BluePip Designs

  Another round of Project Quilting is complete!  While I didn't start this week off by being trapped in an airport, the kids did have a bonus "cold day" off of school when the windchill was around 40 below in the morning.  If the next challenge could start off with just a nice, normal week, I'd really appreciate it!  For this challenge, however, I instantly knew what I was going to make: a fun string pillow like all the ones Molli Sparkles has been posting on Instagram this month.  I was really hoping one of the six challenges would match up with this and ombre felt like the perfect fit.  I polled my children on a color scheme and they collectively decided on "red to pink with a neon back." X is yelling "Ta-da!" if you can't hear him. I had a lot of fun making this pillow.  It was a small project, but I experimented with three new things.  First, I've never made my own ombre before.  Next, I don't...

It's the second week of 2025 and I'm here with my first finish of the year, a mini quilt for the newest round of Project Quilting !  Last year was my first year joining in on this fun challenge and I've been eagerly awaiting the start of the new season.  I was actually on vacation when this challenge was announced, and our flight home was ultimately delayed for 18 hours so I had plenty of time to mull the challenge over before I was able to get into my sewing room and start my project.  I didn't want to do anything cutesy and I knew I it was going on the windowsill in my sewing room, which meant I wanted it to be purple. I ultimately decided to make a dragon-scale mug rug.  I did a google image search for inspiration, then made my own quick FPP pattern for the scales using EQ8.  If I was going to make this again, I would edit the pattern pieces to reduce bulk at some of the seams, but as a one-off project I think it turned ou...