Trust Bible Cover

I always enjoy getting custom order requests, they often provide me with ideas for new color combinations and generally are a pleasure.  This week I had a request from a customer for a quilted bible cover with the word Trust on the cover.  She suggested floral with a dark background, so I pulled out my bin of blacks and came up with a nice pile of florals that worked perfectly to make a lovely cover:

I decided that lovely royal purple would look great for the lettering and binding.  I also used it for the flaps and pockets:

It's ready to mail off today, I hope she loves it as much as I do! 

I've added this item to my Etsy shop - If you would like a Trust journal or Bible Cover, just click here and I can make one for you!

Have a wonderful day!

Lavender Sage Log Cabin

I'm getting a start on my Island Batik Ambassador project earlier than usual this month!  This lovely Stack of beautiful purples and greens was provided in my ambassador box in July - and could be currently available in your local quilt shop - if you search online you can definitely find it!

This month's challenge is Cozy Cabins, so I'm keeping it simple and going with a simple log cabin block.  After just a couple hours of sewing this morning I already have half my blocks done!  Yay me!  It was so fun just to sit at the machine and chain sew my heart out, what a terrific way to spend my sewing time today.

I just threw them up on my design wall willy-nilly, so pretty!  I can't wait to finish the rest of the blocks and play with my layout.  You will definitely want to keep your eye out for more great projects by the other ambassadors - you'll find the list on a tab at the top of my blog.

Linking up with Connie of Free Motion by the River for Linky Tuesday

Changing it up - Mountain Dawning - same pattern, different colorway!

I've been working on a new version of my Mountain Dawning pattern as a shop sample for Threads That Bind.  This time I used Rock Candy strips and White out (essential gems from Wilmington Prints).  So much fun in the bright colors!  I tried laying it out different ways, and it was really hard to choose which one to use:

I really liked this one (which isn't in the pattern, but easy to figure out!)

And this version is stunning as well!

So hard to choose!

All of them were just so beautiful!

I decided to make the cover version in the end.  I added some of my leftover strips to some rainbow raindrops for the backing:

And got it basted.  I plan on quilting this one differently - the blue version was done with straight lines, so this one will get some free motion quilting.  I think I have a fun bright variegated thread to use on the rainbow parts!

I enjoyed working on my design wall yesterday, it's been a while!  Linking up for Design Wall Monday.