show off friday~~~pink stitches

Show Off Friday

I made a mug rug this week.  This is the perfect project for a busy week!

It measures 6 X 9 inches.

I didn't bind this one, using random pink stitches to finish the edge instead.

The hexagon flower is Kaffe Fassett fabric and the background is linen.

The backing is a bright green shot cotton that looks lovely with the pink stitches : )

I am sending this little mat to work with my daughter if she wants it!

Now it is your turn to link up something~~~~ what do you have for

Show Off Friday

There are no rules for this link up party....this is just the place to show off

projects you are working on!

piece,

elizabeth

inspiration picture

Here is a picture of the stained glass window that is at the top of the stairs of the house

that we will be moving into in October. 

I have the feeling that this will be an inspiration to me for a 

future mini quilt, and maybe even a larger quilt!

Do pictures inspire any of your quilt creations?

piece,

elizabeth

little quilt monday~~~quiet week

 Little Quilt Monday

I have nothing to show you today for LQM.  I have been straightening, sorting, and

cleaning up my messy sewing room.

Here is an inspiration picture that I took while in South Africa.

This was hanging over our bed and I would like to make a little quilt

with this design!

I hope you have been more creative than I have been this week : ) 

Now it is your turn to link up something to

Little Quilt Monday

1.  This link-up party is for any small project.  For example, mini quilts, doll quilts, baby quilts, place mats, mug rugs,

wall quilts, table runners, etc.

2.  They can be a WIP(work-in-progress) or finished.

3.  If it is something from the past there is no need to write a new blog post, just link the one that you have already written, and, please link back to my blog post.

4.   If you are interested, you can add your pictures to my flickr group here, or join my Facebook group here. 

Let's inspire each other!

piece,

elizabeth

blog hop party~~~giveaway

It is time for a Quilter's Blog Hop Party and that means it is giveaway time!

First I want to thank, Michele from Quilting Gallery, for hosting this blog hop.

I am giving away a charm pack of Sentiments by 3Sisters for Moda.

A pincushion made by me with some of my vintage fabric and

Moda's yardstick fabric.

A 5 X 36 inch strip of the Moda fabric so you can make some pincushions too!

And a book that I have read and would like to pass along to you called

The Quilter's Legacy by Jennifer Chiaverini.

Why a blog hop party giveaway?  It gives you a chance to visit both old and new to you blogs.  

Then you hop around to see what they are all about and besides, giveaways are just fun! 

 I hope you will take some time to hop around my blog : )

 And then go visit all the other blogs.....have some fun.

To enter my giveaway, please:

1.  Leave a comment telling about something or someplace that you have on your bucket list.

(My South African trip was on my bucket list  :)  

2.  If you follow my blog, please leave a comment telling me that you follow, and you will have two chances to win. 

3.   This giveaway is for quilters in the states and internationally.

Giveaway will close on Monday, September 3, 2012. 

piece,

elizabeth

This giveaway is closed.

show off friday~~~hexagons

Show Off Friday

Not much going on this week in the sewing room, but I always have some 

handwork around to keep me busy while I am watching TV.

Here is the box where I keep one of my hexagon projects handy.

I have no plans for these vintage fabric hexagons, for now, I am

just enjoying the process of EPP.

Now it is your turn to link up something~~~~ what do you have for

Show Off Friday

There are no rules for this link up party....this is just the place to show off projects you are working on!

piece,

elizabeth

wordless wip wednesday

handkerchief dance

I promised to sprinkle a few of my experiences in South Africa in my blog posts.  Today I am going to tell you about some young girls that returned from several months living in the bush, without their families.  This is a tradition for the young girls when they are around 12 or 13 years old to learn about being a young woman in their village.
(The boys also go off by themselves, but not with the girls.)

We were visiting a Women's Craft Center, where the women of the village sell some of the beautiful things they have made with beads, wood, fabric, and paint.  Some of the women were there, sitting under the trees, working on their projects.  

The girls were there to celebrate their return from the bush by dancing.

I loved all the bright colors in their dance clothes.  Look at the feathers, beads,

embroidery, shells, and...handkerchiefs!

Oh my, they danced and blew whistles at the same time....they were

really making the dust fly : )  They danced off and on for at least 20 minutes.

(I didn't get a picture of the young woman who would beat a drum creating

the beat for the dance.)

It was beautiful.

I enjoyed seeing the joy in their faces and their dancing!

piece,

elizabeth