Block #4 of It's a "Wild" Life BOM

Here we are at our 4th block for the 

We are back to a little piecing.

I know a lot of you will 

be excited about that.

This month is just 

one single block.

It is created by our designer 

Joan of Moosestash Quilting.

It is the Bear Paw block.
You can find the pattern 

at Moosestash Quilting.
It will be free for the month
of May, after that there
will be a small fee.

If you have missed the other 

blocks, here is a quick recap.

April's Blocks

The Big Tree and 

Little Tree Stand Tall

The pattern can be found HERE.

March's Block 

Deer Meadow

The pattern can be found HERE.

February's Blocks

 Maple Leaves.
The block pattern can be found HERE.

All of my blocks are created using beautiful fabrics,
by one of our BOM sponsors

It is a mix of my stash and

Lori Holt's Bee Basics,

Lori Holt's Bee Backgrounds,

and Outdoors Wood Grain in Cream.

I am also using a variety 

of different Aurifil Threads. 

To find the whole schedule for

the 2018 BOM, click HERE!

There are no sign ups,

just follow my blog to

to get access to the block when

they are released.

Here are the designers that will

be participating this year.

Their blocks for April

are all up and looking gorgeous!

Joan of Moosestash Quilting

Carla of Creatin' in the Stick

Carol of Just Let Me Quilt

Pat of Life in the Scrapatch

and of course myself.  

Feel free to join us on

Facebook as well,

HERE is our group.

Be sure to
Add your blocks to the link party below
for a chance to win
a fabric surprise from this
month's sponsor.

The winner of April's
prize is Deb Manowske!
Check out this creative block.

Congratulations!!
She will be receive a prize
 from our April sponsor

An InLinkz Link-up

April Island Batik Ambassador Challenge

April seemed to just fly by

and I almost forgot to 

share my 

Vintage Quilts Inspiring 

New Creations project.

I do enjoy a good challenge 

and within my Island Batik Ambassador box.

I had received a good many browns,

browns of all different shades.  

I wanted to be challenged with 

being a Ambassador, so 

I didn't chose a color preference in what

fabrics I would like to have received.

That does make a challenge, 

doesn't it? 

This challenge brought out all 

of those gorgeous and rich browns out 

and a little pop of orange.

I even found the perfect matching Aurifil
thread color.
#1130 was so rich, gorgeous,
and matched my applique design to a tee.

I absolutely love the color palette
and

 the vintage look and

feel to this quilt.

I wasn't able to get this all quilted up, 

because I would love to use my 

Free Motion Quilting on my machine, 

but it still seems to be giving me

a bit of trouble.

I didn't think straight line quilting

would quite do it justice,
so I will just have to wait to get it finished.

 I can't wait to show 

you what is in store for next month. 

All Quilted Up!

After going to a quilt shop

in March, I decided to do 

things a bit different.

Standing in line, I spoke to 

two fellow quilters.

One had stated that she had 70 

quilt tops that were competed,

but not quilted.

Yikes, 70!

I felt the few that I had

in my room were getting out of hand

Like this one, 

that had been sitting in 

my sewing room, since September of 2014.

(Here is the post for it)

I absolutely love the quilt, 

but why was a waiting to get it quilted?

I didn't want to end up with 70 quilt tops

laying in my sewing room.

(I have about 10, which is way more than enough)

Granted, I love quilting, but 

the thought of having all those pieces 

to be unfinished got me thinking about

it isn't really a quilt until it is all done.

I also had my Nutty Christmas quilt

in this pile of the unfinished.

Which dated back to last year

(October 2017 Post).

Another one, that I just love!!

I really didn't like the thought of

all of the labor that I did and would 

love to share on my walls, beds, 

or as gifts, but instead it was in a box, 

or stuffed in a cupboard

and counted as one of the countless

unfinished quilts.

Aren't quilts supposed to be used 

and loved?

After this little dilemma,

I decided that I was not 

going to add anymore to my pile.

My favorite part of the whole 

quilting process is designing 

and piecing.

I am a ok quilter, but 

I wanted to send these both off

to a professional.

Jeanette Parker Designs had 

finished my Koi Quilt, so I let her 

have a hand at both of these and

I knew that she could do a 

much better job than I 

could do.

Let's just say, 

I love them to pieces.

Every detail was just perfect. 

I absolutely can't wait to have it 

gracing my living room wall 

next to our Christmas tree this year.

Then, there was my sewing room quilt.

 She put so many adorable little details

in the quilting.

I absolutely love it as well. 

So, no more having all 

these pretty unfinished quilts laying 

folded, and in the unfinished pile.

I would hate the thought of these

quilts that gave me joy in the creating, 

not being used and enjoyed.

What a waste that would be!

I am sorry if I have hit a cord 

with any of you that have those 70 

quilt tops sitting around.

Why did you create them, 

just so that they could gather dust, 

fade, and not be loved?

So go and get those

lovelies all quilted up.

There is someone out there who

would just love one of the 70.

That someone just might be you!! 

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