watching paint dry and watching fabric scraps become a star

 the last feathered star for this year's Rainbow Scrap Challenge block is done! I call it "cranberry" color

I'm happy I can sew at all on the janome Gem, it's always a challenge but I think I can actually sew the blocks together on it next week. They are large 

see my finger at the bottom

and a bit overwhelming on the wall in my little studio

cranberry, light green, gray, red, gold, light blue

I hope the 12 blocks together won't be too busy on a quilt top... I want to sew them so that where they meet make another star motif. That means I need to choose color placement on the 3 X 4 block layout. 

then border ideas. What would draw your eye to the centers? 

I just sewed that moravian star into some kind of shape

"sea creature"? 

"warped star"? 

I thought it would be simple... what I learned

my little paper pieces (diamonds) were too flimsy for 3-d

thread basting my pieces doesn't work as they fall into the star body when bent

the stitches all show on photos if not much in real life

I need to read the new pattern directions Sara sent me and glue baste next time

mostly that sewing half together... twice.... then putting the halves together like dh said, does NOT work

I actually painted a wee santa this week... from a youtube tutorial on vintage santa in watercolor and ink

I LOVE him and wish I could paint one for every friend here, but I might go around the edge with some paint still, and transfer the words to the bottom, or glue them and then send out the finished image

tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGamQxy97hE

not feeling up to sending a lot of cards this year although I sure love what I've received from thoughtful people 

a watercolor paper notebook from Angie, and a collection of quotes from Helen

Phenny and Neily from France... beautiful boys

Sally's triplet fosters... look at the one nibbling the box...  craftscaviescontras   blog

linking with

patchwork Sunday   

oh Scrap Sundays

 slow stitching Sundays

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design wall Mondays at smallquiltsanddollquilts

https://songbirddesigns.blog/

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

Midweek makers wednesdays  

http://www.myquiltinfatuation.com/

finished or not

https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/