Coffee Time!

When the challenge came out on Sunday I was at our Prairie Strippers Quilt Retreat so I didn't  give the challenge much thought until Monday morning. I knew it was going to be a busy week because I was going to be gone over the long weekend, my plan was to make something quick and easy! I decided I wanted to make a mug rug until I looked up mug rugs and saw they were almost the size of a placemat, I didn't want to make anything large so I decided to make coasters. Once I got started I Thought it would be fun to make a set for both my daughters who have birthdays in February and March, so instead of making one simple mug rug...I made 8 coasters! Apparently I wasn't thinking clearly! LOL

I found some charm squares I thought were fun for the backs and just dug through my scrap stash to find bright colored fabrics, then did some random cutting and sewing, quilted them and put a small binding on them. Pretty basic & simple but bright & colorful which is what the challenge was all about...COLOR!!!
The coasters took a couple of hours to put together and the binding took about 3 nights! I really dislike binding. So they are done & now I'm on vacation :)

Project Quilting Challenge 8.3

This week we used texture as our inspiration for Challenge #3. A rotten head cold slowed me down & I almost backed out this week, but I had a vision and I wanted to see it through! Here is my finished wallhanging. It is 20 x 24. I used batik scraps that I thought had a textured look to them, I tried to find fabrics that mimicked the cliffs, the flow of the river & the sunlight in the trees. After I GLUED the pieces down I very loosely attempted to thread paint more texture to the design. I added sequins to represent fairy lights and made little prayer flags and sewed them so they looked like they were blowing in the wind. My inspiration was the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival and the textures of a summer day on the St. Vrain. 

It's still icy cold here this week & it snowed again today. I am ready for hot summer days! Working on a fun batik quilt next door & hoping to get it finished up tomorrow. Cami & Mr. Tumnus were hanging out by the basement door today begging for handouts! It was so ugly out today but at the end of the day when I was heading home, the sun setting on the wind swept prairie was amazing!