10/06/2015

Final Week of EQ Seasons Row Along

"Welcome Back" to those of you who visited the Row Along during the last 5 weeks. 
And "Glad You're Here" to those who are visiting for the first time.

IT'S SHOW AND TELL WEEK

This week you are being treated to projects that some of the designers have made 
by combining the rows and/or blocks of some of the other designers.

Those of us who are sharing our designs with you are listed here: 

My projects are shown below this list. I hope they inspire you. 
And if you make a project, post a photo on the Flickr site HERE 
for all of us to "oooh and aaaahh" over!

Marian - Seams To Be Sew - http://www.seamstobesew.com
Doris - The Quilting Queen Online - http://www.quiltingqueenonline.com/
Amy W Sew Incredibly Crazy - http://sewincrediblycrazy.blogspot.com/
Carla - Creatin' In The Sticks - http://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/ (Carla used a fence row.)
Carol - Just Let Me Quilt - http://www.justletmequilt.com/
Jennifer  - Sewhooked.com - http://www.sewhooked.com/
Reeze - Morning Glory Designs -  http://blog.morningglorydesigns.net/
Loreen - School House Quilts - http://loreen.typepad.com/loreens_place/
Marlene - Kissed Quilts - http://kissedquilts.blogspot.com
ME! Nancy  - Patchwork Breeze -  http://patchworkbreeze.blogspot.com

**Darlene at Quilt Shop Gal has a free bonus pattern for everyone. 

This Row Along was a most exciting adventure for me. 
It was the 3rd time I participated in any type of blog hop.
It was the first time I have designed more than "just a block" to share with others.

While I met only one of the 20 designers in person (Reeze Hanson when I took 3 classes from her during the AQS show in August) I feel like I did meet each of them. Via the internet, we shared many ideas, questions and answers, and a good deal of very useful information that got us unstuck a few times. 

Marian Pena did so much to organize this Row Along. She had the help of Amy and Bea. The sponsors that promoted this wonderful event need to be thanked beyond measure. 

Be sure to read past my project post
to find out about the wonderful giveaways 
we have for our visitors during this last week 
of the Row Along
They are fantastic!

Here, now, are the projects I designed using various blocks and rows. 

My Welcome Spring banner
is 44" wide by 46" long.
I paper pieced the airplane from Carla at Creatin' in the Sticks
and added my own cloud design.
Carol at FunThreads Designs designed the butterfly.
Darlene at Quilt Shop Gal had a cute bird to sit on my fence.
After a long winter, the squirrel is a bit skinnier than Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts
had designed, but he fits nicely in the space on my fence.
The chicks and grass paper piecing are from Jennifer at Sew Hooked.

 I designed the birdhouse in EQ7 as a paper pieced block.



My vine is wide rick-rack, glued down with permanent fabric glue.
I used "silk" flowers from the craft store which I took apart 
so I had single layers of petals. 
I glued them down on top of the leaves that came with the flowers. 
I glued some beads in the center for a bit of glitz.
I had some pebble fabric for the chicks to walk scratch in. 
I finished the quilt with mitered borders and blue binding.

I want to thank my longarm quilter, Michelle Fialek, 
who does such a wonderful job of making my quilts look spectacular. 

I  made a bed runner for the queen bed in our guest room. 
It measures 60" long x 23" wide.


Again, I used the butterfly from Carol at FunThreads Designs
I searched EQ7 using the notecards to find other butterfly patterns
that I appliqued with fusible web. 
I used my fence block pattern with appliqued flowers and leaves on the vines
and yo-yo flowers on the fence posts centers.
The grassy area was made after reading about the filler rows 
The binding was a fun multi-colored flower fabric that had all the
 colors from the bed runner in it.
Below is a photo taken straight on so you can see the design better. 


I have more projects in the works and will post them as I finish them.
You have until October 31 to get my block free HERE.

But now - about the giveaways!


Northcott - Week 6 - Oct 06 to 13th - Show and Tell Week
To help one lucky person create a Seasons Row Along quilt, 
Northcott Fabrics is supplying 
a selection of 6-8 yards (in 1 yard cuts) worth $60-$80.
You may only enter at one of the designer's sites this week. 
a Rafflecopter giveaway

KNKUSA - Oct 06 to 13th, 2015 - - Oct 06 to 13th - Show and Tell Week
Enter to win a wonderful cutting system! 
KNKUSA is giving away a Zing Air basic package to one lucky winner
Free Shipping to anyone in the 48 Contiguous states
If winner is outside of this area, you must agree to pay shipping cost
Value $450.00

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Flickr - Craftsy & Nancy's Notions: From Sept 01, 2015 to October 13, 2015 
Upload a photo of a block or row you made from one of the designer's patterns 
for a chance to win either a Craftsy class of your choice worth up to $40 
or a $10 gift certificate from Nancy's Notions 
good on your next purchase of $10.01 or more. 
You can get a second entry by uploading a photo of a different block or row you have made.


13 comments:

Doris Rice, The Quilting Queen said...

Nancy, How very creative! Your welcome spring is just too cute! And what a beautiful bed runner. Can't wait to see what else you have in store for the projects in progress.

beaquilter said...

These projects are great! so cute!

Joyce Carter said...

Wow! Love the projects you made. So beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

Kim said...

The projects you did are so clever, and very doable for Christmas gifts. Thank you for sharing.

Carol Swift said...

Your quilt turned out so cute by using several different pieces of the rows. Using your row as a bed runner is a great idea! I love how beautiful it looks! What a perfect way to use some of those other rows, too.

FunThreads Designs said...

Welcome spring is just soooo fun and happy:)

Marian said...

WoW, this looks really great Nancy, I love the colors, I love the design, it's a fun way to take the patterns from the rows and do something else with them. Sew Sew Cute.. I wish it were mine. :)

Amy said...

That turned out just adorable, Nancy. I love the pieces of all the rows that you choose to make your own cute creation.

Janie said...

Great hop. Lovely quilt. Thank you for the inspiration.

Crafty Tokyo Mama said...

I really like how you used blocks to make a picture rather than sewing up rows. Both of your quilts turned out so nice!

Nancy said...

Thank you for visiting. Hope you have found something to add to your quilted projects.

Nancy said...

Thank you for visiting and commenting. I am glad you like my idea. I guess I really made them my own.

Nancy said...

Thank you. Wishing you fun all year.