Inspired ...

Hey there!  It is only Tuesday evening, but it sure does seem like it should be later in the week already!  Can anyone relate?  Maybe its the fact that its the end of the quarter at school and there's a bunch of late work waiting to be graded.  :-)

Anywho, I really enjoy spending a little time on Flickr everyday (if I can) and checking out all the beautiful things the quilting and crafting community are making.  Every so often, I like to post a mosaic to share some things I am inspired by or wishing I had (more) time to make! 

1. A quilt waiting for a baby!, 2. Christmas truck - '12 days of Christmas' Sampler QAL., 3. SweetRolls, 4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/37060810@N04/6081437654/in/photostream

** Please click the links above to visit the original source of each photo. **

I think the Ruby Sugar Dish quilt that Clara of Clover & Violet is working on is just so pretty.  I love dresdens and the colors in Ruby are just perfection. 

Not too long ago, I told you about the 12 Days of Christmas Sampler QAL and it kicked off today.  I was so excited to see this cute truck block ... I love the fussy cut work that the block designer used.  You can see the block and get the pattern here.  Julianna also posted a great fussy cutting tutorial as well.

There is a Terrain group on Flickr and today I spotted this awesome quilt.  I so love all the dotty-ness in the background of these blocks.  Goodness.  The jewel tones in the Terrain line are simply gorgeous in person.

And Tammy, one of my 4x5 Modern Bee mates, made me an awesome Twister block in Summer House.  You know I love Summer House. ;-)

Well that is all for now folks ... been prepping thread kits for the Ruby QAL and working on a few other things.  What are you working on?

Hope you are all having a great week!

Happy Sewing :-)

Stitch and Share Inspiration

Hey there!  I hope everyone is having a great week!  :-)  I can't believe we are nearly half way through July already ... can you?

Two weeks ago, I introduced our Sew Lux Stitch and Share Challenge.  This month's theme is "summer."  I thought I'd give you another project to inspire you to make something that represents "summer" to you.  (Your project could be anything .... a quilt, wall hanging, mug rug, bag, a block, whatever ... just made with fabric and made by you.)

This flip flop wall hanging is one I made a couple of years ago and it is still one of my favorite quilts.  I love the bright colors and all the dots and, of course, the flip flops.  If I could wear flip flops year round everywhere, I would. :-)  In fact, I leave this piece up year round in my sewing room!

Here's a closer view of the applique and quilting.  I chose the border fabric as it reminded me of beach balls and then selected the prints for the flops using that as a jumping off point for colors.

If you want to play along, you have 13 days until we post the link up post for the challenge.  We'll choose a random participant for a $20 gift certificate to our shop.  Read all the details here.  Hope you'll join us.

Happy Sewing!  :-)

Inspired by ...

Hi!  Just wanted to share a couple of links to get you dreaming about the Just Wing It collection. :-)

Yesterday, Jennie at Clover & Violet, shared a pretty picture of some perle cottons that beautifully match the collection.  She's planning an Embroidery 101 series and she posted these pretty threads as a teaser.  I might just have to give this embroidery thing a try.  :-)

And if you haven't been to Mary's blog (Molly Flanders), you're just plain missing out.  Yesterday, she shared some awesome hexies and I love how she's mixing the Minis in Tomato with some vintage-inspired prints. I might have to get my hexagon project back out!

Also, today as I was browsing through my Google Reader, I saw a beautiful quilt made from some Just Wing It charm packs on the Moda Bake Shop blog ... you really should check out this Criss Cross quilt tutorial by Lisaweary Quilts.  If you need a kit for this, we'll be happy to set one up for you in our Etsy store or you can order what you need from our website.

And if Brown comes today, we'll be adding Punctuation and Pure up in the shop this evening ... I will update y'all here when they're ready to go!

Thanks for stopping in today. :-)

Happy Sewing!