Bricks

it seems that Fayne is wanting her bricks!  So I took the afternoon off and concentrated on bricks.  I got two of them done!

One is a green brick from scraps of a quilt that I have in the line up to be quilted.  It was the Mystery quilt I called Down Under because the designer is Aussie.  I think I might have won a third place with the quilt top.  Or Maybe I won with the other one I did, I made two.  One to try out the pattern and one with the mystery group.  I got a either second or third place ribbon that night.

The second one is made from one of the quilts I decided to cut up and use for other things.  It was the first time I hand appliquéd anything.  And the first time I quilted feathers!  The free motion feather wreath was done on my Husqvarna 930E because I didn't have the Megaquilter at the time.

One thing that I did do was to use and upholstery needle to close up the final scene on the bridge. Have you ever used an upholstery needle? Do you even have one? I bought a set a few years ago when I thought I would use it doing some binding. It didn't work for the binding but it sure worked nicely for this. I couldn't of gotten into the space without it.

While I was at Hobby Lobby looking for one of these scrunchy desks you put on your lap while you sit in the sofa I found the stamps were 50%off.  So there was this raven one I have been eyeing but thought was way too expensive.  Half off made it $4 something.  (Note to self:  make your own stamps!)

The stamp is pretty simple, I probably could have made it myself.  One day I will have to show you how to make the best stamps!!  I took a class one time and we made our own stamps to use the dyes we were combining to make different blacks.

I think I want to do the last brick using this new stamp.  Who doesn't love a nice Raven?

Next Project - Like a Ton of Bricks!

Hope this finds you all well and happy and full of good food and family.  Today we were left to ourselves, so we grabbed a few friends and had lunch at the Movie Tavern while watching Concussion with Will Smith.  Such a talented actor, he is.  Excellent movie.  Definitely see it.

And if you do go to a Movie Tavern, don't order the Stuffed Portabello Mushrooms because in the beginning of the movie they do a bunch of autopsy stuff on brains.........and in the dark they both look the same.

While we were together on Christmas Day, Fayne had a project request for me.  Seems she has a collection of bricks that need covering.  She wondered if I had extra batting laying around.....uh, hell yeah!










Finally, a use for those millions of pieces I have been collecting.  Don't judge......I know you have a batting stash too.........

I got my hot glue gun and proceeded to glue the brick to my dining room table.  Aside from that it was pretty easy to cover the brick.  My, bricks are heavy......




 So I pulled some typing paper and some markers and proceeded to make myself a pattern. 

And cut the pattern out of the heavy muslin I love so much.  






Then I had a great idea.  I took the markers and found where the top of the brick would be sitting in the space.  The internet provided me with a couple of cute and easy embroidery patterns, which I traced (using the washable markers) in the area.

I probably violated 15 copyrights but I am not selling this for any large amounts of money, it is a prototype.  When I get into mass production I will draw my own cute drawings.




So, here I am with my little drawer of embroidery threads.  We shall see if I still have what it takes to do hand work.