Christmas In July with Sew Lux! Wreath TUTORIAL

Yay! It's my turn today! I'm here as part of the Christmas in July Series with Sew Lux! If you haven't been following along, please check back at the other blogs for their lovely projects! 

I decided to use my bundle of Solstice by Kate Spain and make something "not" quilting related. Fabric has so many uses so I decided on a craft instead! I just LOVE fabric flowers! I remember making some as part of my wedding but with crinkle paper. Time to revisit a favorite past time and show you a beautiful wreath that will be adored by all who see it.

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Here's what you'll need:
-Fat Quarter Bundle of 8 prints
-Foam Wreath
-Hot Glue Gun
-Glue Gun Glue Sticks
-Large Ribbon for hanging (optional)

 Step 1: Iron out all fabrics and fold in half (I fold them selvage to cut or longways)

Step 2: Cut strips with widths ranging between 1.5"-3" (it doesn't have to be perfect, you can use scissors. Rotary cutters and rulers are faster)

Step 3: Fold strip in half

Step 4: Roll the end in (about 1.5" or so is fine. This will be the flower center)

Step 5: This part is a little tricky to explain. You're going to take the fabric and start folding and tucking it in. Keep flipping it like you're twisting it. Dab a little bit of glue every inch or so to keep it together.

Step 6: When you reach the end, just fold it in and glue it to itself. You're all done with the flower!

 Repeat until you get a desired number or flowers!

Step 7: Glue a flowers to your foam wreath one at a time

 Keep them close together to avoid seeing the foam

Completed Wreath!

I hope you enjoyed this quick tutorial! Thanks for stopping in with the Christmas in July Series! Check out all the participating bloggers, follow a tutorial and link up your project for a chance to win some great prizes! Check the Sew Lux Blog post for details!

Christmas in July series featuring Sew Lux Fabric

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day! I'm sorry I've been MIA lately. The baby has really taken up most of my blogging time. I do have a giveaway planned soon so don't forget to check in from time to time or your blog feed for that. 

When Chrissy from Sew Lux Fabric asked me about participating in their Christmas in July series I agreed almost immediately! I've never really worked on a "Christmas" project before. GASP! Yes it's true folks. I said never. But I'm ready!

I'll be working on a fun tutorial for you using a fab bundle of Kate Spain's Solstice line. You can grab this particular bundle over at Sew Lux Fabric Here AND you can also get 10% any of the featured bundle this week using coupon code NICELIST. Offer is good until 7/13 so hurry up and order!

Here's the Schedule of Events for the Series:

• July 7th - Series Announcement & Bundle Sale
• July 14th - Solstice Wreath Mini Tutorial (See that cute wreath in our series button image? We'll show you how to make it here on the Sew Lux Blog!)
• July 21st - Sewing with Winter Wonderland - Lee of May Chappell
• July 22nd - Sewing with Be Jolly - Chrissy of Sew Lux
• July 23rd - Sewing the Folk Art Holiday - Sarah of Stitching & Bacon AND Megan of Quilt Story
• July 24th - Sewing with 25th & Pine - Tessa of The Sewing Chick AND Tracey of traceyjay quilts
• July 25th - Sewing with Solstice - Christen of Love by Hand AND Stephanie of Quarter Incher
• July 21-August 4th - Linky open to link up your projects
• August 5th - Winner Announced

I sure hope you can join us and sew along! The prizes are going to be so worth it!

• Grand Prize: $50 gift certificate to Sew Lux Fabric, a set of 6 You're Sew Nice cards, and an assortment of three patterns by May Chappell
• 1st Prize: $25 gift certificate to Sew Lux Fabric, a set of 6 You're Sew Nice cards, and a pattern by May Chappell

See you soon!

Sew Lux Fabrics Club Medallion BOM: March Border and Finished Quilt Top!

After much longer than six months, this sucker is finally finished! I received the instructions from Sew Lux Fabric for the last border in March but baby Lincoln needed to come early. That wasn't in the plans at all! 

Well, I was finally able to dedicate some time to this WIP is finish the top! It took me FOREVER to decide on the colors for last border. I really wanted them to frame the quilt. I decided it was time for a little white. There was literally no white in this quilt at all so the black and white zig zag print really helped bring in some contrast with all the colors going on. I'm in love with the pink and purple I picked out...so...much...fun! I'm going to bind this sucker in black when I get around to having it quilted. Might be awhile for that to happen though...sigh. If only I could FMQ. This quilt is considered DONE!

Sorry for some of the wrinkles :)

 Here's a closer look at the colors and prints

Design Challenge: Embroidered Baby Blocks Tutorial

Happy St. Paddy's Day! I have a fun tutorial for you but it's not green!

With a baby on the way, choosing a project for my Design Challenge for Sew Lux Fabric wasn't too difficult. Since I'm having a boy I thought some Red, White & Blue blocks would be fun. When I spotted the Sailboat print in their inventory, I knew that was the theme and pulled other fabrics to match. 

To read my fun Q&A's for the Challenge Click here!

If you're interested in purchasing these prints, please visit Sew Lux Fabric to grab the bundle here! The red prints pictured above are substitutes for what I used but still really fun!



Here's what you need to get started:

• 6 Fat Quarters (There will be plenty of fabric left over)
• Pins
• Polyfil
• Hand Sewing Needle
• Hand Quilting Thread
• Perle Cotton (optional)
• Regular Writing Pen for drawing pattern on paper
• Water-Soluble Fabric Pen or Frixion Pen for drawing embroidery design on block

Let's get started!

Club Medallion BOM: February Border

I can't believe Valentines is past already! I mean, where does the time go? I feel like it was JUST Christmas...and that's a distant memory for some. Well, January flew by for me. Probably because of all the Tula City Sampler craziness I was doing. Now that that's done, I can slow down and work on some other things at a nice relaxing pace, right? Haha...probably not. I'm just not built that way. I like to work on one project at a time unless it's a Block of the Month! 

Which brings me to the Club Medallion BOM February Border! I received the instructions from Sew Lux Fabric last Monday the and had the border all sewn up Tuesday. See what I mean? No wasting time over here. It just took a while to get photos. Only 1 more month to go!

I went with some great blues and a nice black & white sketchy background. I really like what the blue does to the quilt. In case you're wondering, I don't ever have a plan with a quilt. I just wing it. I never plan out my colors or draw in my little notebook what the finished quilt will look like. I just take it as it comes. I'm quirky like that I guess.

Club Medallion BOM: January Border

Pregnancy is really taking over and I have a fear of falling behind! So here is my January border for the Club Medallion BOM by Sew Lux Fabric. I decided it was time for a serious power punch of color! BOOM!

This thing is getting bigger so I had to improvise with a larger photo location...my patio...haha.

Here's a little close up of the prints used. I'm really loving the burst of color with the striped print! Every quilt needs some ridiculously crazy colorful print thrown in at some point....well mine do at least. Sorry for the crooked pic.

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Don't forget that sign-ups for Round 2 of the Triple-Zip Pouch swap are still open until 1/23. Click here to sign up!

Welcome Sew Lux Fabric, Club Medallion BOM: December Border & a GIVEAWAY!

What a crazy month it's been already! I've been pumping out project after project! Let's take a quick break and introduce a new sponsor! 

Help me welcome Sew Lux Fabric!

Sew Lux Fabric & Gifts is a fabric-loving mother-daughter team based out of Raleigh, NC. Their company was established in September 2010 and I'm excited to help build their business with your support!

You can find many great ideas and tutorials on their blog sewlux.blogspot.com. Check it out because it's loaded with fun stuff AND the latest shopping offers!

They have a few great projects going on with their shop right now as well. If you've been following me, you know I'm working on the Club Medallion BOM. It's available through Sew Lux Fabric and you have a chance to win a PDF subscription!  (CLOSED) Whoo-hoo! You'll get all the directions for  the past months to get you caught up. I promise that it's a fun pattern so far! I'm really enjoying it!

I had a little time this past week to work on the December border. What do you think so far? I think I'll throw in some black, pink, red and/or purple for next months border to help liven up all the grey.

Now for the giveaway! 

All you need to do is head over to Sew Lux Fabric and check out which new fabric collection in the "Coming Soon" section. Come back here and leave a comment letting me know which one you're looking forward to seeing and possibly getting! I can't wait for Fox Field by Tula Pink and Daydream by Kate Spain!!! Eeeek!!!!! Be sure to check out the "Sale" section for some awesome deals!

New and old followers get an extra entry because I like you so much. Just leave another comment letting me know how you follow me :)

I'll leave this giveaway open until Tuesday 12/17 til 11:59pm PST. Good luck! 
THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED

Club Medallion BOM: November Border

I'm getting more and more excited to be doing this BOM. This quilt is going to turn out so awesome! In case you didn't know about it...check out Sew Lux Fabric to subscribe to the PDF patterns or pick up a quilt kit.

I can't even tell you how long it took me to choose the colors for the first border! I knew I wanted the mini border to be yellow and the flying geese to be aqua. But I had the hardest time choosing the fabric for the flying geese background. I thought purple would look cool but I just didn't have the right purple. I didn't want anything too dark since the center block had that black polkadot print.

I looked through all my purples and pulled a few fabrics but none of them were the right. Then I looked through my FQ bundles and came across this Architextures print and thought it was perfect! I wanted to bring some red into the quilt...so I thought red for the corners was a good choice and didn't overpower the quilt so far.

It's hard to capture the true colors of the quilt but the center block triangles are Lime green and the mini border is yellow.

Club Medallion BOM: October Center Block

Boy does it feel good to finally sew! I've had this BOM for October just begging to be sewn up for weeks! I didn't want to get behind in this BOM so I sat down and dedicated some time to it. The new month instructions come out in a couple days!

In case you didn't know about the Club Medallion BOM, click HERE to be directed to Sew Lux Fabrics. You can purchase the PDF BOM instructions or one of the two available kits. I chose to subscribe to only the PDF BOM instruction because I have a funky style.

October is the first month starting with the center block. From this point, there will be borders added continuously until the quilt is completed. I can't wait to finish it in March! Sorry for the poor photo quality...I snapped this pic with my phone.

Here is what the whole quilt will eventually look like...