Growing

My little house quilt is growing.

:)

Since I'm making it up as I go.....

I'm letting the SCRAPS dictate the size!!!

 

The houses range from about 4 1/2" to 5" tall.

That means....

They won't line up real well in a row going across.

But.....

 

I COULD line them up in a column!

 

Many options.

Lots to DREAM about!

Lots of scraps that need HOUSING!!!

LOL!!!

 

I think these houses need some trees...

and maybe some stars....

hmmmm.......

I sure Love DREAMing!

 

 

Special request

a baby quilt with houses.

OOOoh!!!

It's going to be so CUTE!

 

Can't wait to make some more little tiny houses.

;)

Orphan blocks

I have a fascination with orphan blocks.

I love figuring out how to get them together.

I love the controlled chaos they create.

Or...

maybe you think it's not all that controlled???

 

I love giving beautiful handwork

a home.

;)

I love the motion all those lovely points give this quilt!!!

 

I hope to give this quilt top a few calming borders.....

That's ALL it needs!!!

 

Many orphans make a MARVELOUS quilt!!!!

Neighborhood fun!

Remember the Neighborhood party we had at the end of 2012?

 

Lots of house blocks came to me!!

and then...

Some really FUN neighborhoods were SENT OUT!!!

 

Look at what Ida did with her winnings!!!

A four seasons Tablecover!!

Isn't it great???

And.....

CREATIVE???

If you happen to SPY your house block...

she'd LOVE to hear from YOU!

Some of the houses were signed...

and some were not.

:(

 

Hey!

Did you win some house blocks too???

We'd LOVE to see what YOU made!

 

Happy stitching everyone!

 

Soft and serene sewing

Life handed me a hacker this morning.

DIStressing!!!

(sorry if you received one of the

unwanted emails!)

I needed some

DE-stressing.

I opened a scrap drawer.

Soft.

Serene.

Soothing. COLOR.

JUST what I needed.

This is where little scraps end up

when I'm too lazy to file them

any other way!

;/

They're KIND of by color....

I pulled out some of the LIGHT pieces.

Kind of like a dump and sew quilt.

This one is more of a DIG and sew quilt!

I made blocks.

DE-STRESSING the whole time!

I lined the blocks up into columns.

The columns are ALL different WIDTHS.

I sewed the columns together.

Wasn't SURE how much

DE-STRESSING

I needed!!!

Thought I might need a QUEEN sized DE-stress session.

Turns out....

I only needed a 48"x54"

DE-stress session.

Smaller than a twin.

Bigger than a Baby.

Hmmmm....

All in all I'd say....

Destress sewing DID the trick!

Every which way

The blocks are going

EVERY which way in this baby quilt....

but...

I like it THAT way.

 

I could have made some SUNBURSTS....

but

I like it THIS way.

 

The quilting lines are also going

EVERY which way.

I made a sort of ZIG zag in each block.

 

Every quilt is a

"NEW quilting design OPPORTUNITY".

A chance to try something NEW/different.

When it's a NEW block...

it's even MORE of an opportunity!!!!

Here's the back.

Gotta LOVE that alphabet fabric.

I USED IT UP

on this quilt!!!

 

Not to worry...

I've got LOTS more fabric in my stash!!!!

Cough...cough....sputter...sputter....

I hope this quilt has many happy days ahead.

 

days in the crib....

evenings in the rocking chair.....

mornings on the floor with toys....

 

Many happy days of

BABY love.

Saturday

I was able to SQUEEZE in some fabric therapy today.

:)

I pulled out this cute print.

 I'll probably use it for the backing.

I pulled out some coordinating fabric.

Mostly solids.

Not ALL.

Notice the orange shirt that I didn't use in the last quilt???

LOL!!

After cutting some 8" squares.....

 

I layered three or four in a stack

and made TWO diagonal cuts.

Mixed up the pieces and made some blocks.

Very simple.

The edges don't line up with this method...

so...

I had to trim them.

 

Then....

I got to PLAY!!!

Laying the blocks out

this way and that....

 

There ARE chores on Saturday....

but I always manage to

squeeze in some

PLAY TIME too!!!!