"Rise with the Sun" - Project Completed

 

I'm not an early riser - never have been and will never be.

"Rise with the Sun" was a really nice collection to work with.

I made 4 placemats, 4 double sided napkins, 1 table runner,

1 egg basket, 1 table topper [or wall hanging] and 2 quilts.

This could be a table topper or a wall hanging.

The edges are in a soft scallop design. I decided to

add a flange border to make it 'pop' more.  While this

was a little more work for my first attempt it didn't

turn out bad.

This was a fun pattern to make.  The rooster combs and the

yellow beaks were made separately and added into the

seam.  I did sew them down so they would be more secure.

This was a free pattern from Missouri Star Quilt Co.

I have no new fabric to show you from Jaftex so I'm working

on a few of my own projects that will go into the quilt

guilds makers sale in November.

A Trip to the Amish Countryside

My sister and I went to the Amish countryside on Saturday.

It was a beautiful weather day and we hooked up with my

cousin and his wife for lunch at the Kitchen Kettle Village

in Intercourse, PA.  They live about 30 minutes away.

Along with way we saw all the typical things.

It was good day for drying laundry on the line.

Some things you just can't pick up in a horse and buggy.

Look what followed me home!  

I've been looking at new sergers for months to replace the

one that died.  I was torn between two models but the 

deal on this one was too good to pass up.

 Hinkletown Sewing Center got my $'s yet again.  

It did cost big bucks but was well worth it.

By the way on this trip we didn't buy any fabric.

Finished: "A Place to Call Home"

 

Here are a few pictures of my finished

quilts using "A Place to Call Home".

I made three and two of them are larger than I normally make.

Have already started work on my next collection

"Rise With the Sun" ... so stay tuned.

I Have Chickens!

Just had to take a few pictures with my phone to share.

This was my 'test block' and since it turned out so

darn cute I decided to make more.

The collection is "Rise with the Sun" from Blank Quilting.

I also made with this collection 

4 placemats, 4 double sided napkins

and a table runner.  Next up is to finish

the chicken quilt and make one or two

egg baskets.

 

"A Place to Call Home"

 

"A Place to Call Home" is all about dogs as you would expect.

This is one block from the panel I decided to cut up.

My little impeder of progress.

Another pattern I took from my 'I want to make someday' stack.  

It's larger than I normally make.

The blocks are cut from the panel and then I simply added

borders around them.

Test block - pattern found on Pinterest.

I used the second panel in this collection and added 3

house blocks on both sides.  "A Place to Call Home" is

all done and I just need to take final pictures to turn in.

...  Next Up ...

"Rise With the Sun" from Blank Quilting

As you can imagine its farm and chicken related.

"Big Kitties"

 

Working with the collection "Big Kitties" is done.

The leftover fabric I cut up into 5" squares for Outreach

to make I Spy quilts with.

Since this is a neutral colored collection I felt it really needed

an infusion of color ... enter ... "Starlet".  When I requested

more of "Starlet" I was sent 2 packages of 10" squares plus

various sizes of yardage.  

I couldn't leave this feeling so plain so along the sides

 I added ric rack which I found on the free table.

This was a new pattern I had sitting in my 

"I want to make someday" stack.

The panel was cut and made into a wall hanging for 

a kids room.  I had a foam piece leftover from a 

previous project which was a perfect backing for

this hanging.  I'm still tossing around what I

want to do with this wall hanging.

It took me about 6 hours to complete this.  What was time

consuming was the embellishment - which is hard to

see in the picture.  From my days of needlepoint I added

something called 'fuzzy stuff' to the ears, outlined the

leaves with a silvery white thread, used a brown 

wood to accent the trunk of the trees, added red buttons

to the front of the 'big kitties', used a black shiny thread

to accent the lines around the face of the large cat, and

embellished the rays of the sun with thread and beads.

It was a lot of fun work.

Quilts/Flowers/Derby

 

Our Limelight hydrangea are showing end of the season signs.

The zinnia's are still going strong.

They did extremely well so I'll be ordering a few

different types for next year.

"Bug Bliss" combined with "Starlet" 

When I asked for extra "Starlet" I was sent 3 packages

of 10" squares plus some odd size yardage.

I took these pics last night and I'm not crazy how they turned out.

I'll get Wilson to hold them up for more photo's later.

I'm in a scalloped edge frame of mind.  It does take a little

extra time but I think the results are worth it.

The start of "Big Kitties" using some "Starlet" to give

this collection a pop of color.

Derby - our boy is still hanging in there.