Challenge #5 Heroes

We hope you all had a great summer break and enjoyed the HEROES Challenge! Here are our interpretations of the theme...

You can read all about the customised Iphone case on Made in Home.

And read about this quilt top at Charm About You.

For a chance to win a $25 Fat Quarter Shop gift certificate and a yard of Ann Kelle fabric, make sure you link up your finished projects and please remember to include the button or a link to Le Challenge in your blog post or Flickr description.

Remember to come back tomorrow to see the next theme!

Let's see what you have been up to!

More inspiration from Martha

Here is Martha from Weekend Doings to show you her fantastic improv quilt...

Thank you so much Nat and Lucy for inviting me to be part of this month's challenge. I think super heroes are a fascination to kids and adults alike. They spark our imagination and bring out the child with in us. I'm really happy to be sharing with you my Superheroes Quilt that I recently made for my four year old nephew.  He was totally smitten by the characters on the quilt (and so was I).The creative process for this quilt was very spontaneous and basically inspired by the fabric itself. I happened to stumble upon the superheroes fabric while shopping for fabric for another project. And instantly fell in love with it. By the time I left the store I had the design of the quilt already planned out in my head.

 

The fabric is Superhero By Illustration for Robert Kaufman. It is a panel of about 3/4 of a yard with perfect seam allowances between each frame. Which makes cutting super easy. I wanted to have the superheroes flying over the city landscape, so I did improv piecing using light gray Kona cotton for the background to achieve that effect.

I used the newspaper print as the focal point for the quilt back. And quilted it with straight lines all over. I think the simple quilting adds to the whimsical yet modern feel of the quilt.

This has been one of my favorite quilts so far. It was a great leaning experience as I've never done improv piecing on a quilt before (and I'm sure it won't be the last).

Thanks again for having me. I'm absolutely thrilled to be here at Le Challenge and I'm really looking forward to seeing all your Heroes projects.

Martha.

Thank you for sharing your brilliant quilt Martha! 

I hope you're all working hard on your projects, only 14 more days until the link party!

We are all Super Heroes!

I hope you are all enjoying working on your HEROES projects... to spur you on we have added to the prize for the link party on September 15th.

The super sweet Kelle of Ann Kelle has designed the adorable fabric line 'Super Kids' out this month.

"I couldn’t be more happier to share with you my newest fabric collection, Super Kids. I love super heros . . . I actually think each of us has a super hero in us... Girls are super heros, too. So, I drew them and a couple of other characters. I love this collection. It makes me giddy inside, especially the girls."

Kelle is kindly giving the winner of this month's challenge a yard of 

Super Kids in the print of your choice!

So fly my pretties, fly and create any craft project based on the theme of HEROES (and it doesn't have to be the super variety), come back here on September 15th to link up your finished projects and you have a chance to win a yard of this cuteness along with a $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop.

Thank you so much to Ann Kelle for sponsoring Le Challenge this month!

Heroes inspiration... fabric edition

Have you come up with any ideas for the Heroes theme?

Here's some fabric ideas to get you thinking...

The obvious to me is Superheroes:

Superhero

Marvel Comics Fabric

Make your own costume with these panels! 

Two quilt patterns

Or it could be war heroes:

Project Linus: Hugs for Heroes

Camo

Perhaps your hero is an author or a character from a book?:

Dr. Seuss

Nancy Drew

Or you have a creative/sewing/designer hero?

Aneela Hoey

You could have a sporting hero:

Pretty Sporty

tennis

Or a musical hero:

musical notes

Possibly TV heroes:

Star Trek

Homer Simpson

Why not have a break and think about it while you eat a hero sandwich?

Hero sandwiches

Then come back here on September 15th to link up your fabulous HEROES inspired craft projects and have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop!!

Giveaway winner

The winner of 3 paper pieced patterns from Kristy's lovely shop is:

Congratulations Julie! I'm sending you an email.

Now I must fly back to my lair to complete more super feats of quilting ready for September 15th :)

Inspiration from Kristy + GIVEAWAY

Today the lovely Kristy from Quiet Play is giving us some inspiration for the HEROES theme on Le Challenge. Be sure to come back here and link up your heroes craft projects on September 15th for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Fat Quarter Shop and follow us for more inspiration. Here's Kristy...

Heroes. We’ve all got them. But currently mine are all LEGO-fied. Thanks to my kidlets’ obsession with LEGO DC Superheroes and Star Wars. So for a bit of inspiration… here are some fun paper pieced heroes!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

No! It’s Superman!


Nanananananananana BATMAN!  Okay maybe I didn’t have enough “na’s” in there but you get the idea.



Oh and Robin. We can’t forget poor overworked, underpaid, less star-powered Robin.



And for us girls…. Wonder Woman! (you’re supposed to sing that part).



Or maybe you’re a Star Wars fan – there are some heroes happening there too. And what are heroes without villains, or as well call them in my house, goodies and baddies? So here’s an assortment of both.



Keen to try one of your own for the very fun Le Challenge this time round? There’s extra time for this challenge so plenty of time to try some paper piecing! You can find these patterns in the Quiet Play Craftsy shop as freebies.

While you’re there, why not check out some of the other patterns on offer? You know, in case you win the giveaway. Oh yes, there’s a giveaway attached to this post! Winner’s choice of 3 paper pieced patterns. Just leave a comment telling us your favourite fictional hero!

And finally to end on the hero note… how about a theme song? You know it’s gotta be from the 80’s. I think the 80’s has a song for every possible theme there is.

So. Enjoy. ;)

Thanks Kristy! The winner of the giveaway will be open until Monday 29th July and announced here on Tuesday 30th... comment away!

**GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED**

And the winner is {le challenge #4}

 Entry no 10, by Vera (who actually made two items for this challenge)! Congrats!