The first of challenges for 2024 a birdhouse and a circular handwork project

 

remember last week I decided one of my RSC projects would be this EPP circle? I drafted then cut my own elongated hexies, and regular hexies. It reminds me of tinker toys of old! 

I got the idea to do colors of the month using google images 

I took paper shapes, and scraps down to baste while watching TV., Then sewed the basted shapes together one night, and now must decide what fabric I want to applique it onto. The talented Jennifer Fulton reminded me if I applique it by machine to my quilt sandwich, I could quilt as you go! 

there are my green scraps used in this design. In the next two weeks I hope to make a large feathered star pattern with other scraps. 

I painted this week a bit, in my small junk journal made last week.

as I was thinking about birdhouses for the P.Q. challenge

from a Tamara LaPorte lesson on youtube

I started by sewing raw strips !/4" to 1" to stablizizer, then playing around with some ideas on the cutting table...

which became this: 

Project Quilting gives you one week to hear the prompt, design and make a finished quilt.  DH said, well we have those columns in the Living room that need a long thin quilt. This one is 12" X 30" 

I fused green to green, cut out a vine and sewed it to the pole so that the leaves could lift up and give dimension. The flower was a previous make the same way but layering several fabrics and it's petals can lift and move too. The quilting here is free motion leaves, and on the pole, straight undulating lines. 

I pleated the birdhouse fabrics so they are textured too, and the strings hang down like nesting material of the birds

I found the scotty dog in my fusible scrap box, the litte heart yo-yo in the parts dept.

I wondered where I'd use him!!!

when I got this far, it was time to bind it and I was almost out of time. I was down this week on time since I had 4 occular migraines keeping me out of studio... but here I am on Saturday, tick.. tock.. 

a bright happy blue for a machine done binding, sew on the word family, and the little key... 

I've had the backing a long time... good to see it used. 

I like the texture of the whole thing, the strips on the house, freely cut vines heart window on top, and getting it done. Now this felt like an accomplishment. This spring it will look good in our living room

linking to

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com

patchwork Sunday   

oh Scrap Sundays

slow stitching Sundays

https://melvalovesscraps.blogspot.com/

design wall Mondays at smallquiltsanddollquilts

https://songbirddesigns.blog/monday-musings-6-26-23/ 

http://www.inquiringquilter.com/ Wednesday wait loss

Midweek makers wednesdays  

http://www.myquiltinfatuation.com/ 

https://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/ 

face off

finished or not

https://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/ 

 project quilting

TGIF