Blogger's Quilt Festival - Scrappy Quilt - Spring 2015

Dimensions: 40''x60''
Quilts for Linus, Charity Donation
Picture by Jennifer

This is my second entry for the Blogger Quilt Festival, Scrappy Quilt!
First entry here (small quilt).

If you are new around here, WELCOME!

If you have been around for a while, THANKS AND WELCOME BACK! :)

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If you are new around here, let me just point you to my main addiction: designing and sharing for free tons of paper piecing patterns :)

As you can see from one of my old headers arrangement, I design patterns for Disney characters, Peanuts and Snoopy, Downton Abbey, Alice in Wonderland but I have many many more (Maleficent, The Simpsons, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Betty Boop, Minions and more)!! Some of them have to be tested, some of there are tested. You can find them just navigating the different tabs or just typing the character name in the search box at the top of the page.

And my other recent endeavor is SYS 2015 (Stretch Your Skills): a monthly series of tutorials to practice in different crafts skills. Until now we had Foundation Paper Piecing, Quilting, Crochet and Pixel Quilt.

If you want to know more about the series, check out the Series Page. Links to the tutorials are there... and did I mention that you can link projects for monthly prizes? Just saying... ;)

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Pictures by Jennifer
Ok, technically the quilts are two :) but I made them together and they share the story so here it is.

All the paper pieced blocks were made by me using scraps of all size, shape and color!
That was the only rule that I gave to me for these quilts: no new fabric, only fabric from my stash and first I had to use the scraps of weird shape and size ;)

I pieced most of the blocks (except from the owls, all those are applique blocks I received in a swap last year).

The blocks are designed by many different designers: Jennifer @ sewhooked, Esther @ ipatchandquilt, Jessica, Lilja, Janeen @ quiltartdesign, Kristy, Lorna @ sewfreshquilts  (if you are interested in a particular one, just let me know, I can send you the direct link).

I pieced the quilt tops and then I send them over to Jennifer (sewhooked) to finish them up and donate them to her favorite charity (The Linus Connection, a Central Texas organization whose mission is to make and deliver handmade security blankets for children in crisis situations in that area. The blankets go to children in hospital emergency rooms, in crisis centers, in foster care, battered women's shelters, to any child who is in need of a little extra security in their lives).

So thanks to Marge (who quilted them) and Jennifer (who bound them) I can count those as finished and share them as scrappy quilts for the festival!

If you have any comment about these quilts, I would love to hear!!!
And  check out more wonderful scrappy quilts over at blogger's quilt festival!!

Feeling super accomplished (and a link party)

Several projects left my list! Feeling super accomplished!!

The Ongoing Project List:

1. the SK project - no progress
2. Tea Towel challenge and PPV BOM - no progress, needs quilting!!
   (this will be my April project for a Lovely Year of Finishes)
3. SYS2015 future projects - started planning May project! ;)
4. Embroidery calendar - no progress
5. Animal blocks for charity quilts - last 7 blocks done, top assembled! (see below)
6. New project: crochet slippers - doooone and in use! (see below)
7. Block Swap Adventure - received April partner, waiting to hear back from her!

The EverythingElse List:

1. Project of Doom 2015 @ Fandom in Stitches - no progress
2. Reversible sewing machine cover -  no progress
3. College Days Blog Hop blocks for tote/grocery bag -  no progress
4. Alice in Wonderland quilt - no progress
5. As You Wish -  no progress
6. Happy Halloween wall hanging -  no progress
7. Crazy optical illusion -  no progress
8. D wall hanging -  no progress
9. B quilt -  no progress
10. Memory quilt 2 - no progress.

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The last 7 animal blocks are done! and yes, one of the zebras has a mistake but I saw it when everything was sewn together so I didn't want to rip everything apart... I think it's not too visible and it makes her a little different ;)

Turtles and Zebras by Lorna (sewfreshquilts)

Unicorn, by Jennifer @ Sewhooked 

Chicks by Esther @ ipathandquilt

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These are the two quilt tops (40'' x 60'') that I will donate to charity!
I think they are very me (scrappy, funky, with many different styles, fun)!
I hope the recipients will enjoy using them as much as I enjoyed making them!!!

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This is my first wearable crochet project ever! And considering that I am not an experienced crochet person I think I did a great job!! They are not perfect (there are some mistakes here and there) but I didn't want to undo big pieces of work just to fix a few wrong stitches counts :)

Button-Cuff Boots (by Darla Sims)

I made few changes to the pattern, because you know, that's just me, I cannot follow a pattern without making my own modifications:

1. I made the top part with only 15 rounds instead of 22... because I was tired :) and I thought 15 rounds were enough to fold it and look nice. Having been using them for a while, I have to say that it's actually better to have that fold shorter because it's kind of tricky to put them on and a bigger fold would have made the operation harder. So 15 rounds was a win-win choice!
2. I made the top using different colors because I wanted to test how white/variegated blue and dark red/variegated pinks looks together. I am making another project so I wanted to see which one I like the best... these are my slippers so even if they are not "well coordinated" it doesn't matter :)
3. I didn't put the buttons... because sometimes I wear them as socks (with the fold up) so buttons wouldn't be good for that
4. crochet slippers and hard wood floors are NOT a good combination (super slippery slippers are not what you want). However the fix is super-easy: I bought one of those mat to put under carpets to make them stable on hardwood floors, I cut few rectangles and I stitch them on the front/heel of the sole. That's it! Now I cannot make them slide on my floor even if I want to!
   I am not sure about the durability of those pieces, but honestly, who cares! I still have a full rug of that material so I can always replace them!

I had so much fun making those! They are warm but your feet can breathe because of the spaces between stitches: perfect combination for cool spring weather!

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