Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop
Today is the start of the Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop hosted by MooseStash Quilting, and it’s my day to show you my little creation. It only seems fitting to be joining in this blog hop, since it’s been very chilly here lately with cold temps that feel even colder with the brutal wind we’ve been having. So let’s take a look at what I plunged in and created!
Some things are made just out of necessity, and that’s what I have to show you today. I joined in with the hop because I really needed to use some of my blue scraps, and I thought adding a polar bear to the mix was a fun idea. But what to make? I pulled out my blue scraps and stitched up some blue scrappy slabs.
Added some quick quilting in a log cabin-y design.
Traced up two polar bears on white fabric and added them to the blue improv slabs (forgot to take photos). Then I made a little bag that measures about 10″ x 3″. The polar bears face opposite directions, just for fun.
The necessity of this little bag? I’m going to use it to carry food from our freezer downstairs when I bring it upstairs. It’s easier than having frozen food in my arms. I think it will come in very handy.
So thanks for stopping by my blog today, and also thanks to Joan at MooseStash Quilting for hosting the Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop!
Before you go, here’s the list of the others participating in the Hop. Please visit them as well and leave a comment or two!
Monday Jan 24
Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life – That’s me!!
Tuesday Jan 25
Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel
Wednesday Jan 26
Quilting & Learning – What a Combo!
Thursday Jan 27
Friday Jan 28
Wendy
Improv Wavy Strips Tutorial
50 Comments
quiltinggail
Very cute bag!!! I love your improv blue and the addition of the polar bears is perfect! 🙂
marissthequilter
You are clever to use the challenge to scrap-bust, have fun, and make this useful and beautiful bag.
Anorina Morris
Your scrappy blue bag is absolutely fabulous! Such a fun project.
Cindy Pieters
I love your blue scrappy bag! A beautiful and useful project.
Rebecca Smith
I love your little bag.
Carol Kussart
That is a cute bag! I love the improve log cabins and the polar bears! Thanks for sharing!
karenfae
great idea for carrying frozen food from one freezer to another (makes me glad I do not have a basement with a freezer and I don’t have to carry frozen food far!
Joan
That is just perfect for frozen foods! Besides being adorably cute…what a great idea. I hate carrying frozen stuff up from the freezer myself. Thanks for playing with us and inspiring me to make one myself!
lynn bourgeois
Wendy, I love everything about your creations for the hop. Great use of scraps, and big points for ingenuity, (I know what frozen food can feel like going up a flight of stairs). Thanks
Elizabeth Coughlin
Your bag is really beautiful! I also use a tote to carry food upstairs from the freezer and pantry in my basement, but mine isn’t as lovely as yours!
Zenia Rene
This is such a cute tote Wendy!I adore the scrappiness of it. Utilitarian makes are the best.
Tracie
Of course I love blue — and those polar bears look great! That’ll be fun bag to use to transport frozen food. (Since my freezer is downstairs, I make those trips too!)
Barbara J Stanbro
Oh what fun! Very cute bag.
Daryl
You made something using 2 things I love: scraps and bags. What a great idea to put it to such good use for carrying your frozen food in too. Nicely done Wendy.
inflorescencedesigns7f538ce9d0
Such a cute bag and I love the scrappy-ness of it. When I was a kid, my favorite animal was the polar bear…not so much now but my kid self would have loved this bag to pieces!
sewswift
I love that adorable bag and those polar bears look perfect on it! The scrappy look in blues is so pretty. Great idea for carrying the freezer food to lessen frostbit fingers.
Vicki in MN
What a darling bag and I really like your idea of using a bag to carry up from the freezer, my hands feel like an iceberg when I get upstairs!
Connie S Wolfe
Great inspiration for using scraps! Thanks for sharing.
Connie W.
Sandi
Your idea and the bag you made are wonderful!! The bag and the polar bear are just precious. Hugs,
Becky Turner
Love those bears on the pieced blue background!!
Diann@ Little Penguin Quilts
I love your reason for making this cute bag! It’s just great, Wendy! Pretty blues, using up scraps, a polar bears, and useful, too – a win all around.
rl2b2017
Hi again, Wendy! Cute bag! And just the perfect use for it, too. I love all the different fabrics you chose and mixed together – they definitely play nicely together. {{Hugs}} a bunch. ~smile~ Roseanne
Karrin Hurd
Adorable bag, and I think I need one of those to carry things in from the garage freezer. I always have to stick my fingers under warm water to get them warmed up! Thanks for sharing!
Laura
Super cute and useful! I want one just like it even though I don’t have to carry food upstairs! 🙂
Kim
Very cute and quite practical! Good idea.
Kathleen McCormick
What a great bag and your polar bear is so handsome! I love that you will use it to carry frozen things upstairs…a perfect use for this bag.
June Alton
Love the bag. The polar bear is so cute.
Turid
Oh Wendy, I love this. Your bear is perfect, and so is your bag. To use up some smaller scraps is an extra bonus.
Selina
Love your Polar Bears. Great idea to use them as guardians of your frozen foods.
Helen
You truly have a style different from any other quilter. I think if I saw one of your quilts in some random spot somewhere, I’d know it was one of yours.
The Joyful Quilter
A Hop project with a purpose. Well done, Wendy!
Lj Meyers
A lovely work of art, Wendy. I thought the pieced block was totally sweet and wonderful though your addition of the polar bear was wonderful. What a great idea for it’s use…I understand how cold things get before getting to the kitchen. Perfect!
Andrée
Hi Wendy, that’s a great looking bag and a great idea to put frozen food in there to carry upstairs. Very useful.
Theresa
Such a super cute bag, love it.
Leah
What a great bag! The Polar bears turned out fantastic!
mspdesignsusa
I love your polar bears! Excellent use of scraps for a handy freezer transport bag. Thanks for sharing!
kermiequilt
Hello Wendy, When I saw your project, I thought–“Why didn’t I think of that! instead of having frozen items slipping to the floor as I’m carrying them upstairs”. Enjoyed seeing your design, and creative fun.
Colette
Love your bags, and for some reason the backgrounds make me think of the aurora borealis. I like the reason you made them too. To carry stuff from one level to another. I do that with a bag I got from the funeral home to carry canning jars. I know weird right?
Dix
Great Project & useful as well! Love the improv log cabin as well as use of scraps. Thanks for sharing your creativity with all of us.
Brenda @ Songbird Designs
Love your bag, Wendy as well as the improv log cabin blocks! Great project.
Carol Otter
Love your tote bag! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Beth Strand
Wonderful!
Carol Andrews
What a perfect tote bag Wendy! Love the wintery background. 😉
Quilting is in my Blood
What a great bag! Love the improv log cabin blocks and the color scheme and especially those adorable polar bears!
Carla
A very clever tote with a beautiful scrappy blue background. Love it.
Judy K Blauer
Your bag is just perfect! I love the idea of using it for freezer food .
Sandi Scarlett
Love your bag!
Kirsten Leysieffer
Fabulous! I love the wonky log cabins as blocks for the bag sides. And the polar bears really pull it together.
Sandy Panagos
What a cute little project. Love the polar bears!
texasquiltgal
The blues and the polar bear are perfect for the cold stuff! Does anyone at your house appreciate the appropriateness? 😉 Love it!