QQQ 2019 Blog Hop

I'm so happy to be participating in another one of Marian's (Seams To Be Sew) great blog hops! This one is her annual salute to International Quilting Day. Here is the list of today's participants:
March 19, 2019

Bumbleberry Stitches
Kathy's Kwilts and More
Ms. P. Designs USA
Quilt Schmilt
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

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Marian asked us to show a "crazy" project, or a project that turned out crazy. I don't have too many of those, but I did find a picture of one piece I had made years ago. I do a lot of hand sewing with wool and this was a penny rug I made that, in retrospect, was quite crazy to undertake! It measured 18" x 23" and as you can see involved quite a few pennies! (If you don't know what a "penny rug" is, check out this link.)

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I also wanted to do something new for this hop and I chose to view the term "crazy" as "ambitious." I have a wall in my sewing room that I decided to fill with mini-quilts...pretty ambitious right?

For this hop, I made two mini-quilts; far from filling the wall, but a good start! They're both paper-pieced, and I drew my own patterns for them. I won't say the patterns are 100% original, because they're influenced by free blocks I've seen around the internet. I will share the free patterns with you at the end of this post.

The first mini-quilt is a mini-spool quilt. The finished quilt measures about 14" square. The spool blocks measure 3 inches each.

The second mini-quilt is a button quilt, which also measures about 14" square. There are 3 inch button blocks around the outside and a 6" button block in the center.

Both mini-quilts used fabric from my stash, which is always great. I'm going to hold off hanging these on my blank wall since I do plan on making other mini quilts. I'll figure out the best way to lay them out on the wall when I have more made.

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Here's the link to the paper-pieced spool and button blocks.

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I appreciate all your comments and will respond to everyone who isn't a No Reply Blogger (or if you NRBs leave an email address).

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Be sure to enter the giveaway:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The Giveaway Is: Two $35.00 gift certificates

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Starts March 15, 2019 / Ends March 20, 2019

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See rules and guidelines at the end of this post.

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And here's the complete list of participants for the entire hop:

March 15, 2019
Melva Loves Scraps
Words & Stitches
Websterquilt
Seams To Be Sew

March 18, 2019
Quiltscapes
Days Filled With Joy
Life In the Scrapatch
Rainbows. Bunnies. Cupcakes

March 19, 2019
Bumbleberry Stitches
Kathy's Kwilts and More
Ms. P. Designs USA
Quilt Schmilt
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

March 20, 2019
MooseStashQuilting
Thrift Shop Commando
Karrin’s Crazy World
Songbird Designs

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