Quilting

I saw on Practical Scrappers a "call" for quilt-inspired layouts.  I decided to go total quilt and do a "guilty pleasure" page (as some of my scrapping friends had challenged me to do in January).  My guilty pleasure is definitely technology, so I chose to scrap a picture of my phone and TouchPad.  I though this quilt pattern sort of looked like electrical boards, so I thought it would work well.  I cut the pieces with my Silhouette out of PiggyTales paper (Steadfast Tin Soldier).  Then I ran them through my Xyron X so they were all glued up.  Then it was fairly easy to just attach them to my paper to make the background.  Then I stitched (by hand) a few squares of red thread to help hold everything down.  Then I added my picture, some twine stitching, journalling tag (stuck behind the picture), and an altered Thicker title.  The layout itself is inspired by ScrapbookSteals' MidWeekMojo Garnet 7 sketch.

Once I got that page done, I wanted to "quilt" some more.  So I made this card for my MOPs small group leader.  I think it is perfect for her, as she is an accomplished quilter herself (although she does more applique quilting than piece quilting).  The papers are from MME's This and That 6x6 pad.  The layout is based off of Scrapbook Steals' MCM #66.  I added the stamp sentiment and a pinwheel to finish it off.

I think I am going to try some more truly quilt inspired layouts soon.  I had drawn up a few, but I didn't have pictures that would work perfectly for them...