Hooray for the Red, White & Blue!!!

And a Giveaway too =^..^=

It’s finally time for me to reveal my design for the Red, White & Blue Blog Hop!  I was beginning to think the day would never get here!  Oh my, I’m SO excited!!! 

What do you think?  I wanted to make something that I could put on my Table Topper frame, and it looks just darling there I think :*)

I began the project by choosing a royalty-free clip art for the fireworks (I’m not an artist!) and created a paper-pieced background to frame it.   

I had a ball picking through my stash to get just the right rich reds & blues to showcase the “pop” of the fireworks.  

A white sparkle fabric worked perfectly for the fireworks, but the sparkle is hard to see in the photo.  Cutting out those tiny pieces was pretty tedious, but I just knew it was necessary for the design to work.

I finished it off by quilting with a silver metallic thread to sparkle it up a little more :*)   After all, what’s the Fourth of July without sparkles, right? =^..^=

Isn't that a cute bias stripe binding?

This is my second design for the Table Topper frame.  The first was my Mom’s Sonshine Sunflower which you can see HERE.

I really want to send a Big Thanks to Jane at Jane’s Fabric and Quilts for hosting this amazing Hop!  Hosting one of these is a big deal and a lot of work, and we appreciate you Jane!

And speaking of appreciation, I really appreciate YOU too, my wonderful followers!!!  Remember, I promised a giveaway, so here you go…  If you are a follower of A Quilt and A Prayer, just leave a comment on this post telling me how you follow (GFC, RSS feed, email, etc), and you’ll be in the drawing to win these…..

Since this is a celebration of all things patriotic, I decided to pull a few of my favorite patriotic fabrics and add in a pattern from Buggy Barn – Crazy About Hearts and Stars – 

I just LOVE this sweet little pattern!!!!  Most of the fabrics are close to being a fat quarter, but some are smaller pieces.  I just put in whatever I thought you might like :*) 

I will keep the drawing open until the end of the Blog Hop on Monday, July 16 to give everyone a chance to enter.  Sorry, but I will have to limit the drawing to U.S. mailing only.

If you are not already a follower, I hope you’ll consider coming along for my journey.  I’ll try to have some fun and rope you in for the ride :*)

And don't forget, here are the other bloggers who are featured in the Red White & Blue Blog Hop today… Please be sure to go over and give them some Patriotic Love too!!!

July 3rd

Heather K

Just Carol

Quilt Doodle Doodles

Sheila's Quilt World

Teresa in Music City (hey, that's me!)

*** Linking up with Applique Thursday at A Quilting Reader's Garden ***

Hugs & Blessings &

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Teresa

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