Quilter: Green Couch Designs

The Story: I made a pillow using 47 (of the allowed 50) 3"x5" rectangles, in assorted blues and oranges, and part of a fat quarter size for the solid brown. I designed a block (by accident!) to use 3" square and 2"x3" pieces, so basically cut the 3x5's into those sizes, it magically worked!
For the back I sewed most of the remaining rectangles together.
you can read more here: www.biggirlfeet.ca

Quilter: LoveBugStudios

The Story: This piece, entitled "Thailand" uses 44 3"x5" rectangles cut from 5 colors of Thai silk taffeta fabric. The backing fabric & some of the sashing strips are from navy blue Kona cotton (3/8 yard used.) The finished piece measures 18.5" x 24.5".
This piece came about in a very organic way; each day I did something to alter the piece until it came to this finished form. I also used at least 5 new techniques/tools that I had never tried before, so I'm very proud of myself for quilting out of the box! :)
I started by chopping 1/4 yard of the navy blue into 3 pieces of different sizes. Then, I cut up the rectangles into these asymmetrical chunks, and assembled them until they were roughly the same size as the backing (using the navy blue to supplement randomly.)
I quilted in a variegated thread using bright pink felt as the batting, then layered over each piece with some geometrical shapes cut from the leftover rectangles & fused to the top.
Instead of a traditional binding, I opted to do a serged edge in a wooly thread, that added some sparkle and a unique finish.
I finished the piece by hand beading with the very last of my rainbow Czech glass beads over the top; (the beads that attach the quilt together are not the same but they match in color & are a bit larger in size.)
The piece is hung using 3 rectangles and bamboo handles repurposed from a handbag.

Quilter: KarolsVintageArt

The Story: I loved this folk art cat fabric so much, that i wanted to build my challenge quilt around the large cuts from this print.
i used 41 of the rectangles, which i originally strip pieced 3 X 5 and then decided that was too over powering for the size of my quilt, so i un-stitched and re-stitched together to make this pieced border design. The corner squares, binding and part of the back were all from the other 1/2 yard cut (zebra print). I had just a few scraps of the rectangles left over.

Quilter: Kathleen’s Quilts

The Story: I sewed all the rectangles into one large square. Then cut the square into uneven strips and sewed those together. Then I randomly cut shapes. Shapes are stitched on with a multi-stich zig-zag... white thread on the green portion and green thread on the white portion. Quilting is random loops again with green on the white background and white on the green background.

Quilter: QuiltingDiva

The Story: I used 5 FQ's of bright rainbow colors, cut 25 rainbow rectangles 5" x 3" and 25 black swirly ones :) I cut my 2 half yards of black solid for the border and backing.... well, then I spotted the perfect batik to use in the border instead.

Finished quilt is 29" x 24"

Quilter: PennyFabricArt

The Story: I originally planned my 3x5 patches at 8 teal, 8 maroon, 4 cyan, 12 cream and 12 green. After doing a bit more math I changed my starting patches to: 7 teal, 7 maroon, 3 cyan, 11 cream, 11 green, and 10 black. So my project used 49 patches, plus 2 half-yard cuts of black (one of which I reserved for the backing).

I used 3 star piecing methods developed by Nancy Johnson-Srebro in her book Stars by Magic. I ended up with 3 star blocks and lots of little pieced scraps.

I decided to explode the stars and use all the little pieced scraps to make extra pinwheels and accents, so I used all of the blocks and scraps completely. I cut the edges of the outer blocks to let the star sections explode off the base.
Since I didn't have enough fabric left to make a binding, I put the front/back/batting together inside-out, sewed them pillow-case style, then turned them right-side out and finished the gap by hand. The quilting is simple line patterns that follow and enhance the geometry.
It measures 24" square from the outer edges, with the cutouts going in from there.

Quilter: Karens Crafty World

The Story: This project was so much fun! Before I became a quilter 1 1/2 years ago, I was a HUGE scrapbooker. Melding the two together was a great joy. I started with some Amy butler fat 1/4's (that I've had for a long time and didn't know what to do with), some matching solids, a 1/2 yd cut of cream fabric, and a 1/2 yd of light green fabric. I used almost all the 3 by 5's but not all the 1/2 yard cuts.
I started by making 4 tiny 'quilts'. The front and back cover measure 8 1/2 by 7 inches and the inside pages measure 6 by 71/2 inches. I considered binding the pages, but it seemed to add too much bulk so I zig-zagged around the edges instead.
I had to buy thread and the eyelets for a total cost of $5.94. Everything else was from my stash including all the scrapbook embellishments.
I love how it turned out!

Quilter: PamelaQuilts

The Story: I decided to start my quilt using mostly pieces from a charm pack, adding a few of my stash fabrics that coordinated with the Charms. I cut them down to 3 x 5, then started brainstorming. I decided to make a quilt using a block that I've make before which involves sewing units around a center square. It's a pretty busy quilt, but the fabrics are so springtime looking that I love it! I added a sunny yellow border and barely had enough of the orange for the binding!

Quilter: Spring Water Designs The Story: This is my Project Quilting Rectangles Challenge Project. I started with 48 3 x 5" rectangles (8 each of 6 different colored batiks) and two half yard batik cuts. I left half of the rectangles 3 x 5" and sub cut the other half into 3 x 3" and 2 x 3" pieces. Then I randomly sewed them into 5 rows for the bag body. The remainders were pieced together for the handles. The half yard cuts were used for an outside pocket on each side of the tote that measures 4.5" x 7", one inside pocket that measures 6 x 6", the bottom of the tote, and I pieced the lining of the tote and handles with them. I quilted in a very geometric horizontal and vertical pattern on the rectangles (this helped to hide the lines that sewed in the inside pocket). I outline quilted around the butterflies on the bottom. The overall size of the tote is 14.5" tall x 16" wide, x 6" deep. I literally used all of the material that I started with with only a few snipets and strips left over.

Quilter: DebiDesigns

The Story: After many attempts at trying my hand at traditional quilting, I have decided to go back to crazy quilting. So, using Project Quilting as a restarting board and after cutting out 50 rectangles with the bright batiks and trying to decide how to put them together this is what I saw out of them as I see all fabrics.

whole quilted table topper of crazy quilted blocks.
18" 1/2" x 17 1/2"

Quilter: DownHomeDesigns

The Story: To begin my project I had to decide what form it would take. I started looking thru my quilting books and came upon Georgia Bonesteel's bargello method. As soon as I saw it, I knew that's what I wanted to do....a bargello wall hanging.
Then I had to pick some fabrics. I started digging thru my stash and found some fabrics that I had hand painted about 3 years ago. The colors are so pretty and summery looking. I knew these were what I would use.
At first I thought about using black to make those colors pop, but then I decided that white would look so much better and really bring out the tropical feel in the colors.
I wanted to try to use all 50 rectangles (cut from my hand painted fabrics) and both 1/2 yard cuts that we were allowed to use. Boy! Has that been a challenge!
I decided to use a white on white print for the 1/2 yard cuts. I liked the back side of this better, so I turned it over and used the back of it for the right side.
I ended up with both the front and back being pieced and they are both pretty enough to be used for the front. The strip in the middle is the 3x5s, (full size, unfinished measurement). The smallest finished size strip is 7/8".
I used 25 3x5s and about 16" of one 1/2 yard cut on the front. The other 25 3x5s and all but a few small scraps of the rest of the white fabric was used for the back and the binding.
This wall hanging measures 28"x20 1/2"
I only used materials I had in my stash, so no money was spent for this project.

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PUBLIC WINNERS: The winner from the Random Generator will receive (yes, I’m crazy excited about this!)

a Miniature Cathedral Window Pillow Pincushion - 5 Inches Square from WarmnFuzzies!

Description of this pincushion:

This is a miniature version of my pillow covers that would be a nice addition to your pincushion collection.
The top of this pincushion/mini pillow is sewn almost completely by hand. It is considered a type of quilting, even though there is not any actual quilting on the pillow. It is a very labor-intensive pattern and the pincushion/pillow top is quite heavy because each white square is four layers thick. I took this traditional pattern and gave it a modern twist using today's modern fabrics. This pincushion features Andover's Global Garden fabric line.
I stuffed it with a high quality poly-fil that is hypo-allergenic.

WarmnFuzzies is a talented and PUBLISHED quilter – her work just stuns me every time I see it. I can’t wait to find out who’s lucky enough to win this gorgeous pincushion…I’ll just be sitting here wishing it were me…

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