Monday, March 18, 2019

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

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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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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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50 comments:

  1. Your minis are so cute! love them both but especially the button quilt! Thank you for sharing!

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  2. I love your minis. Thank you for sharing, especially the button quilt pattern.

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  3. Oh wow, that penny rug!!! Gorgeous! So are the others :) xx

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  4. Very pretty thanks for sharing!
    cork@pa.rr.com

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  5. Your quilts are wonderful!! Thanks for sharing!!

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  6. Thank you for sharing. The penny rug is amazing.

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  7. What a gorgeous penny rug. Looks like hours and hours of work in there to me! LOL!! Thanks for the mini patterns. What a fun way to use up some scraps.

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  8. I am taken with the button quilt as it is a clever idea especially for quilters.

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  9. Beautiful projects, I particularly love the penny rug. I have one I need to finish! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  10. Thank you for sharing today. Oh my 3" blocks. Thank you for sharing the pattern for the spools and buttons.
    quilting dash lady at comcast dot net

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  11. Thank you for the patterns. Your mini quilts are sew cute.

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  12. Thank you for sharing your minis Elizabeth. I can’t do the spools (my first quilt project was a spool quilt with hundreds of those 4” monsters. They still haunt me) but I love the buttons and can’t wait to do them!

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  13. I love the button block! Too cute!

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  14. Wow, you certainly were crazy to make those small blocks!! Love the spools!!

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  15. I love them both and I like making little blocks ... Not totally sane but I must be to put them together. lol Whew! Feel better now ... Thanks for sharing.. now off for the button mini pattern.

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  16. Your little minis are great!! Combined with the penny project, your post is about crazy tiny pieces.

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  17. Use the Command hooks so you can enjoy your adorable mini's. They don't mess up the wall and are easy to rearrange. Thanks for sharing the patterns and that lovely penny rug. Do you actually use it as a rug? I wouldn't be able to step on that much work!!! :)

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  18. I just love mini quilts! Thanks for sharing.

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  19. The penny rug looks like it took a while.

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  20. I love paper piecing & mini quilts! Button quilt is so cute. Thanks for sharing!

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  21. Love your penny rug! Cute mini quilts too!

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  22. i love your minis, i have several in my quilt room but always find room for more.

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  23. Very cute! Thank you for sharing!

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  24. What an undertaking on that penny rug, but it sure is beautiful. Love the mini's also, ty for the link to the pattern. I also love it when you join me in one of my blog hops... I am again sorry for my little snafew, but am glad it all worked out. You always have such wonderful projects Elizabeth. Thanks for participating in QQQ 2019.

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  25. I love your button quilt. I have some large buttons on the strings for my blinds as a fun little decoration. Thanks for sharing. :) MelvaLovesScraps(at)NolanQualityCustoms(dot)com

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  26. Hi, Elizabeth,
    Yep, those pennies would drive me crazy, but they look so neat when they're done! Love it!

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  27. I love minis in everything - miniatures are a favorite. Need to concentrate more on little quilts for my doll house - to be finished one day!

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  28. I find minis are great as I have finally realized I can't make everything queen size! pjrquilter at msn dot com

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  29. I love your minis. I need to practice some fmq, and I think minis and mug rugs might be a good way to start.

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  30. I like both your minis, and the spool quilt warms my heart.

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  31. What great wall hangings for a sewing room - thanks for sharing!
    basaran.family (at) rogers (dot) com

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  33. I had not heard of a penny rug before today. Thanks for the information. You put a lot of work in yours. Congratulations for finishing it! ndfromsd

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  34. Cute mini quilts! My daughter just hung up a few of her minis in our living room, we really enjoy them. mtmom57@gmail.com

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  35. Cute little quilts. That spool one looks like the perfect scrap busting project but I would have to make 50 to get rid of a pile!!!

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  36. That penny rug looks like a lot of work. I am sure it would have been a WIP if I had started it.

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  37. Can't imagine making a penny rug that large. Love your mini-quilts.
    Nancy A: rangerer@sbcglobal.net

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  38. I enjoyed your mini's! Makes me want to create more myself.

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  39. I love your minis! Thanks for sharing the links also! Your penny rug is beautiful!

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  40. I love your penny rug! Thanks for sharing in the hop ... :) Pat

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  41. I was just thinking... Last night, that I'd like to find a pattern for a button wall hanging. Thanks ever sew much 😉

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  42. That penny rug is amazing! Love the buttons and spools, too!

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