Let me first say that this has been a wonderful hop.
Madam Samm , I don't know how many more great hop ideas you have, but I hope it's a lot. This one has been such fun. And
Carla, you are just the best cheerleader and a darn good doorstop maker yourself. All while keeping two hops running smoothly. Thanks ladies!
As soon as I heard about this hop, an idea popped in to my head. This is North Carolina, after all, so I had to make a lighthouse. I started with this:
This is a very heavy bottle that once held either German wine or beer. It is full of sand and was once made into a lamp, but now just has a cork in it to hold the sand in. My husband has had these since before he met me. And I have used it as a doorstop, but now to dress it up.
I took some muslin and sandwiched some batting in there, pinned on some black Kona and got to stitching. Sadly, I did not photograph the rest of the process for you. But, moving onward...
I pebble quilted the base in white so it would look like it was made of stones and the black areas are pebble quilted in black. The light is made of a rectangle of muslin, quilted to look like rectangular windows and the roof I used black on top and brown in the bobbin to quilt the shingles. The brow looked better, so it became the top.
The sun hasn't been out here much in the last couple of weeks, but I finally had some rain free time with high clouds to photograph outside.
Here you can see the roof and the light a bit better. the light is resting on a platform made of felt covered cardboard.
Happy beach days to you...well, maybe soon. Now hop on to see the rest of my friends creations.
GrammieQs
Pickles Quilting
Made by Me in Red
A Passion for Applique
Living With Purpose
Tipsy Teacup Creations
Sew We Quilt
