Sew it and Show it ~ Shades of Blue Challenge!
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Welcome to Day 2 of the Sew it and Show it Shades of Blue Challenge, and my day on the hop!
Yesterday there were a beautiful array of blues in blogland – and I can’t wait to see what everyone else is making!
My project ties in with our One Gift a Month Challenge…. if you’ve seen that post you will know that this month we’re making little baskets to put in our gift box.
I decided to make my first one in shades of blue…. and I just love how it turned out!
But first… I had to choose fabric… I pulled some out of my stash…
I like the ones on the right, the ones on the left are a bit boring..
But then I decided to go with a few from my new pile that I showed you yesterday:
I picked my blues, cut them out and started sewing….
I cut enough to make two baskets, because I think I will NEED to keep one for myself, that’s how much I love it!
And yes, that is a new pack of fat quarters that just arrived in the mail – look at the lovely shades of blue in it!!
I will be making more of these, but at least I made my ONE for the month!
Check out the others who are sharing their Shades of Blue today:
Thanks Carla for hosting this fun challenge! And thank you all for visiting here today 🙂 If you are new here, check out some of my latest blog posts with the challenges I am running this year!
Oh, I love the basket. I have to find the pattern and try that out. I have enough squares already cut for at least one, left from my heart. And a pile of blue pieces to cut up still for January blocks and projects … and every other month of the year! I even put a blue churn dash in my brown churn dash quilt – naming it Blue Among the Browns. LOL
Your basket turned out beautifully. I chose blues for mine and plan on making more than one.
Cute basket and always useful! Love that new stack of fabric also:)
Someone has been getting some fabulous fabrics and they are melting my heart! I love your plan of making 2 gifts and keeping one for yourself. Too often we forget ourselves when we sew.
This is a sweet basket, Joy. I would love to be able to make one from hearts fabric, and one from wild scraps. Is this a free pattern available online, or a pay to use, and if so, where?
Thanks
Your basket is so beautiful, and what a wonderful stash of fabrics!
Cute basket though I’d probably use it for organizing. Your choice of fabrics are perfect for this hop.
Great new prints bundle!!!! The basket is adorable–very nice work and smart to make two!
What a lovely basket. I will have to go back and see what this gift box idea is – I am intrigued!
Love the basket, and love the blues! Great work Joy!
That is such a beautiful basket, and your stack of fabrics has me feeling a bit jealous. They look amazing! I love the combo of fabrics in the basket and can think of lots of uses for it. Nice job, Joy!
I love baskets! Yours is very sweet!
great basket!
Ok, I’m in. I am off to stitch a basket because I love yours. The blues are so pretty. Who can’t use a cute little fabric basket? I never have enough.
I have several patterns for fabric baskets on the Thermoweb blog, but I’m going to try this one. I added your “one gift a month” button to the sidebar of my blog. I’m excited to join and have some gifts ready when I need them.
Thanks for the great inspiration and for sharing YOUR challenge.
Your blue basket turned out stunningly beautiful!!! I’m not surprised that you made one for yourself! 🙂
I can see why you needed to sew one for yourself. Such a cute basket! And that fabric bundle set is beautiful as well!
What a beautiful blue basket! I love your “One Gift a Month” challenge idea, so I may try to join in (or at least lurk and see what you’re doing). Thank you!
love the blue basket and a wonderful pack of fabric…. all the shades are gorgeous…
Hugz
You gotta love a project that does double duty by working for TWO challenges. Enjoy your new basket when it gets made. Until then, the gift box will just have to share with you!! :o))
What a neat basket! I like that pattern. Blue is always a great color. Sew glad for this challenge and inspiration from everyone. Thanks for sharing!
That is such a cute little basket! Nice challenge finish. 🙂
Beautiful shades of blue! Thanks for the giveaway, Jo sent me 😻 tobyyellow@yahoo.com
Love the shades of blue you chose.
Very cute basket and fabrics.
Love the basket, and your colors are beautiful. What a great gift!
Win/win!! You’ve covered the blue challenge AND made something for the Christmas challenge too. I love the basket and might be tempted to make one to store my ‘fabrics-in-waiting’ that are currently in a pile on my cutting table.