Above is a close up of the smaller Halloween scrap quilt. I did machine binding of a batik, adding a zig zag with gold rayon thread. I quilted it best I could with my teeny little machine, and mostly the walking foot.
I took most of this out of the other one that got finished.... the busiest bits.... and it's the size of a big placemat. I think I'll either use it for my lap when eating in front of the TV, or as a cover for my bedsize table.
I love the mix of prints. Here is a picture of both on the design wall
the one on the left originally included most of that on the right.... but I like this pared down version of rows. I started with bits and pieces, like freeform geese, 4patches, odd triangles, just sewing to see what came up.... then when I got down to the business of order.... it turned into rows. Some closeups
I've hoarded that row of kids for years.... see the crystals I ironed in place at the end? They are scattered along the length of the quilt. It's quilted with some metallics, and some rayons, some coton threads. Rows sometimes added improv fashion and curvy
I had fun with thin inserts, waving ghosties, crystals around Trick or Treat at the top sparkle. Metallic blue threads lend movement. All fun to do
I keep my fusible crystals in bead holders, and pick them up with those cool bent tweezers! I love a tool that is whimsical. I made a stamped bag to hold all the crystals in
stamping on fabric is fun
hanging by the back door
I am sewing the basted brown hexies together at night... the focus color of the month at rainbow scrap challenge is brown scraps....
my friend Cindy said they look like a cup of cocoa with cream swirled in! I like them!
a few are sewn together, I tend to try new ways each time to sew them, always by hand with a whip- stitch. I liked the previous colors in pastels, so I went ahead and cut out lighter browns (tans) to make another spiral of those to go with the previous pastels
a sewing funny for Halloween
(personally kids wouldn't be thread worthy for me, LOL. I'd give them a quarter before I'd give up a seam ripper! Another funny
don't be a dinosaur
this guy is wearing brown as he works the cemetery...
view of a neighbor's display... the lantern keeper is wearing brown
Made me giggle this week
Fat Quarter girls....
til next time, I'll be arranging the QAYG Halloween hexies and sewing the brown ones together
welcome to this week's list of likes.... I liked this neighbor's decor
on our walks this week we explored another 'hood and they had a nature area... old, unspoiled, quiet,
reminded me of Florida preserves... we stood for a long while, just breathing in and out, letting our eyes drift and our brains take a break
some homes were built along the preserve, and we thought that might be nice
I enjoyed this more formal halloween look
and if we had a dog, I would be tempted to dress them in this
it says Kissing Booth
I liked the flamingo shadow on my back porch this week...
I did another E jigsaw puzzle and thought it was quaint from another time:
listening on audio books from library
and reading on Ebook, next in the series after Fundraising the Dead. I liked the author's style, kept my interest, intelligent, a bit humorous, set in a museum in Philadelphia
enjoying DWTS, Survivor, Amazing race, Golden Bachelor on TV if you want to discuss it...
the weather is 80's then 60;s then whatever mother nature wants that moment
I enjoy cooler days, the sun turns the temps 10-15 deg hotter and there is little shade here.
sewing with halloween fabric prints this week (this one is quilted and ready for binding (along the edge)
details on Sat's post
and made this needlebook last week
an older quilt
we're dancers too
I talked to a breeder this week about her dog to be rehomed, . She has to decide who gets her. The poodle won't be available for about 5 + months as she is approaching her last breeding. Sad. We can't seem to find a rescue poodle to love and I need one.
still having body problems, emotional upheaval, depression. I need a support.
what dish would you take to a fall gathering? or which dish at a fall
gathering would you reach for first?
I love finger food, so I'd reach for veggie items that were bite sized... and appetizers.
If it was a buffet, I would be attracted to anything made of potatoes, I like salads. One group I used to belong to in MD someone always brought KFC nuggets, which I liked. I admit to being partial to french onion dip and chips, no redeeming value.
For a big pot luck I liked to make a quick appetizer with crescent roll dough, cut in smaller wedges, a piece of summer sausage, shredded cheese roll up and bake.
or a tray with lots of olives, cheese, pickles (special ones like okra) and cut veggies
time for another creativity round-up for this week in October starting with a box of embroidery perle cotton balls. It just makes me happy seeing it all orderly, and all the colors!
And I used it to do hand stitching on this week's brown scrap project (for rainbow scrap challenge)
a needle holder
it all started with sorting through my bin of brown scraps. I got to know what was there by sorting into strips, squares, triangles and odd shaped bits. My migraines and big floaters kept me from doing much this week but here goes!
After sorting I saw a lot of really little but pretty bits. Now, understand brown isn't my favorite color but
even non faves have worth and that is our focus color this month so
first I sewed like to like, building a cute larger piece of fabric to start
I actually liked it, brown as it was. I layered it with batting and backing, sewed around and turned right sides out, closed the opening and it was about 8" long by 4" wide.
then I quilted it, couched on some pretty checkerboard like specialty thread to look like leaves
It looks sparkly but it's chenille, it's just the up and down that looks sparkly
used these to cut some batting to hold needles
and couched those threads on to create a spine and hold the batting sheets in place
I went around the edge with three strands of floss and buttonhole stitch.
it was a quick satisfying project to make and could be a gift but it's kind of "primitive" as I didn't fuss with making it "perfect"
I also operated on my Halloween wall quilt this week, pulling out the REALLY busy areas and deciding to stop here, sew rows together and start quilting it
the other bits will have to be used somewhere else. I'm calling it "Going Batty" as most prints have bats
Because it's a new month with a new focus color (brown) I started my hexie spiral too, and have basted about half the hexies so far
and because I was pushed to use pale color, I plan to do a pale brown, which is tan, version too
Brown seen on my walk this week... a neighbor's elephant planter
I LOVE elephants!!
Ever since we visited a Nat Geo in washington DC exhibit, I have respected and loved elephants. They are wonderful mamas and care deeply for each other. I saw a man playing piano for them and one got a tear in it's eye as he was almost finished playing.... the herd protects babies, and mourns deaths of other elephants.... by standing vigil for about a week.
AWESOME
I saw this set of bags to organize my projects as I work on them (or put them aside to think about them)
ordered from amazon, and will let you know what they are like
welcome to this week's list of likes starting with the golden hue nature is giving us right now
conversation starter : as the weather starts to cool, do you have cozy clothes to start
wearing? show pics!
the temps are in the 80's mostly still but I "want" to pretend it's fall weather so I have been wearing capri's and 3/4 sleeve tops....
Seems like the weather now goes from hot to cold/snow here now but I'm holding on to the idea of "Autumn"
this is my coziest cardigan sweater, so soft
old and covered in quilting threads!
with gorgeous ribbon embroidery
here I am in a halloween shirt
I actually needed a sweatshirt to walk one evening, (also holding on to memories of Lake Placid too)
and because it's Colorado where the temps can change 60 degrees in two hours
shorts are still out
shorts at the ready
(people here wear "winter" shorts, once our neighbor was snowblowing in his shorts
speaking of Halloween LOL here is another one on display at chez Lana
might have been last year's
a neighbor's display... LOVE this one
this one was cool too
not exactly Halloween but a flamingo is ALWAYS appropriate
the moon wasn't full but was striking this week, as dusk approached
Reading by audio, the next in the Hanna Svenson mysteries
I always enjoy Dancing with the stars on Disney Week.... this year was good but they offed one of my favorites. ( do you ever vote for competition shows that rely on them?) Amazing Race is great this season as is Survivor. Murdoch Mystery is back (CBC)
still sewing while watching TV
Great sign and the spider makes it a Halloween decoration
in a world where you can be anything.... BE KIND
halloween costummes
thought we were adopting a dog but the breeder ghosted us. Still hoping to find a small dog that could fly with us if we are able to fly to Europe as we planned. I found a 9 year old mini poodle to adopt but it's 22 lbs without the carrier and the limit is 20 lbs including the carrier... anyway....
please visit these fine folk to see what they have to like this week
the one on the left originally included most of that on the right.... but I like this pared down version of rows. I started with bits and pieces, like freeform geese, 4patches, odd triangles, just sewing to see what came up.... then when I got down to the business of order.... it turned into rows. Some closeups
