The color for this month is yellow
For any of you party goers who follow along
And I need to make at least 2 more to round up this months batch
For any of you party goers who follow along
And I need to make at least 2 more to round up this months batch
last years Block of the month from Sue Spargo
I had her background and environs finished
but not the knotty problem of her Prickles
Not wanting her to be boring, I decided to cover her with little drizzles, instead of the occasional drizzles as laid out in the instructions
A close-up reveals she is made of very densely packed drizzle stitch, you must admire them, they took for F%*king ever!3 different kinds of thread and some brassy colored tinsel type thread, like krenik but not them.
Because again, YBboring? And I had a little left for a little project, it wanted using up. So I paired it with a dark brown DMC size 8 twist
and randomly drizzled away
Then there was the med brown/purple/grey Finca size 8 twist
and last but not least the brown variegated that came in the BOMThe blocks are about 6" square so she's not a big
Hedggie but still that was a lot of drizzling
Good thing I had this car trip to see the eclipse
so I could finish her coat on the way when I wasn't driving.
Here she is Madame la Herssone!
I might give her butterfly another pair of wings though
The eclipse was wonderful BTW.
Madame La Herssone isn't quite finished yet
I decided her prickly's should be a close drizzle stitch
so.....she's going to be a while
I also want to give her butterfly another set of wings
My additions to the piece beyond the pattern are
more spots on the mushroom cap
bullion stitch for the gills
and a woven ring with cast-on frills for the stem
That place where 4 patches come together
is going to be hard to sew through because it's lumpy as hell and the patch below it must be reduced
Also, that yellow patch is too big, it need to be bisected in some way to make it seem less 'LookAt MEEEE!'
and a butterfly
Next we tackle the lumpy patch
I knew I needed to put something over it
so if the next part failed there was something over it to hide the oppsie-doo
That's where the Applique heart comes in
next I need to make a slit in the backing fabric
to get to the lump of 4 patch togetherness
and cut most of it away making it easy-er to sew through
Then to embroider the eye right in the middle
of all the mess to keep it from fraying and closed
I then surrounded the heart with a lace trim daisy chain
I used 2 colors of floss and chain stitch for the trunk and branches then wrapped some of it with another color to make it more knarled
The leaves are detached lazy daisies
So I added a branch and a swing made with an outline
and detached needle weaving stitch
and a squirrel
And anything else that I joined willy-nilly to throw on the pile??
Anybody? Anybody?
SO last month I was asked if I would help making costumes for Woodinville Reperatory Theaters production of "Act a Lady" I said yes aaaannnd Cue the chaos.
It was more a case of chaos in my normal staid boring routine
Pick up another hobby and wouldn't you know it,
Quilt guild called and would like their Quilter back, please, we're backlogged.
a daughter called and wants to surprise a girlfriend with a "Mom" made quilt,
taxes need doing and there is this trip coming up I need to pack for soon
Now do I mind all this chaos? No, not really.
Am I going to bitch about it? Yes, a little.
I wouldn't be m'mothers daughter if I didn't.
Here are 9 of the 12 blocks I made for the
Rainbow scrap challenge with this months color Purple
These are so simple to throw together It's like I knew, sOmewhere down the line, this year I was going to be busy
We are now working on the left side of the Ellie
where I have decided I need to break up some of the really big patches with something that makes them look not so big
And blank
Starting at this "corner" where several patches come together and make a lump underneath
I Appliqued this patch over the lump then went in back, made a slit in the backing, cut away all the extra fabric making the lump blessedly flat
So I could then embroider a big eye right where the lump was.
When you start a project, even if, you have drawn it outand planned your piece you can't always predict
what you are going to have to trouble-shoot.
or just shoot.
a border of daisy lace trim makes it stand out and blend in
Don't ask me how that works, it just does
Next a willow tree right in the middle of the big grey patch
to break it up into a more easily handled visual
and less intimidating blank space for me
Now on to the critters, Knew I wanted at least a bunny
and a crow, we have a Larch willow in our backyard
and crows like to perch on the crown of the tree
there is almost always one there on a nice day
And our yard has a rotten rabbit problem that I have a love/hate relationship with.
They're OK when the population is kept to proper levels
but when there is a boom the little rat-finks will eat all my bulbs down to a nub, before they get a chance to store up energy for next year.
The balance of nature is important.
Miss Birdie was made during my trip to my moms last April
I can't make up my mind weather she looks like
a redbellied woodpecker or a house finch
and looks pretty much like the pattern
only with more feathers in the wings
I had 2 weeks at my mom's
I got bored
20" x 16" ish elephant.
I added flowers to the cardinal corner
because he looked lonely floating over there all by his lonesome
Flower son the head
I have to keep reminding myself it will look different when it's stuffed
Lots of silk ribbon roses made with
Spiderweb, accordion, folded stitches
Also in there are white lilac in french knots
Fuchsias and a few random fantasy flowers
and lots and lots of leaves
Still not sure where it's occupant will go
I do like his green hide and blue belly
He also is as drawn out
I will try to do better but it's been a year so......
not everything is finished
I got side-tracked with the seasons applique quilt
I was sewing on these in the evening, during family time
but that comes and goes, depending on what we are watching at the time