Not Afraid of Color: feathered star blocks

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Saturday, December 21, 2024

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

https://melvalovesscraps.blogspot.com/

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/

Saturday, November 30, 2024

a little bit of creativity and gift ideas for artists, and one for quilters

the feathered star block for RSC this year. I chose Gold as my 11th color block

this is gold next to yellow to see the difference. I love these bold blocks and they should make a great 12 block quilt. Borders will be another matter

the block is paper pieced and an 8 inch segment is difficult to maneuver under the machine and put together each block finishes at 16". I leave most paper on for stability til all are joined. Soon.

Then the picking out of all those little papers.

as I mad each feather, I cut away fabric waste and put those little scraps into this "sun"

last week I tried to do the lessons of Zen Stitch workshops... all were awesome this time but my grief from the loss of my 7 year old poodle son Milo interrupted my thinking.

At least the workshops were there to be viewed and took me out of my grief for a time.

I copied some of the patterns to possibly try later.

If you've survived the loss of one so beloved, how did you cope with creative time?

for my fellow painting/drawing/art friends, this video listed many items I would like to receive this year