a year of crazy quilt blocks

 

 

Crazy quilt journal project 2014*

A block a month, sewn together into an art piece for my daughter's birthday

Psalm 111

Jan-Oct verses 1-10

Nov Psalm title

Dec to/from, year 2014

Psalm 111. It is a joy to read

nearing the finish

Hello!  my!! these few months have flown, so  I am determined to press on again with blog posts!

I have been crocheting several items, needle felting a bit, landscaping and gardening (outside of course), and finishing up this year's crazy quilt journal project!!  it is a bday present for my dear daughter, so it must be finished speedily!

Will be posting the oct and nov blocks soon, but here is a taste of december -
 I  drew a dachshund riding a horse and embroidered it :)

more to follow!

we can't pay, so He paid for us - will you accept His payment so that you may have life, and be reconciled to the Father? That is the choice - please do not refuse so great a salvation.

fountain

crazy quilt journal project 2014 august block


Psalm 111....His works and His commandments

Psalm 52:1 ....   the goodness of God endureth continually.
Romans 2:4 ...  the goodness of God leadeth to repentance...

June in July

June's CQJP block..posting in July :)  July's block photos are soon come!~

I have been participating in the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2014 and participated in 2013 as well.  It has been a great help to me in practicing embroidery, organizing & planning, and (in my personal blocks)  meditating upon God and His Word - which inspires what I work on and what I do.  

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him..." hebrews 2:3

Speaking of time,  do not neglect so great a salvation as is offered by Almighty God in His Son Jesus Christ.  How to stand in front of God and pay for our sins - we cannot.  We cannot even pay for one....we will be paying for sin under the wrath of God for eternity!  Please while to day is today, please turn to Christ Jesus and be saved~ 

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. romans 15:13

(ps I will gladly step up and speak out, that is why He has me here.)  :D 

for may

the may block for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2014 :)

Psalm 111:5  He hath given meat unto them that fear him:  he will ever be mindful of his covenant

April...block #4

He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered:  
the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. 
psalm 111:4

welcome march!

 embroidery on toile fabric, beaded embellishing on the flag

 inkjet printed pima cotton poplin , machine embroidered onto scrim; hand embroidered onto crazy quilt block

 seam treatment embroidery, showing vintage Japanese silk charmeuse piece

March crazy quilt block! for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2014

a second block

two done, now onto the third AND I have been crocheting as well - attempting to add to my wardrobe with some crochet items...will try to post some photos too :)

apologies that I have not been posting recently, we all had been sick here, and then running around...finally sat down to post - I am glad I did!

ALSO! I am a winner!! :D  look at the lovely art piece necklace that is on the way to my home!

by artist Janice Moore-Petty

Thank you to Jan!

A gift :)  I did nothing to earn or deserve this beautiful gift - like God's grace and salvation!  He paid it all in full!  

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. 2 corinthians 9:15

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. james 1:17

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. romans 6:23

One Crazy Quilt Block

the first of twelve blocks is complete - here is a close up of a horse I embroidered, simply following the pattern already printed on the fabric - that made it easier :)

The theme for the blocks is Psalm 111, and I have printed out on cotton fabric all the verses.  The first block features the first verse.  I chose as the prominent pattern a light blue "toile" featuring carousel horses, which run off the carousel....

The blocks will each be hexagons.
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Welcome to my familiar readers, followers, friends, and newcomers alike :D a big thank you to vicki for organizing this grow your blog party:)

My name is Jennifer and,

January CQ block

in this blog I write a bit about different art I create - embroidery, textile, thread work, and the like.
I am presently working on the crazy quilt challenge for 2014, a block a month -
this is January's block in progress....

also, for my son's birthday last week, a needlefelted hippo reading a Happy Birthday card - needle felting is one of my favorite art forms...I love animals...

hippo reading birthday card

I like working with natural fibers - wool, cotton, and sometimes silk...they are all gifts from God... and seeing what can be made with simple beginnings.

 I am the mother of two greatly loved and most precious adults, a son and a daughter; am divorced and we all live with my father, who graciously and loving welcomed us 20 years ago.....I work to take care  of his house, yard and two long haired dachshunds... and to sell through my etsy shop when I can Thank you for visiting! I am thankful if you'd like to follow, too :)

and my inspiration and life is the Word of God - because these are His hands, and how could this earthen vessel possibly create anything, but that He is the strength of it all, and to Him be the Glory~

Foundational Joy & Grow Your Blog

center 2 fabrics "perfect coffee" by remarkablysew

first, please register by January 15 for the Grow your Blog winter party, everyone (it is INTERNATIONAL) is welcomed ~ blog party will be January 25, but you must register by January 15, 2014 to be added to the blog list. Come along on the 25th & meet some new people and new-to-you blogs, even without registering!
thank you to Anneliese for posting ~

Now for the foundational joy! -  work has begun on the crazy quilt journal project for 2014 ....
 having learned from the  
participants in CQJP2013, thank you  Margaret :) , that making the 12 blocks at the beginning helps a lot ...


 I searched for a foundation upon which to start building the blocks... I have fabric but lacked a foundation, a base of colors, shades, etc......

Joy when I found RemarkablySew !
I purchased  8 step gradations of hand dyed cotton squares in coffee...and received the lovely package of neatly cut, pressed, washed and hand dyed fabric...
 all ready to SEW! 


A foundation of colors and piecing right in hand! ♥♥♥ Their selection of hand dyed fabric is beautiful  and wonderful to build upon for a quilt, crazy quilt, textile art - :D  They have all colors, and lovely batik too...& die cut/pre cuts!



What a difference having these pretty squares, all cut, washed, beautifully hand-dyed, has made  - I can begin working from a steady foundation, and it has helped me focus on the task at hand; having a view of the future (completion at the end of the year), and a view of the blocks  as they are embroidered and illustrated one by one over the coming weeks and months... stay tuned :)



For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.  1 corinthians 3:11
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. isaiah 48:13