It's not very pretty...

Here's my vessel for the Piggy Bank Challenge at Val's Quilting Studio.

Some of my favorite orange fabrics surrounding a nut tin Costco size. (Being I am trying to sell my house, and all my prettier things are packed since last October, I'm lucky to find anything for this challenge. I felt it would be goofy to buy some bank to do the job, when we're trying to save money. So this is it.

 

 

I cut a large sized hole so I can fit bills - although I hope not to use them. I will have to hide or take the bank with me when our house is being shown. In this area visitors like to take things - even little things as souvenirs. I've hidden my little owl that usually sits on my sewing machine. Wouldn't want to lose him.

Even though right now it isn't Wednesday I want to wish you all a Happy Hump Day, especially if you have to work tomorrow.

Happy Birthday to my Rachael. Love you, Honey!

 

Hugs,

Terri

 

More 'Matoes

Strictly speaking it's not a design wall, more of a cork bulletin board...

I made more tomatoes....

Did I show you the best summer purse of all time? Love this one. It goes with anything.

Felt like a little retail therapy today. Here's what I bought - 1/2 yard pieces for my stash. (Stash eats well.)

 

So go and sew, and have a wonderful week.

 

Hugs,

Terri

A butterfly quilted - just one!

 Can you see it? It's one wing is that light blue square....  (It was just too much work to make very many.)

 Before and after of it I've planned some zigzag in odd shapes like the flight pattern....

Other quilting done. Slow, but progress.

Since it's Friday I want to wish you all a Wonderful Weekend! Thanks for stopping here.

 

Hugs,

Terri

I started (again for the third time)!

I chickened out! I was going to free motion quilt on this one, but I just couldn't do it. I tried then I ripped out. I even used the darning foot! Still it looked icky, so I ripped again.

Then I got out the old reliable straight stitching walking foot. (My crutch!) I just needed my walker. We "done" good together before.  I made a few paper patterns to follow so the sequencing between motifs would be similar, and the job would look more professional...

Here's the ZigZag in place. I quilted next to the paper, so I can use the pattern over and over. It worked out great! (If you do this bury the end of the pins... you'll save yourself lots of wounds.)

Sorry this is so blurry. Just showing the end of one pattern piece and having to add the next. (Later I added it as a strip and saved the stop while quilting.)

A superfluous  picture.

Lined up and ready to quilt.

 

(Sheila from Sew Cook and Travel might recognize these fabrics. They aren't the ones you gave me. I cherish the one you sent me strips to make. These are purchased afterwards and with added stash pieces I made this because I love your color sense and wanted joyful colors for this quilt. )

Zig Zag done (and I actually liked the results - success!) and now a scallop - I would like each line of this (almost) Jelly Roll Quilt to be quilted in different patterns, but I haven't counted the lines yet, and I really haven't a large repertoire of designs. Any suggestions?  I do have a book of designs for anything, but you know that thing is packed since last October, so it's anybody's guess  where it is. (I hate living with all my things in the wrong places.)

Anywho, I'm at the quilting now - soon as I finish this post.

 

Hugs,

Terri

Happy Tuesday!

Tuesday makes me think of Val... did you see her linky party today? Edges and English Paper Piecing are the themes. Her link is in my side bar - have a look, link up, it's fun.

Today I'm showing the star I made for Astronaut Rhianna Griffin for her Star Block Challenge.
If you want to make a 9-1/2" unfinished star for her send it to:
Star Block Challenge
Attn: Rhiana Griffin
7660 Woodway, Ste. 550
Houston, TX 77063

Edit: She wants you to add your name, city and state to the front. Sorry I forgot to add that part earlier.

They are due August 1, 2014

Here's mine: Paper pieced, of course, from a free pattern at Sewhooked . Lots of free patterns for paper piecing there.

Hope she likes it.

 

Hugs,

Terri

Veggies!

Design Wall Monday... a bit of paper piecing while away from home a few weeks ago, I did some to keep me busy on the down times. By hand!!!!!!!!!! Yes you can!

These have a purpose, just not for a quilt.... It's a secret until I give them away... still lots of work to do on them.  I may have messed up the coloring at the top, but that's "individuals may vary" kind of stuff. The patterns for tomatoes are from American Quilter Sept. 09

The carrot was machined - all oranges are a different fabric, and still I didn't use all my orange pieces! Have I got a stash or what?  I do have to change the design for the top. Those seams all come to one point, and make a bunch. (You know I hate a bunch.) The free pattern for Crazy Carrot is from Deb Karasik. Here's her link. if you want to make one.

 

Linking to Design Wall Monday - see the side panel for a direct route. (Use Patchwork Times by Judy L.)  Also linked to Angela's Rainbow Scrap Challenge - also on the side panel.

 

Hugs,

Terri

Aftermath of FMQ Try and the Giveaway Winner Announced

Here's how my FMQ try turned out:

And from the front

 

 

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In other news - the Magpies are back! They nearly died out here from West Nile Disease a few years back, so we are happy their numbers have increased to this bunch. They played nicely with the crows and took turns eating the old bread we threw out for them all. You don't see that very often in nature.

 They are quite camera shy. I tried to get more pictures this afternoon, and every time I raised the camera (even from inside the kitchen) they flew away. Given a few minutes, they were back, and again as the camera went up.... off they went.

 See the crow in the neighbor's yard. They feed them, too, and another neighbor next door to them.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Now down to work!  Here's the hat. (We do things low tech here.)

 

Filled with names.  All the comments and all the followers, too.

Here's the name picker....

Jean (from the follower list) is the winner!

 

Congrats to you. Thank you for being a follower. Your 14 fat quarters goes into the mail tomorrow, if I can determine a snail mail address for you by that time.

 

Thank you all for playing along. I had fun and learned a lot of new tips for FMQ. I hope you all had fun here, too.

 

Have a fun rest of your weekend.

Hugs,

Terri