Around the World Blog hop

I was tagged!!

I was tagged by two people.

Michele at Quilts From my Crayon box.

Michele I’ve known online for a while and we tease each other about going on retreats together and being room mates- which hasn’t happened (yet)

I have participated in several of her block swaps and WANT her to do another Round Robin swap- otherwise I MIGHT have to host it

and Wendy at kwiltkrazy

Wendy is another online friend who has participated in my swaps, especially the pincushion swap- right?

Here’s some questions from the blog hop!

1. What are you working on??

Well I usually always have a bunch of projects going on, but finally last week I finished the last of 3 secret quilts for Island batiks, that are going to fall market.

Here’s some TEASERS

This one is the back of one

and this is a close up of the last one.

I’ve also worked on a bunch of pincushions.

AND owl and kitty eyeglass cases

and MORE pincushions. ACTUALLY pincushion patterns for sale on craftsy!

This house pincushion is here

the tree is here

crazypatch is here

Rose is here

diamond is here

The flower is here

and yellow tulip (biscornu) is here

You get the FPP pattern for the pincushion is 2 sizes and the directions to make them 5 different ways (including biscornu)

Oh, I’m also working on more embroidery!

on a scarf!

I also finished sorting the swoon blocks for another swap I hosted!

They are all in the mail now, can’t wait to get started on mine.

 

2. How does my work differ from others?

Hmm, I think people will just say that I’m PROLIFIC!

other than that, I don’t think my work is any different than many others.

I love bright colors and designing quilts and love that I’ve been published several times now!

I am also very Blessed that I have sponsors now, like Accuquilt,

Island Batiks, Connecting threads and Electric Quilt.

 

3.Why do I create what I do?

It’s my creative outlet/sanity

I love what I do and that I’m able to sit and sew at home and make a little money with it once in a while.

I also LOVE to donate my quilts/ give them away.

I truly feel like God gave me this gift of creativity and if I can be a blessing to others, by giving them a quilt or teaching them how to quilt or just to be an inspiration on my blog, it’s all worth it.

 

4.How does my creative process work?

Hmmm, I don’t know….

With quilts, I’d say I LOVE LOVE EQ7.

If I’m bored I often sit and PLAY with EQ7 and create something fun.

I create these EQ Tutorials on every other Tuesday here, it’s amazing, I’ve done it for almost 2 years now and I still come up with/learn something new that I want to share.

I’ll also say that it SURE helps that I have my own studio/craft room which is BIG and I have open shelves with my fabrics visible and quilt tops hanging etc. so it’s good at stimulating the creativity!

I also have a big design wall that I like to hang block on to look at while I’m making a quilt. (Sonja helps too!)

Oh and I have to say too, I get very inspired by other quilt bloggers!!

So, now it’s time for me to TAG others (I have no idea how many I am supposed to tag, but I chose 2)

First one is Turid.at Den syende himmel.

(It’s a play on works- it’s the Sewing heaving- but the word sewing is so close to SEVENTH, so it’s almost seventh heaven)

She’s been part of my pincushion swap since the beginning and she was one of the first Scandinavian bloggers I found (I’m from Denmark but never knew about quilting until I moved to the US, so it’s fun to see Scandinavians doing it too)

Turid also does amazing hexagon projects and other EPP projects

My 2nd person to tag is also a lover of English Paper piecing.

Tonya (hillbilly Tonya) owner of hillbillyquiltshop and designer of Ahhhhs

her blog is hillbillyquiltshop

I can’t even remember how we started following each other’s blogs, but I’ve been there since the beginning of her store and her beginning of designing these AWESOME ahhhhs

(Artistic, Hexotic, Hectic, Hillbilly Hexagons)

#1 – wish I may is probably the most popular one

I’m hosting a block swap with 7 of these, where Tonya created a KIT for them too to be turned into a cute table topper, called 7 wishes

and I mentioned Tonya’s shop, she also sells fabric on FB- which is probably where I buy 75% of my fabrics!

check out Ozark fabrics here

Turid and Tonya will do their blog post on the 29th, jump over and subscribe to their blogs so you don’t miss it