DON'T LET THE DOOR STOP YOU BLOG HOP

It's finally my day in the DON'T LET THE DOOR STOP YOU BLOG HOP!  I've been anxiously waiting for this.  I really wanted to participate in the SHE WHO SEWS blog hop, but missed out on the sign up.  Booo hooo!  I had soooo many ideas.  But never fear, there's another blog hop to funnel my creative juices to and that wasn't going to STOP me!

My first DOOR STOP  light bulb moment came to a sudden STOP when I couldn't find the right supplies.  My thought was to take a hexagon shaped stepping stone, cover it with a hexi grandmother's flower garden quilt block and ta da... a DOOR STOP.  Now I know I've seen those hexi stepping stones before but none were to be found in my area of Texas.

OK, light bulb #2 and DOOR STOP #1

I took an old "cutter quilt" I picked up at a garage sale for a song

and covered this landscaping  rock.

The gail force winds of Texas won't blow this door open with this door stop.

What was I thinking, putting a handle on this.  Well, I was thinking I could pick it up by the handle and move it out of the way or do another door.  YEAH RIGHT!  Did you see the condition of that cutter quilt.  It's seen it's better days and when I tried to pick this boat anchor DOOR STOP up, I start hearing rip.  STOP, just pick it up with both hands and forget the handle!   I had to laugh at my optimism though.

OK, that was kinda cheesy and not good enough to compete with all those other, other, other ladies (wink, wink). So back to the drawing board.  I'm brainstorming with my friend Marcella (well Marcella did most of the brainstorming), who gave me this pin cushion for Christmas and it hit me again....

Light bulb #3 and DOOR STOP #2

I ask Marcella if she would help me make a DOOR STOP like my pin cushion only on steroids.  I can't paint like Marcella can but if she would paint the face, I could do the rest.  (Marcella is famous you know... she's written lots of books back in the day on painting and used to paint for Jim Shore and we all know who he is!)  Well, Marcella is kinda like all of us, an over achiever zealous kind of girl and a couple of days later she calls me and says, "I have your DOOR STOP finished!  Here she is.  Isn't she the sassiest QUEENIE you've ever seen.  I just LOVE HER TO PIECES (Marcella AND the DOOR STOP QUEENIE).  She even has a crown to go with her sauciness!  If she had red hair she might remind me of someone else I know.  (wink, wink)

But I technically didn't make it.  It is hand crafted, just not by my hands.  So how was I going to top that.  Days went by and I thought and thought and then in the middle of the night...

LIGHT BULB #4 and DOOR STOP #3

A crown, every QUEEN needs a CROWN!  And not just any crown will do.  I have several of those and they were great inspiration.

I started by drawing a pattern, added some sparkly white fabric, a round tin, a bag of pea gravel, a couple of yards of sequins, and sequins trim, and some jewels. I shared my idea with my loyal King, and he wasn't nearly as excited or impressed as I was.  But not to be discouraged!  I trudged on... And TA! DAH! I BRING YOU  A CROWN FIT FOR A QUEEN'S DOOR!  Won't it look absolutely marvelous in my studio!

And by the way, I won the King's approval with the finished royal product.

Be sure to check out the other DOOR STOPS participating in this hop.  They're sure to STOP you in your tracks!

February 5th
More Stars in Comanche 
Buzzing and Bumbling
Sew and Sow Farm
Purl Buttons Blog
Carretel E Agulha
The Quilting Queen (you're in the queen's palace right now)
Pig Tales and Quilts

You can see the entire schedule here.

Many, many thanks to our sponsors Quilting Treasures

And last, but certainly not least, our fearless leader Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt and our awesome cheerleader Carla at Creatin' in the Sticks!  You girls ROCK!

Now, don't STOP yet, leave me a comment, join my site and/or follow me,  and/or, like my page on FB, all (or just one) for a chance to win this cool panel of Handmaids to make some of the SEW adorable projects you've seen on the SHE WHO SEWS Blog Hop going on in conjunction with this one.  How smart as that Carla; two blog hops in one!

Have a ROYAL quilting kind of day!