Daisy Days: September 2013

9/29/13

A little bit of paper piecing

Its a rainy gray Sunday here in the Northwest. Been spending my day sewing. Decided to work on my rainbow Bitty blocks....all that color cheers me!!!

The Bitty Block Committee took the summer off but is active again now. I signed up for the rainbow paper pieced block group for September. Rainbow is what I wanted.....paper piecing I could have done without. So not my love. As today is the 29th and this is all the progress I've made so far, its safe to say I will be late. No way I'll be done and mailed by tomorrow. Besides I got bored after this bit and am now on to something else. :)

9/22/13

Penny Candy blocks and some Birds

More Penny Sampler blocks! Yay!!!

These are called Penny Candy blocks. Cute, huh? They are only 3 inch blocks and will be scattered about the sampler. I love them.

We had two birds blocks from the previous week that I forgot to post.

This one is Dilly Bird and is a 9 inch block:

This is called Little Bird and is a 6 inch block:

I can't wait to see what's in store for this week. I'm having a ball with this quilt.

9/12/13

Pin It Hop - Meet Mr. Gray Owl

Today is my day to share on the Pin It blog hop. I had the hardest time deciding what to make for the hop. My pincushion bookmark folder is loaded with the cutest projects. Should I make the crab...the blow fish....the purse....the kite....the cowboy boot....so many choices!!!! In the end I decided on a multi-purpose pincushion called "Owl You Need" sewing buddy that I saw here.

Meet Mr. Gray Owl:

Isn't he cute? Plenty of room for pins!

And here he is being my sewing buddy:

He has two pockets on his tummy that can hold sewing items. His wings are tacked down and other items can be slipped into that space.

I followed the tutorial except that I basted the feet to the front and tacked on the beak before sewing together with the back.

Made more sense than gluing them on the front after it was all sewn and stuffed.

Be sure to visit my fellow hoppers today to see the wonderful pinnies they have created.

September 13

Quilting In South Carolina

Negligent Style

Debby Kratovil Quilts

Sew Many Yarns

News From Bear Hollow

Daisy Days - You are here!

Thanks to Madam Samm for organizing another fun hop and to Kristen for being a great cheerleader!

More Penny Sampler blocks

I have gotten a week behind in my Penny Sampler blocks. Sigh. Hopefully I can catch up before it ends up being two weeks behind!!!

These were the Sunflower blocks. I decided to fussy cut the wonderful fox fabric from the Timber & Leaf line to be the flowers. Funky but I really love it. Both are 6.5 inch blocks.

This is the Vines block. It's also 6.5 inches. My thread color for the sketch stitching is so light its hard to see in photo's. The little leaves were a bit tricky to get smooth edges and pointy points...they are tiny.

This is the Spruce Forest block. Its 9.5 x 18.5. I enjoyed making this one. Rachel had a clever way of cutting the pieces for those elongated triangles that was new to me and worked great. The background fabric is a lovely pale yellow. My pics do not do the fabric justice. Trust me, though, its soft and lovely.

Now to catch up and get this weeks blocks started. I still have till Monday, right? :)

9/2/13

Little Village block

This was my favorite block of the sampler and I'm so glad I love my own! :)

Trying to get the points pointy was really fussy. I know it would have been just as fussy if I was needle turning but its so easy to think that what I know best would have been easier. This sketch stitching is definitely SO much faster than needle turning. I'd still be sewing if I was doing this by hand.

As a little P.S.....here is a screen shot of my finished Retro Sapphire top that was on my design wall last Monday. I never did get a pic but they took one at work to put on Instagram.

That's a quick finish for me!!! Who knows, though, how long till I get it quilted. LOL!

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