This is a big achievement for me, with so little strength still. I just took it in small steps
1. look thru scraps for possible bits the right size
2. print the pattern
3. lay the pieces in the right sides on the pattern to see how the colors go together
4. cut with scissors the small white triangles to go around the orange scraps
5. Sew all the bits to the paper pattern, in short moments throughout the week
6. cut out the tula pink background triangles and arrange on design wall... in two days
7 sew the backgrounds on, press,
8 sew the top right square to the top left square, repeat for bottom, then sew the two big sections
Everything is harder at the moment, but I remind myself I couldn't have done this last week
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My orange scraps are sparser than any other scraps... I repeated some here, and like how it came out
I couldn't fit all the 8 blocks on my design wall for a photo, but chose these warm colors to show
very satisfying.... are they just too busy?
the sewn blocks look like this on the back. Pulling off paper will be challenging! A tv project for sure
my August calendar page is pretty and has a good message from a favorite designer of mine
Kelly Rae Roberts. I think I'll purchase one of her weekly list pads (on her website) to go along with this wall calendar
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I have one little painting too...
My chiropractor was telling me how sweet her baby was when picked up. He snuggled his tiny nose under her chin, then one by one tucked his arms under him, becoming a little warm burrito shaped package of love.
the vision inspired this, but I did a sketch with my fountain pen, letting the lines fall where they would.
The ink ran when I tried to add watercolor paint, kind of graying it all... but I kept going.
wish I was a better sketcher.... Here's the back with metallic gold paint around the edge on on the heart
Babies are born with hearts of gold
we love the colors... the orange is a wonderful color to welcome fall..
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love your feathered star blocks! They look like a huge party every time you show them. Hang in there and hope you feel better every day!
ReplyDeleteNo, your feathered stars are not too busy! They are lovely to look at. And I like the blissful expressions on both faces in your baby burrito painting!
ReplyDeleteThe feathered stars are gorgeous - definitely not too busy! The baby burrito painting is very sweet.
ReplyDeleteLove your star blocks! The colors and pattern are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThese start blocks are fabulous! I so love the colors. Wonderful faces and art. Thank you for joining FFO and have a fabulous day.
ReplyDeleteIt been a couple of months since I been on sewing machine.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful orange blocks and lovely baby picture. The story and your reflection...so touching.
ReplyDeleteWow. All so fantastic. Cannot say i have a favourite today.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking to Art For Fun Friday
much♡love
I love those feathered stars, LeeAnna! So intricate. I'm glad to hear you were to do more this week than last.
ReplyDeleteI love your feathered star blocks, great colors! They don't look too busy together to me.
ReplyDeleteGaining strength every day sounds like a very good situation!
ReplyDeleteYour ORANGE Feathered Star block looks gorgeous with the warm color ones, LeeAnna. That quilt is going to be incredible! Sorry the making was such a process, but glad to hear that you were able to get it done this week (when you weren't able to do the work last week.) Kudos for focusing on the progress you've made!
ReplyDeleteYour orange feather star block looks super. I'm glad you are figuring out how to stitch the block in spite of having little strength. You painting is lovely. . .my heart melted when I read the inspiration behind it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt design! LOVE it.
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable painting!! Love the sentiment on both the back & front. Such talent you have. Wish you were feeling way better instead of a little better but progress is progress. It's amazing you are able to manage to do anything. Love your orange block!
ReplyDeleteThe feathered stars are wonderful. Not oo busy at all.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet vision of that baby! Hopefully the vision will inspire you to keep pushing past your pain. What you are creating is beautiful! Love the feathered star blocks. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Those blocks are looking fabulous. I know I'm a weirdo for this, but I love taking those papers off the back. It feels wicked somehow, like I cheated with FPP and now I'm going to remove all the paper evidence so the future quilt historians will just think I was a perfect patchwork piecer. Not that anyone cares, but pretending I'm "up to something" makes the paper removal more fun. Love that sweet watercolor sketch for the chiropractor's baby!
ReplyDeleteKudos to you for all that you HAVE accomplished. Your paper pieced blocks are beautiful and even better when they are together. Your creativity is catching. Thanks !
ReplyDeleteI would never know you had a dearth of orange scraps. There are quite a variety in your block. Podcasts and audiobooks are also great for mindless hand sewing or pull off the paper from paper pieced blocks. Those blocks are anything but mindless. I love how they are coming together.
ReplyDeleteYour orange feather star is wonderful, bravo for the work accomplished, despite the pain and weakness. You rock! The calendar page is beautiful, at first I thought you'd done it, it's so your style. Lovely mother and baby drawing, it shows beautifully the love between them. Thank you for sharing your art.
ReplyDeleteLove that feathered block. Glad you are feeling ab it better - here is to continued progress!
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