Jacks Quilt Pattern by Bryan House Quilts

I was very luck to have tested a really lovely pattern called, "Jacks". It was designed by Becca of Bryan House Quilts.  Take a look a Becca's beautiful version of the quilt.

What a beautiful job she did not only on the pattern but the quilt as well.

The pattern is easy to read and has really clear instructions. I love how she has combined both traditional piecing with the 16 patch and the foundation paper piecing of the star points! I had never worked with a block that combined the two methods and I have to say I am a huge fan! I chose to do a baby quilt for someone and it was easy enough to determine the directions for a smaller than intended quilt based on the directions and cutting information provided.

I love how this quilt looks not only with the block itself but the beautiful stars that form when you piece the blocks together! Take a look at what I did with the pattern:

This outdoor photo was a little off in the blue color, it is not such a bright blue. It was a super sunny Florida day that day! lol So, I took a pic indoors as well, which reflects the blue a bit better.

i just love the center star when it is pieced like this! These are approx 16 in blocks I believe so this was a nice size for a newborn. I would easily work with this lovely pattern again!

If you want to check it out, the first photo is linked directly to the pattern or you can click HERE to go right to Bryan House Quilts' Store and purchase it now.

If you use the pattern I would love to see it! Link me here or on Instagram!

Tanyia

WIP Wednesday - March 11th

This is the WIP post with the terrible, no good, crappy pics, so please excuse them today lol. I did get a good amount done this week, though, and feel productive :)

I finished my mini log cabin mini teehee for my cotton and steel swap partner. I am keeping the finished pic for after she receives it... which is not til June I think. I hate waiting lol.

I made my first ever pin cushion. It is a bit wonky, and the hand stitching to close it is abysmal, but darnnit I did it and I think it's cute! <3 I really need to learn how to hand stitch better though!

I finished the ticker tape table topper I made for my mom. I think it turned out pretty cute and I think she will like it. It was fun to try something new. Oh that and the pin cushion is two new things this week!

Then on Monday I started on my next swap project which is for the Viva La Villains Swap on Instagram. I like doing these swaps because it helps stretch my creativity. Makes me maybe go somewhere I would not have gone otherwise. Hopefully this will play well with the rest of my theme... think the Red Queen from Alice. Shhh....

Ok, off til next week. I have one more letter to do!

-Tanyia

Spring Mug Rug Swap Reveal

I took part in the Spring Mug Rug Swap over at Fort Worth Fabric Studio's blog. I had never made a mug rug before so I was a little nervous. To top it off I fell in love with a little applique pattern and so I chose to do that... which I have also never done before lol. Hopefully, my partner still liked it as I made it with lots of love.

My partner was Dee of Dee's Doings. I was her partner as well. I assumed it was another three way blind swap, but nope. The only downside was that I got no information on her at all and had no idea of her blog or any other social media. So I am really unsure if what I was was her style or not. The only way I figured out it was my partner is her comment on their site about receiving her package. So...I am going to let her know about this post so at least she knows I love what I got from her.

I know I showed this before, so bare with me. This is what I sent to Dee, an appliqued mug rugs, a mug, some tea, and a big ole cookie! I even wrapped the cookie in bubble wrap and I am really hoping it did not break! lol

In return I got the cutest butterfly mug rug and some sweet matching fabric. The only problem is that it is too cute to use as a mug rug ...I can totally envision spilling coffee or tea on it :( So, it is hanging in my sewing room on my wall of minis :) I totally love it.

So, thank you Dee so much for making me smile. I love what you made for me and thank you FWFS for hosting this swap. It was fun!

Tanyia

WIP Wednesday - March 4th

Seriously... March 4th edition of WIP Wedesday? How on earth did it get to be March already! I am completely unsure. It really is true, as you age the time just seems to go by so much quicker. Not that I am ancient or anything lol but I can tell the difference from when I was in my 20's that is for sure.  So far, being 40 is not so bad, though :)

This week was pretty busy and fun! Here is what I have been working on:

I am working on a Cotton and Steel mini for the Cotton and Steel Mini Quilt Swap taking place on Instagram. I am not allowed to mail this before June 12th I think so I am setting this aside for now to piece together later. I like the way the mini blocks came out, though. I used a mini 3in block pattern from Wombat Quilts. I am so appreciative when people share patterns as not all of us can afford to buy them whenever we want. 

This is the finished mini/swap I made for my LPS Disney Craft Swap on Instagram. Someone commented on how they felt inferior because they could not send that many extras... I do not always either but I lucked out at the dollar for half of the things there. It is not about how much you send, think... be creative. Not everything has to cost a lot. This will have a separate post and I will share better pics of the mini. 

 I won a giveaway on Instagram of green scraps from Fort Worth Studio Fabrics, and I started a ticker tape table topper for my mom. I was going to make it for myself, but all those beautiful greens are just screaming my mom's name as it is her favorite color! I had always wanted to try a ticker tape style and it is certainly fun and easy. I love how it is coming out. I should be able to bind it today.

That's it for me! I am hoping to come up with an idea for the Viva La Villains Swap, and learn how to draft the pattern I want to do for it. I might pull out my selvedges and do some more blocks that I am collecting as I am over flowing in selvedges right now lol. Also I am going to the Sewing and Quilt Expo in Lakeland, Florida this Friday so I am looking forward to shopping and finding some new inspiration there!

Have a great week :)

Tanyia

My turn to Bee Queen!

I am so glad I finally got caught up with bee blocks for the Compass Quilters Bee... I really hated being so far behind. Sadly I got caught up just in time for the bee to end darnnit. No I will be Bee less next month :(

For this month though I have picked a really super dee duper cute little block that I would love as I would like to start collecting them for a quilt. This will give me the nudge I needed to get going on it myself!

I am not writing up a tutorial as it has been done perfectly already! I want Polaroid blocks! :)

This picture is NOT mine. It is from the blog My Crafty Crap and is here to lead you to her amazing tutorial and paper pieced pattern to ease the way of making this little cutie! Here is a direct link to her tutorial post http://my-crafty-crap.blogspot.com/2011/12/polaroid-quilt-block.html

There is no inch marker on the template download but the center square should be a 2.5 inch square so that will help to make sure it has been printed properly. The only difference I am asking is to please not trim down the white polaroid sides once you have added them and send as it as is, leaving the background spaces on the template empty so that I can make sure it all matches.

So all I am asking for is a cute fabric surrounded with the white. It should be easy, quick, and fun! If you have any questions feel free to shoot me an email or just comment here. 

If you are reading this and not in the bee with us,, you should give this a go, it is SO SEW cute! 

Tanyia

WIP Wednesday - Feb 25th

I have had a pretty good week since last week. I had a busy weekend with the husband, a fun day trip with the kids, my eldest finally got a full time job! Whew...sigh of relief is going on over here.

These two Union Jack blocks were paper pieced, they were for this month's Queen Bee, Carla of Granny Maud's Girl.  Next month will be my month and then we will be done with this bee. I am sad. I had trouble keeping up in the middle of it but now that I am back I would love for it to have continued.

 This is my finished paper piece for the Lollypop Stitches Disney Craft Swap on Instagram. I am not sharing the front or fully finished piece until my partner receives it. I am loving how it is going though.

This is the back of a personal swap... I had to share the back as well because I am so in love with this fabric. 

The front of the personal swap piece. It is a tad wonky but made with so much love <3 I used a pattern from Jeli Quilts called the Goose Dash. I LOVE it!

That's it for me. I am working on finishing up that Disney piece today so I can hopefully mail it next week when I have some extra money :) I hope my partner loves it as much as I have loved making it for her.

Tanyia

WIP Wednesday - Feb 18th

Whew, I have a lot going on this week. I am finally catching up on my Compass Quilters Bee Blocks, due to my absence. I am still needing to do this month's blocks but I have til the end of the month and then I will bee Queen in March and that will be the end of our little Bee. I have done these two

I have made a bit of progress on my cross stitch as well, it is looking cute I think. I love the patterns from Clouds Factory!

I have started on a mini paper pieced quilt I am making for the Lollypop Stitches Disney Craft Swap taking place on Instagram, I am working on a piece from Fandom in Stitches of Sully from Monsters Inc, this is what I have so far, it is the most in depth paper piecing I have done so I am taking it slow.

I also just boxed up my finished swap for the mug rug swap, here is what my partner is getting. I hope she likes it, I also included some fabrics.

Next I am about to start on a mini for a personal swap. I am making a friend a mini and she is knitting me some socks! I can not wait! I also am entertaining ideas for the Cotton and Steel Mini Swap and the Broadway mini Swap... both of which are on Instagram as well. That's all for now, off I go to work on that personal mini for awhile.

Happy Wednesday!

Tanyia

WIP Wednesday - Feb 11th

Happy Wednesday :) I am so so happy... I would be doing a happy dance if I wasn't stuck in a recliner with a heating pad for hurting my back! lol I finished my Feathers quilt for my youngest daughter. She is so thrilled with it and it makes me such a proud mama to see her so happy with something that I put so much effort and time into for her. I love paper piecing as well so doing a whole quilt that way was awesome! Such accuracy, much wow!

She picked the fabric line Rock n Romance for it and I suggested this Alison Glass "Feathers" pattern which she loved. I had the top done some time last year and of course it was a UFO for awhile. Whew, I currently have no more tops waiting now for quilting. I also did a scrappy binding on this one which was the first time I did that and I LOVE it! <3

I also completed a mug rug for my partner in the Fort Worth Fabric Spring Mug Rug Swap. This was the first mug rug I have done. ... also the first applique ... also the first embroidery... and I think it shows a but. Its a bit wonky and the top is not completely flat (obviously lol) but you know what I am still proud of it! It was a cute pattern I got at Craftsy. I think I will enjoy learning more about embroidery. Hopefully my partner won't hate it lol.

Lastly, I started a new cross stitch, since my back is hurting and I am sitting... I can not stand not doing something! So I am working on an American Horror Story cross stitch for my middle child. The pattern is from Clouds Factory.

And that has been my week! I plan on starting a Disney mini for the Lollypop Stitches Disney Craft swap I am doing on IG. I am also researching ideas for the Cotton  and Steel Mini Swap which I will start after the Disney one. I am going in order of when they are due to be shipped. I am looking forward to seeing what everyone else has been up to :)

-Tanyia

Also participating in:

Link A Finish Friday #155 at Richard and Tanya Quilts

 

                                              

Digital Scrapbooking Feb 9th

I do not share much of my digital scrapbooking anymore, mainly as it seems there is just not much of an audience for it lately in the blogosphere.

Here are my three favorite pages from last week:

Time to Move on was created using the digital template Just for Journaling 10 by Cindy Schneider and the digital kit Be Bold by Studio Flergs and Amanda Yi both of which are from Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Little by Little Day by Day was creating using he digital template Adventure Waits by Two Tiny Turtles and the digital kit Something to Cry About by Erica Zane and Libby Pritchett. The template is available in the Scrap Stacks store and the kit is from Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Adore was created using the digital kit All That Glitters by Studio Flergs and Zoe Pearn and is available at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Now, I am off to rest my back, I have been busy in the kitchen canning and my back is very mad at me!!!

Tanyia

WIP Wednesday: Feb 4th

I forgot completely to post last week, but I did get my Magnolia Bud mini quilt done. The paper pieced pattern was super easy and straight forward... reminding me why I love paper piecing so much! I think it turned out lovely and it will make a nice RAK for a friend.

The other thing I started this week was quilting my daughter's quilt, which is the Alison Glass "Feathers" pattern quilt that I finished last year. It feels so good to be making progress! It is almost done being quilted so hopefully I can get that bound and done by next week!

On a side note my daughter has decided she wants to make me a quilt since I am always making them for other people. So, little by little she is sitting next to me working on it. She just started piecing. She is 16 so she is plenty old enough and capable but her ADHD prevents her from doing too much at a time. I told her to take her time and enjoy it. She is going to do a plus quilt but in QAYG blocks as she doesn't want to struggle with the bulk. Wish us luck. Maybe next week there will be some progress from her so I can share it :)







Happy Wednesday!
Tanyia

WIP- the one where I am back and finally did something!

Well... I have finally returned and finally started some sewing again!It felt great, too! I started the Star Surround quilt along with Melissa at Happy Quilting on time, finished the top on time... and then set it aside. I am sure you know how that goes. Finally I am done! I am so happy about it, too. It fueled me into doing some actually sewing again. Not all the time mind, not all or nothing, but adding it in to my day here and there as I can. I think that is working better for me as well. I seem to be more productive!

So here is the front of my Star Surround (there was one flying geese that is facing the wrong way but I did not notice it until it was quilted darnnit! Oh well, its only for me)

and the back... I hadn't lint rolled it yet so excuse the thread and fuzz from the cats lol

Even though I bought a FMQ class during a Craftsy sale I still have not ventured in to FMQ, so this is all straight line echo quilting, but it was the most intricate I have done so far and I love it :)

Terrible lighting on this one, but it was taken at night. I started a mini with a mini paper pieced pattern I got at a quilt show last year. This is a RAK for a friend. Just need to put it together now!

That's it, but I am off to a good start again and boy does it feel good! :)

-Tanyia

QSnT - Aug 30th

Day late, dollar short and all that! I did not have any blog posts this week as I was sorting through some personal business and trying to figure out what I want to do and where I want to go from here... personally speaking. Thankfully, I am on the ball again and things are better. I am even sewing today! Woohoo! Through it all, though, I still loving looking through Instagram, it totally relaxes me and inspires me. Here are my favorites for this week!

This beautiful EPP project is being done by karie_twokwikquilters. I love the colors and the cross stitch look! So cute and fun! Great patterns mixed together as well!

Seriously, could these little shirts by brianisthemessiah be any cuter???

I love when traditional designs are made modern! This is gorgeous! Made by rxquilter.

Each project is linked to the maker's Instagram image, leave em some love and say hi!

Tanyia