Progress on all fronts....

It's been a while, hasn't it?  bad blogger...hahahaha   i have been in the studio in little chunks at a time....3 hours or so. but working on a dozen different things. Also doing some outside work before it gets too awfully cold. things on the crafty front include:

The last of the bugs in jars:

Butterfly

Snail

Ladybug

Ants

Now, when will those blocks become a quilt?  who knows...hopefully soon.

Also have 1 more candy in jars

Gumdrops

And i found some cute cartoonish vet blocks. i'm gonna make a wallhanging for our vet.

Hi, Fritz

Lampshade...if you have a dog....it's a good guess that he/she has worn one of these at one time or another...ours has. they are so pitiful. hahahaha

Nice, kitty, kitty... what kitty want want to go to the vet if he was a dog?  LOL

Say ahhhh!

This is not going to be easy

This won't hurt a bit 

Then there is a small quilt that is for our quilt group. it's our challenge for Christmas...to embellish it. my first challenge was to get the top together. but i am almost there. finish the red border and 1 more border then the fun begins.

Close up of blocks....Marilea, don't look....not pressed yet. LOL

Then there is my UFO Challenge quilt for this month. Ooyyyy...hardly any of this was done. i did many paper pieced blocks. the center didn't become what i envisioned at first...but there really isn't time. so i am faking it and putting together what i have. i surely hope this will be done by the end of the month. i haven't missed a monthly challenge yet for this year or last.  cross your fingers  ....  X

I need 20 more of these log cabin blocks for the top and bottom border....then another couple borders. i'm trying to get about queen size but don't think that will happen. after the log cabins i'm at 60 inches square. it MIGHT make 90 inches.

And, lastly, trying to get this customer quilt done so i can get mine on there when it is ready to go. I have all the SID done...now need to outline the leaves and fill in that background. i have a plan...just need to execute.

Here is a closeup of a leave.

Whooo....sometimes i make myself tired. LOL

Waiting for the studio to warm up some before i start the longarm. it doesn't like the cold and it was 57 degrees in here this morning. after the furnace cycles me up to about 67 degrees i can quilt. in the meantime, i'll embroider another vet block or two and see if i can finish up the borders on that fir tree.

Talk to you....

Later

More things in jars

The embroidery machine has been humming....sometimes when i should have been quilting....ssshh!  don't tell..ok?

I have a couple more bugs done

The worm

The bee...that feisty fellow is trying to tip the jar and get out. LOL

And because I couldn't stand to wait till the bugs are done to start the candy in jars....i have done a couple candy, too.

On the candy canes I forgot not to embroider the holes in the jar...dang it.

 And the licorice sticks. i wish they would have printed this closer together...packed....instead of the black background showing...but it is what it is.  still cute.

I have been changing the size of the jars to make the quilt more interesting.

Still have some bugs to do and lots of candy. then we start the veggies in the canning jars.  a whole new obsession. hahahahahahahaha

Looking for me?...i'll be at the embroidery machine...till...

Later

Candy paper wrappers

You can quilt with colorful foil candy paper wrappers.

I was eating some Rollos and was intrigued by the colorful candy wrappers....all Eastery colors...pink, green, blue, gold.  if you unwrap them gently and press them flat...you get about a 2 1/2 inch square. so, being a quilter....the brain went to work.

I found a star paper pieced pattern that could use that small piece and this is what i got.

The block will finish at 5". it was easy to work with. i fused the candy paper to muslin. i see a wallhanging happening here. if you look closely you can see the Reese's peanut butter cup logo. too cool!

I have wrappers from Rolos and Reese's and Nestles and Hersheys. woohoo!

So far i just have this one....but i am saving and fusing wrappers and there will be more to come

Later