#StarbucksBeMyValentineSwap

First INSTAGRAM swap of the year is complete!  These are fun and I'm addicted!

Here's my unfinished mini top; I modified the pattern just a bit to fussy cut the center:

#iheartyoupattern / modified for fussy cutting center

Swap Details:
Hosted by: @itssewkelly
Swap Name: #StarbucksBeMyValentineSwap
Pattern used: #iheartyoupattern from @penandpaperpatterns
Secret Partner I Sewed For: @kimtomasko
Secret Partner who sewed for me: @chandra_willis
Started: 06 Jan 2019
Finished / shipped: 08 Feb 2019
Posted Pics: 14 Feb 2019




What @Chandra_Willis sent to ME! YAY

What I sent to my partner! (Mini, small zipper pouch, Starbucks Mug, lindt strawberry chocolates, lady bug pin, merci chocolates, coffee mug clips, starbucks gift card and a travel size Roxanne glue baste it)

Now to finish Swap #2 & #3!

Have a great week

Lisa



Travel Adventures of the Botanical Quilt

Happy 2019!!  It's been, well, like FOREVER - a year exactly, since I've blogged. But this is my birthday weekend and I thought there's no better time to start again.

So much life going on! We moved into our new home, I got to stand on the floor of the NYSE as my husband stood on the balcony to help ring the bell for his company, we celebrated our 20th Wedding Anniversary in Aruba, our dog went through 15 weeks of cancer treatments, my brother ended up on the hospital for about 3 months, and so much more all in 12 months; but guess what?  During all that, my Botanical Quilt, from the VA Quilt Museum sew along, was on Display at the VA Quilt Museum AND travelled all the way to Houston, TX for the 2018 International Quilt Festival. There is much to be thankful for during so much craziness.



A few pictures from the VA Quilt Museum

Purchase the Pattern for the Quilt from the VA Quilt Museum:
 The 1858 Shenandoah Valley Botanical Album Quilt


Outside the VA Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg, VA - GO VISIT!

 

Day trip with the better half to visit the quilt!

A few Pics from the INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL; Houston, TX

 

The ONLY ORIGINAL; the FIRST block patterns;
although another sells these block patterns as their own original, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL QUILT, period.







Garden Solitude hanging among all the great artists; beyond blessed.

The Quilt Labels I need to sew onto the back of the quilt; How can I not be excited?

She's back home now and I'm working on new treasures. During the last part of 2018, I got hooked on Instagram Swaps.  Since 2019 started, I'm currently working on 3 swaps!  I have no idea what I was thinking - HAHAHA; all I know is I've met super creative and friendly people and I love my instragram quilting family.

Until next time,


Lisa
#BogeyInspired


Here are just a few other highlights from 2018:



Our 20th Anniversary in ARUBA!!  My favorite place on earth other than my sewing room.

Our cabana for the week...



Pumpkin's Graduation Day from Chemo Treatments; She was in remission

Pumpkin - Christmas 2018
As of December, her lymphoma is back and we're just enjoying every day until she crossed that rainbow bridge






Quilter’s Planner - Block 1

This is my second year using the Quilter’s Planner and it actually holds me a little, not a lot, accountable for projects I’m working on. It’s bascially a franklin planner on steroids and I love it. There’s inspirational quotes and an online community of really creative users. I hope to get to a point where I finish more projects than add to the list one day. Am I the only one distracted by shiny new projects?  

I decided to do the BOM with other QP community members and am using my highly coveted VAN GOGH fabric! I’m obsessed with Van Gogh and visiting the actual museum (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en) is definitely on my bucket list.

A little learning curve with quarter half square triangles lining up (they didn’t) but I know what I need to do different next time. Practice makes perfect 🤪

,x

Your local quilt shop most likely carries or can order the planner for you. Here’s the link to the QP site; you’ll want to bookmark it and check for updates to patterns and other fun goodies.  The Quilter’s Planner Site

Until the next block, “...these are the days that must happen to you” -Walt Whitman

Have a wonderful day!

Lisa

@Bogeyinspired on Instagram

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” -Vincent Van Gogh

Jacob's Ladder...

For those that know me are familiar with my love of fairy gardens and gnomes. When I found this fairy fabric, I decided I HAD to start incorporating into this quilt. This one sort of looks like she flew through the flowers and landed on that little perch as if it were a game of some sort.

Enjoy your weekend!

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VA Quilt Museum - Shenandoah Valley Botanical Album Quilt of 1858

http://svbotanicalquilt.blogspot.com/

Aunt Reen's Place

http://auntreensplace.blogspot.com/2015/08/you-are-invited.html?showComment=1440705201804#c2799597662314554675

Collector with a Needle

http://collectorwithaneedle.blogspot.com

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Happy Sewing

Baseball Season Starts on MONDAY!!!

Lisa

#bogeyinspired @bogeyinspired

SOLD: Janome Horizon Memory Craft 12000 (Rarely Used)

Happy Almost New Year!

I have vowed to be more organized in 2017!!  There's not much space in my sewing room and somehow I have collected 4 sewing machines; yes, 4 sewing machines! Don't ever get me on a quilting cruise because I come home with a machine, or 2!

FOR SALE: Janome Horizon Memory Craft 12000

PRICE: $3,995 (It has a $9,999 MSRP value)

CONDITION: Rarely Used. It's been used about 4 times to make quilt labels. I do not have the original box, however will arrange drop off at public location within 100 miles of the 20152 zip code.

The list of accessories and added items are listed in the ebay listing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Janome-Horizon-MC12000-Sewing-Quilting-Embroidery-Machine-Rarely-Used-/272505195489?

If you'd like to learn more about the MC12000, you can view information from the Janome site:
http://janome.com/en/machines/embroidery/horizon-memory-craft-12000/

If you would like to purchase this machine please send a private email to:

Lisa at bogeyinspired@gmail.com

Be Safe and Happy 2017!

The Ornament Girl Hunt - I WON!!

On an evening where I couldn't decide if I should start sewing a new project or watch tv, I decided to check FB and what did I see?

A game with this FQ bundle as the Prize:

Well, as you can imagine, I decided to do nothing but try to find all the needed clues and try to win!!

I joined the Ornament Girls Club about a year ago and I love all the kits that come each month.  Staci Ann Lowry puts a lot of time and creativity into each of these kits and I love them all!

If you aren't familiar with the Ornament girl, here is the link to her website:  http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/ - Check it out!

You don't have to be a member of her club to download patterns or order kits and she has a lot of other craft ideas on her site as well.  I'm so excited I can barely contain myself!  

 

Here are the 7 pages I found the needed clues, look around and enjoy.

1. http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/faq/

2. http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/get-my-moonlight-ornament-pattern-for-free/

3. http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/being-crafty/popcorn-ball-ornaments/

4. http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/being-crafty/how-to-make-glitter-christmas-ornaments-diy/

5. http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/being-crafty/seashell-and-sand-ornament/

6. http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/being-crafty/handmade-holly-berry-glass-ornament/

7. http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/being-crafty/ideas-for-quilt-fabric-scraps/


Thank you Ornament Girl!!
Such Fun
Lisa





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Tuffets, Tuffets, Tuffets...

I am a certified Tuffet Source Affiliate and can walk you through the process of creating your own masterpiece!

If you want to construct a tuffet or know of anyone interested, pass along my information and let's have some fun!

Comment below or contact me at: bogeyinspired@gmail.com

What I offer:
*Classes at any location for any size group
*Classes at quilt shops
*Retreats / Tuffet Parties
*Private session in your home (so you don't have haul your machine around)
*Modified patterns
*Custom Tuffets for gifts (Let ME make your tuffet)
*Color Wheel / Tiny Tuffet PIN CUSHION KITS and Classes

Happy Sewing!
Lisa

What's a Moolon Lily?

Moolon Lily...

This month's SVBAQ block was Moolon Lily. Honestly, I'm not sure what a "moolon lily" is, so I performed many types of searches to see if I could uncover any information....I was not lucky in my discovery searches, so the mystery remains.

My entire quilt is being sewn using batiks and I decided to make the leaves on this block both green and blue for a different look. I am still practicing my needle turn applique; I'll perfect it one day. This block was all hand sewn.

So how do you all determine how long one block takes to sew? I estimated this block was 3 days to complete.  Not 3 consecutive days, but say I start sewing at 7PM and don't finish an area until about 2AM; then pick it up from 10AM to 3PM and so on...and in between do the laundry, vacuum, clean the dishes, etc.  I mean...I guess I just sew really slow.. HAHAH

Funniest thing I heard while sewing this block...That looks so easy, you'll be done with that by the end of the day, right? (side ways look.....Probably NOT)

If you squint REALLY hard, there is a hidden tiny baseball in this block. Well, my version of a baseball anyway.

Still not too late to join in on the fun!  You can still purchase your pattern through the quilt museum and join the sew along journey with everyone..

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VA Quilt Museum - Shenandoah Valley Botanical Album Quilt of 1858

http://svbotanicalquilt.blogspot.com/

Aunt Reen's Place

http://auntreensplace.blogspot.com/2015/08/you-are-invited.html?showComment=1440705201804#c2799597662314554675

Collector with a Needle

http://collectorwithaneedle.blogspot.com

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Happy Sewing

Take Me Out To the BALL GAME!!

Lisa

#bogeyinspired @bogeyinspired

SUNFLOWERS Blooming...

SUNFLOWER

Sunflower

Where on earth have I been?  Well, it's baseball time and life sort of stands still during this season for this family. We are die hard Washington Nationals Fans, have season tickets and, well, are at the ball park pretty much every time they are in town.

I do have a lot of catching up to do, but did want to share this cute little SUNFLOWER block. It was from June. Because I don't have enough things going on, and I have a bunch of blocks to catch up on, I all of sudden decided to hide little items in all the blocks.  I started designing the label already, which will have a sort of scavenger hunt feel to it. Silly? Yes, but YOLO!! :-)

Can you see what's hidden in this block?

I found this site with 9 cool things about Sunflowers.. WHO KNEW!!

It was really exciting to see ALL the finished sunflowers last month, because they were all totally different.  That's what makes this project so much fun; we are following the same pattern, but each person has a totally different approach to completing it.

Still not too late to join in on the fun!  You can still purchase your pattern through the quilt museum and join the sew along journey with everyone..

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VA Quilt Museum - Shenandoah Valley Botanical Album Quilt of 1858

http://svbotanicalquilt.blogspot.com/

Aunt Reen's Place

http://auntreensplace.blogspot.com/2015/08/you-are-invited.html?showComment=1440705201804#c2799597662314554675

Collector with a Needle

http://collectorwithaneedle.blogspot.com

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Happy Sewing

Don't forget to put your Happy Face on!

Lisa

My Progress..(I know, I better get it in gear!)

The QUILT!!

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Scrappy Wacky Block

The Scrappy Wacky Block 

This is the final block for my Guild for this season. It's almost June and I was thinking people must have a good collection of scraps, I know I do! This pattern is super simple to put together.  I didn't color coordinate, I just pulled 9 scraps out of my bin, made sure they were large enough, and created this block.

This is a 10.5" UNFINISHED Block.

I'm wondering if I can do a scrap buster quilt by randomly selecting scraps and sewing together different ways? I know there's tons of patterns out there, but maybe I'll just wing it and see how it comes together.  Who knows...maybe there will be a scrappy wacky quilt in my future.

Check out the Centreville Guild BOM blog for the pattern:

Have a wonderful week and enjoy the sunshine.

Lisa

@bogeyinspired

POPPY quilt block

The newest Quilter's Unlimited CENTREVILLE Quilt Block of the Month has just been posted!

Check it out....

http://centrevillebom.blogspot.com/

Full pattern located at Patchwork Square....

HAPPY SEWING!
-Lisa

Botanical Album Sew Along - Month 4

Month 4 - Star In The East

Star In The East - C4



HAPPY NEW YEAR!   This is my first post for 2016 and I'll have a few more because I've been quite busy! 

I swear my sewing life is like a comedy! This block was quite interesting for me. 

FIRST, I tried (I really did!) the back basting technique. I read & listened to everything on the internet I could find on this technique and after 2 red leaves, I decided to go back to wash-away applique. (chuckle) I'm not sure if the block is too big or my hands aren't coordinated enough or maybe I just need MORE PRACTICE, but it literally was like I was wrestling the leaf as I was stitching it down. And, well, I didn't have the right color thread anyway so that was my final reason for going back to wash away. I'll keep plugging at it.

THEN, I zipped through all the pieces and was so excited to be done with that middle yellow part and wash away the blue lines, that it hit me!  LIKE A BRICK!!  I didn't use stabilizer on the back for machine applique. AHHHH.... But you know what?  I had to clean the house and take down the Christmas decorations, so I wasn't going to stress..much.  HAHAHAHAH - yes, I actually laughed because I looked at the block and thought, how can this pretty little block cause so much chaos?

In the end, I love this block and when it joins the others, I'll have stories to tell. 

You can still purchase your pattern through the quilt museum and join the sew along journey with everyone..

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VA Quilt Museum - Shenandoah Valley Botanical Album Quilt of 1858

http://svbotanicalquilt.blogspot.com/

Aunt Reen's Place

http://auntreensplace.blogspot.com/2015/08/you-are-invited.html?showComment=1440705201804#c2799597662314554675

Collector with a Needle

http://collectorwithaneedle.blogspot.com

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Also, I'm excited to be volunteering with the VA Quilt Museum next week.  I do love spending time with the ladies.

Until Next Month's Block...

Happy Sewing

Lisa

My Progress....

The QUILT!!

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Botanical Album Sew Along - Month 3

Month 3 - Mountain Laurel - Red

Mountain Laurel - Red (D1)

Where on earth did December 2015 go?  You might be wondering what happened to Month 2! Well, let's just say I have misplaced the craft box that holds my enlarged month 2 pattern and all my cut outs; I've searched high and low..(sigh).  So... for month 2 I'll have to go get my page re-enlarged at Staples and start that one over. 

 

In that same box was this month's cut outs, but luckily not the pattern!  The good news is that I managed to get this month's block done this weekend.  The not so great news is that I was in a hurry and I actually did this block BACKWARD.  I didn't panic - after a few deep breaths that is. Those that have done this one know there are many pieces. I decided to just go with it and slightly modify what I had; I tried to get it as close as possible. I figured it's December, I should really be focused on family and the reason for the season so I wasn't going to give up or worry about the quilt police with this one.  I'll call this my persistence block - ho ho ho....

 

There's still time to purchase your pattern through the quilt museum and join the sew along journey with everyone...

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VA Quilt Museum - Shenandoah Valley Botanical Album Quilt of 1858

http://svbotanicalquilt.blogspot.com/

Aunt Reen's Place

http://auntreensplace.blogspot.com/2015/08/you-are-invited.html?showComment=1440705201804#c2799597662314554675

Collector with a Needle

http://collectorwithaneedle.blogspot.com

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I hear the VA Quilt Museum is just a few members shy of 500 for the year!  Consider becoming a member with a small donation and keep this historic building going and keep quilting alive.

Until Next Month's Block...

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!

Lisa

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Candle of Peace

Quick note:  I just wanted to share the block I made for my local quilt guild.  It's called the Candle Of Peace.  May everyone have peace in your heart this holiday season and throughout the new year.

It's a Glade Commercial, but this song is in my playlist and it brings a smile to my face every time I play it! ENJOY!!  (...Fill the air with joyful noise, ring the bell and raise your voice, let there be peace on earth....)




Follow the link to see the full blog post....http://centrevillebom.blogspot.com/

Have a wonderful day!
Lisa

Tuffet101 | Nov 3

There are 4 more Tuffet-teers in the Northern VA area!  Kelly Ann's Quilting in Warrenton, VA hosted this class and they ladies were truly delightful.

Below is a quick little video and some pics from this class.





As always, I can't explain the joy and excitement felt when a student works so hard to complete one of these Tuffets.  It's fun, easy once you have the instruction, and truly one of a kind.

 

Have a happy day!
Lisa



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I am an independent instructor and travel to many locations; if you're interested in a class for your group or quilt shop, please notify your local quilt shop to request a class or contact me directly: bogeyinspired@gmail.com

TUFFET 101 Teaching Day Complete!

This week has been JAMMED packed with preparing, learning, and fun.  I had to share the outcome of today's TUFFET 101 class that I taught at Oh Sew Persnickety in Haymarket, VA.  There were 5 students and they each created their own masterpiece. 

I can't explain the joy and excitement I feel when a student works so hard to complete one of these Tuffets.  It's fun, easy once you have the instruction, and truly one of a kind.

Congratulations to the newest Tuffet-teers!!  Enjoy this quick little video...




Have a great week and Happy Sewing.
Lisa

www.bogeyinspired.com


Next Tuffet Class will be at Kelly Ann's Quilting in Warrenton, VA... Wouldn't you like to make a Tuffet Too!


I am an independent instructor and travel to many locations; if you're interested in a class for your group or quilt shop, please contact me directly: bogeyinspired@gmail.com   Now scheduling for 2016.