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.  :)

Past Bitty Blocks

I haven't posted pictures of my last groups of Bitty blocks that I swapped!  It's about time.  

Snow People was the theme for January.  I made the gal in the bikini in the upper left corner. Miss Sassy Pants!   My favorite of this group is the one with the bird on his nose.  

February's theme was Monsters.   I had so much fun making mine.....he's in the upper left corner.  Mine is my favorite of this group.  :)     My grand sons loved looking at these.  Each time I pulled one out they'd say "I want that one"!    I got out the crayons and paper and had them color their own!  So cute.  

Fall Bitty Blocks

Here are the Bitty Blocks from October when the theme was Fall/Thanksgiving.

Lots of cute ones.  I made the one with the rake in it.  

I decided to sit out November and December so I could concentrate on holiday sewing....and I am missing some fantastic bitties being made!!!!!

September Bitty Blocks

The theme I choose for September was "Circles, Dots or anything Round".  My first thoughts were either a beach ball or a 45 record.  But while I was pondering which to try I noticed that everyone else who was finishing fast were doing circles.  I didn't want to be the only one doing a real thing that was round rather than an abstract idea of a circle....so I waited.  I know...I didn't need to follow the crowd but I was too chicken to be the odd man out.  

Here they are:

I made the crazy pieced one with the white strip in the upper right hand corner.  That was my first one and I didn't like how it looked so I kept that one.  The rest I reversed appliqued and they looked nicer.

Here's a close up of three of my favorites:

As usual these ladies impress me with their ideas and workmanship.  

Still in love with bitties.   

July Bitty Blocks

I got the last of my bitty blocks for July the other day so can now post a picture of all of them:

Aren't they adorable?  I made the dog with the glasses up there on the right.  I took an Amy Bradley design from her Dazzling Dogs quilt pattern and reduced it down to the 3 inch block size that we make for the Bitty Block Committee.  I even had some fun dog text fabric for the background.  

I took August off since we were on vacation and I knew I wouldn't be able to finish in time.  Now to think about a design for Septembers theme of "Dots, Circles or any thing Round".

June Bitty Blocks

Can you tell what June's theme was?  :)   Such a fun collection for Happy Hour.  I love them all but I think my favorite of this bunch is the coconut cup with bendy straw.  Mine is the second one on the bottom row.  Pear Vodka Rickey's are a favorite cocktail of mine from this year.  I sent the recipe along with the bitty.  Here it is so you can make one too:

1.5 oz. Pear Vodka (Absolut makes a good one)

1 oz. fresh lime juice

1 oz. simple syrup

Put in shaker with ice...shake and strain into martini glass.  Garnish with a pear slice.  

It's 5:00 somewhere....go enjoy.  :)

May Bitty Blocks

These are the Bitty Blocks I received for May's theme of "houses".   Aren't they wonderful?  Mine is the  Hawaiian hut with palm tree.  I picked up some Hawaiian fabric while vacationing at the beginning of May just for this idea.  I still can't decide on a favorite this month!

Check out the other bitty blocks being made by this great group of people here.

April Bitty Blocks

These are all the black and white with a pop of color bitty blocks from April.  I love them all but I think the tea cup is my favorite.  I like how she did the "pop of color" as the tea bag tag....so clever.   My block is the two cats facing each other and the blue ball is yarn I fused on.

Go pop in and check out the current bitty blocks being made at the Bitty Block Committee group on Flickr.  

March Bitty Blocks

All my blocks from last months Bitty Block swap are here so it's time for a picture:

Row one:  Sandy's, Susan's & Kim's

Row two: Ruth's, Kandra's & Mine

Row three: Melinda's, Pattiann's & Rick's.

So cute, huh?   These are each 3.5 inches and the workmanship is amazing.  Love this swap.

Sewing on a Small Scale

I am in a swapping group over on Flickr called The Bitty Block Committee.  This group makes and swaps 3.5 inch blocks according to the monthly themes.  I've been following the group for several months but they didn't have any openings until recently.  I was soooooooo excited to be able to join..........and also a bit intimidated by the level of work they do.   There are always two themes per month and members can do one or both.  I am starting with just one!   This month I was in a Pirate group.

Here are the blocks I made - Captain Peg Leg:

I have received some wonderful blocks in return -- a ship, a treasure map, pirate girl, parrot & more -- but words just can't describe how amazing these little works of art are!  You have to go peek at the Flickr group pool.

Next month it's black & white with one other color (mine is aqua) with the design of our choice.  I already have an idea for mine and can't wait to see what the others come up with.