Perils of a Pieced Back

I may have rescued it with a strip of blue from the front.  Certainly NOT how I wanted this quilt to go.  Quilting almost complete though.

Distracted

I took a little walk through "Central Park" today.

Tomorrow I will be good and get back to Joe's quilt . . . promise.

quilt pattern seen here

Valentine's Table Runners -- Done & Gifted

 Red and aqua gifted to a special friend with a little hand-made card.

 Pink and chocolate I'm keeping for myself. ;^)

I Spy for ABC Book

How An Idea Grows

I have yeast for brains.

I was browsing this book . . .

And came across this idea . . .

So I thought to myself, "Self . . . wouldn't it be fun to do each letter with a novelty print that starts with that letter."  I scoured my stash and came up with these.  I've since purchased a few more.  But, it doesn't end there, no.

I thought, "wouldn't it be fun to do an entire I Spy quilt out of prints arranged alphabetically."  What was I thinking!!!  Anyway, I've started to organize my collection in sleeves alphabetically ;).  But, it doesn't end there.

Since I knew that would be a large undertaking, I've been fussy cutting little 2" squares to make I Spy blocks to use as the back of each page of my ABC book.  I'll post a picture sometime.

See . . . yeast for brains.  Stick an idea in there and it rises and grows and even ferments a bit.

On another note . . . Joe is 4 months old already.  Guess I ought to finish quilting the rest of this quilt, since he no longer fits in the space I have quilted.

Valentine Crafting Spree

I am avoiding quilting Joe's quilt.  There, I said it.  Hence, the plethora of Valentine's crafts I've been pumping out the last few days.

Button collage.  A hot glue gun has been added to my list of "tools that are too dangerous for Sonia to use."

A Valentine pennant banner with fabric triangles purchased online.  (I really need to get some fancy molding around that window . . . oh, and clean those icky, icky blinds.)

Here's progress on my Giddy table runners.  Check out the quilting.  Tee, hee, hee.  I'm not usually a heart fan, but for Valentine's Day I ought to make an exception, right?

Work-In-Progress.

Now, back to Joe's quilt.  I could try some free motion stars as shown below.  Someone suggested straight line quilting straight through the quilt--not following the optical illusion.  The ideas are simmering.  Guess I ought to just get to work.

The three stars at the top and the meander on the right were done by my 5-year-old.  I love that she is not afraid to try new things!

A Valentine's Table Runner

Another WIP (just what I needed).  This cute little baby will be receiving some quilting and some stunning RED binding in the coming days, but I couldn't wait to share.

From a Giddy charm pack (by Sandy Gervais for Moda) I selected 7 squares.

I ironed them on fusible web and traced the biggest heart I could create. (I cut out a 5" square, folded it on the diagonal, and cut the top of the heart.)  Traced around a little cup to use up the rest of the square.

I arranged them on a 14.5" x half-a-width-of-fabric background piece, fused them, and stitched around them using a dark colored thread and the blanket stitch on my machine.  For the borders (I didn't take pictures, sorry), I selected 7 more squares, cut them in half, and sewed them in two sets of seven.  Pretty easy, refer to the picture above.  I'm working on another one with the browns and pinks from the same charm pack.  hee hee hee.

On another note, my son was supposedly taking pictures of his science fair experiment.  I found a bunch of these instead . . . turkey.