Progress on the graffiti at the Duck

I just got back from a couple days at the Duck.  I put up the red, orange, green and blue sections that i had glued up at home. now i only have the purple, brown and black section left to do on the right hand side.

Orange section is rather small. at the top of the orange section there is a little creature that looks all spiky. if you thump his head.....there is a light that flashes about a dozen times. i have thumped the poor little guy....a lot. haha

Red section has a small slinky on the bottom....see it?

Pay attention to that plane that is camoflauged

Open the plane and get a gator....haha

Glad i found some gears....i like them

I filled the cow cookie cutter with beads.

I found a button in the gift shop several years ago and it says 'Doing strange things in the name of art'.  i love that button. so, i dug out my graffiti blocks and put them up in the entryway. they are not glued down...just sitting there.

I used different blocks...wood, foam, etc.  different sizes.....i like it

And in another corner i used blocks again to spell out "graffiti rocks".  

I also got my house numbers put up. and a few more blocks around the door.

I am going to graffiti the wall next to the front door next....on the inside. i believe i am going to do a scene. i drew a tree with a boy on a swing and a rainbow when i was down there. when i go next time i will cut a piece of luan to fit that space and start on that.

I will have more pics on my blog later this evening or tomorrow to show other things i did while i was down there. hung up a bunch of veggie pics on the dining room wall.....added more stars to the star wall.....and found the cutest veggie people.....bought them all.....and put them on a shelf above the doorway. 

I am in love with graffiti stuff....and this will be the craziest house in the neighborhood. hahaha  i'm gonna be the crazy lady that the mothers in the neighborhood warn their children about. 

UPS Truck

Here's a riddle for you....what looks like a huge brown box and is full of packages?.....give up?????     

THE UPS TRUCK

This was fun.  i do remember where i got this pattern. ... last year at quilt class. 

I started piecing on November 29, 2014 and had 3 panels finished. for whatever reason....i showed it here.....and someone suggested it would be a lot simpler to just sew the squares down while it was being quilted.....and so i thunked myself in the head and said DUH......and thus UFO #36 was born. haha   

Here is that partial panel that prompted the UFO status. if you remember giving me that advice....it is your fault it became a UFO. hahahaha

So, a couple days ago i opened that box and decided it's time had come. I loaded it sideways and went around all the squares....going up one side and back down the other. it is 62 x 72"....took me 2 days. of course, i didn't work too hard at it.

Today i finished it up.

Used a muslin on the back.

Quilting couldn't have been any easier...but sometimes simple is just what you need.

Thread on top was a coppery Glide....So Fine off white for the bobbin.

Now i need a few hours of mindless entertainment on the TV so i can sit and pull all those edges off and make it raggedy. ..... and, yes, i know i could let it do it on its own in the washer and dryer but i feel the need to do it myself.

Black, White and Bold

UFO #11 is now ready for the TBQ cabinet.  don't have a record of when i started this....i believe some time last year. by now, you know how i roll.....i saw this somewhere....or someone showed me how to do it....and i said....i want to make that. LOL

Here are my 'instructions'

The top became 64 x 75".  i had extra blocks, so i cut them in half and added them to the right side. it needed to be a bit wider anyway.

This will have to be a quilt from the front top.....some of those meeting seams are pretty thick.

I had a plan of quilting in mind....but have to revise because of fat seams. don't need a broken needle.

And for those who pay attention to these things.....apparently, that is NOT ME.....i do realize that the last two rows are pieced incorrectly. once again, i didn't notice it until it was complete...with border...so, it is what it is. and i was so sure i was keeping it correct....sigh!!!

I am so happy to be getting through these UFOs.  i have less than a dozen left to do....but they are doozies that are going to take a while.

The Art of Being Ruthless

I'm in a mood......

I went through the UFO boxes AGAIN.....and became RUTHLESS...

7.....yes, 7......UFOs are no more. 

They are on their way to the thrift store.

All little pieces in a bag.....along with the pattern.

Let someone else deal with it. 

It has sat in those boxes for years.....do i still like them?....yes

Will i ..... realistically....get to finish them in my lifetime?....maybe not

So,....out they went.

7 of them      hahahahahahaha

I feel GOOD

hahahahaha

North Pole Village IV

Another set of UFO embroidery blocks is now a top and ready for quilting.  i can't find when i embroidered these. they are machine applique...done with the embroidery machine. the designs come from Designs by JuJu. i just love her designs.  she has many North Pole Village designs like these....some are applique...some are stitched....some are color wash. and all are beautiful.

This top came to 44 x 54.  it is such fun picking out the fabrics to use for the applique.

The blocks are....   a ferris wheel

Lighthouse

Pet store

Elf Lodge

Quilt shop

Lights factory

Ski chalet

Toy store

Fudge Shop

Gingerbread house...i want to work here

Clock tower

and the Doll shop. i like when blocks have windows to fill.....see the kitten that i put in this window?

The blocks are flannel...the sashings are a fabric that i dyed....and the border is a commercial fabric from the stash. i love the idea that i got here about putting the sashings on as you piece the blocks together. that is such a time saver and a cool idea.

I haven't checked her designs in a while...there might be some new ones.  i might need to go check that out.

I have a quilt that i use on my bed in December that has North Pole Village I, II and III blocks on it. and all the blocks are different. 

Color Love

This was pieced last December and i finally got it quilted.  it was a picture that i saw in a catalog.

So, i drew it out and went for it.

It is 60" square

Hard to see the quilting much...kind of dark in the studio today...no sun.

Back was a wide back piece left over from something else.

I used a new panto that i just got....Velvet Queen....don't you just love that name

Threads were a pink Glide for the top and a dull gold So Fine for the bobbin

I don't love it enough to keep it....so it is destined for eBay.

Lunch for the Fishes

What better lunch for fish than bugs?   and here is a buffet of 20 bugs for them.

These bugs were embroidered on September 29, 2012....sheesh it doesn't seem like that long ago. time is just zooming past. i finished piecing it today, April 13, 2015....hopefully it will get quilted this year. 

I had this wild piece of fabric with fish and just knew it was perfect for the border. 

I think a centipede...with all those legs

A lightning bug

Love the praying mantis

Worm....fishes favorites

And among all the cute bugs....there has to be an ugly beetle. haha

I think a child will love it.