I used to live in Fairbanks, Alaska, known as the Golden Heart City. There is a Welcome to Fairbanks sign on a hill as you are driving into Fairbanks from the Parks Highway and on that hill there is also a heart shaped flower bed planted with yellow flowers. So that was the inspiration for my little mug rug.
Our home is currently for sale and keeping the house show ready has meant staying out of my sewing room. So I didn't think I was going to be able to participate in this season of Project Quilting. But as I've been watching each new entry get posted, I started getting inspired. On Sunday morning, with only about 3 hours until the deadline, I decided I was not going to miss out on the fun. I made the background using improv piecing techniques, and stitched it to a piece of batting. I added the backing by layering right sides together, sewing around the edges and then turning the whole thing right side out. I cut the heart freehand with my new "shark
I managed to take a photo and get my piece linked up to the Project Quilting blog for submission about 2 minutes before the deadline. Whew!
Golden Heart
For Project Quilting Home Town Proud challenge - January 2018
Size: about 9" x 7"
I create in Casa Grande, AZ
Check out all of the entries for this challenge at
Project Quilting - Hometown Proud challenge 9.1
click the link and then scroll down the page to find the entries
Check out all of the entries for this challenge at
Project Quilting - Hometown Proud challenge 9.1
click the link and then scroll down the page to find the entries
Who needs an entire week when you only need a morning to create such a lovely quilt!! So glad you joined the fun!! Good luck with the selling of your home!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mel!
DeleteBeen there done that. It's hard to not do something and look at you, this is awesome. Your rocked the challenge with not a minute to spare. Perfect.
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