Twisting to the 60s with Batiks and a little help from my Feline Friday Friends!

I hesitated to join this hop at first...Having missed the 60s by a mere 382 days, what did I know about them?! I also never played Twister (gasp!) but I do have a thing for batiks and I do love my twister rulers. I'm actually surprised no one else in the hop has used a twister ruler yet...

I wanted to try designing my own twister pattern but with life (and death) in the way I just wasn't finding inspiration. And then one of the other hoppers sent me something that finally kicked my brain into gear. As soon as I got home I whipped up this simple little tie dye style swirl in EQ7 and picked fabric. Surprise - there is no purple in my project!

I cut out roughly 200 squares and sewed them all together with the requisite borders. Luckily Zorro offered to help with stitching.

I almost forgot to take a picture of the layout but Midgie held it in place for me.

Midgie even held the piece in place while I trimmed out all those tiny pieces.

Eventually I ended up with a wonderful project that I still don't know what to do with. Once I figure that out I'll add borders and quilt it up. It will probably be quilted very simply since there are a ton of seams!

Yeah, at first I was going to press the seams open...
that didn't last long because with enough steam I *can* get it to lay flat w/out opening them up :)

Wondering how big this project ended up? Midgie offered to pose again with the finished project! Quite a difference, no?

Here's another view...yes, that is an American Quarter!

Thank you to all the hoppers who have stopped by today. And thank you to Mdm Samm and Mary for organizing this Hop. Don't forget to check out today's other great projects:

My Quilting Journey

More Stars in Comanche

Read, Quilt, Cook, Pray...

Bquiltin Studio

Sew We Quilt

And since it is also Feline Friday - feel free to link up any post with a feline in it!

Draw String Bags and Twisting to the 60s with Batiks Hop

Since I've pretty much finished my project for the Batik hop (and none to early since tomorrow is my day!!) I'm back into bazaar mode and I'm starting with drawstring bags!

I was thrilled to have the perfect chicken wire fabric for the lining on my 'chicken' bag.

I've also got some other ideas rolling around in my pea sized brain. Mostly I came across these fabric combos while looking for a red this morning in my FQ bins. They are in no way finalized combos.

The santas are a definite but I'm not so fond of the other Xmas fabrics I've found so far.
I don't have the right red but I think I have a candy cane stripe...somewhere.

This is my fav so far...the yellow and green are perfect, the strips is horrid and will disappear shortly.



Some great fabrics I came across this morning...no idea yet what I would put with them.



Wouldn't this be a fun birthday gift bag?
I bought it to fussy cut for a hexie table mat but there is enough for bags too :)



Don't forget to check out today's groovy chicks on the batik hop!

Hill Valley Quilter

Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio

Sew and Sow Farm

Color My World

Secretly Stitching

InGa

Almost Wordless Wednesday and Let's Twist to the 60s with Batiks

I was sew excited to see today's Hoppers...
I couldn't hold still for a picture!

Yes, I am a quilter's cat! You'll see on Friday...

Grandmama's Stories

What About Rheema
Pumpkin Patch Quilter

Kathy's Quilts

Stitching by the Beach

Hexie updates and Twist to the 60s with Batiks Hop

Some of you may have heard I dabble in something called hexies. It's just something I tinker with once in a while. LOL! Constantly is more like it!

We have a monthly Hexie Night at our LQS - either working on our own projects or swapping fabric squares to all make the same project. I also sometimes teach new patterns or pieced hexie designs. We play games, have holiday parties, bring snacks to share and we also have a birthday club. At the meeting in their birth month the birthday girl receives (7) 3/4" basted hexies from all the other girls. 


On the bottom row, due this month, are batiks, 2 reds and earthtones.
On the top row, for future months, are red, green and purple.
Forgot to photo the whole stack of purples for my own birthday :)

I know one of the first recipients of red hexies found the perfect black fabric with tiny red roses. She has the roses in the center of each hexie rosette. I haven't seen what the other girls have made yet. My birthday is just around the corner and I'm looking forward to my purple hexies. I'm also making some of my own since I'll be making this pillow I found on Pinterest and I'll need quite a few hexies:

 

Click picture for Pinterest link!

And this is a new project - which was hidden on my design wall photo from Monday. I know I need another new hexie UFO like a hole in the head but one of the days shortly after Pepper died I just couldn't get my act together and decided to peruse Pinterest, evil website that it is, to get out of my funk. It worked!

This project will have fussycut black on white and white on black fabrics just like you see in this photo. I have ordered diamond papers that will fit in around the star. When a number of stars are put together, the bright fabrics I'll use for the diamonds will look like tumbling blocks. I guess it's the black mood I was in versus the brightness of happier times? I'm still working on a name for this project... Suggestions??

Yikes! Almost forgot to remind y'all to visit today's Hoppers!
I *just might* have mine done in time for Friday!! Wootwoot!

Gracie Oliver Arts
How ART You?
Creatin in the Sticks
Sew Peace to Peace
Meadowbrook

Design Wall Monday & Twist to the 60s with Batiks Hop

I taught an all day quilt class on Saturday and spent all day Sunday sewing. It was a great weekend! 


There are some hints in this picture :)



Some of the projects I won't share until later this week and some I can't share until Friday when it's my day on the Batiks Hop! I hope I get it done in time!



He is NOT as innocent as he looks! Little devil child!

 I also officially caved and adopted The Introoder...that only took 3 months! That makes his Gotcha Day 9/28/13! He about drove me crazy yesterday with his lack of indoor manners but he follows me around and butters me up enough to eventually make up for what he did. The girls aren't super happy but things are improving every day. We'll do his official debut and renaming after the batik hop is over...

Don't forget to check out today's hoppers!

Seams To Be Sew
Words and Stitches
Banks of Frog Creek
Quilted Delights

Feline Friday & Batik Hop Day #3

Yes, Momma, I'm ignoring you.

-You spent over an hour playing with fabric this morning...again.

-You checked the porch several times for The Introoder cuz you wanted to announce his new name. How did that work out for you?

-You held me and tried to get me to sit next to the warm space heater.

But all I wanted today (and really every day!) was an *entire* bag of treats and nothing less will do!

Go on and announce todays Batik Hoppers.

Debby Kratovil Quilts

Tea Time Creations

I like to Quiltblog

Gingini's Crafts and Quilts

Sew Incredibly Crazy

We'll have this convo again when you finally get home from job#2...

Let's Twist to the 60s with Batiks - Day 2

Goodness where has the day gotten too??

Hmmm...wonder what colors these are?

Thanks to "life", I just hadn't been very inspired to start a project for this hop until yesterday. I finally decided what I wanted to aim for so I doodled it up in EQ7 and cut the batiks. Now we'll just have to see how it translates into fabric :) I'm still out of my league but now I'm having fun. Wish me luck!

Don't forget to check out these other chickies and their creations!

Freemotion by the River

Pig Tales and Quilts

Marlas Crafts

Marjorie's Busy Corner

Moose Stash Quilting

Let's Twist to the 60s with Batiks

Today is day #1 of another wonderful Blog Hop hosted by Sew We Quilt. I'm pretty much out of my league with this hop but with my love of batiks I had to give it a try. The hop runs until next Friday, which is my day to post, so be sure to stop back daily to get the links to some wonderful 1960s batik projects!

Today's groovy bloggers are:

Jane's Quilting

Beaquilter

Just Let Me Quilt

Patchouli Moon Studio
I Piece 2-Mary