My creative week with a finished challenge piece and a finished top for another challenge

 

For this week, I'll start with my entry into the Project Quilting prompt to "button it up" 

I pulled out the button box for inspiration and the yellow scrap box. I knew I wanted to make a sculpture of sorts, a 3-D box maybe....

starting with this small piece that looks painted

Three pieces of peltex stabilizer cut 3" X 5" and placed them with a small space for folding. 

glued the fabric over edges 

For lining, I put a slightly smaller strip then pulled the yellow fabric over to cover the raw edges and quilted it. 

folded it into thirds and stitched the side together with embroidery floss. Traced the bottom onto peltex and cut out the triangle shape, covered it with fabric and hand stitched the base on. 

not easy

now for some button embellishments 

A button, then a bead over that, then fringe of beads through the first bead

Whee! movement and sparkle

sun button with a dangle

third side, heart button with gold bead on top

I spent quality time with my friend Cindy last Sunday via FT. 

We both stitched on our projects as we visited, almost like a bee... I originally thought I would do a small hand project and add beads... 

an 8" square scrap, batting, and then I stitched scrap strips on with embroidery floss...

until I realized you wouldn't notice them on a print so I never sewed them on

and batting wouldn't be stiff enough to make a box. so I went ahead and put on a binding

now what to do with that? 

Also this week I got my Stay at home round robin top together after a lot of designing and changing it.

I just realized the finished quilt is due really soon, so Hopefully I get it layered and pin basted this weekend and do the quilting enough to finish it. It's challenging to use that older Bernina that won't do free motion well. 

It really is so cute with the prompts from Quilting Gail and her talented crew... 

It would be done if I felt more physically able. Still it's a challenge and that's a good thing! 

I put my bunny parade on the mantel for Spring... each one made with felt, stuffed, and hand embroidered on each side... they make me smile. (whole mantel shot on Thursday's I Like post)

cute yellow chair at IKEA!

all the yellow was for rainbow scrap challenge this month who's color is YELLOW. 

wish me luck getting the SAHRR quilted this weekend! 

the bottom fabric didn't work... 

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