Hello Friends

Oh I just remembered I'm supposed to be a blogger!!!!! 

Then what should I blog about - Oh YES, quilting projects.  Dang!  I haven't really been doing too much of that for the longest time it seems.  Sew then what?   Just Squirreling around and making parts of things but not really making anything.

2015 I made all my quilting buddies Squirrels - I think I posted a bit about them.  Well I made a whole heap of them and they were so hard to give away because I sorta fell in love with the things.

Oh what else.....I only finished ONE quilt in 2015 - One big one  - Ok technically I finished two
 quilts  - a biggish one and a small one.......The Biggish one I've blogged about.....a blue and yellow quilt from a class I took years ago at "Quilt University" I just revisited the thing.....  The Little One I don't have a photo of YET.

Now here's a more interesting question......What projects did I start in 2015?  Loads of hand sewn projects. 

1.  The New Hexagon Millefiore Quilt Along by Katsja Marek- only got to month 3 of the 12 month project and lost steam  - I've posted photos of these here too 'cuz I started all gung-ho in Jan 2015 - I get so easily distracted..... 

These two photo above represent the first three months of the project......I'll get back to one day.....


I just let the project go.....

because I was distracted by

2.  La Passacaglia Millefiore project 

Sew those are my La Passacaglia rosettes - there needs to be just tons of them.  These are much smaller pieces than the New Hexagon Millefiore pieces.  It's all very times consuming...


my head was just exploding all over the place with those two projects but they are so time consuming and my eyes got tired and my hands hurts......whine whine whine......but it is fun but heck

Both Millefiore projects have Facebook pages and those took up a good chunk of my time.......


3. & 4. and I'm continuing with 1" and 1/2" hexagon projects - they also are very portable but the big bulky magnifying glass lamp isn't and boy does that lamp making work on these projects SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE!!!

these two regular more conventional hexagon projects are just sitting ATM - the top one well I have the concept in my head but the carrying out of it is escaping me.....and the bottom one....I just have to make more hexagons but distraction is a HUGE problem with me......

The Endless World II by Noriko Kido

This project is inspired by a quilt that I saw at the 2014 Houston Quilt Show by a lady named Noriko Kido and the quilt she made is named "The Endless World II".  This is made with 1/2" hexagons and is just a tiny tiny bit of the center.....I don't think I'm going to copy or try to do my version of the whole quilt.  I just wanted to see what working with the little hexagons was like, time consuming.....


5.  oh YES AND DON'T FORGET..... I've been crocheting little animals.  Oh I love them too - and I've given all but 3 away and they too are hard to part with and I want to make more

I've made somewhere around 8 of these Lions and Bears - Most of them have found new homes.  The patterns are from a book I bought from Martingale Press.  They really are fun to make.


6.   I've been making some purses too.....real pretty ones.

7.  The Quilt I am working on for a friend and I am afraid I'm taking forever to finish it..... It's called "July Sparkles"  I've got almost half of it quilted .  I picked a very dense form of quilting and I feel so dense to have chosen this quilting - it's almost as if I just want to make this as long and drawn out as possible!!!! ARG!!!!

 I'm at the quilting stage with this quilt but it's been real slow going.


8.  I participated in the Block Lotto and bit too.  I didn't make blocks every month but well I did do some

 These are March 2016 offerings for Block Lotto - if I want a chance at winning (and I do) I'll have to make 3 more before the 31st of this month......it's do-able.

9.  I tried my hand at a few "Feathered Star" block just because I've always wanted to make them and I just thought I'd try.  They are so tedious!!  Pretty hard to get them just right.....but I didn't totally fail.  Just fell short of getting them perfect and then I quit doing that and the block are hanging on my design wall for a long time now......

I used fabric from a Collection I've been saving for no special purpose.....these are so challenging but I did enjoy making them!!  Maybe one day they will become pillow covers.......


10.  Oh I made Christmas Ornaments for some people - the ladies in my Quilt Group and some for me!!!

I made just tons of these and I still want to make more for this year.......


and there are more things but I can't conjure them up yet......