Domesticity and.... Other Ponderous Things: blog hop

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

April Showers Mug Rug Blog Hop!

Hello Everyone!

Sorry I have been gone from blog land the last month. I have been busy traveling for work and then getting sick - twice! First with a respiratory infection while I was in Atlanta and the second time last week with the stomach flu-yuck! Also, I had to throw in my husband's 50th birthday and party! So, I have not had much time for crafty fun lately.

I did make up my mug rug for this grea April Showers Mug Rug Blog Hop. I went a little different for me. I was trying for modern spring. Not sure I hit the mark or not, but I do love the colors and the fabrics.

Also, I tried to do machine binding - guess I won't be doing that again, it's just not as nice as hand finishing (I'm a bit wonky still with this technique).

April Showers Mug Rug Blog Hop

Some buttons for whimsy

Please visit all the other wonderful blogs in the hop today!

Hayley @ Mrs. Pickles

Karen @ Sew Much 2 Luv

Mélanie @ Les passions de Cliodana

Cindy @ Quilt Doodle Doodles

Jamie @ Busy Bee Quilts

Judy @ That Other Blog

Regena @ The Distracted Domestic

Amy @ Domesticity and other Ponderous Things

Denise @ My Whittle Adventures

Heather @ a Reformed Heath'n

Marica @ ~Englating~

The entire list of bloggers in the hop can be found here. A big thank you for Mdmn Samm for putting this together!

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Dare to Dresden Blog Hop

I have a love of Dresden, but not only the quilt block, but the city too. In 2003, I spent some time touring Europe by myself and spent about 3 days exploring Dresden, Germany. I have some very fond memories of my time there. Now that I have started on this adventure we call quilting, I have fallen for the dresden quilt block. When I saw the Dare to Dresden blog hop, I just had to participate. So today is day four of the Dare to Dresden Blog Hop hosted by Christine at Quilt Monster Closet!

My inspiration came from a small table topper that my good friend Denise made me last year. It's currently, on my dining room table under a fall flower arrangement I have in an antique pitcher. I just love the colors and the size is perfect. I have really enjoyed it this winter.

The last two weeks, I have been traveling for work to some very cold environments compared to what we have here in Southern California. First I was in Montreux, Switzerland and then in New York City, where the temperatures were below 35 degrees (F). This made me long for spring time and working in my garden.
Montreux, Switzerland

World Trade Center - Tower One - New York City, New York

To make this long story short, I decided to try my hand at making a dresden table topper for spring time to put on my dining room table. I also am trying to stick with my New Year's resolution to use up things that I have and not to add so much this year.I used up some scraps I had left over from making an apron for a secret someone!

So I made this table topper out of a 8" dresden pattern. I combined two of my favorite things - dresdens and prairie points!

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it.