Friday Night Sew In

Well I decided to call it quits at 11:30 pm. I have made 3 things. I finished 2 of them from start to finish.

first:

This mini is for one of my swaps.I used my die cut machine and fusible webbing. I then went around each butterfly using a different stitch. (16 of them) I did couching to attach the fuzzy yarn in between the blocks and a straight feather stitch for the binding.

Next:

I made this little frog from The Purl bee blog.

The pattern is there for you to down load. Johnny was so easy to make and I stuffed him with Navy beans. I think I will use rice next time. The I could put him in the microwave to use as a heat pack.

Lastly I did this:

This is just a sample for a quilt pattern I found in a book. I can't find the book right now to tell you what it is. 

Each square is 1 inch finished. I am going to use the little squares from my postagestamp swap. I will change the flower color for each rose. The block will be 5 inches alternation with an "X" block. I will need 111 Rose blocks and 110 "X" blocks and about 40+ half blocks for the inner border. No I will not finish it real soon. It will take over 6000 squares to make a full size quilt

Scrap Happy Summer

I WON!

I want to thank Em for hosting the Scrap Happy Summer challenge.

It was a good reminder to use my scraps (love to use them) and to post what I was doing.

I chose the scrap bag filled with cozy country color scraps.  It is my style.

Now for the leaf update.

I am almost half way done. Working with black on black is harder than I thought. It doesn't help when you have your "Supervisor making you take a break.

Can I repeat that she is so "Bossy!"

I will get this done. Lucky for me Shelli has a Wedding to do this month and can look at the updates.

Again Thank you for Em and her challenge. My first blog site win.

Labor Day Marathon

I am off starting early! Here are pictures of my progressions:

I sorted out my Niblet (3 inch 9 patches) swap and the Inspector said, "You may mail them out now!"

She is so bossy!

Next I played with some blocks I made earlier while I ran a scan on my computer.

I call them my "Playground". They were a stress relief block. They too are 3 inches finished.

I am going to work on the border of a round robin I must finish this weekend! I will take pictures of their progress. The bucket of leaves goes with it.

Scrap updates.

I finally took pictures of the minis in the flimsy top state. I won't quilt them until later in winter.

Postage stamp swap 1 flimsy

 

 

 

New UFO flimsy

I am finding out I like to test the blocks this way before I commit to a larger quilt.

Going to my small quilt group tonight to give one of my Girlfriends a bag I made using a cut up Cat Litter jug for a liner. I made one out last week and Lorle fell in love with it. Fran asked for one too. I have only one jug left and I had recycled 3 a couple of weeks ago. Oh well!

I will post pictures of it tomorrow.

Scrap parade

I want to thank Em for hosting the "Scrap Happy Summer" parade. (use button on the right to see more.) I have been working on my scraps and posting them through out my short history. Here are a few I have taken pictures of before I sent them off.

This little pincushion is made from a 2 litter pop cap lid.

These are my first postcards I have made from fabric. They were fun and I know I am addicted to making more.

This little quilt, (the squares are now on fabric) will be my record of what postage stamp squares I have swapped out. I was going to put them in a book, but decided a little quilt was better.

Well that is all for now, but I will continue on through out the winter.

Happy scrapping to all.