Design Wall Monday

Greetings--

Finally, I have begun making my Fabric Journal that I've been wanting to make for quite some time.

I finished the front and back covers yesterday and began working on the interior pages.  My plan is to

have 12 pages for embellishments, odds & ends, photo transfers that came out well and ones that may have had issues.  This Journal will be a "sampling" of different ideas, techniques, items and problems to watch out for in the future.  When our new hospital was built in our town, they sent out postcards which showed two images.  One image showed the land as it was before they built the hospital and the 2nd image was a picture of the newly built hospital.  I never knew the name of the technology that was used to produce the two images.  It's called "Lenticular printing" in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles.

The "saver" in me knew that one day I would incorporate that postcard into some type of art work.  That someday has finally arrived.

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The top left block is the front cover and the top right block is the back cover.  It was going to be the other way around but I discovered I needed the blank spots on the ends for my grommets, otherwise the grommets would be punched through my houses.

The middle block on the left is full of clothing labels that I've saved for over 25 years.

The middle block on the right is a 9-patch made from 1930's fabric.  It had been a left-over block that hadn't worked out and was a little wonky, so I cut all the squares down to 3" and resewed the block, which I plan to applique to the base block.

The block on the bottom left is the lenticular lens postcard.  If you use the ribbon loop at the bottom,

you can lift the ultra suede block up and discover a piece of fabric showing lots of smiling children.

I have 9 more blocks to make, so I'd been get going.  The next block I plan to make will include several photo transfers that were not used in photo transfer quilts that I've made through the years. 

A big thank-you to Bonnie, who recently asked about my Fabric Journal and wanting to see it when it's complete.  Sometimes, that's all I need to get in gear and finish something.  Other times, it's a deadline for a gift to be given.

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Design Wall Monday

Just now finished my "Simple, Easy Project"--  If you saw the picture in the catalog, you would know that it does not look anything like it.  However, one of the ladies in our Sewing Group donated one hundred sandwich containers full of "Die Cut" appliques.  I chose to use the stars and the cowboy hat &  boots.  It was fun to add the spurs to the boots and fancy stitching around the hat.  All the fabrics were cut 8.5" long and however wide the fabric scrap was.  This will be going to Project Linus, so I tried to use many different fabrics--lots of fun characters and animals to find in the fabrics.  Hopefully, it will bring a smile to a special child.

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Quilty 365 Circles

Hooray!! I'm caught up through April 30th.  I chose to sew my little blocks together; 12 across and 15 rows down.  Yes, that will only get me through June 30th.  I haven't decided whether I will have a 2-sided quilt or 2 quilts.  I love the idea of writing a few words of what I did each day and noting the month and day.  What a wonderful way to write a journal.  I started out using a different fabric for every circle but found several circles with the same fabric. Not all the HST have circles.  There's a rabbit, a boot with spurs, a mini Publix shopping bag, a beanie for baldie fleece hat, a pocket for a Bag of Love,  and lots of circles sewn on one square to represent the day I made 20 circles to get caught up.  Hopefully, I will not do that again.

What I have so far is 120 little blocks, from Jan. 1st through Apr. 29th.   April 30th is complete, but I'll wait until the next row is ready to be sewn before I add it.

365 Quilty Project  (120 days)

Thank you Audrey for creating this challenge.
I absolutely adore this project!!!
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Design Wall Monday

Greetings--It's another beautiful spring morning here in Tennessee.  My Iris are blooming in several different locations in my yard.
This morning, I'm working on a scrappy strip quilt.  Again, in an attempt to use up some scraps, which I am beginning to realize cannot be done.  The scraps generate more scraps as I sleep.  Here is what I have so far.
The appliques were given to our Sewing Group by Lisa.  Lisa had die cut hundreds of different shapes and colors.  In downsizing her appliques, she gave the bulk of them to our group.  Thank you, Lisa!!!

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I need to get ready to go and sit with my friend, Charlotte this afternoon.  Karen will be there also.
Charlotte's husband is going to the Dr.

My goal is to finish this top this evening, so I can take it to sewing tomorrow.  Beige strips will go in between  the columns of strips.  My first strip on the left looks crooked or curved, which means I cut it wrong or
sewed it wrong, so I'm not too excited about added the other strips.

Looking forward to seeing what my fellow quilters have designed this last week.
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Design Wall Monday

Yesterday afternoon, I finished my "I Spy the Bunny" scrappy quilt top for Project Linus.  It has 30 blocks, each measuring 8" square with 1" sashing.  It's very "busy" but has many different fabrics to see.  I started it in spring 2015, so I'm glad to have it done.

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Design Wall Monday

Last Tuesday at Sewing we sorted squares cut 3.5" to be used for Project Linus quilts.  We had over 500 squares and ladies were cutting more and more.....   I chose to make a quilt top measuring 42" x 54" and using (32) 6" white or white printed blocks and (32) 4-patch blocks.  Here's what I came up with for my quilt top.  Our goal was to "not" use the same 3.5" squares twice.  I'm not sure if I managed that or not.

Project Linus Quilt Top

Since I still have more 4-patch blocks sewn and ready to go, I hope to make another top.  The next one I plan to use a 4-patch and then a rectangle cut 6.5" x 12.5" inches and another 4- patch.  The quilt top should measure the same finished size of 42" x 54".  We will see how that goes and I'll let you know.

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Design Wall Monday

As I was looking for another project, I discovered a stack of  fabric pieces of a rabbit sitting and posing on different colored balloons.  Four blocks measuring 8.5" square had already been completed and posted on my Blog on DWM March 9th, 2015.  Yes, an entire year ago.  These were from my Sewing Group and I must admit, I'm a little embarrassed that I let an entire year go by without finishing this quilt top.

So, yesterday I got busy and starting sewing different fabric strips around the rabbit fabric pieces.  I had to keep digging through the scraps trying to find fabrics that were bright that a child would enjoy.  Needless to say, now I have a bigger mess.  Our Project Linus Day is coming up in mid May, so we are trying to get as many tops completed and ready for sandwiching with batting during the month of April, so we can sew them up in May.

Here's a couple of pictures.....  On the left, 4 blocks began in March 2015

Project began in March 2015

10 blocks complete at top and others in process

Today is a beautiful spring day and quite warm at 80 degrees with flowers blooming and nice blue sky.
Here are a couple pictures of the pansies I discovered on the town square.

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