Thursday, March 17, 2022

Easter 2022 Card Kit

I have another Special Occasions card kit available in my shop. This is an Easter/spring card set. I hope you enjoy putting these together.



Card 1


Card 2


Card 3


Card 4

Contents of the kit, 




How to order:


Jen Unger Fine Arts

Limited supply. Click on link above to order.

Card kits are $15.00 CAD each. Free shipping in Canada and U.S.
                   

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen 

Saturday, March 5, 2022

My Favorite Color Quilt - Blocks 2 and 3

Continuing with the My Favorite Color Is BOM, this month we did two blocks, blocks 2 and 3. I was so excited to get started that I forgot to take pictures of the block 2 progress but I did take pictures for block 3 which is the same block with different colors.

Block 2 finished


Block 3 process:

First I lay out all the pieces in order. 


I then sewed the corner pieces onto the strips.



Starting from the center I sewed each piece side, side, top and bottom, side, side, top and bottom etc...


And here is the finished block. You can check out my first post here.




Friday, March 4, 2022

60 Projects in 2022- Project 3- Snapshots Quilt-Along Block 9

Finishing my unfinished projects is turning out pretty good so far. I've procrastinated for so long on these projects I can't explain the euphoria I feel every time I get one finished. There is a moment of dread each time I pick a random unfinished project number because I know why I've left some projects undone for so long. They are either very monotonous or they have a level of difficulty that I know I must go into full concentration mode to get it done. Thankfully this project wasn't too bad, although I did let it sit for a couple of weeks before I could come up with how I wanted to quilt it. But alas I got motivated and got it done. Although my free motion quilting still needs a lot of practice to get smooth flowing stitches, I'm okay with how this turned out. After all that is why I made these into wall hangings instead of a full quilt so I could practice free motion quilting.

I started these blocks in 2015 when they were first released by the Fat Quarter Shop on their blog "The Jolly Jabber". They host a lot of fun quilt-a-longs over there. We had just gotten in the fabric "Daysail" by Bonnie & Camille in at the quilt shop I worked at, and I loved the pattern for this! You can sill find the pattern here. It's a free pattern and so fun to do.

(image taken from the Jolly Jabber blog)

I had finished sewing the block together and that is where I stopped. So, the last bit was to quilt it and put binding on. I've only quilted one other of the blocks, but it doesn't have binding on it yet so it is also on my unfinished project list.

Here is the process of finishing this project.


Sandwiching my layers of backing, batting (scraps are great for these small projects) and the pieced top. I used 505 basting spray for this.

I quilted the wall hanging and then trimmed off the extra batting and backing.



Here you can see the quilting a bit better.


Thankfully I bought all the supplies for these wall hangings back when I purchased the fabric so finding matching binding was easy although I'm sure I could have found something similar. I still like the results of hand sewing my binding. It is machine sewn on the top and hand sewn in the back. 

Last of all I gave the kitty some eyes by sewing on some black buttons. 


I hope you are enjoying the projects and if you are like me with so many unfinished projects, I hope you will follow along with me in getting them finished.

Thursday, March 3, 2022

March 2022 Card Kit

I am back with another card kit. This is the March card kit with a vintage look to it. If you want to make it more vintage, you can ink all the edges of the paper before adhering them down.


 

Card 1


Card 2


Card 3


Card 4


Contents of this month's kit:





How to order:


Jen Unger Fine Arts

Each month there are a limited supply of extra kits which are available in my Etsy Shop. Click on this link to order: March 2022 Card Kit . Kits are mailed out for subscribers on the first of the month or next business day following. Extra kits are mailed out within 3 business days of purchase. 

Card kits are $15.00 CAD each
                     $45.00 CAD for 3 months
                     $90.00 CAD for 6 months
                     $180.00 for 1 year

Thanks for stopping by,
Jen