The mug says, "I am a Quilting Queen!
This mug was designed and made for me by my very talented daughter
... before she ever knew I was going to be in this hop.
My Girl knows me well.
Those tiny purple triangles on the sides of the crown,
the yellow cross and teeny purple square
in the middle of the nine patch were all applied individually.
Wow! Check out how those points match.
I think I will stick with quilting and let her make the mugs ... :)
My daughter has never caught the quilt bug but she is very creative
in many other ways and recently started designing
to make lovely shirts, mugs, and decorations for her home.
After friends started asking her to make decals for them she decided
to venture into the Etsy world and has opened her own shop
@
Last year I participated in this hop and was looking forward to joining
all my quasy quilty friends again for the
Quilt Quasy Queens Blog Hop 2017
So this year I am showcasing a mug rug for my favorite new mug.
Many of my blog hopping friends are giving glimpses of their beautiful sewing studios,
so I invite you to share my quilty corner today.
A few years back I had a quilty room all to myself.
Since then, one of our adult children has been staying with us
and I happily moved back to my old sewing corner in our dining room.
Here is a "before and after" QQQ Blog Hop 2017 photo ...
This "Before" photo was taken well over a year ago.
You see how drab the corner is right over the light?
For the "After" photo read on!
This room is shadowed by the house glimpsed out the window and gets some bright morning sun but is mostly shadowed and needs lots of supplemental lighting for me to sew.
My corner is quite cozy and quilty.
With a small design board and a comfy chair for sitting and stitching.
Not quite enough room for all my lovely stash of fabrics though, so ...
I kept my large storage closet in my old sewing room for my fabric.
Isn't it grand?
The front drawer units are on wheels to pull them out
to access the stationary ones in the back.
I have rolls of batting tucked in the sides
and a deep shelf on the top, too.
I <3 my stash closet.
For my project.
I asked my daughter if she could put her mug design on fabric
so I could sew a
Quilty Queen Banner.
For this project she used a heat transfer vinyl process to put her
Quilting Queen design on a square of fabric for me.
The other fabrics I used for the mug rug for my beautiful new mug came out of the closet.
Here are my projects!
I also made a
mug rug and a
small coaster.
For my banner I designed a 9 Patch
star block that looked like the one on my block
For my free block tutorial for my
QQQ Star Block Click Here
This is my quilty corner today in the morning sun.
My hubby hung a peg board so I could move my thread cones.
My new Quilting Queen banner really brightens my corner!
I am in my comfy chair today and working on my first
30's POTC BOM Block
I am enjoying my morning mug of coffee and
I am using the new glue basting and flat back stitch method.
This is working well for me.
Flash Forward:
It has been a busy day here
It is almost midnight here and my post will be going up soon!
Katniss and I are still working on finishing the POTC block tonight.
Detail work at this hour is only made possible for me with the help of
my
Daylight Craft Lamps
that my sons and hubby bought for me as a gift a few years back from
Joann's
I love these lamps!
The floor lamp is heavy duty and on rollers so I can move it to where I need it.
I also have a desk model over my sewing machine
that I use day or night.
Another necessary tool for me is my
Clover Desk Needle Threader
that my hubby added a wooden base to for me.
Of course, I also need my quilty kitty helper to stay up with me and
keep me company while I stitch.
I hope you have enjoyed your look at a day in my scrapatch.
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Northcott "On The Green" Fabric Collection FQs
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"Quilting Queen" heat transfer vinyl
on Kona Bleached White
9" square
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for you to make your own "Quilting Queen"
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I kept my lovely new mug next to my computer as I typed this post.
Of course, Katniss was curious about the new mug n rug.
Katniss is in constant motion.
My favorite mug is now tucked back into corner where it may be a little more Katniss proof.
My mug rugs need be very washable.
Too often Katniss stirs and spills my coffee with her tail.
I hope you enjoyed visiting me as much as I enjoyed showing off my quilty fun.
Thank you for visiting today!
Be sure to hop on over to all my quasy quilt friends today:
March 22
for more giveaways and special gifts and discounts!
Happy Sewing!
