String Quilt and Fashion

String quilt blocks are a great way to use up spare strips and offcuts from backings.

These 16 blocks are quilt as you go method. The wadding also scrap is pinned onto the back and strips stitched through all layers and squared off. These blocks are for a charity lap quilt when finished.

The off cuts from the string blocks are the lead into the real story.
Grand daughter Awen asked for the scraps and some thread.
Never let a chance go by.
At age 7 her creative spirt is not detered by any so called rules.
A good thing too

Because Awen and I were able to share a rare and wonderful experience.

My beautiful necklace made by Awen. Photo by Awen.

Grama and Grand daughter in their new wearable art.

Thanks to some off cuts from some scrap blocks.

A wonderful time to treasure.

Terry

Bits and Pieces

Some times you accomplish lots and other times it's just bits and pieces. Here are a couple bits I've done this week.

I felted my Dad's ties and this is the result. The 2 ties on the outside edges fulled but didn't loose much in size. They were labeled 100% wool. The middle ties started out the same size but more loosely woven. Very different result; felted by at least 50%.

I will include them in my new crazy wool quilt which I started while visiting Natima earlier this month. ONE
TWO

2 of 4 Dancing Dollies blocks completed. That's 50% so I guess I'll do all 4.

Other quilting included 32 blocks for the scrap fence rail project and some quilt as you go string squares for community quilts.

Lots accomplished but not a lot too show at this time.

Terry

Friday Night Sew-in: Cotillion

My first Friday Night Sew-in project was to pickup a stalled project and see if comraderie inspired me.

And so to the story.

The roses are from my garden appropriate for a dance.

The stitching is a row of Dancing Dollies.

Roses for the Cotillion

translate Deb Ball

A completed row of dollies.

First of 4

Start of the second row of dollies and pieces.

I am hoping that by using this as my Sew-in project to get back into the quilt it is intended for.

My team was playing Friday Night Rugby League so maybe not quite as much accomplished as I hoped.

Half way





The brier patch rose garden at sunrise Saturday with a Fairy Floss pink cotton candy sky
.Well it is Friday night in Paris and the house is still settled from Friday in Sydney still in bed.


I did another set of arms. I hope to finish during the rest of the weekends' football.


Thanks to Friday Night Sew-in I am back to stitching my cotillion girls.

Happy Stitching to All

Terry