Whimsical and Wonky featuring Wonky Little Houses

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 Won't you be my neighbor?  This is the quilt I made for the December Island Batik Ambassadors challenge.

This month's challenge was Whimsical and Wonky.  This was a tough one for me.  I like to be playful with colors and fabric, but most of my designs have a lot of structure.  

 My quilt features Island Batik fabrics from the Paisley Dot collection and Check it Out, plus a few scraps from my stash.  I used Check it out for the sky and the backing, too.

 Here's a closer look at the center house block.  I used Carrie Bloomston's Wonky Little Houses pattern from the October 2018 Quilty Box.  Her pattern is super simple, featuring the three houses I made.  She encourages you to add other elements to your quilt to personalize it.  I added lace trim and button doorknobs to each house.

 At this point, I felt like the brightly colored wonky houses looked a lot like a child's drawing.  So I created a fun tree in the same style and put a sunny yellow circle up in the sky to be the sun, moon, or a planet ~ use your imagination.

 I used Hobbs Heirloom Cotton Batting and Aurifil threads in matching colors to quilt my street scene.  

 It looks cute on my front porch glider.  When the weather is nice, I do a lot of my hand sewing here.

 Here is a closer look at the quilting.  I quilted straight lines into the houses to look like wood siding.

 I did some fun echo quilting around the sun and the tree in the sky.  Everything was quilted with my walking foot.  The yellow Paisley Dot fabric makes a wonderful sun (or moon, or planet)!

 I cut 10" strips of turquoise and aqua green Paisley Dot fabrics and randomly sewed them together to make the binding.  

 I really love the way this quilt turned out.  It's adorable!

I'm not sure what I am going to do with this quilt, but it would make a fun children's play mat.  Imagination...I think a lot of stories could start out with this sweet collection of homes.

2018 has been a fabulous year as an Island Batik Ambassador - I've loved every minute of it!  I have one more project to sew for the big year ending blog hop.  My hop day is January 21st.  I'd better get sewing!  The hop starts soon.  Be on the lookout for a bevy of inspiration with the Island Batik Ambassadors, coming your way!

Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today!

Jennifer Thomas

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Quilty Box ~ October 2018

Note:  The contents of this subscription box were given to me by Quilty Box.

 Did you have a nice Thanksgiving?  I felt blessed to share Thanksgiving with my three boys.  I am a little bit under the weather with a cold, but I still managed to prepare everything for my family.  Now that they are older I had some help with the cleaning up, too.  Here's a peek at the contents of the October 2018 Quilty Box (yes, I'm still a little bit behind!)

 The Bundles of Inspiration magazine comes in every Quilty Box.  This month features Carrie Bloomston.  Read all about her in a short interview.  Learn about her new book, and sew a cute Wonky Houses pattern, inspired by the Gees Bend quilters.

 This month's fabric bundle is Wonder, by Carrie Bloomston, for Windham Fabrics.

 I'll fan them out for a better look.  I love these bright fun colors, whimsical designs, and words.  Lots of words are scattered throughout the collection.

 This blue vintage bicycle print is super cute!  The Sewline fabric glue pen is part of this month's box.  These are really handy for placing appliques and securing the edges of hexies.

My favorite part of Quilty Box is the new notions they include every month.  This month includes the Bobbinator.  It comes with 10 pre-wound bobbins.  This cool tool turns your bobbins into a spool of thread you can use on your sewing machine.  I can't wait to try it out.  I must have 100 bobbins sitting around waiting to be used up.

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Jennifer Thomas

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Quilty Box Mini ~ October 2018

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 Yes, it's almost Thanksgiving, but I'm still in the process of catching up after a few hot deadline projects, so here's the October 2018 Quilty Box Mini!

 What's inside?  All this gorgeous quilty goodness!  Each month's quilting treasures are carefully wrapped in tissue paper.  Such a nice touch.

 This month's Bundles of Inspiration features designer Carrie Bloomston. Tucked inside is an interesting interview with her (she loves to munch on chocolate whilst designing fabric), info about her new book, and her Wonky Little Houses quilt pattern.

 This month's pattern card is for Wonderful Runner.  Whip a few of these up for quickie Christmas gifts!

 The Wonder charm pack from Windham Fabrics.  I love this colorful collection.

My favorite item in this month's mini is this Wonderfil thread.  Look at this color!  I can't wait to quilt this into one of my projects.  Such yummy thread!

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Jennifer Thomas

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