Saturday, May 27, 2017

Moving Forward Slowly

I am starting to adjust to being a "single" person.  I have lots to keep me busy, but there are times I just don't have the energy.

I have done a bit of sewing.  I have been making 3 inch friendship stars.  I needed to make 20.

I finally finished them, and they are all pressed.  I need to get them sewn together to border one of Jeff's shirts for the t-shirt quilt.

Have you seen Kris's Colfax County quilt?  Check it out here!  It is gorgeous.  Of course I think I need to make one but I want to do it in reds.  So I ordered the pattern.

Then I chose some fabrics.
Lots of gorgeous reds.  Lots of HST.  I think it will be very therapeutic for me, HST are sew, press, trim.

The Quilt guild for our Christmas Charity Christmas Tree we are making fabric folded pine cones.  I received a ziploc bag with an egg shaped Styrofoam form, and a bunch of squares.  I was told to find a tutorial online.  The problem I had was that all of the tutorials I have found they use 2 inch squares.  Big difference between doing 2 inch squares and using 1 1/2 inch squares. 

I decided to press the squares first.  Then I started. 
I had to take it apart about 4 times. 

This is what it turned out like.  I have many places where the sequins pins show no matter what.  I still need to add a hanging ribbon. 

I have been working on this post for a couple of days.  The last two days have been much more productive.  I have had a few peaceful days and it helps so much to stay focused and get things accomplished.





10 comments:

  1. 3 inch friendship stars yikes! love your projects. that little pinecone came out adorable.

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  2. I was given one of those pinecones as a gift (put together). Not sure I'd ever figure it out.

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  3. Love your (very!) little friendship stars--hst's and me don't get along very well..wonky i can do though..
    that little folded egg looks like it was VERY fiddley ;000
    to put together--nice work. I like your red fabrics--they will be lovely in that pattern hugs, Julierose

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  4. You have more patience than I would have working with that adorable pinecone.

    I loved Kris' finish and am looking forward to seeing it in reds. It will be gorgeous.

    Those are tiny friendship blocks, but they will make a great quilt. How big will it be?

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  5. Three inch, too tiny for me. Love the pine cone.

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  6. My goodness, you do love small pieces don't you! Those HSTs will be beautiful with your fabrics! And your Christmas egg sure looks great to me!

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  7. We did those pinecone thingy's one year at guild...lots of folding I remember. Your reds look beautiful, can't wait to see your stars. Those friendship stars turned out great, I guess you do well working in miniature! Thanks for the nice comment on my Colfax quilt, I will admit to being happy with the finish but wow! it was a process, you will enjoy the journey.

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  8. The pinecone looks great - not sure I have the patience to work with such tiny pieces!
    Kris's quilt looks great in blue, but I can't wait to see yours in red, as that is one of my favourite colours - it will be a lot of work I reckon.
    The friendship stars will look great as a border. Glad you have time to do your quilting.

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  9. I thought the block was good when I saw it. Then you said 3 Inch and I thought it was AMAZING!! Too tiny for me! I think that pine cone is pretty cool. I can see it would take a lot of fiddling to make it come together correctly. Just what you needed to focus AND how gratifying it must have been to have such a great finish.

    Great stitching accomplishments.
    xx, Carol

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