Apple Core

I don't know how long it has been since I finished a quilt.....but, it has been a long time. And this one is not even mine. haha

This top was hand pieced by a friend's mom's sister. it was a bit wonky and has every kind of material known to man in it. haha  It's about 80x86". 

The hand piecing was done with thick thread. That blue fabric that looks like denim was kind of thick and did not stretch at all. That light blue with the white next to it stretched a lot. 

Not all places matched up well and it was not pressed. the black with the white dots had runs in the fabric. A lot of the pieces had creases sewn in.

There was no way to SID so i stitched over the top layer of each seam as they usually lapped over. I didn't fight the creases.

From far away, it all looks fine. haha

Some fabrics didn't stretch at all....and they were next to very stretchy fabrics.  sigh!!

The back is a muslin

I used Bottom Line Ivory for the top and the bobbin.

The binding was a supreme pain in the butt. There are lots of creases in the binding to make up for the curves. I sewed the binding down, then sewed around it again to make sure everything was caught in the stitching. It's not pretty, but it's finished. 

Green Challenge Apr 7 - 9

Things are coming along slowly. I am working on about 4 different green projects.

Tuesday, April 7 ....

..I made 36 crumb blocks

Wednesday, April 8 ...

..I made 3 masks and 12 crumb blocks

Thursday, April 9 ...

..I worked on the apple core quilt...got it loaded and quilted 1 row.
...Started piecing a quilt top named Hara...which means green in India

Bag blogger....no pics today.

Weekend progress

I was at my sister's for the weekend....babysitting the dogs....and this is what I accomplished.  It was like a little quilting retreat.....with dogs. haha

Friday, April 3....I made

22 ten inch selvage blocks.

That used most of the selvages...and all of the base fabric that I had cut and brought with me. So, final total on the selvage 10" blocks was 71 of them.  I hope I miscounted and I actually have 72 so I can set them 8x9....if not, I will have to make 1 more.

After that, I started some crazy quilt 6.5" blocks...adding lace and trims...and made 5 of them.

Saturday, April 4...I worked on more crazy quilt 6.5" blocks....adding lace and trims.....I made 28.

Then I switched to crumb blocks....using up small bits of selvages....and made 5 of them.

Sunday, April 5...I continued with crumb blocks...and had a productive day and made 52. These go really quickly, so that was easy.

Monday morning I came back home, so no sewing yet today....maybe later.

There are still lots and lots of green bits and pieces and scraps....and a few handfuls of selvages.

Let's try this...

For April's Color Challenge...the color is green. I thought I would record what green things I work on throughout the month. I'll try to report in a couple times a week. Here are the first two days.

OK...I confess....I actually started my April green the last day of March. haha

These are 10" selvage blocks...  I made 15

April 1 ... I made 10

There are a LOT of green selvages, so I hope to make at least 48 to make a top that is set 6x8.  

Back to sewing.

March Yellow Challenge

Another month is done....March Yellow month.  I didn't think I had many yellow selvages....but, I did.

The selvages made 100 blocks and they made this ...

Easter Egg Hunt

I had gray blocks with cutouts from another project, so they made the 'eggs'. I just sewed the gray cutout over the selvage block. And I got some Easter bunny fabric for the border.

Then I gathered up all the yellow bits and pieces and scraps and made...

Yellow Madness. I figured if I could have orange madness last month then I could have yellow madness this month. I found quite a few 3.5" blocks cut out, so I made a lot of 4 patches. And finished it off with crumb blocks. Blocks are 6" finished.

In looking around, I found a yellow and blue top that I started some time ago and it got pushed to the side. I found a whole bag of yellow selvages stored with this top....so I am not out of yellow selvages yet....but, I will save them for this top. This month I made 28 blocks...enough for the next round.

Another yellow top made was You Are My Sunshine....It is made with crumb blocks. Then I machine embroidered the letters on yellow so i could make it rectangular instead of square. That used a lot of yellow scraps.

For my final yellow project for the month, 2 projects got combined into one. I have had this pattern for a while....and it has been partly finished for a while....so, I finished fusing Doodle-Doo.

This is the pattern.

Mine looks like this...

Here are a few close ups...

What prompted me to finish fusing Doodle-Doo was....Chicken Feathers.  I had a dream about this top a few weeks ago and had to make it.  The original plan was to make a child size (45x60) quilt of all chicken feathers.  I used a triangle die to cut the pieces.  After making 6 rows of 'feathers', I realized this was going to take a very looooong time. haha

They all have the same backing and are 3D.

My brain kicked in and said....Hey....how about Doodle-Doo.....will that fit in here.  So, the current plan is to put the chicken feathers around Doodle-Doo and it will eventually be something like this.

I will make 6 rows of feathers for the top and then put some on the sides and it will be Doodle-Doo with Chicken Feathers. hahahaha

Of course, all this virus stuff started up pretty heavy this month, so I have been making masks for a friend who is a nurse.

And, along with all this piecing, I painted my kitchen...2 shades of orange.  You don't realize how many cabinets you have until you have to take all those doors off and paint them.  I painted almost every day and it still took me 35 days to complete. The kitchen is 12x30.  Cabinets and windows had to be primed first. And I put shelves over the windows and am displaying my coffee and tea tin collection.  Even the hubby likes the new color palette. The window trim is gray. Now I need to find some blinds.

Perhaps April will be a bit easier. We are staying in .... and getting kind of bored by now. haha

Here you go, Sis...

I've been painting my kitchen and decorating with my coffee and tea tins. my sister thought it was time for me to send her some pics, so this is for her.

If you're not my sister....don't look. hahahaha

Above the windows looking out to the back yard...

Close up of those above...

Top of that large bookcase that I drug home from the Duck. It separates my sewing area from the actual kitchen space...

Under the cabinets that hold the spices and plastic ware...

Top of my corner cabinet...

Between the 2 windows behind my sewing table...

Corner cabinet between stove and sink. Wall on the right is the section I haven't caulked or painted yet. I have to crawl into the sink to reach it. I still have to hang the paper towel holder back up. I just painted that doorway this morning, so I can hang that now...

I like the gray window trim against the orange. Even Jim says he likes it. A little surprise.

There are still many more tins to put up. I hope to get 2 more shelves up tonight. That space above the windows is tight so I might have to add more shelves down on the walls to get all the tins up there.

It's been 32 days since I started this project. I am a bit surprised that I am not finished yet. Probably have a week to go to be all finished up with the painting.

Then we have to put down the floor.  Ugh!!

Face Masks

Like just about everyone else that I know who sews....I am making face masks. I got a request from a nurse friend to make some.

Today I made 4 so far....These are from batiks. I made ties instead of elastic.

And I made one for me....

And one for jim...

in case we need to go out.

Back to sewing.