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......

Just Craziness

Yes, just craziness.....starting yet another project.  And one that just gobbles up time.

So I started making half inch hexagons for this new English Paper Piecing Project.  I just can't help myself.....

It's pinned onto a 23" x 19" piece of cardboard so far.

This is my inspiration, Endless World II by Noriko Kido.  I saw it in Houston last fall at the Quilt Show and it's been teasing me ever since!!

Fabi says she'd rather go for a walk!

Hexagons

I am continually creating more English Paper Pieced Hexagons and Squirreling them away.  But this week I've actually sown some of them together.  Ones that will be added to my 'Flower Garden' project that is featured in the book "Handfuls of Scraps" by Edyta Sitar.  For some time now I've been re-arranging my sewing space and I've organized my stash better and I've run across lots of good fabric candidates for this Flower Garden so maybe, MAYBE, we will see some progress in this quarter.......

Estoy continuamente creando más 'English Paper Pieced' hexágonos y guardandolos. Pero esta semana he costurado algunos de ellos juntos para que se añadirá a mi proyecto "Jardín de flores" que se ofrece en el libro "Handfuls of Scraps" por Edyta Sitar. Desde hace algún tiempo he estado re-arreglando mi espacio de costura y he organizado mis telas mejor y me he encontrado  un montón de buenos candidatos tela para usar en este 'Jardín de flores' así que tal vez veremos algunos avances en este proyecto .......

Oh and I did make two little flowerettes for no good reason other than I wanted to.  I will save them and perhaps someday I will discover a purpose for them.


Ah, y yo hice dos pequeños flowerettes para ninguna buena razón. Yo los salvaré y tal vez algún día descubriré un propósito para ellos.

MORE SQUIRRELS!!!!!

OOPppsss!  I've not been a good blogger AGAIN!!  Well, nothing to do but to jump back in.  SEW......what have I been up to?  SQUIRRELS!!  Yep, this year everybody in my sewing group gets Squirrels for their birthday gifts.......only one person is left to receive her squirrel and she's already seen them.....so no spoiler here!

OOPppsss! Yo no he sido un buen blogger OTRA VEZ !! Bueno, nada que ver, pero para saltar de nuevo. SEW ...... ¿qué he estado haciendo? ARDILLAS !! Sí, este año todo el mundo en mi grupo de costura recibe Ardillas por sus regalos de cumpleaños ....... sólo una persona se deja de recibir su ardilla y ya los ha visto ..... así que no hay alerón aquí!

the fella in the middle is my little guy....he was the first one that I made and due to failure to follow directions correctly he turned out smaller.....but I love him so he stays with me!  Oh and notice the WHISKERS!!! (if you can) that's my addition after seeing a sewing sister put whiskers on her mouse pin cushion I just had to start adding them.

el chico en el medio es mi pequeño individuo .... él fue el primero que hice y debido al incumplimiento de las instrucciones correctamente resultó menor ..... pero yo lo amo por lo que se queda conmigo! Ah, y notar las BIGOTES!!! (si es posible) que es mi adición después de ver a una hermana de costura puso bigotes en su alfiletero ratón sólo tenía que empezar a añadir ellos.

March Progress

 These are Blocks for the quilt back for the quilt I'm trying to finish in March (Ain't gonna happen).  At the time I took this photo I had 34 of the 64 blocks I still need for the backing constructed.

Esta foto es de unos bloques que ya estan terminados y estan esperando para ser costurado en la espalda del quilt que quiero terminar este mes (no es possible a terminar el quilt en el mes de marzo).

Here are the fabrics chosen to use in the remaining blocks I need to make.  What wonderful Fabric Therapy!!

Aquí están telas escogidas para más bloques.  ¡Terapia fabulosa!

and this is just a better presentation of the half of the back that is made.

y estos es una foto mejor del back de quilt que ya está unido - es mitad del back.

Working on UFO with Wild Hopes of a March Finish.

Once again my sewing room is vomiting up fabrics!  I'm trying to put together likely fabric combinations in the hopes of making progress on my July Sparkle Quilt.....the blocks made will go on the back of the  quilt.  So there are hot colours to choose from

Otra vez mi cuarto de coser esta vomitando tela.  La meta es unir combinaciones de colores con la esperanza de progreso adelante en el quilt "July Sparkle".   Estos bloques son para la espalda del quilt.  Aqui son algunos colores calientes

  and cool ones too
 y algunos colores tibias también


I need 64 more 6 1/2 inch blocks.....

Necesito 64 bloques de 6 1/2 pulgadas más,,,,

 

This is a quarter of the backing pieced together.  I did this in 2013.   Sorry I'm out of design wall space so this is the best I can show.  There is another quarter panel of backing but it's even in a worse spot for photographing....

Estos es un cuarto de la espalda ya cosido.  Lo hice en 2013.  Lo siento pero no hay espacio para colgarlo en un lugar mejor para sacar una foto.  Hay otro cuarto de la espalda ya hecho pero esta en un lugar aun peor para sacar la foto.

And these blocks I've made over the last couple of days.  When I have them all together I feel like there should be more brights in the mix.

y estos bloques he hecho ayer y anti-ayer.  Veo que necesito más colores brilliantes.

It's New Hexagon Millefiori Week at my house

Yep this first week of March I have dedicated my sewing time to work on my Millefiori.  I'm behind as per usual!  I still have the last 6 hexagons to make for the January Rosette (but the fabric is chosen and cut out).  During the course of this week I've printed the hexagon patterns and marked the backs of some of them and cut out the pieces for those that I've marked the backs of.  Then to decide which fabrics to use I employ the aid of my trusty CorelDraw program, so I've arrived at a begginning of an idea for the February Rosette, at least, I've decided on the center hexagon and the first round of hexagons.  So here I'll show you my 'mock-up' of what I have so far.....and last night I cut the fabric for round one.   Anyway that's PROGRESS!!!!

Sí esta primera semana de marzo he dedicado mi tiempo de costura para trabajar en mi Millefiori. ¡Estoy detrás como de costumbre! Todavía tengo los últimos 6 hexágonos para hacer para el Rosette de enero (pero la tela se elige y cortar). Durante el transcurso de esta semana He impreso los patrones hexagonales y marqué las espaldas de algunas de ellas y cortar las piezas de las que he marcado las espaldas de. Luego de decidir que las telas de usar yo empleo la ayuda de mi programa CorelDraw  por lo que he llegado a un comienza de una idea para el Rosette de febrero, al menos, he decidido en el hexágono central y la primera ronda de hexágonos . Así que aquí te voy a mostrar mi 'maqueta' de lo que tengo hasta ahora ..... y anoche me corté la tela para una ronda. ¡De todos modos eso es PROGRESO!

OK these colours are NOT true!! and this was my FIRST mock-up.
Aceptar estos colores no son verdad !! y esta fue mi primera maqueta.

then as I was working last night I had another little idea
y entonces, ya que estaba trabajando anoche tuve otra pequeña idea

See what I did?  it's the same fabric just cut from a different part of it.
Véase lo que hice? es la misma tela acaba de cortar de una parte diferente de la misma.

Anybody out there in blogland have any input?  Nothing is sown together as of yet and I'd be so happy for some advice.  Thanks in advance for any and all responders!!

¿Alguien por ahí en blogosfera tiene alguna ayuda o opiniones? Nada esta costurado juntos hasta el momento y yo estaría muy feliz por un consejo. ¡¡Gracias de antemano por cualquier y todos los que responderán!!