors you used, anxious to see it thru the process ;]
You are very welcome!! I am so glad you love the mugs!! Cause I love you! =), Love the quilt..can't wait to see it progress...I would love to learn to sew!
@J - Wow! You quilt by hand?? That is amazing.. I would love to see your work.. To me, that is truly quilting, I'm a cheater because I do use my sewing machine. That is just awesome..
@Faith - Yay! I love you right back, you know that! I wish I lived nearer to you. I would teach you because it really is "sew" easy. :)
That teacup is lovely ... and I particularly enjoyed the Sir Mix-a-lot reference :D
@Kellie - It is!I absolutely love them! :)
Awww the teacup is gorgeous!
I wish I could quilt but just have never got the hang of it. Can't wait to see how this one turns out.
@Nat - Isn't it tho?? I have the greatest friends. :) I'll be posting updated pics. Thanks for stopping by!
I need to do this it would be awesome
I love it so far. I have always wanted to make a quilt but have never sat down and finished one. I guess it is fear holding me back because my Mom has made each of us girls and all the grandchildren and great grandchildren quilts.
I love the snowflake coffee cups. They are beautiful.
I too am doing the "Pay It Forward". I plan to work on some gifts this week with my days off. Sad thing, I only had 4 takers.
I look forward to seeing more of your craftiness.
A couple of my friends posted the same 'Pay It Forward' thing on FB, but by the time I saw them, there were already a ton of comments. I love the idea of paying it forward. I've always wanted to do something like that...like paying for the car behind me in the drive-thru. Problem is, the only time we hit a drive-thru is when we're running late, and I never remember about paying it forward, because I'm dain bramaged. I'm going to have to make a special trip with just 'paying it forward' in mind.
Anyhoo, I love the mugs!
Your quilt is looking great! I'm collecting my kids' old band and sports tee-shirts so I can (eventually) make them quilts, so I'm very happy you're planning to post your updates with your quilt. I'm going to take notes! :-)
I love the idea of making a quilt using old baby clothes. I have a trunk load full of Spawn's clothes and this would be a fantastic reminder of his babyhood...unfortunately, I can't sew for shit.
What a brilliant gift this will make for your grandson. xx
The snowflake mugs are very nice. The quilt is a very nice idea. Shoot, I can't sew so would never tackle something that big. :)
I love huge mugs for my hot tea in the morning. Alas, I am not a quilt-maker. It looks fascinating though, Roland
@Becca - I really enjoy it. And I like that he'll have a quilt of memories. :)
@Jolene - Thank you. Once I get going I can't stop! :) And I had people msg-ing me on fb telling me they wanted me to send them something and I'm like.. Did you read the rules?? Lol.. I think it'll be fun. :) Be sure and post what you make! I love seeing creativity.
@Kelly - The drive thru idea is an awesome idea. I may have to steal it. :D And I can't wait to see what you do with your quilting. I love that everybody has different ideas. Mine are just fly by the seat of my pants fun for me but my lit'l sis reeaallllyyyy gets into patterns n' all that.
I LOVE big mugs too - and those ones are so awesome! I'm going to have to find my own set - snowflake mugs this time of year would be PERFECT! :)
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