Number 10 (of 12) crazy quilt block

Finished block number 10 for the crazy quilt journal project (2016) - pushing along!
  
Incorporated 7 stitches from Take a Stitch Tuesday

(upper) #72 basque stitch, #77 pistil stitch; (right) #71 alternating up and down buttonhole stitch; (around words) #76 whipped chain; (left) #69 magic chain; (center) #78 feathered up and down buttonhole; (bottom) #74 buttonholed cable chain

stitches can be found here  in the middle of the page.

Thank you for stopping by my blog!

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. hebrews 10:35

Rejoice! (also register for CQJP2017)

crazy quilt block 9

continuing with the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2016- 

And registration is now on for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2017.  I encourage you to register; it is a nice project to work on through the year, and at the end, have 12 blocks for a finished project.

remember - Rejoice Always!  Especially at Christmas, Think upon CHRIST 
God sent His Son - God came to US!! Christ has come, paid it all - receive the free gift of salvation and rejoice evermore!  

And pray without ceasing :)

Mouth

continuing to work on crazy quilt journal project for 2016....
(sign ups for 2017 will occur soon - please sign up, it is a lovely project to work on)

my theme for 2016 was a USA patriotic theme, as this is an election year...

four  more blocks to go...then sewing it up all together.

This quote was chosen as I am called to speak up the truth (especially when people do not want to hear it), and to remember that the Lord is the One who strengthens me - who strengthens us :)

Thank you for any comments ~ I always appreciate hearing from people!

many of the stitches I use are part of the Take A Stitch Tuesday challenge on pintangle

Working In Progress Wednesday Quilt & Colmar Block Embroidery

Work is continuing on the small panel for the exchange sponsored by Emma; this is an up close photo of the newly sewn diamonds without tails ...a big thank you to Karen H  of faeries and fires BLOG for...

for her helpful tutorials, this one helped me with the diamonds

and embroidery embellishment on Colmar Block 2 continues

:) thank you for visiting!

there really is peace ~

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.  john 16:33  

Block 3

In addition to the mystery quilt challenge for 2015, I am also working along with the "Tuesday Sampler" Challenge 2015, also provided *free* via quiltmania magazine on youtube (in French but one can easily follow only by watching - yes really!) :)

I started with block three, and will work on the first two blocks soon !

here is the finished block:

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; 
but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 
john 14:19

....But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. hebrews 2:8-9

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

September crazy quilt block!

:)  3 more blocks to go for the CQJP2013 challenge! 

5:55 on a FINISHED Friday

...which means the gal in Perth (who hosted this week's Finished Friday) is into Saturday...as are most of the folks perhaps who signed up...no matter!  Here it is:

August's finished block for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project challenge 2013 ;
and check out lovely Quokkaquilts blog, the hostess of this week's Finished Friday!

And thank you for visiting my meager blog!

2 thessalonians 3:5

 Leaving comments is encouraged as well :)

the return......

.....to blogging and embroidery and challenges!

it has been just a few months since the last post.......over 100 boxes (!) that had been in family storage for  13 years, were dropped off all at once, here at home in June.....OH MY!  this certainly interrupted my stream of blogging (slow stream though it was), embroidery, etsy listings, etc.!

The storage box unpacking, selling items on ebay, and general putting away continues!  but can I manage to continue blogging and embroidering too?  stay tuned :)

Here is the Crazy Quilt Journal Challenge block for June:

luke 2:32

thank you for looking and visiting!!

first block

I have begun the challenge of making a crazy quilt block each month for this year, 2013.  I have never made a crazy quilt block before, and did not even know what a crazy quilt was...

so I did a bit of research, and then jumped in

No - there is nothing special about me that I am able to participate; I jumped on the opportunity to register, and lo and behold here I am!

Having fought the urge to redo the entire block, I have posted this up and can move on to the next block. This first block does not really look like a crazy quilt block (from what I can tell from looking at other CQ blocks) but I am learning.  Everyone starts somewhere, right?! :D  might as well start right where you are -


Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 
  john 6:29

TAST 34 (&33)

Week 34 of Take A Stitch Tuesday, is the Linked Double Chain Stitch ...a combination of chain stitch and twisted chain stitch..........

 start with two chain stitches, then a twisted chain at the bottom..........

this is the first time embroidering this stitch,  and it reminded me of

...the little paw pads on rabbit's paws. :)

          I did a row of Pekinese stitch (week 33) as well to catch up .

TAST challenge/ pintangle

                        linked double chain on the left; pekinese on the right....
                   come follow along! and, no, I am not leading you down a rabbit trail...you will learn a new stitch a week, and be encouraged......whether you stitch or not :)

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day. 
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory; 
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.  2 corinthians 4:16-18