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09-16-2013

Winner and a Tip!

And the Winner is…

Shauna!

Congrats Shauna and I hope you will share with us what you make out of this sassy little bundle:)

Now, on to a Sassy Tip;) You may have noticed this hasn’t really been a weekly occurrence…okay, okay not even monthly! *wince* Well, here it is anyway:

If you are having trouble threading a needle try it from the other side. One side of the eye is always a little bigger!

Make sure to check out the Quilt Parade over at Happy Quilting today, so many gorgeous Star Surrounds!

Keep it Sassy♥

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09-14-2013

Sunday Funday Sunshine!

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Sunday Funday with Julie@627handworks has arrived once again and it is now my turn to share some goodies:)

I am giving away a “Ticklish” Dessert Roll by Me and My Sister Designs for Moda. This includes 20 WOF strips that are 5″ wide. These are so bright and fun:)

All you have to do is leave a comment below to enter! For a bonus entry follow on Facebook or bloglovin‘ ,or both*wink*, and leave another comment letting me know. Already a follower? Leave a comment just the same. I would love you to follow along so I can keep in touch with all my Sassies! (contest closes 9/15/13 at midnight)

Here is my finished Star Surround Quilt I did with Melissa@Happy Quilting! On Monday the 16th she is having a quilt parade of the finished entries(almost 90 finished the tops!) and announcing the four grand prize winners! (fingers crossed)

Stitch in the Ditch quilting on this one.

Hand stitched the binding down on the back….Whew, I hadn’t done that in a while. It took a lot longer than I thought.

“You are My Sunshine”, 48″ x 48″, Machine pieced, Machine quilted.

Where is the Prism you might ask??? Still stitching down the binding. I now have to hand deliver the quilts to the Fair because I didn’t make it by the Friday deadline. Oh well, now I have just a few more days. I can do it:)

Be sure to visit these places for more giveaways today!!!

Keep it Sassy♥

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09-10-2013

I quilt for fun…

(pic from www.psiquilt.com)

Well, it’s freak out time as I am trying desperately to finish up two quilts at the same time here! The State Fair is in two weeks and our quilts need to be dropped off this Friday so they can be delivered and judged in time. I had such grand plans for my Fair entries this year, but man does time slip away!!! I needed to finish up my Star Surround quilt this week anyway so I can enter it in the parade over at Happy Quilting. So I figured this was perfect for an entry and I just love the design of this quilt. Then a bug bit me to finish up my Prism quilt that I am doing with Amy@13Spools. Our entry registrations were due last week and I was like… oh yeah, I can definitely finish that one too:) Just a few snips and stitches, right?

So here I am with just a few days left quilting my brains out. Don’t get me wrong, it is fun and I am loving these quilts, but I am having to pry my shoulders out of my ears after these marathon quilting sessions. My SS quilt is all quilted, just your basic stitch-in-the-ditch(or near it anyway).

And how did I not realize what a beastly size this Prism quilt is…

Okay, it’s only a twin…but it’s like an official twin 70 x 85!

Stitch-near-the-ditch on this one too. Face it, I wouldn’t be able to finish it otherwise, but I actually think all the straight lines work well with the design. Tonight I am off to finish up all the little blue prisms in the centers…all one million of them. Just kidding, but not really:)

I quilt for fun, I quilt for fun… As luck would have it I am off tomorrow so I can spend the whole day finishing these up. I am thanking God for giving me a break on this one so I didn’t have to bind these quilts in my sleep! Does anybody else do this to themselves??? Hope to be showing you some finished up quilts on Friday.

Keep it Sassy♥

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09-05-2013

Busy Bee?

Are you having trouble keeping up with all your quilt a-longs, sew a-longs, bees, swaps, and even your fabrics and WIP’s? Well check out this cool new app that is available on your Apple devices!

This snazzy new app is by Julie@627Handworks. I just love Julie’s work and she also has some fabulous paper piecing blocks you should check out and is currently hosting a fun Sunday Funday Giveaway with lots of chances to win quilty goodies on Sunday’s for the next few weeks. I tell you there is just lots of quilt goodness over there:)

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And here are my delicious goodies I won from the Christmas in July contest @LoveByHand.

$40 gift certificate to Sew Lux Fabric
Pearle Cotton Sampler from Sew Lux Fabric

Sewing Prints from Pen & Paint

Paloma FQ bundle from Dear Stella

Thanks for all the goodies Christen! I can’t wait to crack in to this bundle:)

Keep it Sassy♥

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09-03-2013

Prism Progress

I don’t know about you, but I had high hopes for this holiday weekend! All that extra sewing time, right? I planned to quilt my Star Surround quilt, finish my Prism quilt blocks, and finish making the blocks on a commissioned Memory Quilt I have started that is made out of baby clothes. Totally do-able….Okay, maybe I over shot it a little:) Well, here is what I got done.

Prism progress in the Prism Along with Amy@13Spools…

Believe it or not this is 99 blocks!

I have spent the entire holiday weekend working on these blocks! They are not complicated blocks and are paper pieced. I did some chain piecing to speed things up, but they seemed to keep regenerating in my pile! Do any of your projects ever do that? Especially when it comes to trimming and pressing each step…Anywho, finally done:) Now all that is left is to rip off all the paper. While I know that will take a bit, I can easily do it while watching T.V. or maybe even on my lunch break.

Bonus, an entire gallon ziplock bag of some fun, usable(i think) scraps!

Star Surround QAL with Melissa@HappyQuilting…nada!

I did manage to get a good bit of the blocks done for the Memory Quilt made out of baby clothes. These I have to attach them to fusible interfacing and there are some embellishments and backings to the necklines that are added. A little time consuming since you only get one shot with theses and all the fabrics are different. They sure are cute aren’t they?

Well, not too bad I think. Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!

Keep it Sassy♥

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08-27-2013

Star Surround QAL

Star Surround Quilt-A-Long

Wow, didn’t this go by quick? Feels like I just started this quilt!

I have to say there was just so much excitement with this project for me. I love the block and really liked the goal oriented tasks each week. It also didn’t hurt that there was a chance at winning a prize each week either!

The last task is to get the blocks and top assembled and link up with Melissa@HappyQuilting. Melissa has been a fabulous host and has had great tutorials to go along with each step.Thanks a bunch Melissa for all your kind words and encouragement along the way:)

There will be four Grand Prize Winners for some 75.00 gift certificates to either Intrepid Thread or Fat Quarter Shop. I hope I haven’t used up all my winning mojo, because I would love to have a little spending spree:)

What would I do differently???

Well, I like my fabrics okay, but would rather have used something a little more bright and fun. My goal was to use some things I have from my stash(that is overflowing). This was a yellow bundle I bought at a quilt show several years ago. I wasn’t as picky then about fabrics and some of these are sooooo thin(poor quality), but oh well. Still a nice palette and a sweet traditional feel. Since it is a baby quilt I think it will suit nicely.

Secondly, nothing! I really loved the pattern and think I might just make another with a bright yellow/gray palette in the one large block design:)

Wish me luck!

Keep it Sassy♥

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08-24-2013

Block 12

Block 12 – Charleston Square

This block is from over at the Virtual Quilting Bee(hosted by AmySmart@Diary of a Quilter) and is created by Katie Blakesley@Swim,Bike,Quilt. I was glad to have one on the easier side this week. Really simple cutting instructions and easy to piece.

We are pretty much caught up with Amy at this point! She just posted Block 13 if you want to get started. Only 3 more to go:) I just can’t wait to get this top together.

I am also right on track with my Star Surround QAL with Melissa@Happy Quilting. This week we built the parts of the surround, excited to put these blocks together this week.

Check out some other awesome quilts in progress with the same QAL. Just give them a click to see what they are up to on their own blogs.

Melissa@MyFabricRelish, I just love this grey!

I am also loving this blue with the light centers over at Kristel@WIPgirl.

And…I think Sarah@SarahQuilts is sharing her good luck with me! Here is another fabric bundle that I won from Cynthia@CynthiaBrunzDesigns! Thanks for these lovely fabrics:)

Keep it Sassy♥

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08-21-2013

Sassy Sampler

Bound and done! Finished up my Sassy Sampler quilt and an experiment in free motion quilting. Not even close to perfect, but I am happy with what I am learning. This was a good chance to practice lots of stitches and I tried to force my self to do just that! This quilt is not for anyone in particular and was lingering in my UFO pile, so it was perfect to let loose and stitch like I meant it:)

No marking allowed on this quilt, just free and easy…all the way.

My thread was a beige colored polyester that blended in most areas. *Bonus: Don’t see all the fumbles. *Down Side: It blended so well in some areas it actually made it difficult to see what I was doing, but definitely showed up in the dark brown areas!

Made a skinnier binding this go ’round…2″ strips to start. I usually use 2.5″ strips.

Machine bound, tutorial here.

Had fun with these swirls in the star petals.

Really liked the up and down bars, too. Easier than I thought.(eww…photo bombed by a bug)

Clamshell, wood grain, pebbles and wierd flame-swirl?…

Most difficult stitch: concentric swirls in two of my corner blocks. I found it very hard to keep the swirls circular. They are a little blobby(?) The other two corners were a paisley design. Much easier and when it gets a little off it doesn’t glare at you. The thread matched so well you can only see any of it in just the right light.

When done I had used 6 Bobbins and a spool and a half of thread(med-size spool). It is pretty stiff with all these stitches, but I haven’t washed it yet. Hoping it will soften up a bit and you probably will not be able to see many of the stitches in the wrinkles anyway.

One more UFO has bit the dust! On to the next.

Keep it Sassy♥

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08-17-2013

Sample Please!

Hola Sassaritas! Hope you had a fabulous week. My internet has been el crasho, so let me catch you up on what I have been up to.

My progress on the Star Surround QAL with Melissa@Happy Quilting! All my lovely little stars. Liking the yellows, the polka dots and stripes are my favorite. I was doubting some of the fabrics, but I think they will add to the scrappines. It’s hard not to over think it, right?

Had a Friday off this week, which is awesome, because I got to pull out my Sampler quilt which I started almost 3 Years ago!!! I made this top with my Sassy Quilters Guild as we learned lots of new techniques and all about some popular traditional quilting blocks. It was a fun project and I only used scraps from my stash to make it. The colors were not my typical palette, but I took what I had and threw them in the pot, and here is what came out. I actually really like the combo. This year I am pulling out a lot of old tops I made (and then abandoned) and trying to get them done!

I am also trying to make myself continue to practice my FMQ on these tops. I am okay with all my machine quilting when it comes to straight lines or following markings, but I want to learn the “free” part of Free-Motion-Quilting:) So I went for it. No marking…just quilting what came to me. Sorry to say this felt like a flop, but since I used (mostly)matching thread, it doesn’t really show that much, except for on the dark brown, yikes! As I was contemplating why I don’t feel like I am progressing that much with this technique…I realized that if I added up my hours, it may be less than I think. I have concluded that I need some practice samples and actually go over each technique/design…A LOT! Get my muscle memory going and all. My usual M.O. is to have a quilt top sandwiched and sit down and power out a whole quilt in a day and then not do it again for a month or longer. More daily work and not making it a marathon may help….am I rambling now? Oh, well…I just want to be awesome without practicing…is that too much to ask??? Here are some pics:

Note: I am only showing the least scary pics:) This last one I knew would be rough with the dark fabric and light thread. I could have drawn it all out, but where is the fun in that…

On a super fun note :) here are some awesome fabrics I won from Lisa@InTheBoonDocks. Thanks Lisa!

Hmmmm….. what to do with these.

Keep it Sassy♥

And don’t forget to check out tomorrow’s Sunday Funday @627Handworks! Lot’s of free stuff to win:)

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08-12-2013

Sunday Funday! on a Monday…

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Don’t you just love a giveaway? Julie@627Handworks is hosting a giveaway party on Sunday for the next five weeks. Yesterday was the first, I don’t think it is to late so go visit her here. Look at this delicious prize she is giving away:

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Stay tuned for the next five Sundays for where Julie will continue to give away a gift of quilty goodness! To make it even better she has asked several other bloggers to join in and share the love by linking up another giveaway. I am joining in on Sept. 15th.

So put it on your calendars!!! and don’t miss any goodies out there waiting to be claimed.

Keep it Sassy♥

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Archives for 2013

Winner and a Tip!

And the Winner is…

Sunday Funday Sunshine!

I quilt for fun…

Busy Bee?

Prism Progress

Star Surround QAL

Star Surround Quilt-A-Long

Block 12

Block 12 – Charleston Square

Sassy Sampler

Sample Please!

Sunday Funday! on a Monday…

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