Design Wall Monday

A Finished Project for March is done!  Hooray!

Livin the Tweet Life

Design Wall Monday

Last Friday, the 15th, I started cutting out all the pieces for Denise Russart's "Livin' The Tweet Life".  Her Blog address is:  justquiltin.wordpress.com
As of this evening, the pattern is still available for downloading but I'm not sure how long it will be available.
I just love this pattern, and the wall hanging was very easy to sew and every piece came together nicely.
The flowers were part of a panel, which I thought would make a nice back for this wall hanging.  It's not quite big enough, so I will add borders with the gold fabric.  Oh, and I still need to add an eye to the bird.

Back and Front of Wall Hanging

Treadle machine and cabinet

The end of January, I bought a 1903 Singer Sewing machine, along with a unique treadle cabinet.  This morning, my DH oiled and cleaned the machine and all the treadle parts.  We also ordered new needles and
a new shuttle.  Here are the pictures.

Treadle Cabinet-found in an old barn in Southern Iowa

Singer machine in cabinet

1903 Singer Sewing Machine

Design Wall Monday

SCRAPS--I've been working on scraps.  Friday, I opened one small tin and discovered 16 disappearing 9-patch blocks that I created but found them to be "too bright" for my liking.  So, I created a small baby quilt (36 inches square).  It was easy to finish on Saturday, using a few scraps for the binding, which just happened to match both the front and back, since the back is a panel showing a beach scene with seagulls.  The back is very calming!

Disappearing Nine-Patch Front

Back of Disappearing Nine-Patch

Also in the tin, were about 100 scrap pieces from when I die-cut the triangles for my sister's table runner.  There was just too much fabric to just throw them away, so I checked on-line for some type of pattern.  I found these trees.  Using the Tri-Rec Ruler set by Darlene Zimmerman and Joy Hoffman, I squared the pieces.