December | 2014 | Kept In Stitches

Crayola Challenge Mini Quilt

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December 16, 2014

As part of being Vice President of the Ventura Modern Quilt Guild, I come up with a monthly quilt challenge. Some of the challenges have been demanding, while others have been very simple. Recently, we had the “Crayola Challenge”, and it was pretty straight forward…use the two colors you blindly choose and “screens” of those colors to create …

Red and White Mini Quilt

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December 16, 2014

Trying to keep up with all the holiday demands I did find some time to finish my mini quilt. It was fun to practice some free motion quilting on a smaller project. I’m looking forward to the day when I’m working on a longarm to complete my quilting projects.

Marsala

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December 4, 2014

Pantone has released it’s color of the year for 2015, Marsala. I can’t help but love the clever names people come up with for colors that have been around for ages. I’ve used this color in my quilts for many years now and will continue to do so. I’m loving the deep tones during the holiday …