Week 4, Jan 22-28, 2012

Phew. Last week was so busy. I'm *almost* done with the quilt top that I started with princesses. I'll have to post it later.

Anyway, this weeks theme is "Little Bits." Yep, just Little Bits. Interpret it as you wish.

Jan 15-21 - Week 3, 2012

Here we go again! New week, new theme. This weeks theme is PRINCESSES/PRINCES.

My DD received the movie Tangled for Christmas, and she has been seeing the commercials for the 3D version of Beauty and the Beast on TV. I told her that if she could watch Beauty and the Beast (DVD version, non 3D) with me, and actually sit through it and not get super scared that DH and I would take her to the movies to see it in theaters. Her first ever movie in theaters.

By the way - Tangled is such a cute movie. If you've never seen it, you should.

She's so obsessed with Princesses that I thought I could do a miniature for her wall for after we actually go and see the Beauty and the Beast.

Week 2: Jan 8-14, 2012

Here we go again! Are you getting back into the swing of things?

This weeks theme is scrappy. :) Now go forth and have fun and create!

Week 1: Challenge Complete! Blue and White

Phew.. pulled this one under the wire. Here's the completed top for Week 1, 2012: Blue and White.

Please ignore the wrinkle in it - it really is straight. It's 16"x16". I'll post it again when it's quilted.

I'm planning on waiting until I get a snow day and then I'll quilt them and bind. But, no snow yet.

New Mini Quilt Challenge - Jan 1-7, 2012

Ok.. I'm slightly late with posting this one, whoopsie, but the holidays got the best of me!

Anyway - this weeks challenge is to use BLUE and WHITE. Anything goes. :)

Lets see something with BLUE and WHITE. (Of course, other colors are allowed!)

Week 52: 25-31 December

We've made it to the last week of the challenge. Can you believe it??!! 52 weeks of miniature quilts after this week is finished. I've had a ton of fun doing it, and I think I'll be switching it up a bit in 2012.

Since people are still traveling and having family over, we'll keep this one short and sweet too.

Theme: ONE BLOCK. Pick one quilt block, anything goes, and make it into a miniature quilt. This would be great to use up any orphan blocks that you've got (and don't most of us have an orphan or 10.. ;))

Happy quilting!!

Week 51: 18-24 December

Lets keep this one simple too, especially since a lot of people are doing a lot of traveling or having parties and family over. This is a great time of the year.

Theme: GIFT

Week 49: 4-10 December

Let's make a miniature quilted Christmas/holiday decoration! It can be a mantel scarf, a table topper, an ornament - up to you. Lets use a color combination of blue and white or red and green.

Let's have this weeks challenge be a three fold challenge:

Theme: holiday decoration
Color challenge: blue and white, or red and green
Extra challenge: It must be functional.

Week 48: 27 November- 3 December

The holidays are almost upon us! Lets get all the last minute holiday sewing done, and make a super small miniature this week!

Size requirements: Anything SMALLERthan 12"x12"!!
Theme: anything goes. :) No rules as long as it's smaller than 12"x12". :)

Week 47: 20-26 November: Snow

This is going to be a super busy week for everyone - so lets do a miniature that has "Snow" somewhere on it. If you want, it can be fabric with snowflakes, or beads, or hot fix crystals, or something. :)

Week 46: 13-19 November

We're nearing the home stretch, and I'm pretty sure that I'll be continuing my challenge next year.

So, this weeks challenge is to Pick a Random Color and make a mini with that color in it somewhere.

Here's a great link to help you Pick your Color

Week 45: 6- 12 November

Do you put labels on your quilts? What do your labels say? I typically put my name (including maiden name), state, date completed and who it's for on my label. It's tough to fit that all on sometimes.

So lets go with a theme of Thanksgiving this week. It could be something that you're thankful for, could be something that represents Thanksgiving or anything you want it to be.

Week 44: 30 October - 5 November

By the end of this week, we've hit November! Whoo hoo!! We're doing great. This week, how's about we do a theme of our favorite book. I love reading, so this should be a real challenge. I've got over 150 books on my Kindle. Most of them were free reads - I just love classic books!

So, this weeks challenge is to think of a book that you love (or your favorite, or one that you think would look awesome in a miniature quilt form) and make it into a miniature quilt!

When you're done, post a link to your completed quilt top, or finished quilt and share!! I'd love to see what you've done!

Week 43: October 23-29

Uh oh! I'm starting to run out of ideas for this weekly challenge! I'm sure that I've got a ton of ideas, just need some more time to write them all down in my journal.

My daughter came up with this weeks theme of BUBBLES. I'm constantly amused by her playing with her bubbles outside.

Here are some links if you want to quilt in bubbles!
Bubble Path from Free Motion Quilting Blog

Bubble Path Spiral from Free Motion Quilting Blog

Bubble Wand from Free Motion Quilting Blog

Whoo Hoo - Anything Other Than Square Finished!

Well, this is the picture without the binding on it. I finished this up for my grandmother. She's now almost 89, and she used to LOVE golf. Now she can't walk all that well, so I'm trying to keep her up on the golf stuff.

She will be getting this as a Christmas gift. It's a table topper.

Here's the top of it - I bound it in a dark green, but I forgot to take a picture of the finished project.


And here's the back of it.

Week 42: 16-22 October

Ten more weeks to go!! How's everyone doing with their weekly quilt challenge?? I'm catching up on the few weeks that I missed, or didn't finish up, but I do have a lot of miniature tops! This winter I plan on quilting everything and binding them all. :) I'm so excited for it.

Miniature quilts are a ton of fun, and they're quick (relatively speaking!) I do think that I've spent a ton of time working on them, and overall, I'm happy with how they've been coming out. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be - sometimes trying to find three or four hours a week to sew is really tough - especially with all the other "mandatory" wedding sewing or fun sewing that I just want to do. Even out of this challenge, as fun as it is for me sometimes I just want to sew and make things for me. Weird I know. :)

Anyway - lets get a move on with this weeks theme. Lets think outside of the box this week. How's about we do any shape other than square or rectangle. :) Lets have FUN!!.

Theme: ANYTHING OTHER THAN SQUARE. Circular, oval, house, car shape - just go with it!

Week 41: 9-15 October

The fall is my favorite time of the year. I love the fall, getting up with crisp, cool air, no allergies!! And the best part - getting to sleep with the windows open, nice breezes, and waking up and just taking in huge deep breaths of cool air. And it's not too hot, not too cold, and wear jeans, a t shirt and a sweatshirt or sweater.

What I love most though, is the nights that I can watch some movies after a nice walk outside. I love watching movies in the fall and winter. There's just something amazing about curling up on the couch with one of my quilts, having a cup of hot tea, coffee or hot chocolate and watching a nice movie. Depends on the day what kinds of movie I feel like watching.

This weeks theme: MOVIES.

Try Something New - Miniature Complete!! Week 40

And this one is done. :) I tried a NEW pattern that I made. :) I figure it counts. This mini measures 8"x8". And if the NEW pattern doesn't count, I tried Micro Stippling for the first time. I had so much fun.

Here it is with the Micro Stippling:


This is it fused to the background:


And here it is as a quilt sandwich.

Week 37: 11-17 September

Today is the 10th anniversary of September 11th. This post is going to be very short and sweet.

This weeks theme: REMEMBRANCE

Week 36: 4-10 September

When I think of the 60's I think of stories that my mom, Daddy and Aunt told me about the times. I still love the music (in my humble opinion it was some of the best out there), the style of clothes, the bright colors, peace, love, hippies. My mom's totally supportive of my desire to create a miniature quilt a week, and she decided on this weeks theme. She said to tell everyone and go forth and create a "DECADE THEME" Pick any decade you want, the one you were born in, the one you wish you were born in, one that you're fascinated with and create a miniature to represent that decade.

Example:
the 30's - use feedsack or reproduction fabrics
the 40's - do a black and white quilt representative of films
the 50's - use up that Elvis fabric you probably have stashed, base a quilt on a popular song
the 60's - music, colors, go wild, go vibrant, peace, events
the 70's - DISCO! yellow and brown, Atari
the 80's - Cabbage Patch Kids, Matlock, events

You get the idea. Now take that as a seedling and create!