Squared Up Sundays - 11/20

Howdy There Fellows,

Thanksgiving is this week! which means we can eat slightly more than normal and get all kinds of awesome desserts this week! paying an amazing tribute to that, since food is, of course, my main man, our block is this beautiful piece of paper pieced pie!

 I love this block ( even though I am more of a chocolate pie fan myself) and I am also incredibly in love with the fabric used in it as well, so if any one knows where to get it PLEASE let me know. 

It is most likely to close to Thanksgiving to make a full sized quilt how ever this would make an adorable wall hanging to go right above all of your beautiful homemade and store bought pies. 

With that I am off, I have plenty of preparing and helping myself to do for these next few days, if you make any of the blocks shown ever I would love to see them so tag me in them on every social media ever and let me know how it goes as well! 

Plus total side note, I'm trying that plopping thing tonight that people have been doing with their hair to make it curly and I'd be happy to write a blog post about the results if you all are interested let me know down below!

I'm ready to set sail ( and stuff my face),

                         Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sundays - 11/13

Hey-o Friends! 

This weeks square may be a little bit bigger than so but it's the best none the less.

Since pumpkins are the staple of fall and this months coolest holiday, Thanksgiving, this table runner seemed like an almost perfect fit. How ever, it was a table runner and not a block, the only down side to our festive piece. All is well though, since the piece are  appliqué, you can use them for anything. Block, table runner, or otherwise! These appliqués are simple and sweet, plus you don't have to actually be good at cutting out to make them since pumpkins are always kind of awkward anyways. (Thank God!)

 So go on and appliqué pumpkin away! make all kinds of quirky decorations for your fun month of November and if you post them up, share them with me! Tag me in your photos on any social media platform all of the links are above in the right hand corner, and with that
I am ready to set sail (and get festive myself),
                                              Ms. Sinking Ship

I'm on Patreon?!

That is right guys, as of this week I am on Patreon! 

This is super exciting because it can open up a whole new world of opportunities for me and for the blog, with the pledges I get I can pay for more sewing projects. That comes with another surprise, I plan on posting more real-time(ish) updates and other fun posts about the projects I am doing. 

Plus, I can use the money to help support other parts of the blog as well, I plan on getting CherishNotes back on track and the blog has been in need of renovations I haven't been able to do myself. I would also like to do a lot more things with the blog (and the youtube that goes a long with it) that I haven't been able to, but now can with the funding I'll get.

 I am so excited to get this ball rolling, I can not wait to see all of the awesome things that will come out of this!

Now for the other important part, if you are unsure what exactly Patreon is, 

It is a fairly new site for people who are artists, freelancers, bloggers, etc. to get an income or money for their projects. The website is set up so fans can pledge a certain amount of money that goes towards the person every month so they can continue on there endeavors, and keep creating content for people to see. It is a really neat idea that I am very happy to now be a part of. There are so many great artists and other people that are doing such incredible things because of the money they receive on Patreon and I think that is so awesome!

If you're interested in my Patreon, there are plenty of different options for pledges or if you don't have any spare change/ you just aren't super interested in what I'm selling but you like my spunk you can just follow my page for other neat updates that will get put up there. You can do both of those through this link-

https://www.patreon.com/cherishhornbeck

With that, I am off, There is plenty of other awesome things coming up soon that I have got to get on top of because fro a short time I was falling behind,

Ready to Set Sail ( and be back oh so soon),

                                                            Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sundays - 10/22

We are a whopping eight days from Halloween but no worries theres still plenty of time to create adorable quilt blocks just in time to decorate or sleep under the coziest and scariest blocks ever.

This week our block isn't just more complicated but its actually connected to next weeks block as well and you can get it's pattern on Pinterest or Easy. While none of those things necessarily go hand in hand they are all interesting facts that are fun to throw out there when you are wanting to list 

neat-o things in your posts.

So with out further adú, 

This coffin flower block is cute and creepy, which is one of the best combinations ever. This block would take a decent amount of time to making when you take in to account all of the small parts that would go into it but it would be so adorable by the end that it would totally be worth it. You could use this in a quilt as one block or you could set the entire quilt up with many of these to keep things on the classic but updated quilt side. No matter what this block will be keeping up with the ages and could be used for a very long time.

With that I am off,
Ready to Set Sail (and I not sure this post was very cohesive at all),
                                                                                          Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sundays - 10/15

After a short break Squared Up is back! For the entire month of October we are going to be doing Halloween themed squares because of the beautiful holiday halloween truly is, to start us off we have a cute, sweet and simple pumpkin block.

The hardest part of this block would be lining the stem up correcting and cutting the fabric to go around it in the right manner, but over all this block would be quick easy and perfect for a little place mat at the table. Plus with all of the different colors pumpkins can be now, the color palettes you could use is endless.

I have been a bit obsessed with quilting lately and I can see this block being a perfect transition for more than just plain strip blocks which makes it very exciting and one that I might possibly try very soon.

With that in mind I am off to finish the quilt I am working on now and start on the next one,

I am ready to set sail (and hang the halloween decorations early),

                                       Ms. Sinking Ship

P.S. I have a few ideas for other segments I would like to start since this one is going so well, I put up a poll on the side, let me know you're guys favorite!

Squared Up Sunday - 9/11

I almost didn't post today because for some people this day is very saddening and important and I was just very unsure about it, however I decided to go ahead and post todays and I picked this block very specifically 

The Butterfly Block

This block was picked today for the purpose that when a caterpillar goes into it's cocoon its body falls completely apart and because mush pretty much and then from that it is remade, and it all comes together to be born into a beautiful butterfly, and in bad times (like 9/11) our country does the same, when we are torn down we come together and help one another and are reborn better than before by the end of it. This block is incredibly detailed and very difficult but would be gorgeous to those that could make it. I wish you the best on this day, and I can't wait to see what you all make out of this block. 

I'm Ready to Set Sail (and I hope my point came across correctly),

                                                                                                      Ms. Sinking Ship

Squared Up Sunday - 9/4

Today's block is one I've always been incredibly fascinated with because it seems like it would be very simple but as a large quilt it would look incredibly intricate and beautiful

The Braided Block

This block seems like it would be fairly simple to construct and is very nice looking after but also looks very incredible when all put together on the quilt, it's connected by a large amount of thin strips all connected to make a braid, I eventually think it would be cute to make a quilted table runner out of this block but it's a project for when I get a house of my own for sure and not any time soon.

If you guys try out this blog I would love to see what you do with it and how you incorporate it into your quilts or other designs you put it in as always!

I'm Ready to Set Sail (and braid that bad boy!),

                                                       Ms. Sinking Ship 

P.S. Have an amazing Labor Day!