sewing saturday..... bunnies and a challenge finish

 

and it's Saturday again, which means it's time for this week's sewing round up! (fingers crossed I can make the computer work once again to do a post) 

I made three sizes of bunnies this week, from the free newsletter pattern at Shabby Art Boutique....but she announced this morning that the site crashed ( a lot of computer problems going around) so you can't find the pattern there at the moment. 

I used scraps, including one gorgeous little calico in green for Rainbow Scrap challenge this month... 

I've made many dolls, and having the right turning and stuffing tools makes them fast to make. Instead of following her directions I put arms and legs on with buttons so they could bend and move

The real fun came in finding ornaments to show personality. To me it's mama a 10 year old and a 5 year old...in their easter finest

Mama had to have pearls (a mismatched older clip earring) and tulle trim on her skirt, the 10 year old had a carrot dress and ribbons, the youngest has a doll (a pin made from a bunny and antique quilt scrap bought long ago at an art festival) 

What lady doesn't want pretty new shoes for Easter??

even if you kick them off while relaxing on the sofa

bits of lace saved from other projects, old jewelry, pieces of felt, fabric markers for faces... and they are so sweet in the family room

Next up... the Project Quilting challenge this week, the final challenge for the year, was Ad Intra

which seems to mean look inward... or interpret something within you. At first I thought, well I'll copy Munch and his work The Scream... with a self portrait, but decided though that was my life at the moment I didn't want to look at it. After discussing it with Joy, I remembered a quote I have loved for a long time...

I seek peace, and safety so that kind of reflects my heart... I found a google image and printed it onto fabric, and started from there. It went through a lot of iterations before I settled on these fabrics and layout

Starting with the poem I glued the fabric onto peltex pulling it to the back and couching a green sparkly thread over the edges

It stands out from the background and held on by 4 gold ball beads

Originally I wanted this background but it kept looking so busy 

now that I see it here, I kind of wish I'd used it... but making art is a series of decisions... some can be undone, some are behind you and part of the past.

Sometimes there is no right or wrong decision, you make one and live with the consequences... right? 

 

So much is going wrong in our lives at the moment that I feel shell shocked and often paralyzed. So making any choice is good for me.

Of course I used metallic threads to quilt in and put sequin stars on with tiny seed beads. The top fabric was pulled to the back and glued down. To finish it I pressed the edges in on a pretty fabric I wanted to use on the front too, laid it on the quilted piece to cover the raw edges, and invisibly sewed to the turned top edge. 

don't look at the threads not pulled out from previously sewing the top fabric

What a lovely back!!!

ahhhhhh.... I want to live there. 

When I printed the quote, I also printed on the same fabric this quote

so, for what it's worth, it's finished and sitting on the mantel. I used a quote I've loved for years, I participated, I got it done in basically one day, and miraculously I made decisions. It's small, but when I was done I realized it reminded me of Cape Cod, a place I feel VERY drawn to... a place where I felt peace one weekend long ago. 

Deep Peace To You

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