Dare To Dresden - January 31st

January 31^th, 2013

Quilting Prolifically

Patchouli Moon Studio

Mountain Quiltworks

In Ga

Dachsies with Moxie

Color My World

Shepody Mountain Crafter

Christa Quilts

Moosestash Quilting

Lavender Quilts

Never 2 Many Quilts

Clothes and Crafts
Cathy's Chatter

Madame Samm @ Sew We Quilt 

Dare To Dresden - January 28

January 28^th, 2013

A Reformed Heath'n

Meadowbrook

Rosemary B @ “that Other Blog”

Stitch Duchess' Crazy & Sane Quilting World

Grammie Q’s

Bumbleberry Stitches

Sunshine Girl

Spiral

Butjenter Quilter

Blooming Where I am Planted

Quilting Lodge

The Tilted Quilt

Life in the Scrapatch

Pretty Bobbins
In The Boon Docks

Sew Much and More

Threading My Way
Pink Ribbon Quilts
Thimble Mouse & Spouse

I Dared To Dresden!

Those silly little Dresdens tried to intimidate me,

but they didn't succeed...nope, they didn't.

Until I saw all those amazing Dresdens on

yesterday's blogs and I realized I was in

BIG TROUBLE!

My pitiful Dresdens don't even want to be in the same room as

those other ones. They really wanted to show-up here in disguise,

but I decided to share what a beginner's Dresden looks like

and give hope to those who haven't made a Dresden, yet.

My machine embroidered centers...

my hand embroidery would never look this good.

I couldn't possibly just make one Dresden project...on no, I had to

make two (it's an illness I have that has nothing to do with competing with

That Other Lady.)

I attempted to do some hand embroidery on this one, but it wasn't great 

and I was too lazy to rip it out so I've dubbed it a

 "learning experience" wall hanging.

On one of the stems I hand embroidered,

"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's Party!"

by Robin P. Williams

Since my Dresden's won't win any prizes, I thought I'd 

at least reward you for visiting my blog today. So......

There's a giveaway, too!

$20 from here:

Silly Little Rules:

1. Leave a short and sweet comment. 
2. This one is important! Make sure I can contact you if you're a no-reply blogger. There are instructions on how to fix this on the sidebar of my blog. Typing out your email address like this helps avoid spammers: iblog at aol dot com. If I can't contact you, you can't win. If you are an OPEN ID person and leave a comment, leave an email address or I can't respond. 
3. You don't have to be a Follower, but it's okay with me to have you follow me around. 
4. Only ONE entry per person.
5. I'll mail it anywhere.
6. Giveaway ends at 6 p.m. PST on January 31st. Entries after 6 p.m. PST on January 31st will not be included in the giveaway.

That's it for me, so go check out these other

amazing Dresden's to get inspired:

January 25^th, 2013

Gingersnap Quilts

Busy Bee Quilts

She Sews the Blues

Traveling Quilter

Grand Mama's Stories

Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio

Sew at Home Mummy

The Slow Quilter

Pig Tales and Quilts

Annie Oak Design

Jane's Fabrics & Quilts

Tea Time Creations

Mo Broker My Creative Side

Just Let Me Quilt

Words and Stitches

Just Keep Swimming

Sew Many Yarns

Sowing Stitches

Jane's Quilting
My Patchwork Life
2muchfun

Pumpkin Patch Quilter
Quilt Monster in my Closet

You can find all the Dresden's from this blog hop

over on Madame Samm's Pinterest page

HERE

Thanks to Christine from Quilt Monster in My Closet

for being the cheerleader for this hop

AND

to Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt for her

awesome ability to bring us all together to

create and show our projects

(plus she has great sponsors who offer

wonderful giveaways!)

New Blog Hop Alert AND Is That A Dresden?

Do you love to stitch?

This hop is for you!

Head on over to Sew We Quilt

to get the scoop on this blog hop and sign-up

to play with us (and see me attempt to create

a masterpiece with embroidery thread.)

Jane from Jane's Fabrics and Quilts

is the cheerleader for this one.

Tomorrow is the big starting day to see

what people do with those dreaded Dresdens.

You can find the whole schedule over at

Christine's blog, Quilt Monster in My Closet.

Chistine's the cheerleader who will be leading

us down the Dare To Dresden path.

DARE TO DRESDEN SCHEDULE HERE

Dare To Not Dread Dresdens

I've started prepping for DARE TO DRESDEN...

have you?

I don't dread the Dresden anymore and actually love making them.

(Okay, so I've only made one and it was turned into a turkey,

but they aren't scary and that's my point.)

Missouri Quilt Company has an amazing video

tutorial that will help you overcome your fears.

Check it out HERE.

I used a jelly roll to make my Dresden pieces, but a charm pack works great, too.

This ruler made it amazingly simple!

This pointy thing makes those corners, well..pointy.

I'm looking forward to seeing how the "Pros" make their Dresdens,

but for now the instructions from Missouri Quilt Company really has me 

moving forward to conquer the Dresden phobia I've had for years.