Off The Wall Friday

I need to shout out to my friend Charlene.  She is going through a really bad time right now, and I wanted to let her know a lot of people are thinking of her.  Wishing her well.  HEY GIRLFRIEND!


I used to do OTWF every Friday.  Then the  flood happened.

I have tried to keep up with it for a while, and have done pretty well.  So here is a post dedicated to OTWF today.  Before it is over and Saturday dawns.

I am working on the Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf Quilt.  Remember Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs?

It is a paperpiecing beauty.  I really love the way it is turning out.

I need a couple more forest tree blocks.  To make it bigger I want to add some borders.


And just look at that awesome


wolf butt!  LOL


And in these borders I want to add some words.  Really catchy words.  I think they will say:

Broken down by side:

Hey There Little

Red Riding Hood

You Sure Are

Looking Good






I can't wait to start working on the words.



In other news.  I bought myself some presents today.

I think I will do a month on that face book and a couple quilts from the Southwest book.

Maybe combine them, wouldn't that be cool beans....

Deciding on a Background

Linking to Sew stitch snap share. They do really neat stuff.  Go see.

The Big Bad Wolf block is done.  I love him.  I could do a whole quilt of wolf blocks.  Hiding in the trees.  Skulking around.  Leering at Red.

Have you heard the saying, the cat's out of the bag?  That came from the device called a cat-o-nine-tails used to whip  people convicted of treason against the King of England.  It was used in the colonies as punishment for the treasonous acts of rebellion.  In Boston it was kept in a crimson bag so you wouldn't see the blood that soaked into the fabric.  When they took the device out of the bag, the saying in the crowd would be "the cat's out of the bag."

I am listening to Bill O'Reilly's Killing England.  A lot of what you know from history class is not necessarily the way things happened during the American War For Independence.  It is a good read if you like history.  Or just want to learn something. 

But I digress.

Wolf and Red.

I got the Wolf guy done.







It is almost personal in composition.  When I have nightmares trying to hide and get away from some  terrible thing, this is what happens.  The tree or pole is too small to hide me.  But there is no where else to hide. 





 I  added another tree block as well.  A light backgound this time. 


These are the blocks I have finished.










I was trying to decide what color background to use in the next few blocks.  I want to continue the feel of the colors with that blueish green.

I have mostly fat quarters which will make a block with careful cutting. 

But I already have a yellowish green in that bottom row tree.

So I pulled many of my greens, of which I had a lot, and played with the camera testing and trying the different possibilities.

The remaining  blocks will all be tree blocks.  And I like the 9 patch look of the quilt center.

I was thinking the borders need to have words.  So I am considering what of something to put there.

Red and the Wolf

Big Bad Wolf

Watch Out, Red!

Hey there Little Red Riding Hood, You Sure Are Looking Good.......a bit long but.

My head is hurting again so I might need some suggestions if you have any.  I have my Neurologist appt next week.

Listen to this, it may help drive the creative juices. It has always been one of my favorite songs even way back when.