Bryce Eleanor liked the butterfly.
I inserted the clothespin to show that the strip can be lifted.
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I cut out a bunch of 2 1/2" blocks for the next quilt. This took awhile as I was using any scrap large enough for the blocks, so often only two or three at a time. Finally, got enough cut out to piece the top, using extra blocks for making the prairie points and loops.
A few prairie points scheduled for this edge, a lacy flower from a piece of vintage linen, buttons sewed on and pulled through loops. These can be buttoned and unbuttoned. Still need to add the fabric flowers from last year and some more buttons, but it is coming along.
The goal is to use only things I have on hand. The only things I will concede to buying will be thread, if needed, a new pair of quilting gloves, and new blades for my rotary cutter.
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Bryce Eleanor visited this weekend, bringing Freddy. Freddy is a stuffed frog that each of the kids in her class gets to take home for a weekend. They take pictures of Freddy and write about it in Freddy's book.
Freddy visited with Stinker and Lucy, and I made him a little quilt with left over blue and white patches. B.E. is holding it with the back facing out, but the front looks like the above, just much smaller. Fee suggested I make Freddy a hair piece, so in the pic below, you can see the green yarn sticking up on his head.
OK--it's Monday. I'm going back to quilt on the new little quilt.
What are you working on this week?
What sweet little quilts! How fun. I'm painting these days, and loving it. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Connie! The quilts are small and such fun to play with. I love your artwork--fabric, book binding, and painting!
DeletePlenty of textures for fingers to explore..!
ReplyDeleteI hope so, Rachel. I'm certainly enjoying playing with fabric again and love finding uses for all of the scraps!
DeleteBE is so pretty in your picture. I love the idea of their writing in his book. What a wonderful way to get kids to enjoy writing!
ReplyDeleteI've got two projects going...a quilt titled "Math Is an Expletive" and (thank you) the first of my fidget quilts.
I wish I'd taken some pics of the Freddy book; the entries were so cute!
DeleteI can't agree more with the phrase "Math Is an Expletive" and can't wait to see your quilts!
Love your fidget quilt! I've suggested prairie points as a good idea that is still durable for the laundry to quite a few people in my quilt guild ..one lady has made 26 quilts in a month! So, now I can send them over here for all kinds of other creative ideas! You have such a wonderful and artistic eye, even your fidget is so lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michelle! I'm so glad I saw your post about these little quilts and realized that this would be such a comfort for dementia patients. I'm very slow, even though I spend hours and hours each day on them. Maybe I'll make some without the binding, even though sewing the binding down by hand is one of my favorite steps. I'm not sure but what these are more therapy for me than they ever could be for AD patients!
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