Elizabeth Coughlin Designs: 2023

Nettie Sews and Lucky Quilts

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Our challenge was to think Turkeys, thankfulness, Thanksgiving fabric, or beautiful colors of Fall. I did the last option, and stitched up some wool felt pieces in lovely Fall tones.

First, I found a leaf shape online and made a bunch of Autumn leaves using scraps of wool felt.

Then I arranged them in a circle and topped them with a pumpkin I made using this pattern from the Lia Griffith website:

I think it makes a nice table display!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Monday November 13

Tuesday November 14

Nettie Sews and Lucky Quilts

Wednesday November 15

Thursday November 16

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Sew It Show It -- Challenge: Monster Mash

Halloween hops are always fun, and this one is brought to us by Joan of Moose Stash Quilting.

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Wednesday October 25

Quilt Doodle Designs

MS P Designs USA

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For my project I designed and stitched a simple 16" table mat that features a Halloween icon; Ghosts!

I constructed it using a similar method to English Paper Piecing. Coffin shapes were stitched together in pairs, and to one-another as I went. I only used two colors of wool felt, black and white and the white coffins feature ghost faces. Then I added a circle pair in the center.

I didn't photograph the back, but it looks the same as the front, minus the ghost faces.

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Monday October 23

Tuesday October 24

Scrapdash

Words & Stitches

Homespun Hannah's Blog

Wednesday October 25

Quilt Doodle Designs

MS P Designs USA

Thursday October 26

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Sew It -- Show It Challenge: It's A Dog's Life

After taking the Summer off, I'm happy to be back participating in another fun challenge! This time we're hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt.

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SEPTEMBER 20

Quilt Doodle Designs

Beaquilter

Quilted Snail

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I've been fortunate to be a Dog Mom twice in my life so far. Our first dog was an adorable terrier mix rescue named Abby.

Our second dog was a beautiful, sweet Black Lab named Raven. She was a guide-dog school (NEADS) flunkout that we adopted, which was the best thing that happened to her and us! We like to say that she realized she wanted people to assist her, not the other way around!

We miss both of them every day.

I thought this challenge would be a great opportunity to create a piece that celebrated Raven. According to the AKC there are three colors of Labrador Retrievers: Black, Chocolate, and Yellow. There are some variations on these colors, but these are the main ones. My project features the Black Lab, since it is a salute to Raven, but also includes the other two.

I'm calling it "Loveable Labs," and it's a wool felt wall hanging that measures 23" square.

The lab applique squares are joined together with dog biscuits, and the center square shows how I feel about this loveable breed!

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Sew It – Show It Challenge: When Pigs Fly

It's time for another fun challenge, this time hosted by
Joan of MooseStash Quilting.

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Wednesday June 21

BeaQuilter

crazy'boutquilts

Days Filled with Joy

Texas Quilt Gal

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You're never too old to learn something new. I had no idea that "PIGs" stood for "Projects in Grocery Sacks!" This challenge is all about completing unfinished projects, whether they be PIGs or UFOs (Unfinished Objects) or WIPs (Works in Progress).

Over the course of 2022, I created felt food using patterns from the site Lila Griffith. I made fruit for the Here Comes the Sun Blog Hop, and vegetables for the Foodie Blog Hop, and it was a lot of fun.

This year, they posted a pattern for Felt Cheese and Crackers. I though it was charming, and started making it, but only got as far as making a few of one of the crackers:

So I figured this challenge was the perfect time to complete it. I ended up only making some of the items from their pattern, and added some other things into it. Here's the final collection, displayed on a wooden tray:

I really love how it turned out!

Here's another image, this time with numbers on each component. And below, I'll describe each one and link to the appropriate pattern.

1. A Wheel of Brie and two slices
2. Lettuce Leaves
3. Saltine Crackers (I made mine with smooth sides.)
4. Multigrain Crackers
5. Cheddar Cheese Slices (Two 1.25 inch x 2.5 inch rectangles blanket stitched together with matching embroidery floss).
6. Swiss Cheese Slices (I blanket stitched two of each slice together with matching embroidery floss. Note that the tray I used has a printed bottom and that's what you see showing through the holes in the cheese!)

7. Strawberries

8. Olives (Two ovals blanket stitched together with matching embroidery floss, and stuffed).

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Oh, and before I realized what PIG really meant, I made an actual pig!

I used this pattern, but enlarged it to 150%.

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Monday June 19

Tuesday June 20

Wednesday June 21

BeaQuilter

crazy'boutquilts

Days Filled with Joy

Thursday June 22

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Sew It – Show It Challenge: Rose Colored Glasses

I'm so happy to be participating in another fun challenge, this time hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt.

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MAY 15^TH

Just Let Me Quilt

Selina Quilts

That Fabric Feeling

Days Filled With Joy

Words & Stitches

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We've been challenged to create something rose-colored, or rose-related, or glasses-related. I decided to go with roses, but instead of making them "rose-colored" I'm using yellow. I have two projects to share with you.

The first is a 16" wool felt piece that I'm calling "Cottage Rose Table Mat."

It's stitched up in wool felt and embroidery floss, and comes together quickly. If you'd like to create one for yourself, the FREE pattern can be found here.

A note about my FREE patterns: No patterns will be listed as available on my blog after July 2023. (My patterns are currently hosted on server space that I will be discontinuing then.) So if there's anything currently listed that you might be interested in, download it now! After that point, I will still make some patterns available during these challenges, either via email or another method which I am still exploring.

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My second project is (are?) no-sew wool felt roses, created from a pattern from the Lia Griffith website. I think they make a nice compliment to the mat.

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MAY 15^TH

Just Let Me Quilt

Selina Quilts

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Sew It – Show It Challenge: Say What?

I'm happy to be participating in another fun Sew It – Show It Challenge, this time hosted by Joan from MooseStashQuilting.

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Tuesday April 18

Inflorescence

Creatin' in the Sticks