Whooping Friday

I am glad to say the piggies were finished for RSC17.  I need to lay this one out to see if I need more or I have enough.  I made a barn block and want to add a tractor block (yet to be made), so this one might just be at the 'let's get it done' stage.

This would photo better outdoors, but it is raining today.  Happy dance that the temperature quilt had it's next row added.  I am really liking how this is looking

Sadly, poor Earlene did not get a single stitch added to her.  My Bag Ladies are crying in the corner because I have neglected them for so long.  Hibernation days are coming and they will certainly fill in those times with their whimsy.

 Speaking of neglect, hmmmm......  Actually this is my tower by the machine of all the year long projects.  QALs, SALs, block play, etc...  These must get to a finish and why I make November and December MY time.

And let's be honest while we're at it - there are more 'to be finished' projects on those three shelves.  I won't show you the pile of quilts that are waiting to be quilted.  They are stored front, batt, and backing together just waiting.

But those 'squirrels' keep popping up!  Actually this is a guild challenge-sew along.  The pretty pattern is one I've had for some time and is just to aid with the directions for the actual pattern we are using - no lovely pictures, just printed paper.  I am using this lovely jelly roll of 'Sophie' by Mary Koval for Windham Fabrics.  I will have to pull some stash from my CW tote to add yardage.

I, also, have another workshop Saturday on making landscapes.  Bonnie Lindsey of the Quilt Zoo came to our guild to show technique and a trunk show and then offered workshop time at her shop for two Saturdays.  Of course I am interested in the miniatures and post cards to the larger projects - a day to play.   

No furkids today, they have been either outside day and night or hibernating in hideaways somewhere upstairs.

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon

Scrappy Wednesday

I need to buckle down and sew the temperature rosettes to their muslin piece.  Each rosette has 7 pieces so represent one week.  I am placing 7 rosettes in a row.  You can see a huge change in our weather with this row.

Yellows went into a few limey greens that quickly jumped into aquas which are jumping into blues.  Yes, we got that cold!

54 - 56 - 58 - 61 - 49 - 50 - 48

I realized I hadn't touched the RSC piggies for Oct.  They were cut at some point, but never sewn.  I will quickly get those done today.

And remember how excited I was to use up the last bag of gifted scraps?  Well, some of you knew that wouldn't last and you are right.  New 'toys' came in the door.  Bonnie Hunter's new Mystery will be coming out (button on side bar), so maybe I can dig thru these to add to that tote.

  

Also, new in the door - some cone threads from Connection Threads which are on sale.  I also picked up the set of Bloc-Loc rulers which should come in handy for all the HSTs I love to make.  There were several packages of EPP templates, too - but I put those away before I remembered to photo.

It's another very cold day in the valley - time to sew,

Sewingly Yours.

Sharon

Monday Making

I had a request to make a bag for a young muscian.  She plays the violin, loves pink and purple,  and is bright ray of sunshine.  I picked up a yard of Windham's "Three Quarter Time" by Whistler Sudios.  Had a 1/4 yrd of that colorful notes.

Add this great screen print "Hollytex" with fun color, instruments, and just love those sunshiny faces.

I even caved and used the rest of my Mary Englbreit 'Merry Notes' for the lining.  I adore and hoard ME fabrics, so this had to be special.

A fun bag to make on a cold, rainy, windy day. 

*linking up with Monday Making and Design Wall Monday - sidebar*

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon

Flower Pounding WorkShop

My quilt guild hosted Lesley Grey, of Andes, NY to teach a Saturday day workshop on Flower and Leaf Pounding.  You can find a lot of this on the web from preparing your own fabrics or you can buy it ready to go.  We had Lesley purchase the prepared fabrics, enough and plus, for our class usage.

After a demonstration on using various flower and leaf types, placing them on the fabric, various technique steps - we were set off to experiment.

We are into our cold Fall weather and some members had a few items from their gardens and some bought from local shops for variety.

Supplies were basic - the prepped fabric, hammer, painters tape, towel (to help with the noise level), wood board, and vegetation of all kinds to play with.

And you can see there were all kinds of hammers - we shared items brought to as we found some things pounded out 'muddy', while others really had texture and/or color we liked.

Somehow I missed a table of members??? , we had 14 in the class.  But after our play time (and some lunch), we concentrated on making a more artistic piece from what we learned.  Everyone had a great time in learning a new technique and getting our feet wet with a little bit of fabric dyeing info as well.

Lesley , also, shared tips and techniques on adding detail to the piece with micron pens, stitching, and setting into finished miniatures.

 These are the three small pieces (of course I went small) that I completed during the workshop.  They need some finishing details and then put into wallhangings.  We each received 1/2 yard of the prepared fabrics, so I have a lot left and have stored in a zip-lock bag marked PFD (prepared for dyeing) and want to revisit this technique in the Spring when we have some fresh new flowers, ferns, and grasses to use.

It was a fun workshop on our last good weather day of the season.  Many of the members talked about how they were planning to incorporated their pieces into works and I look forward to seeing them as part of a guild meeting Show & Tell.

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon