Midweek Makers #126

                          Welcome - Welcome - Welcome!!! 
It's another week to share your projects - come link up!

My share, as if the Hunter's Star, the 5th Grade quilt, and Hold It Together over 5 days wasn't enough, are more scrap blocks for Regatta from Stash Statement.

I'll have more to share on this quilt on Friday, as my Book of the Month feature.

There were a lot of stars last week, as the Wish Upon a Star Blog Hop appeared to be a popular one. There was my Hunter's Star,

plus all of these starry beauties:

from That Fabric Feeling,

                                                    

from JBigg's Scrap Pieces, 

                                                   

from For the Love of Geese,

                                       

from The Syende Sky,

                             

and from Melva Loves Scraps.

                                       

Feel free to grab a 'Featured' button for all of this lovely work!

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Now let's see what everyone is up to this week! Link up, keeping the following in mind:

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Hold It Together

Happy National Paperclip Day!

Yes, today, May 29, celebrates the humble paperclip, that indispensable office supply! 

Silly, I know, but I was truly inspired to make these fun, colorful paperclips. And you can take this wall hanging as seriously as you want!!

Maybe you see the humor in the statement, or maybe it really represents our busy lives - either way, Hold It Together is entertaining! If you totally relate, there's a pattern so you make your own, available at Craftsy and Etsy.

Made with applique paperclips and lettering, the arrangement can be however you want. I chose to link the paperclips around in a circle, but they could be formed into a chain, or even a heap - the possibilities are endless!

And now for some closeups. Yes, I went hog wild on the quilting - it was so liberating to just doodle all sorts of designs.

More closeups to show cause the areas are so different!

Here's a super close-up shot.

BTW, I used a 14 stitches per inch setting, and probably could have gone smaller. For reference, all of my other quilts use 10 stitches per inch.

The border has simple piano keys, whose lines are duplicated on each side. This allows for all of the attention to be on the pretty quilting in the center.

And don't you just love how black attracts all sorts of fuzz? 

So if your feeling the love for all that paperclips represent, head on over to Craftsy and Etsy to get started on your own!

Happy National Paperclip Day!

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Linking up with:
Linky Tuesday
Oh Scrap!
To-Do Tuesday
Tuesday Colour Linky Party
Needle and Thread Thursday
TGIFF
Whoop Whoop
Finished or Not Friday
Friday Foto Fun
Crazy Mom Quilts
Design Wall Monday
Main Crush Monday
Monday Making

5th Grade Quilt Revealed!

Here it is - a smaller version of the 5th Grade Quilt from the Precut Primer book (affiliate link), my May Book of the Month choice.

My version features hand picked/hand cut 2 1/2" strips, and a very soft, buttery yellow background.

The initial 10 blocks were cut for chain piecing,

and assembled in around 3 hours. 

With the addition of big yellow background squares, I had a 44" x 44" quilt top in no time!

And the quilting - gorgeous! Using rulers and my freehand skills, the quilting design complements the geometric lines of the piecing beautifully.

A few more closeups.

I must admit I feel I didn't do the Precut Primer book (affiliate link) justice this month -

there are other 'grades' I'd like to be in. So look for this book to be featured again later in the year - when school will be back in session!!

Happy Quilting!

PS - Feel free to use the quilting designs on your quilt!



Linking up with:
Design Wall Monday
Main Crush Monday
Monday Making
Linky Tuesday
Oh Scrap!
To-Do Tuesday
Tuesday Colour Linky Party
Needle and Thread Thursday
TGIFF
Whoop Whoop
Finished or Not Friday
Friday Foto Fun
Crazy Mom Quilts

Hunter's Star Revealed!

Welcome! My day has finally arrived in the Wish Upon a Star Blog Hop hosted by Carol at Just Let Me Quilt. Everyone has been incredibly patient waiting for the big reveal of my Hunter's Star - and here it is:

Pretty gorgeous, if I do say so myself! I just love the blue and white contrast, and the layout of a center star with others forming an on-point square - all quite striking!

Ready for closeups? 

A very easy feather/teardrop design fits in each triangular shape, with SID around the stars. Here's the design drawn out on vinyl.

It's a very simple freehand motif to stitch out, and perfect for this funny shaped space in the Hunter's Star. And it can be done with either a domestic or longarm machine. Watch how to stitch it out in the Hunter's Star Feather/Teardrop Motif video:

 
Make sure to add the little scoops to the feathers to bring them to life!

The border quilting is simple piano keys, with a repeated and mirrored feather motif in the corner.

Hard to see, isn't it? No fear - it shows up better on the backside.

The piano keys are also easier to see on the back.

If you're just finding the Wish Upon a Star Blog Hop, be sure to check out all of the participants.

                                                                May 21

Moose Stash Quilting

Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats

Quilt In A Not-Shell

What About Rheema?

Clever Chameleon Quilting

Sunlight in Winter Quilts

Life in the Scrapatch

Sew Many Yarns

Hazel’s Daughter

May 22

Want To Be Quilter

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Selina Quilts

Ridge Top Quilt

Creative Blonde

Days Filled With Joy

Seams To Be Sew

Lily Patch Quilts

Why-Knot-Kwilt

May 23

Marjorie's Busy Corner

Quilt Doodle Designs

Adventurous Applique and Quilting

Vroomans Quilts

Peanut's Patchwork

Ms P Designs USA

The Little Mushroom Cap

Stitchin At Home

That Fabric Feeling

May 24

Kathy’s Quilts

It’s A T-Sweet Day!

Freckled Fox Quiltery

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Melva Loves Scraps

Beaquilter

Quilting Nonnie

Den syende himmel

All Thingz Sewn

May 25

Creatin' in the Sticks

For the love of geese

Words & Stitches

Quarter Inch Crafter

Quilt Fabrication

Home Sewn By Us

Kathleen McMusing

Just Let Me Quilt

Maybe you'll want to make your own Hunter's Star - here's more posts about this creation.
Hunter's Star 
Starting a Hunter's Star Quilt 
Hunter's Star Progress Report 
Wish Upon a Star Hop Starts Today 

And hubby quickly claimed this quilt to hand in his home office - good choice hubby!

Enjoy the rest of the hop!

Linking up with:
TGIFF
Whoop Whoop
Finished or Not Friday
Friday Foto Fun
Crazy Mom Quilts
Design Wall Monday
Main Crush Monday
Monday Making
Linky Tuesday
Oh Scrap!
To-Do Tuesday
Tuesday Colour Linky Party
Needle and Thread Thursday

Midweek Makers #125

Welcome to Midweek Makers! I've got a lot to share today - how about you? First up, is a quilting sneak peek on my Hunter's Star quilt for the currently running Wish Upon a Star Blog Hop.

Oh so mean, only giving you the backside!! But trust me, on Friday, May 25, you'll see the whole quilt, plus there will be a quilting video on the pretty motif, suitable for domestic or longarm machines. It will be worth it!

   
I've also gotten a start on the 5th Grade Quilt from the book Precut Primer (affiliate link).

I put out my "DO NOT DISTURB" sign, and cut and chain pieced 10 blocks in around 3 hours.

And last week, I made the trip to Portland, OR for Quilt Market.

I sat in on Schoolhouse, a full day of different 30 minute classes, and met Kelly Young of My Quilt Infatuation plus saw all of her quilts from her new book, Stash Statement (affiliate link). This is her version of Regatta, which I'm making from my scraps, to be revealed June 18.

And to add to all this busi-ness, my oldest kitty, Roscoe, wasn't eating. He's since had a shot to help his inflamed insides, and he's eating better now. But Saturday, he needed his mommy!

To show more love for Roscoe, the features this week are all about critters!
There's bunnies at Quilts Etc,

                                          

kitties at Hearts Creation,

                                                      

birds at Not Afraid of Color,

                                            

barn animals at Made by Marney,

                                            

and a hedgehog at Tu-Na Quilts.

                                           

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Phew! That's a lot of catching up! Now it's your turn to share - just keep in mind the following:

• Please link directly to your specific post, not your main blog page.
• Visit and leave a comment to two links: the one before and the one after your own. Everyone loves visitors, comments, and encouragement!
• Bring a friend! Invite your fellow bloggers to the party by spreading the word! 
• Please link to www.QuiltFabrication.com on your post.

Most importantly - have a good time!

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