Do The Hustle!

Yes, it is that time of year when the Holidays are not to far off and projects seem to be piling up!

Matter of fact it is only 96 days until Christmas!!

So I have joined Kelsey on The 100 Day Hustle!

Click here to see her post and get in on the fun!


It helps to know that others have projects that seem to pile up also and we can help motivate each other to finish!

Here is my List:

1. Finish up my Flickr fabric swaps by cutting and mailing off the fabric
        a. Send Me a Text Swap
        b. Almost Neutral Swap

2. My coin purse for the U R Priceless Blog Hop coming up in Nov

3. A lap quilt for a friend who has been diagnosed with cancer and is now facing chemo, life is short my friends you never know what the next day will bring.....


4. At least cut and hopefully piece my orange inspired Flying Free quilt, it is to be a child's quilt for donation.

5. My gift for my swap partner for the  Modern She Made Swap 2

5. A set of hot pads for my son's girlfriend who loves a scrappy look!

6. I want to cut and piece the Vintage Holiday Quilt. I have all the fabric, life has just got in the way lately!

7. And last but not least I want to get caught up on my Craftsy BOM'S! Poor things are sitting on my sewing table just screaming for attention!!

Sew--it's an ambitious list, but with your help and all  the others on the linky party we will cheer each other on! Want to join me?

On another note: Tuesday I posted about  the Pin It and Win It! contest sponsored by Fresh Squeezed Fabrics. I want to Thank all of you who joined and/or pinned for me. I was excited for you and myself, at the thought of winning beautiful bundles of fabric. I am sorry to say it did not turn out as expected. The shop owner severely underestimated the response she received to the contest and was unable to fulfill all the prizes for all the winners. I am disappointed, but more than that I apologize for the time you took and spent on the contest without winning either. There was no way for me to know that she was not prepared for the response and allowed the contest to continue far beyond her capability to fulfill the prizes. So for those of you that have asked, no, I did not win my bundle even though I did submit the required pins within the shortened amount of time. Next time when I think, WOW! Free Fabric --- I will think twice before getting caught up in the excitement. The blogging community is a wonderful community made up of giving, caring, creative individuals. I am proud to be a very small piece of that and the friendships I share here. Please know that I would never intentionally use your friendship and the blogging platform for anything other than sharing, and creative endeavors.

Happy sewing!

Ginny

Antique Inspiring Modern

Where do you find inspiration for your quilting and sewing?

 I think you can find it anywhere, a shape, a beautiful landscape, a person's favorite thing, or maybe
color.

I have a very small collection of antique quilts and this is one of my most favorites!


Antique quilt from my collection


 I call it the Orange Sherbert quilt because of the wonderful orange fabric! I just love it! I found this several years ago languishing in a corner in an antique shop in Indy (Indianapolis Indiana). You see it is not in the best condition, there are some holes, the binding is worn, and it is fragile just because of age. But I couldn't resist and finally purchased it for $50.00, and have never looked back. It lays folded on the top of one of my book cases and the orange still makes me smile every time I see it :)

 Here are a couple of my favorite blocks:

This has a bit of a Japanese feel to the fabric although very doubtful

When I remarked about the unusual orange fabric in this quilt, the lady I purchased this from told me that each state had a color and that quilters would make quilts with that color so that when seen people would know where that quilt came from....Orange was for Ohio. Well, I was born in Ohio so that just made me love it more! Now whether that story is true, I don't know. I never did any research on it, and frankly it would not make a big difference to me....but I do like the story :)



Look at this blocks background fabric! Very Modern looking!

 

Sorry for the poor lighting, trying to show you all the handstitching!

As you can see from this pic, the backing and binding are made out of muslin. And the quilt is totally hand quilted. She thought this quilt was from the early 1900's. Again I didn't research or verify that I just loved it and wanted to keep it from being cut up to make Teddy Bears by someone. No offense to anyone that does that, I just didn't want that to happen to this one. 

 

So what does this have to do with Inspiration?

 

Awhile back I was lucky enough to have won a pack of fat quarters over at Plum and June's that wa generously donated by Julie at The Intrepid Thread.

It is a great pack of the whimsical Flying Free with many great colors and notably Orange!

 

So when I seen that fabric and pared it with some orange mango

by RJR Supreme (a swap fabric I had purchased)

I was reminded of my antique Orange Sherbert quilt

and it inspired me to make a more Modern quilt!

 

Here are the fabrics I pulled and the pattern I plan to use:

 

 

So a new W.I.P.

And no I didn't go thru my WIP list...still working on the organization thing.

Or maybe it is denial? LOL

There are worse things in this world. 

Next time ;)

 

Wishing you a productive, quilty kind of week!

Psst...don't forget to stop back by on Friday...it's a Giveaway Day!!

 

Ginny

 

PS. Blogger is acting up again tonight... so if something is off or looks weird--hey I am just happy to get it posted!

 



I will be linking up to:

 

Beth over at Plum and June and Lee over at Freshly Pieced

 

Mail Call!

Just had to show you what came in the mail!



Isn't this just so pretty and bright? A bit whimsical, a bit modern!

This is Flying Free from Antholgy Fabrics. A BIG Thanks to Julie over at

 Intrepid Thread for sponsoring the giveaway!

The Flying Free collection was inspired from a whimsical place where modern and retro collide and I hope that each piece of fabric fromFlying Free fabric collection is designed by Adrienne Looman for Anthology Fabrics. modern and retro collide and I hope that each piece of fabric from this set brings a smile to you. The mixture of birds, fruit, flowers and trees r

I won this bundle from one of the give aways over at Plum and June.

Lots of great advice and guest columnists, tutorials, and Giveaways!

See you soon!