Every summer, my family is fortunate to be able to vacation on the NC Outer Banks. There are several lighthouses one can visit but the most iconic is the Hatteras lighthouse.
Although the photo doesn't show it well, I stitched on the phrase Sand, Sun, Surf on the blue sky and OBX on the sand.
This mini was a great project to try several new (to me) techniques. It was the first time I tried to reproduce a photograph - my inspiration was this photo:
It was the first time I try painting with thread - and this was SO MUCH FUN!
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And it is my first every blog hop!
To celebrate all of the above, I am having a small giveaway of two fat quarters with a beach like theme. (I used the lighthouse fabric on the back of my mini.)
To enter, just leave a comment and tell me where your favorite beach is located. One comment per person - you don't need to follow my blog although I'd love it if you did. Giveaway closes Saturday evening April 28th at 11 pm est. Winner will be contacted via email.
Samm, thanks for organizing such a fun blog hop! Now it is time to go visit the other lovely ladies participating today:
Patty D (that's me!)
Happy Stitching!
My favorite beach would have to be the tiny one at the lake I learned to swim in - Lake Linka in Minnesota. :)
ReplyDeleteI've lived near the mountains my whole life, I went to the beach in California once guess I need to get away more often so I can pick a favorite. Thanks for the giveaway isn't the blog hop fun?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mini, Patty! You did a wonderful job - I love the finer details and think you captured that lighthouse in the photo. Well done!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite beach is Sunoka Beach located in the Okanagan valley of British Columbia.
My favourite beach is 5 miles up the road from my home, sandy, clean, peaceful & a piece of heaven. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeletegreat lighthouse Patty - love the thread painting - good to be able to learn new techniques :)
ReplyDeleteYou did very well for all your firsts. I love lighthouses and taking a thread painting class next month - a first for me. Just lovely and thank you for sharing. I don't have a favorite beach - for one I don't swim and two, deathly afraid of deep water.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful beach mini! You really brought it to life! My favorite beach is in New Brunswick, Canada, at Murray Corner.
ReplyDeleteyour thread painting is great! The grasses look so perfect. Thanks for sharing. I live in NC, but have never been to "The" lighthouse. Some day maybe...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Patty. I lived in Goldsboro, nc for 20 years. My favorite lighthouse was Oracoke.
ReplyDeleteI love the seaside,this brings back so many memories. Thank you for creating something magical.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite beach is on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Any of the beaches along the north coast are wonderful and worth a visit.
ReplyDeleteAtlantic Beach on the Emerald Isle North Carolina. I love traveling through the Carolina's. Used to do so on business all the time, miss those trips. Thank you for the Hatteras piece, love it!!!
ReplyDeleteThe beach fabric is a wonderful giveaway, especially the footprints. This is a wonderful mini and you did so well with your thread painting. Thank you for sharing with us. Judy C
ReplyDeleteI also forgot to tell you that I love Top Sail Beach in NC near my daughter. Judy C
DeleteMy favorite beach is Long Beach in North Carolina. I worked there once and stayed for several months on the first row. Love your quilt.
ReplyDeleteWe go to Carolina Beach each summer...thanks for the giveaway! boppiesgirl@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWow. Your mini quilt is sew pretty. I really don't have a favorite beach as I live in Iowa. I did live in San Diego 30 + years sew I guess I would have to say a beach that is in San Diego. Thanks for the great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI love your light house table topper! DH & I love to take pictures of lighthouses and turn them into cards. I would love to win the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite beach is in Mississippi along the gulf coast
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for a memory quilt of your vacation. You did a wonderful job, very creative. ;-> Toni Anne
ReplyDeleteGreat fabric painting! I love the beach/lighthouse in Manistique Michigan. Thanks for a chance.
ReplyDeleteI don't know the name but it is on Lake Michigan, it was where I went to Church Camp, it was a great place with lots of memories!
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Patty....ohhhh anything that is a lighthouse I am there with you.. there is something foreboding about them....and you captured this one to a T....T for totally awesome..there...YOU did it...and glad you did...
ReplyDeleteOHHHH ps...your first blog hop...I don't think it will be your last ...do you think? lol
ReplyDeleteGreat Job on the painting with thread! WOW.. Our beaches here in the PNW are mostly rocks..I miss the sand dunes of the NC beaches. :) Thanks for a chance at at a fun giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWOW! You did beautiful work - almost feels like one is at the beach. So, where does one go from here?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous thread painting, thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful thread painting - are you sure it's your first try? LOL Our fav beach is Cherry Grove, in the uppermost tip of coastal SC. Been going there for over thirty years! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI love your mini quilts - and the lighthouse reproduction is wonderful. CONGRATS on your FIRST hop and on the fabulous giveaway. My favorite beach is BALBOA ISLAND in California....or maybe it is LAGUNA BEACH in California...oh now, I can't choose just one! LOL
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Nice lighthouse. No beaches here in New Mexico, but I grew up in southern CA and I went to Malibu Beach a lot and I also love Santa Barbara's beaches. That footprint in the sand fabric is wonderful. I have never seen that one before. Not too many beachy fabrics here in NM either.
ReplyDeleteYou did great job.My favorite lighthouse is Torre de Hercules in La Coruña,Spain.Here are beautiful beaches and one of my favorite is Arenales del Sol,Alicante.
ReplyDeleteWaqrm wishes from Spain!!
I love lighthouses and you have created this one so well. The thread painting is beautiful. Great job! I don't have a favorite beach. I am more of a mountain girl. Thank you for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your thread painting!! WOW!!
ReplyDeleteWe live near the Mississippi, so our 'beaches' aren't quite as lovely! But I tell you any beach where I can sit with a drink in my hand is a winner in my book! LOL
You did a great job on that lighthouse mini and thanks for the inspiration for thread stitching grass - I'm going to try that. My favorite beach is along the Pacific Ocean in Pacific Grove, California. It has beach, rocks and a wonderful boardwalk for miles & miles.
ReplyDeleteJust love your light house ...... great job your thread paint is great it really adds to your mini
ReplyDeleteMy fav beach is anywhere that I can wiggle my toes in to the warm sand and go for a swim
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Love your Lighthouse-- and especially love the bright blue sky! It really makes the whole thing POP! Thank you for the chance to win-- I really love that footprints in the sand fabric-- I've never seen it before! :-)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite beach is San Luis Rey not far from Galveston. It is about the most quite place I have been and beautiful! My husband loves So Padre Island and I can agree with him too. Both places are beautiful and away from all the rush, rush, rush and busy streets. Thanks you for sharing your minis. I do love your lighthouse mini and hope to make one from a photo I have taken. Judith, Texas
ReplyDeleteI have one word! amaing!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great job, the thread painting really adds dimension to the project. Thanks for the opportunity to win. My favorite beach would have to be at our cottage on a small lake called Robertson Lake in Ontario Canada. An hour and a half from Ottawa, ON
ReplyDeleteI just love the lighthouse mini. I was planning on making a light house quilt for my sister-in-law but didn't know exactly what to make, a pillow, throw, table runner but I love the mini topper idea. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a beach person *gasp!* but my MiL is. She LOVES lighthouses. She would love this.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful lighthouse! Great summery feel. My favourite beach is Turkey Point, Ontario. Wonderful sandy beach!
ReplyDeleteWe LOVE the Outer Banks! We have gone every year for the past 5 or so. Your mini is beautiful! It makes me anxious to get to the beach. Thanks for the fabric giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love your beautiful mini. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful table toppers! My favorite beach is close by right on the Mississippi River! Thanks for the giveaway too!
ReplyDeleteWow Fabulous lighthouse!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite beach is the strand off Omey Island off the west coast of Ireland!
I loved your lighthouse mini quilt. Loved the idea!
ReplyDeleteWell, I spent my honeymoon at Bali Beach, Indonesia. That is my favorite!
My favorite beach is whatever one I am on! I grew up in San Diego and ended up n the mid west- this California Girl misses the ocean!
ReplyDeleteI am redoing my laundry room in a beach theme! the footprint fabric is so cool!
great job on the thread painting!
What a pretty topper! If I had to pick a beach it would be Half Moon Bay in CA...it's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGreat interpretation of the lighthouse and great job thread painting. I'm a little partial to the beaches in Chicago on the shore of Lake Michigan. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOooo! You are so brave to venture into new techniques! Superb job! I don't get to many beaches, but the ones along Lake Michigan are nice.
ReplyDeleteOnly had the chance to visit the Outer Banks once and loved it...great job on your lighthouse table topper!!! My favorite beach is in Bermuda.
ReplyDelete~Terry~
I live in the prairies and do find lighthouses to be enchanting. Love your thread painting.
ReplyDeleteThere are some wonderful beaches at the Tulum ruins in Mexico. Thanks
Great mini , I love lighthouses and the beach , great job on the thread painting too! My favorite beach is Mabou Beach in Cape Breton , Nova Scotia , just gorgeous. Thanks for the chance at your fun giveaway.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite beach is Panama City Beach in Florida. Like the lighthouses too...your thread painting embellishment is great
ReplyDeleteI love all the beaches on Lake Michigan - love Michigan beaches! beautiful work - love the lighthouse! thanks!
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely mini. Sounds like it was full of first and looks just perfect!
ReplyDeleteI was born and raised in San Francisco CA so I'm partial to their beach, but my daughter and family live in Grand Cayman and their beaches are spectacular....thanks for the great giveaway.
ReplyDeletePanama City Beach in Florida. Thanks for the giveaway! I love your lighthouse table topper!
ReplyDeleteOh MY! This are beautiful...The view of the ocean and the lighthouses. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove your lighthouse pictorial quilt! I love lighthouses too!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite beach is China Beach near Carmel. I've only been there once but it amazed me. Thanks for such a sweet giveaway.
Love lighthouses...We have one in Nova Scotia named Peggys Cove which is truly a beautiful spot. Thanks for sharing and a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteWell, isn't that cute - love your thread painting grasses - adorable! Had the most fun at Cocoa Beach in Florida with my kids a million years ago.
ReplyDeleteI live in Minnesota. The North Shore along Lake Superior doesn't have sandy beaches and the water is freezing but the beauty is spectacular. Split Rock Lighthouse is a very popular spot for photographs.
ReplyDeleteLove your lighthouse! My favorite beach is on Lake Michigan.
ReplyDeleteI really must try that thread painting--love it! You did a beautiful job on that lighthouse--WOW! I love Newport Beach in California. I wish I was there now. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your Lighthouse Table Topper-what a great idea! My sister loves lighthouses too. I'm from California and we have not as many as there are on the East Coast. It's great that they are being restored by a variety of organizations for us to appreciate the vital job they once did. Thanks for your idea.
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What a brilliant quilt and such a great idea to use a treasured photo
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant idea using your photo to inspire a quilt. I love the grass
ReplyDeleteVery clever! You did a great job!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite beach is Gulf Shores Alabama!!
Blessings
Gmama Jane
I like lighthouses also and have had a chance to tour a couple of them on the west coast. My current favorite beach is Cannon Beach in Oregon.
ReplyDeleteMartinique Beach in Nova Scotia. It doesn't have its own lighthouse but there is one on an island off shore. Sober Island.
ReplyDeleteWonderful rendition of a wonderful lighthouse! GREAT thread painting! Congrats on your first blog hop! FUN, fun, fun!! My favorite beach is at Pentwater, Michigan right on Lake Michigan - it goes on forever - and the dunes - ahhhh.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite beach just happens to be the outer banks too. We used to go camping a lot in Rodanthe. We have the best memories from there.
ReplyDeleteMy very favorite vacation of all time (in America) was one my husband and I took in the fall a couple of years ago to Maine. The lighthouses...the beach...the boats...the rocks...the small towns, I fell in love with it all! blessings, marlene
ReplyDeleteHands down my favorite beach is at Grand Haven, Michigan. It is my hometown. I miss Lake Michigan very much. I now live in KY and they don't know what a lake is.
ReplyDeleteI love your lighthouse, so like the original!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite beach as a child was the beach at Ynyslas, in Wales. We lived in Aberystwyth, and that beach was a pebble beach. Ynyslas had sand, dunes and shallow sea which was warm to paddle in. Great!
PS I am a follower.
Your lighthouses remind me of our trip along the Oregon coast. Great technique and thread painting. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeletePatti! You did an amazing job :) Yay you :) :) I have some of the same footprint fabric I bought on the Oregon coast. ... how funny is that :) Thank you for sharing and again, excellent job!
ReplyDeleteA favorite beach is Wasaga Beach, Ontario... we visited once and it was amazing. Thanks for sharing your mini quilt - love the details!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great job you did on your mini! I grew up on the east coast so I'm partial to the Jersey shore. Love the wooden boardwalks and all that great food!
ReplyDeleteFavorite beach-Sarasota, Florida
ReplyDeleteI love Cannon Beach, OR... Love our lighthouse and I've been wanting to do thread play myself, you did great!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite beach is in South Kehei, Maui.
ReplyDeleteI love lighthouses. Yours is amazing with the beautiful thread painting.
Thanks for sharing and the opportunity to win!
Very nice and such fun new techniques for you. My favorite beach would be any beach in Hawaii!!!
ReplyDeleteFavorite beach - would be the Outer Banks, NC, love your mini it is so pretty! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteGreat job Patti...and this is your first blog hop...job well done. Thanks for sharing your lighthouse mini...it is amazing. I would have to say my favorite beach is Cancun Mexico.
ReplyDeleteI love your lighthouse. One of my favorite of the NC lighthouses. I like our outer banks beaches here in North Carolina very much. Perhaps the beaches at Fort Fisher are my very favorite.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool lighthouse! Love how you did the grass too! :) My favorite beach would be Waikiki on Oahu, Hawaii. :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite beach ... do I have to pick just one? :) Hither Hills, Montauk, NY ... Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteI'm not entering the giveaway (and yes, I'm a follower already) but want to say how much I like your minis--it's very calming to see the lighthouse and I bet the words look amazing in person.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love your quilt! Awesome job! Thanks so much for sharing! My favorite beach is in Ocho Rios Jamaica! :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite beach is in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. No troubles, no worries, drinks with little umbrellas. I'd go back in a heart beat! If only someone else could pay for it. LOL!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite beach is the one we have just down the road from our house, on Aughinish island.
ReplyDeleteWonderful table topper. And the thread painting is terrific! Well Done, Patty!
ReplyDeleteA favorite beach is Tennessee Valley Beach, Mill Valley CA, 'cause it's near my kids.
Your mini looks wonderful. I love any ocean beach. There are some beautiful ones in Prince Edward Island.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite beach is the one a five minute walk from my home. Not on the ocean, but sandy and beautiful. I love your little mini. Very cute!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite beach is right behind the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego :) Great views! And, it always reminds me of the movie Some Like It Hot which is where the movie was filmed :)
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