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Although you can create all of your pages by hand, sometimes a particular template design will offer you some inspiration and provide you with a head-start on squares, so you can focus on harvesting your scripture verses and adding the finishing touches. A variety of templates is available in th

Tis the season of harvesting the bounty of orchards, which provides us with some prompts to consider God's abundance and provision. Let's use this Apples in a Basket template to express some of our gratitude for God's abounding mercy, steadfast love and abundant peace! I began by shading in the a

Today I worked on this quilt and I placed it in Matthew 6. Verses 13 through 16 teach us how to be the salt and light of the world. Thank you for the template. I am enjoying them.

First debuted in the July portion of the 2024 Monthly bible Quilt Journal is this quilted shirt design. Have you tried it yet?? I'll be curious to see how you design your own shirt! I started by adding color using a blue gelato pastel. Then I tore the edges off a a flip card to glue it onto the

This is such a cozy template that our Bible Quilting friend, Janice from West Virginia, designed for us to use during this cold season! Have you had a chance to create with it yet? I tried something new: white puffy paint to add some snowy texture tip: I'd suggest doing it as the very last ste

Inspired by our theme for October, I created a page themed around Service, using the Toolbox template. Serve Wholeheartedly Thanks to Mary Jo for designing this "handy" template. 😉 Here's a peek at how I created with it the first time around: Tools for Growth Gather up your BQ tools and enjoy

Here's an example of the Headline Banner template in the BQ Notes Journal with a good message about envy. I outlined the perimeter in washi tape before the service and finished shading color into the quilt squares after church. Sermon notes on Envious Heart "...for I have learned to be content w

Grab your musical stickers and washi tape, friends, and embellish this template while listening to your favorite worship song! This template is featured in July of the Building a Firm Foundation Monthly Bible Quilt Journal. If you don't have that version of the BQJ, it's also available as a sepa

The month of love and valentines will soon be upon us. ❤️ Here's a template that works well for themes of love, friendship, and compassion. Since I originally designed this template for a Mother's Day session, I named it the Mother's Heart template. Mother's Heart page in my Bible Quilt Jou

How many times have you been faced with a decision, wondering which direction to take? The Arrows of Discernment template may provide you with a starting place. Harvest some scriptures that are meaningful to you that you can pray for His leading, then begin creating! Lord, Direct my Path Thi

Here's a cute car template for you to illustrate and capture verses on the topic of forgiveness or grace. You can personalize this one in a variety of ways!! I started by attaching it to my Monthly BQ journal, securing it with washi tape, and then began coloring it with a metallic gel pen. I s

This month I've focused on scriptures about harmony, so it seemed fitting to pull out the music templates as an option for my blank pages. I glued the template onto some polka dot scrapbook paper, then added a long "bling" sticker on both edges. This defined my color scheme and I was lucky to fin

What are the traits of a good friend? As I focus on the topic of Friendship in my Monthly BQJ this month, I've been reflecting on attributes of friendship. I pulled out this template my sister-in-law designed a while back to do an additional page. Friendship Chain https://www.wix.app/stores/6c8145

April showers bring May flowers.... This TULIP template is a fun one to color! Sometimes a simple floral design offers you the opportunity to settle your mind and soothe your soul as you contemplate the beauty of nature. Then select scripture that steadies you in the moment, choosing colors th

I carved out some time this week to decorate the Heavenly Hospitality template I'd attached in my Monthly BQJ a few weeks ago. How is YOURS coming along? I was delighted to discover a pineapple washi tape in my stash, so I added it and colored in the pineapples on the page to get my creative

Back-to-school season is often a whirlwind of gathering up school supplies, meeting teachers, and adjusting to new activity schedules. It's also a great time to pray over students and their school environment. I started my page by coloring the elements and adding some book-ish washi tape. Then I

The Open Bible template can be used for selected topics or even as a summary for particular books of the Bible. I drew inspiration from a framed print of my Mom's. It depicts a windblown Jesus gazing upward with a passage from John printed below the illustration. I took a photo of the print

A lighthouse serves as a beacon of help, providing a fixed point to use for orientation. It's bright beams can illuminate the correct path homeward. Thanks to our Alabama friend, Alice, who designed this wonderful Lighthouse template for us to create with in our Bible Quilt journals! At a rece

This template can be used to curate scriptures you're praying over for loved ones, your own personal development, or for your church leaders. Check out the "31 Days of Prayer" series to get ideas for your prayer journey. Thanks to Sandra, our Bible Quilting friend in Alabama, for designing this

Sometimes you just need a straightforward template to highlight a key word or phrase. I recently added the Banner with Slash Border to the online shop to provide you with another template that can be used for any topic! This was initially printed in the updated version of the Original Bible Quilt

Now that we're in to fall, we can dive into all the fun fall embellishments! This Autumn Harvest template has the beginnings of a pumpkin patch and a scatter of leaves, so it's pretty easy to add depth by putting on some more pumpkin stickers. I even found a sticker that was just the right size

I had my tote along with me on a recent road trip, which allowed me to stay current with my devotions and daily Bible Quilting. This month's featured template in the Monthly Bible Quilt Journal is the School Lunchbag that MaryJo designed for us a while back. I started the page by shading in the e

In the heat of summer, we can take a few moments in the cool AC to get a little crafty with scripture... even if we're not at the beach! The featured template for July in the 2024 BQ calendar is this beach design. It's a fun one to color or to add some bright summer stickers. 🌞 Here's another sa

The Quilted Heart, designed by our friend Alice in Alabama, is the featured template for February in the 2024 Monthly BQ journal. If you don't have the journal, you can still try out the template as a printable: Quilted Heart https://www.wix.app/stores/6c814583-2491-4abb-959e-1974bb34251f/catalo

Most of us have a welcome mat at the entrance of our front doors. We scuff our shoes on it as we shuffle into one another's homes, crossing the threshold into another's space. Often we also have potted plants or seasonal decor, like some friendly pumpkins, to create a cheerful ambiance. I decid

" A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." John 13:34 What does it mean to "love one another?" There are many ways to love one another as we care for our families, our church body, and our neighbors. Responding as Christ would is a great f

We've had the cloud template around for quite a while and I've used it for a variety of topics. This first one was inspired by "Things Above" podcast I was listening to on my morning walks. (Sorry, I have NO IDEA which particular episode this was.) In Christ I did another one during the spring s

As we go through our Bible reading plans this year, we'll encounter several genealogies. Full of hard-to-pronounce names and repetitive phrases, these passages can be dry and somewhat unmotivating. However, we can learn a lot by exploring the stories behind some of the key characters in these geneal

Mary Jo designed this cute ribbon template for us a while back and I recently got around to loading it into the shop and making a sample of it. I printed it smaller than full page size so that I could use a wide washi border on it. This template is one of those that would look great with decor

Have you selected a word or phrase to focus on this year? It took me a while, but I settled on GRACE as my word to explore more in-depth. I've gradually been doing a page in my Monthly BQJ. I've had some requests to have this available as a separate printable aside from th journal, so I've got