Laundry Day Blog Hop

YEAH it's laundry day!  Never thought I'd say that so happily! Jen and Jan are holding a Laundry Day blog hop. When they put out a call for participants I jumped right in. They came up with this cute little free pattern that we all used and personalized it however we wanted.

It was the perfect size for me to use as a magnetic quilt for my steel front door. My house is a tan two story with a red door, so of course I had to make the house in the quilt to match:)   The mini mini quilt hanging on the line drying was to be a 4" block we made to look like a quilt. However, I had a light bulb moment and I made my mini mini into a real little 4" quilt. Now I could detach and make seasonal quilts to hang on the line!

Look at those stinking cute little clothespins I just happened to have in my crafting stash-they really work!!

 A lady bug and a basket button was added after quilting (think that mini mini will fit in the basket?).

Did you notice I made my binding to match the colors in the quilt-that was a first for me!  I confess it took way longer than a traditional binding but this one just screamed do it, LOL  A flower button was added. Oh another light bulb moment- I attached these buttons with safety pins in the back so I could change them out if I wanted to.

I was having loads of fun with the quilting, lines on the house to represent siding, jagged lines for grass. U turns for the sidewalk and road. Upside down clam shells to represent shingles on the roof. The doorknob is a bead. To make the quilt magnetic I put little pockets on the back of the quilt to slip a strong magnet into.

Feather clusters for the sky, maybe they are clouds, with a butterfly flitting about.

I used an assortment Island Batiks for this mini.

Thanks Jen and Jan for such a fun pattern and Blog Hop! There are several of us participating today and tomorrow in this Blog Hop. It will be so fun to see how everyone has personalized their own little Laundry Day.  Here is a list.

March 10 Reveal Day

Jen Rosin  A Dream and a Stitch
Kate Heads at Smiles From Kate
Jennifer Fulton at Inquiring Quilter
Karen Thurn at Tu-Na Quilts, Travels and Eats
Melva Nolan at Melva Loves Scraps
Vicki at Vicki's Crafts & Quilting
Julie Stocker at Pink Doxies
Anja Clyke at Anja Quilts
Diann at Little Penguin Quilts
Jayne at Twiggy & Opal
Susan Arnold at Quilt Fabrication
Leanne Milsom at Lizzie the Quilter
Sandra Walker at Mmm! Quilts!

March 11 Reveal Day

Janice Holton at Color Creating & Quilting

Sola at Alice Samuels Quilt Co

Jennifer Strauser at Dizzy Quilter

Amy Gerlich at Amy Scrap Spot

Sharon Denney Parcel at Yellow Cat Quilt Designs

Tami at Sew Much for Free Time

Suzy Webster at Adventurous Applique & Quilting

Tish Stemple at Tish's Adventures in Wonderland

Susan Gordon at Sevenoaks Street Quilts

Anne Boundy at Said With Love

Barbara Wootie at The Flashing Scissors
Jan Welander at Making Scraps

Mary Marcotte at Fleur de Lis Quilts

I've been told there are prizes if you leave a comment at both Jen's A Dream and a Stitch  and Jan's Color, Creating and Quilting blogs.  I hope you all enjoy hopping around seeing everyone's project!

I'll be linking up with a few linky parties on my left side bar.