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Monday, March 18, 2024

Critter bom


Miss Birdie was made during my trip to my moms last April

I can't make up my mind weather she looks like 

a redbellied woodpecker or a house finch

and looks pretty much like the pattern 

only with more feathers in the wings

I had 2 weeks at my mom's

I got bored 





 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Filling in the flowers - CQJP 2024

It takes a long time to fill in one whole side to a 

20" x 16" ish elephant.


I added flowers to the cardinal corner


because he looked lonely floating over there all by his lonesome



Flower son the head



This is mostly the halfway point, where I always feel like it's awful and I have made a mess of it.


I have to keep reminding myself it will look different when it's stuffed


More flowers on the body


Lots of  silk ribbon roses made with 

Spiderweb, accordion, folded stitches


Also in there are white lilac in french knots

Fuchsias and a few random fantasy flowers

and lots and lots of leaves



Miss Mousie also got a couple of flowers


Finally this spiderweb 

Still not sure where it's occupant will go
 

Monday, March 11, 2024

Critter bom

Ribbet has no other pictures and neither do the next 3-4

I do like his green hide and blue belly

He also is as drawn out

I will try to do better but it's been a year so......

not everything is finished

I got side-tracked with the seasons applique quilt

I was sewing on these in the evening, during family time 

but that comes and goes, depending on what we are watching at the time


Monday, March 4, 2024

Critter bom

Next up is the Squirrel from last years Block of the month from Sue Spargo

He looks pretty much Like the pattern

I wussed out on this one but then I think I was tired



AAAANd hes done




I should have made his til fluffy at least....




I still may, it depends on what is left over 

from all the other  blocks
 

Monday, February 26, 2024

Critter Bom

 I got a Block of the month last year from Sue Spargo


It was a fun one!


Now if you have ever taken a class or gotten a BOM from her 

you know she doesn't like it if you share anything anywhere 



until the BOM is over,   

And since it's a year later, 

I'm going to start sharing!

< First up is Monsieur le Trash panda!




Now if you ask me, he looks NOTHing like the Raccoon pattern I was given, 

The raccoon pattern I was given looks nothing like a raccoon!

so I honestly fee like this one is all mine.

Go ahead fight me. I dare you.

I also decided that a bunch of the patterns look not like I think they should, 

So I will be "Fixing" them too.

Monday, February 19, 2024

CQJP 2024 Le Colibri

So here's where I start                                                                                                                                                                                             Make or find a sketch in a sketchbook, online,or other reference

Make little blue sketch on my target piece


And fill it in with stitches

I did underlay the dark teal wing part with a chain stitch 

initially to give it some definition and lift

To differentiate it from the rest of the wing

The dark color alone would do that but I wanted a little more

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Then I use 3-4 different colors of a graduated buttery yellow DMC                                                                                                                                                                                                     for the the wings, tail and body                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                And then magic!


The rest just follows                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Hello, my pretty, pretty!

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

CQJP 2024 Ellie Project

OK, SO.

I have sewn together the sides and top of my Ellie so when I get to the vines along the big seams I can just go do it and not worry where I'm going to connect them later.





I whent ahead and added my spiderweb roses

To the monogram

in a couple of places


all the way down






That blue stuff is the Water Soluble pen I use for marking 
It will come off with a quick spritz or two of water and maybe a bit of a rub
I have used these pens for close to 30 years now and 
have come to rely upon them, with out really ever worrying weather or not they have changed the formula or something, 
For me they just work.

I am sharing a bunch of my sketchbook pages today


I use my sketch books to keep track of my ideas and keep a record of my projects as I do them 
I want to show you all how I use them If blogger will cooperate with me today I might even manage to make it coherent!
CQJP Paris

I have colored somethings in when the mood moves me 




and darkened other bits with pen so I can trace them if I need to


These pages are from a prior CQJP For which I used Paris for my jumping off point and 


CQJP Paris
the colors pulled from the focus fabric I used that year were a magenta, pink, green, bright blue, yellow and purple


CQJP Fairy

I have many more ideas and inspiration pages scattered around the house and interwebs for perusing to catch an idea

I have a lot of books for reference and also for learning a new technique or just for the pictures
These pages are some of my oldest and 
I use the basic shapes from them all over the place


































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