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Summer Sewing :: Craft Apron

Summer Sewing Contest at ELQ

I’m excited to be sharing my craft apron today for the Summer Sewing Contest at Ellison Lane Quilts!

I’m going to be teaching sewing classes this summer and working part-time at a creative co-op called Collective.

I wanted to make an apron to wear while I’m working so that I could keep my cell phone nearby for checking on my kiddos, business cards, a pen, etc.

It needed lots of pockets and apparently ruffles too!  I seem to have an addiction to ruffles lately (mostly due to my ruffler foot).

The apron has 8 functional pockets and I designed it so that the criss-cross allows for a variation in depth.

There is one deep enough that I could carry a pair of scissors or a rotary cutter and one shallow enough for a piece of gum.

I added a little apple applique and an embroidered ‘L’ (channeling my inner Laverne & Shirley) and extra long ties so that I could tie in the front.

I look forward to being able to wear it this summer, thank you Jen for the motivation to kick off my summer sewing!

There’s been lots of inspiring projects already and more to come, so be sure to visit the other bloggers Jennifer has gathered.

 

 

Summer Sewing Contest at ELQ

 

I hope you’ll get out your sewing to-do list and join in the fun.   Here are the details for the contest with prizes too!

 

1. Sew something fun for summer in one of these 4 categories:

  • Quilts
  • Home Decor
  • Clothing
  • Bags & Accessories
You may enter one item in each category.
2. Link up your entry at Ellison Lane Quilts:  June 10-17.
3. Finalists are chosen in each category: June 18
4. Voting Begins: June 18- June 23
5. Winners announced: June 26

 

The Prizes:
The winner of each category will receive a $100 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop.

A randomly chosen winner in each category will win a Fat Quarter Bundle of fabric from Westminster Fibers / Free Spirit Fabric.

 

A wild card winner will be chosen by Jennifer’s husband and will receive a $25 gift certificate to The Intrepid Thread.

 

Thanks for visiting!
Lindsey

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Modern Mini Challenge

Hi!

Welcome to Day 11 of the Modern Mini Challenge blog hop!

I am really excited about this challenge and look forward to seeing how you push yourself to try something new.   Hopefully I can provide a little inspiration for you today.

Spiderweb Mini :: 20″ x 20″ square

When Jennifer asked me to join in, I immediately started thinking of what I could do to challenge myself.

I love that mini quilts give you a smaller scale to try a new technique, but also leave you with an amazing little work of art.

I started by brainstorming ways a quilter could challenge themselves:

  • Paper piecing
  • A traditional block design if you’re always doing modern and vice versa
  • Applique
  • A new and bolder color combination
  • Stepping away from set fabric collections and pulling favorite pieces to create your own collection
  • Using only solids
  • Improv piecing
  • Curves
  • A new way to quilt whether that be handquilting, freemotion, or straight lines
  • Creating your own original design
  • Precision piecing

There really are endless possibilities!    For me, I already had a mini in progress and I was trying to decide how to finish it.

I knew the perfect challenge would be to try a new quilting technique.

I have the hardest time with straight line quilting.   Probably because I’m impatient!

I’m not going to get better if I don’t practice, so the spider webs were straight line quilted.

I also have a tendency to just meander all of my quilts because I’m comfortable with that… hello, challenge calling.  I love pebble quilting, so why not give that a go?

The white areas were pebble quilted and while neither are perfect, I am proud of myself for trying something new and every time I look at this quilt I’m reminded that it feels really good to push myself.

That’s my newest mini, but I thought I’d also share the others that I’ve made in the past.

(P.S. Did you catch my off white star point!?  Aw, the fun of quilting.   Realizing after your done that you had a scrap of Kona Snow mixed in with your White!   LOL)

This is a little mini of my sewing machine, Pearl.   This quilt is completely appliqued.

This is the tiniest quilt I’ve ever made, postcard size.    I paper pieced the background and then appliqued the flower on top.

Potholders are minis too!

A bit of a picture overload, but hopefully you can find some inspiration amongst it all.

Please don’t miss out on this fun challenge!

I feel like so many of us wait until we are ‘good’ at  a technique before putting it into something we love.    Don’t do that, I think you should use something you love to try your new techniques!    Who is inspired by their ‘mess up’ fabric?   Not me.

Get out the colors that make you happy and the fabric that really gets your creativity going.  That’s what you need to use!    I find you do even better at a new technique when you’re continually inspired in the process.

xo, Lindsey

P.S.   The inspiration is still flowing, be sure to visit the rest of the bloggers on the hop!

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Modern Mini Challenge

Have you heard about the Modern Mini Challenge?

Jennifer of Ellison Lane Quilts has put together a blog hop and mini quilt contest as a way to inspire you to try something new!

The event will run for 5 weeks and will end with some ah-mazing  prizes.

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2/6/12 – 2/19/12 :: Weeks 1 & 2 will kick off with the blog hop where you can gain some inspiration!  Come back and visit me here on the 16th!

2/6: Stitchery Dickory Dock

2/7: Fairy Face Designs & Amy’s Creative Side

2/8: Lily’s Quilts

2/9: Patchwork Notes

2/10: Don’t Call Me Betsy & Flying Blind on a Rocket Cycle

2/11: Sukie, Don’t You Know Who I Am? 

2/12: Freshly Pieced

2/13: From the Blue Chair & Poppy Makes

2/14: Needles, Pins & Baking Tins

2/15: Mon Petit Lyons & Felicity Quilts

2/16: LR Stitched & Random Thoughts Do or Di

2/17: Life’s Rich Pattern & Twin Fibers

2/18: Cut to Pieces & Sew Sweetness

2/19: Swim Bike Quilt

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2/20/12 – 3/4/12 :: In weeks 2 & 3 it’s time for you to start sewing your challenge entry!  Step out of your comfort zone without having to commit to a full size quilt!

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3/5/12 – 3/9/12 :: Week 5, head on over to Ellison Lane and link up your mini quilt for a chance to win.    Everyone loves prizes, so let’s take a little peak at what’s up for grabs!

Kimberly from The Fat Quarter Shop has generously donated the prizes for this contest and she has gone all out!

You have 5 chances to win:

  • James’ choice (Jennifer’s husband chooses his favorite) 
  • Viewer’s choice Mug Rugs
  • Viewer’s choice Mini Quilts 

(mug rugs and mini quilts- the viewers choose from a selection chosen by Jennifer and three other bloggers) 

  • Luck of the Draw (Random Number Generator chooses 2 winners)

 

Both Viewer’s Choice winners will receive a fat quarter bundle of the FULL line of Denyse Schmidt’s Flea Market Fancy reprint!!

James’ Choice will receive a $100 gift certificate to The Fat Quarter Shop!

The 2 Luck of the Draw winners will each receive a $75 gift certificate to The Fat Quarter Shop!

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Am I the only one who’s crazy excited?!

 All you have to do for a chance to win is:

  •  Create a modern mini quilt or mug rug – only one entry per person
  •  Enter your mini quilt or mug rug in the linky party at Ellison Lane Quilts on Monday, March 5.

You do NOT have to have a blog to enter. You may link a picture from your Flickr account.

  •  Your entry (blog post or Flickr description) should include the size of the item
  • Winners will be announced March 9th

 

I hope you’ll join in, it’s gonna be fun!

Lindsey

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Follower Spotlight at Ellison Lane

I’m excited to have a little feature over at Ellison Lane Quilts today.   We had a fun Q & A!

If you’re visiting from her website, hello!    I hope you’ll consider hanging around.

If you’ve never visited Jennifer’s blog, head on over!  She’s starting a blog hop for making handmade gifts for Christmas complete with great giveaways.

Happy Saturday!

Lindsey

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Par-tay.

There’s a blog party coming next week at Ellison Lane Quilts!

There’s a great line-up of bloggers and I am beyond honored that she asked me to participate too.   It will run Monday, May 2 through Friday, May 6th and includes interviews with each of us and a chance to win prizes!

Stop by and see what’s going on, I think it’s gonna be fun!

May 2nd:  Me, LRstitched.

May 3rd:  Mary from Molly Flanders

May 4th:  Jolene from Blue Elephant Stitches

May 5th:  Angela from Cut to Pieces

May 6th:  Michelle from I like Orange, Too!

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Fabric filled weekend!

Oh.my.goodness.

I had the best time this weekend with Jennifer.    I am still kicking myself because I forgot my camera.  Lucky though, Jennifer did bring hers and she posted lots of pictures of our trip to Whipstitch.

I know I have made a forever friend in her.   We talked up a storm like we’ve been BFFs our whole lives!  It was a refreshing and wonderful time.

If you ever have the chance to meet some of your online buddies, do it!   The interwebs have introduced me to some really great people that I’d otherwise never have the chance to know.

Jennifer brought me a present, a fabulous mug rug and her block for L’s quilt.   Both are gorgeous!

I came home with some goodies from Whipstitch too.   A fat quarter bundle of Amy Butler’s ‘Soul Blossoms’ in Bliss and a few fat quarters.

Hope your weekend was as nice!

Lindsey

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Blogger meetup

Jennifer is visiting the ATL this weekend!   We’re going to have breakfast and enjoy some fabric-goodness at Whipstitch.    I’m looking forward to enjoying some good food, gorgeous fabrics and great company!   I’ll be sure to take pictures and share about our adventure.

Also, keep your eye out!  A giveaway is coming….

Enjoy the weekend!

Lindsey

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