My Happy Place and Giveaway

Welcome to my day of the

 

I am so excited to be joining Marian of

Seams to Be Sew for this years

Row Along.

I have joined in on the row along the

every year and have enjoyed the creative 

process in designing for each one.  

This one was no different.

Our task was to find our HAPPY PLACE.

Well, I absolutely love being able 

to go to church, 

to spend time with my family, 

to go to the mountains,
to my garden,

to sew in my sewing room..
The list could go on and on.

I love each and every one of

these, but I thought about

another direction to go in.

Well, I gave a little hint on my Facebook 

and Instagram page.

Can you guess where my Happy Place is?

Well, 

I find that my Happy Place is 

in this country that I live in.

It allows me so many freedoms, 

that others do not have the opportunity of.

So, I chose to make a representation 

of the USA.

Mr. Uncle Sam.

I am a little stuck on the whole

Nutcracker theme, so 

be prepared this could continue 

for awhile.
My row from last year is proof
of that.

You can find the free pattern to 

Uncle Sam, HERE.

After a bit, 

he will be available to be purchased for a fee.

A huge thank you to Northcott Fabrics.
Uncle Sam's face, cheek color,
nose, and boots were all cut from
the Toscana Collection.
I love the beautiful variation in
the fabric.
Just Gorgeous!!


How about a wonderful little giveaway:
An LED Light: a $30 value
(Sewing Machine not included)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Stop in to all the participants today:
Each is going to show off their
Happy Place.

Pumpkin Patch BC | Sew Incredibly Crazy
A Quilting Chick | Patchwork Breeze

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Island Batik Modern Challenge

I am squeezing under the deadline for

the Modern Batik Challenge.

As an

I was provided all the fabrics for the quilt 

that I designed for the challenge.

My inspiration for this quilt was

slow coming.

I was completely unsure on what

exactly I wanted to do, 

I don't usually do too much modern style quilting

This again was a huge challenge for me.

 I then searched through my beautiful box

of Island Batik fabrics and

came up with this.

I used a huge array from the Paisley Dot

collection.  Some of the colors included Bermuda Spot, 

Sky Speckles, Blueberry Spot, Cherry Freckle , Cardinal Freckle, 

Shark Pixel, Blush Speckle, and for the background

I used Buttermilk.

It was all pieced in Aurifil thread.

I was completely unsure if I would like it

all while I was piecing it, but now after the

top is all finished up, 

I absolutely love it.

Now just to figure out if I should quilt it, 

or have the amazing long arm quilter I know

finish it up for me.  

Decisions, Decisions!!

I thought just straight line quilting 

would finish off the modern 

look that I was going for.

What do you think., 

would you consider it modern?

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