A Monster in the making

I'm working on the Monster Book of Monsters - the fabrics

 

Most of the pieces done except the two at the top.

I'm even using fabrics with a "way" and it's not too bad.

See his eyes are red.

 

And now some California Springtime for those of you knee-deep in the snow.

These pictures are compliments of my hubby.

 

See you tomorrow for the monster unveiling.

Hugs,

Terri

Baby Cork Oaks growing up & banner improvement & a monster to be

Hi Friends and Welcome!

Here are the babies...
The one without a cork oak still has no sprout, but now has roots coming out the bottom... If that one starts up, I'll have 100% germination. The first time that ever happened.
The little tree in the right cup is the one seen here on my blog on Feb. 11. Since then it has grown 5.5"... 12 days and 5.5"! I think by Halloween we will be glad to send them on their way.

A few more of the 6.  I also have a small forest of Osage Orange trees in the back room, but that will have to wait for another day.

Here is the pattern for the Monster Book of Monsters... You can find it on the Fandom in Stitches site under the Harry Potter heading.

You can head over to Cheryl's to see her latest Harry Potter block. She's making the Project of Doom times 2!

 

Notice the banner has an update, too. I haven't accomplished much on it, but there it is up to date. The spot at the top is slated for 2 orange blocks.

 

So Happy Weekend to you all.

Hugs,

Terri

Dumpster Diving or Cleaning the Sewing Room

I'm sorting through my fabric bins - one each day...
Can you tell it's Orange and Yellow day?  I'm finding lots of snippets and small pieces - if you can't cut a 5" square out of it it goes in the paper bag - for my Dump Quilt. See Love Laugh Quilt for directions. Dump Quilt ingredients are in the paper bag... only the yellow and oranges. I have another paper bag full of red and blue bits.  Doing Green tomorrow.

Almost to the bottom of the bin!  Wish me luck getting the contents back in there...

 I've already had one avalanche!

 

Hugs,

Terri

a few more Harry squares - from the archives...

The little simmering pot (top left) is a Pensieve, and so is the second one down on the right. Different fabrics, and a different way of handling the "memory" part.  The purple blob at the top right is Prof. Quirrel's Turban, I used flesh tone fabric for a piece at the front, or it would have been a purple bee scape. Butter Beer, Phoenix and Jiggly Legs name the rest of the above grouping.

This is the last bunch I've got. Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, Lily (representing Harry's Mom), the Knight Bus, and the gate number 9 3/4 (numbers are in a shiny gold fabric).

Now I will leave you to your thoughts. Don't know what I'll offer tomorrow.

Come on back to see.

 

 

Hugs,

Terri

 

The rest of the Folsom Quilt Show and a blue bird

 Loved the doggies in the windows of this quilt (shown above and below.)

 

The quilt below had more and bigger hearts below. I love the little flower garden below the house.

 

I love this one (below), too. The rings seemed to come and go.

This one is oranges, purples and pinks - they do too go together! It was so rich in person.

The tops of the flip flops are 3-D! Ribbons, lace and "jewels" embellished this modest footwear.

Woven? and spiky zig zags! It was gorgeous!

Love the border on this wonky quilt.

 

 

Now this one reminded me of a beloved blogger friend - the Houseelf... I hope she likes this one. The whole quilt is small pieces of different shapes and colors that are embroidered. (same quilt above and below)

 

 

This one and the next one I could  photograph the whole quilt... I could get far enough away to get the picture. It has some elements that I'd like to incorporate into my son's quilt.

Isn't this one amazing? I don't think I'd ever attempt one like this, but it is amazing to see.

 

So that's the last picture I took at the show. I couldn't buy any fabric, so I just walked around the vendors and enjoyed their quilts, too.

 

We saw one of these this week. The book says it's "fairly common"!!!!!!!!!! I've lived in CA now for over 30 years (where they should be winter and summer, says the book) and I've never seen one before.  I hope they like our yard.

We saw the Momma, I think. She wasn't as bright as the pictured male. Oh, and ours was from the second set, the Western Blue Bird.  We were quite tickled to see it at our watering dish. Maybe it's the blue bird of happiness.

 

So that's it for today... A return to HP paper piecing tomorrow.

 

Hugs,

Terri

 

#8's new book

I finished the cloth book for our 8th grandkid.  Here are the pictures.

front of the book (We're all friends, right? Then I will confess that the paper pieced heart was supposed to be the front, and wound up on the back.. C'est la Vie!)

Inside pages - now I notice every smaller piece is tilted the same way. Oh well, he is only 6 months old on Sunday next.  He won't care.

A cute doggie print, and a paper pieced butterfly.

 Just some prints - I tried to figure out what boys like.

Aaaaand here is the back - notice my high tech photo identification. I couldn't figure out the other stuff.  I have found Facebook though. (Some think that I figured that out, but I still don't know what I'm doing... it's different than blogging.)
So that's the big show for today. Tomorrow I'll show the rest of the Folsom Quilt Show. Forgot about that.  See you tomorrow.

Hugs,

Terri

Pattern Theft Alert

Sewhooked free patten site, and lots of other free patten sites have been burglarized. Their patterns have been accumulated and are being sold. Go to  Sewhooked for the whole lowdown.

Hugs,

Terri