Sun, Sand, And Sea BOM Begins Today...Block #1

Amy at Sew Incredibly Crazy had such a fun idea for this year's BOM and I'm loving it!

The Sun, Sand, and Sea BOM begins today with a beautiful sun to warm our souls.

This month's design is by Amy!

On the first day of each month a new block will be released. There's a Facebook page

for sharing the blocks you sew and to see what everyone else is up to.

Sew Incredibly Crazy and Friends Facebook page:

Lucky me, I'm using Riley Blake Designs Crayola solid colors for the entire quilt.

It makes me smile just looking at those cute boxes!

You can find the instructions for the February block at Sew Incredibly Crazy.

Tip: I like to use a light weight fusible interfacing on the back of my block to stabilize the fabrics 

when I machine embroidery around the edges. Heat n Bond Fusible Interfacing is my favorite.

Sun, Sand, And Sea Block Of The Month Is Coming

I'm working to get my garden blocks sewn together, but I can't help but be excited
to start working on Sew Incredibly Crazy's Sun, Sand, and Sea Block of the Month.

I'll be using Riley Blake Design's Crayola fabrics for my blocks...I love them!
There's the regular Crayola colors, which are really stunning and bright,
then there's the Crayola Vintage colors that blend right in. This is going to be so fun!

The block for March is mine to reveal, but first we'll be seeing Amy's block on February 1st.
It will chase that winter cold away!

Here's a peek of March's block without the fun applique that will be added soon.

I love to applique using Therm O Web's Heat n Bond EZ Print Lite Sheets.
There's no tracing involved! Just print, iron, cut.

You can join the fun and get updates by joining
Sew Incredibly Crazy and Friends on Facebook HERE.

An Easy and Quick No-Sew Valentine Pillow

With my need for holiday home decor to be easy (I love easy), this No-Sew Valentine Pillow

was a perfect project for me. Using Therm O Web's Fabric Fuse and a store-bought pillow to put it
together made it so quick. Fabric Fuse really, really sticks and holds the fabric in place! 

Check out the ThermOWeb blog to see how I used Fabric Fuse products
to make the pillow and this rosette flower.

I wish I'd had PeelnStick Fabric Fuse when my son was a Boy Scout. Sewing those patches on his

 scout shirt was a dreaded project for me. I was proud of his achievements, but with four kids and 

little time for hand sewing, adding them to his shirt was a project that I tended to put off until he 

HAD to have them on his shirt. Fabric Fuse is made for this...it really holds those patches in place!

Keeping Up With The 182 Day Solstice Challenge

So far, so good, in keeping up with Pat Sloan's 182 Day Solstice Challenge blocks.

It's a miracle! 

Maybe I shouldn't pat myself on the back too much since it only just started, but Pat's instructions 

make these so, so easy to put together I'm remaining hopeful I will keep up and make them all.

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

I'm putting the In My Garden blocks together and hope to have the quilt top finished in a few days.

With it being cold outside I spent lots of time inside. I sewed, I watched five movies on TV,

 read two books, and enjoyed holding and petting  my two little bratty dogs.

They loved it and so did I!

In Our Garden Block Of The Month #23 And #24

This is it! The last two blocks of the In Our Garden Block Of The Month.

You can find the patterns and giveaways for this month's blocks at Sew Incredibly Crazy.

I got to test the pattern a couple days early...lucky me!

My applique block #23

Oh my gosh! I love that turtle! Since I "painted" the nails red,

it seemed appropriate to add a bow to her head. Sweet!

My pieced block #24

Amy calls this one "My Garden Cabin"

These are all the blocks I made with fabrics from Riley Blake Designs.

February

Amy – Sew Incredibly Crazy

You can find Amy's Block #1 and Block #2 HERE. 

March
Carol – Just Let Me Quilt 

You can find my Block #3 and Block #4 HERE.

April

Doris – Quilting Queen Online

You can find Doris' Block #5 and Block #6 HERE.

May

Carla – Creatin’ in the Sticks

You can find Carla's Block #7 and Block #8 HERE.

June

Susan – Super Mom No Cape

You can find Susan's Block #9 and Block #10 HERE.

July

Joan – Moosestash Quilting

You can find Joan's Block #11 and Block #12 HERE.

August

Kris – Kris Loves Fabric

You can find Kris' Block #13 and Block #14 HERE.

September
Pat – Life in the Scrapatch

You can find Pat's Block #15 and Block #16 HERE.

October

Vicki – More Stars in Comanche

You can find Vicki's Block #17 and Block #18 HERE.

November
Lana – It Seams to be Sew

You can find Lana's Block #15 and Block #16 HERE.

December

Jan - Sew and Sow Farm

You Can find Jan's block HERE.

January

Amy – Sew Incredibly Crazy– Final Blocks and wrap up

You can find Amy's blocks HERE.

Next step is sew these all together into a quilt...fun!

This has been a great BOM, Amy. Thank you!

There's a Facebook page, too! 

Share your blocks and/or see what everyone else is making.

CLICK HERE

There's a new Block of the Month coming up in January. I can't wait!

Sun, Sand, and Sea BOM

Let the creating begin for 2017!

Plans For 2017 With Block Of The Month And A Solstice Challenge

I'm the worst at sticking to Block of the Month or quilt along type challenges.
I usually make one or two blocks and then my attention heads in a different direction.

With attention problems and love of shiny objects/fabrics/BOM's that distract me,

I decided I would limit or set goals on what I plan to jump into in 2017.
The words "limit" and "goals" aren't in my vocabulary so this will be interesting.

The In My Garden BOM is one of my few successes...I've sewn all the blocks so far!
The new blocks come out tomorrow so it will soon be time to sew it all together.
I've loved all the Riley Blake Designs fabric I used for it!

February will be a fun start with a new BOM at Sew Incredibly Crazy...Sun, Sand, and Sea.

The first day of each month will have a new block from different designers.

I'll be designing a couple of those blocks and will be sewing them all together for a fun quilt.

This is a fat quarter bundle I was lucky enough to rescue out of my sister's get-rid-of pile.

It's by Moda and it's called Renewal. I have no idea how long she had it, but the colors are nice.

I'll be using it to sew Pat's Sloan's 182 Day Solstice Challenge blocks.
I'm blaming Sharon of Vroomans Quilts for me doing this one. She blamed her friend, Barbara.
Somebody has to take the blame for me adding this to my list of things to sew.

I've made one block...yay! One more to sew and then I'm caught up.

I'm still staring at my Moda Color Daze batiks. I'm sure it will be a Storm At Sea design,
but I've not started cutting into it the batiks yet. Soon, though. Or maybe I'll find another BOM...

I'm excited to start another year with Therm O Web. Lots of ideas swimming in my head!
Because I love to applique, this is one of my favorite products.
The Heat n Bond EZ Print Lite printer sheets run through my inkjet printer so there's
no tracing and drawing the pattern pieces..easy and quick! I love easy!

Soooo....
What BOM, sew along, whatever are you jumping into in 2017?
If you tell me, I might have to blame you for making me start something new, but that's okay.

The Christmas Pillow

In November 2012 I played along in a blog hop hosted by Madame Samm using a Christmas pillow

pattern, Holiday Lane, by Jill Finley of Jillily Studios. It was such a fun pattern to sew!

You can still find Jill's pattern HERE.

In 2012 there were only four Monkey Boys posing on this pillow.

Now there are five...you can't even see the pillow!

This guy was the baby in the first picture. He looked a lot more peaceful then.

Awww, much better!

I really wanted this adorable English Bulldog puppy, but I'm glad she went to a good home.

Once she got big she wouldn't have fit through my doggy door!

That face...love it!

It's time to get ready for 2017.

I can't wait to be inspired by what everyone is quilting and sewing!

Merry Christmas To All My Favorite Quilty Friends!

I feel so lucky to have quilty friends like you who inspire and encourage me to keep on quilting.

Thank you!

 May you have a wonderful holiday with family and friends!