A Quilt and A Prayer: blog hops

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Holiday Hullabaloo Blog Hop!!!

Come on in!

It's time for us to have some FUN and celebrate with

in a wonderful Blog Hop....with a Mystery Giveaway!!!!

I don't know about you, but I just can't resist a Giveaway! And a Mystery Giveaway makes it all the more fun, right? Well, you don't want to miss this one! Visit everyone on the Blog Hop schedule (see below) and leave comments to win a Mystery Prize Package worth $15-30!!! Each blogger will be giving away one Mystery Package, so be sure to comment on each & multiply your chances to win - you can even win more than one prize!!!

Monday Dec. 2 Lily Pad Quilting http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/

Tuesday Dec. 3     Freemotion by the River   http://www.conniekresin.com/
   Sew Cal Gal  http://sewcalgal.blogspot.com/
Wednesday Dec. 4        Upstairs Hobby Room  http://upstairshobbyroom.blogspot.com/

Bejeweled Quilts by Barb http://bejeweledquilts.blogspot.com/

Thursday Dec.5 A Quilt & a Prayer http://aquiltandaprayer.blogspot.com/

Tami’s Quilting Adventure http://tamichaulk.blogspot.com/

Friday Dec. 6 Needled Mom http://needledmom.blogspot.com/

The prizes are all donated by Jacquelynne herself, and each prize will be different. Even she has no idea what your prize will be until she pulls your name from a hat at the end of the Giveaway!!! Prizes include fabric, books, patterns, stationery, gift items, etc. - whoohoo!!!!!

Now, as if that is not enough, Jacquelynne is also giving away a GRAND PRIZE Package on her blog as well!!!!

.... Includes fabric, books, patterns and other gift items! - so be sure to go HERE to her Blog to sign up for that too! You can enter every day for many chances to win!!!

You should visit Jacquelynne's Etsy Shop as well - Hint: She's having a SALE!!!! She's introducing some lovely new items and they would make PERFECT gifts for Christmas or anytime!!!

You've heard me rave about Jacquelynne and her amazing talent before - remember these cute projects I made this past year with her fun and playful Happy Town line???

First, I made a cute little Preemie Quilt for one of our Guild's charity projects. I just love the way Jacquelynne adds stripes and dots to her fabric lines so we can add wonderful geometric interest to our quilts!!! You all know how much I love me some stripes & dots, right???? Well, they don't come much cuter than with cats & dogs :*)

(The binding was not sewn down in this photo because I used it later that week
as my sample quilt for a binding tutorial at one of my guilds :*)

And I know you haven't forgotten my little grandson's Hudson's Heroes play quilt, right?

Paper-pieced vehicles - so fun!!!
Meet Hudson and read more about this quilt HERE and HERE =^..^=

Just this past week at Thanksgiving, Grandpa and Hudson were down on the floor playing with cars on the Happy Town roadway panel that I used to back this fun quilt....don't you just love Hudson's cute little diapered bottom showing there? Why do all kids have a problem keeping their pants up? LOL!!

I happen to know that Jacquelynne is hard at work designing a new line of fabrics right now - they're going to be yummy of course!!! But designing fabrics is only a part of what this talented lady creates! She's an artist through and through! You are definitely going to want to go to these links to check her out if you aren't familiar with her - (and even if you are :*)

Website - http://jacquelynnesteves.com/
Blog - http://jacquelynnesteves.com/blog/

The Art of Home Ezine - http://tinyurl.com/acjfcbc

(see past issues here - http://issuu.com/jacquelynnesteves)

Etsy Shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/JacquelynneSteves

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jacquelynne-Steves/543549752352215

Instagram - http://instagram.com/jacquelynnesteves

Pinterest - http://www.pinterest.com/jacquelynnes/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/JacquelynneS

So, how can you get in on the Mystery Giveaway filled with goodies valued at between $15-$30?

It's easy-peasy!!! You get TWO CHANCES to win!

1st Comment: Just leave me a comment below telling me at least one of the above links you have visited and what you like best among Jacquelynne's creations. Everyone can join in on this first chance to win!

2nd Comment: In addition, if you follow Jacquelynne through any of her social media sites, let me know that in a SEPARATE COMMENT and you will get a second chance to win!!!

This Giveaway is open to anyone, even internationally!

Comments on this post will close and a winner chosen after midnight, December 8, 2013.

If you're new to my blog, I hope you will come back and visit again! I'd love to have you follow along as well - don't be shy!!! There are links on my sidebar to follow by GFC, Blogloving, email and Pinterest :*) You can check out a few of my recent posts by clicking on them under Blog Archive in the right-hand sidebar. You can also see some of the projects I've been working on this year by clicking on the Tabs at the top of my blog under my header picture. For instance, pictures of my finishes this year can be seen by clicking on the 2013 Finishes - Yay! tab at the top of the blog (or you can just click HERE - much easier, right?).

SORRY - GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!!!!

Thanks so much for visiting!

I wish you all well in the Giveaways!

Hugs & Blessings!

Teresa

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Crazy About Wool Blog Hop!

When I agreed to join Denise Russell (Pieced Brain) in her fun Crazy About Wool Blog Hop, I really had to stop and think about it first. I am the lowliest beginner at wool applique!!! I've done only one wool project before this Hop, and that was almost 3 years ago. But.....of course, I can't resist a challenge!!!

This is the first block for my Summertime wool applique wall quilt!

My colors are a little washed out here - the yellow in particular is much more vibrant as you'll see in later photos.

Here is a picture of the original quilt by designer, Erica Kaprow....see my little block on the bottom left?

Quilt by Erica Kaprow, Designer
Photo courtesy of PatternSpot.com

The blocks are only 10", and I am only going to do 9 of them, so it will be small. It's tough deciding which 9 to do, too! Of course, I have to do the watermelon, and the teacups, and the birdhouse, and ..... well, you get the idea! Complicating my decision is this cute pattern I won in the silent auction at guild a couple weeks ago.....

Darva's Daisies by Mary Lou Designs

...... and I think it would make a totally CUTE addition to the quilt if I just reduce it in size to fit the size of the blocks. Gotta have a cat in such a fun quilt, right?

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Here are a few closeup's of my first completed block ....

The happy little hosta in the front is going wild with blooms!!!
And how about those wonky stairs LOL!!!
One of the things I love about wool art is that it doesn't have to be perfect :*D

These leaves and berries were hard to keep in place because the fusible started separating
from the background as I worked on other pieces....

So I took a tip from a Pinterest pin and stapled them down until they were stitched securely!
Worked like a charm!!!

I have had this set of patterns since 2006 - yes, 7 years. Now, bear in mind, that I started quilting in 2006!!! Everything was still so new and exciting - and I had definitely "drunk the Kool-aid," as they say. My brain was totally rewired to think about nothing but quilts and quilting LOL!!!

One of my new quilting friends was working in wools on a similar set of designs by Erica and of course I was enthralled by all that color popping on the black background! :*D A quick visit to the Web revealed that she had a new set of patterns available - Summertime - and they were mine in the blink of an eye. Then the pattern sat... and sat.... and sat. I didn't have any wools and none of my LQS carried wools, so it just continued to sit.

A few years ago, though, I got smart! Yes, indeed, I really did! Don't you dare listen to anyone who tries to tell you that's not true LOL!!! Anywho.... I started picking up wool jackets at my local Goodwill.

These are 100% wool jackets, reduced regularly to $7.99 at Goodwill, but I get them for 99 cents on Wednesdays :*)

I had 3 black jackets in my stash - enough for 3 block backgrounds each......

I think I'm going to love the variety of blacks for this background!

And I cut them up into usable pieces.....

I also had some fun colors to play with!

Of course, I've also been picking up the odd wool piece here and there as I found them at quilt shops - and I've been collecting threads as I come across them too.... I found these on our way home from Runaway at a shop that is going out of business... $1.25 each - score!!!

Of course, now that I've discovered the joys of working with wool - and I have this stash of wools and threads that need to be used!!! - I'm finding projects everywhere that I'd like to do! One of my students at Runaway had this fun pin cushion that caught my interest immediately....

Isn't this just darling?!?

And I've already traced off the pieces in fusible for this fun ball of yarn that I found on Pinterest. It will be for a simple block that I will use as a pocket on a new knitting bag I plan to make someday.