Sunday 16 September 2012

I Be Jammin'

Maybe not the type of Jammin' you were thinking of....but hey...it works!


This is for a contest that mom sent me.  I had to use the white for the background, and use the blueberry fabric with white background within the block.  You are allowed to make the block in any technique you like.  So I went with Applique, as it is something I am still learning.  Thought part of the jar lid, I did as paper piecing, to help give it a ruffled look, like that you would get putting fabric on a jar lid :)


I was at my shop, trying to find something that would work to make 'jam', and my instructor said she had just the thing in her stash at home.  Low and behold, the large blueberry, print, that works perfectly!  I kept the background of the tile as the simple white block, instead of trying to do something fancy and messing it up.  As I only had so much of their white fabric to work with from the kit.

Now this block is in the mail back to my mom, so she can submit it on my behalf.  The prize is winning 20 of the submitted blocks to make a quilt with.  Not sure what I would ever do with it, but being in Ontario, it could be fun to win a few pieces of 'home' made by locals :)


Wednesday 12 September 2012

Stuffed!

Nothing super fabulous....unless you spend time on my couch!  The pillow on the Right was the original, made a year ago.  I picked up the fabric for the other 2 back in November while I was on sick leave.  I started them back in march and was at a stand still because I needed zippers.  While, there they are, looking pretty good.  Time to start breaking them in I think! :D