The color pallet.  Bought almost all of this yesterday!

The beautiful stack of fused pieces.

The VERY FIRST PIECE!

And the first BIG piece.

The bunny.

And HERE is how far I got today!!!!

Close Up…

I only see ONE part where it’s not quite identical.  I’m so very pleased!

I still need to make the sun, and 2 more clouds.  AND sew ALL of this down.  The sewing part will take a while.  Don’t look for too much progress now.

peace and pieces,
amy

First, trace the entire original pattern in sharpie and note all numbering.

Then trace onto what ever paper you choose.  I used computer paper and then the last of my freezer paper for the big pieces.

Flip and number on the WRONG side of the pattern.  The numbered side is now the RIGHT side of the pattern.  See how we reversed that????

Now, depending on your eyesight, the paper you used, and the marking pen you used (Sharpie for me), you may need to retrace THIS side of the pattern.  I didn’t have to.

Take your wunderunder and retrace the NEW, REVERSED pattern.

If you already marked your fusible, and don’t want to waste it, use another marking pen that is obviously different.  The first marking is pencil and the 2nd is red Sharpie.

And WHAT if you mess up this way too??  Then your name might be Amy!  Sure hope I can actually understand my markings when I start fusing.  UGH.

So now I need to figure out how to get to HobbyLobby and buy my fabric.  I have only a few here that work.  It’s too late today, and I have a ToDo with the Apprentice tomorrow.  I guess Friday will have to suffice.

Hmmmmm…….THAT means, I’m FREE???  RIGHT???!  WOOHOOO!!   Going to grab that bowtie quilt and get to sewing!!

right after I clean the kitchen floor!

peace and pieces,
amy

And I’ve been working on the applique for the Olympic Poster quilt.   It’s printed out, and laid on the island.  I’ve already numbered and traced each element.  I’ve searched through the stash, and I have very few fabrics that will work.  I sure hope HobbyLobby has a BUNCH of Kona Cottons.

Yup–it’s THAT big.  Everything is numbered, then traced and re-numbered, and THEN, labeled on a note card.  This is the most intense applique I’ve done, so I need all the help I can!  LOL

oh NUTS.  I JUST realized that I did this wrong.  I should have flipped the image before printing it.  Everything is going to be mirror imaged this way.  Danggit.  Now I have to retrace the whole thing.  UGH!  Oh well.  Such is life, huh?!

Stay tuned!

peace and pieces,
amy

I have all 20 blocks done for the Cameron Council on Aging Raffle quilt!  Going to try and get that top put together today.  I don’t think I have any backing, though….hmmm……  Need batting too.  DARN!

And I have started creating the pattern for THIS quilt!!  I’m really excited about it.  The applique was a poster from the Olympics in the mid-late 70′s.  This will be a TWIN quilt!!

Better get to work!

peace and pieces,
amy

And I’m trying to get my brother ready for Mardi Gras!  I did this as a reverse applique, then plopped the purple on top of that.  I think it should make it more weather-hardy.  Only time will tell.  It also was a 5 inch block.

The pattern was adapted from a free BOM by Dream Castle Quilts.  The link is HERE.  I think I’ll redo this for the front door!!!

peace and pieces,
amy

The runner

Notice the AWESOME wine glasses!!  From my equally AWESOME Aunt!

closeup of the quilting

Just a general meander.

with place mat set #1

MORE left over blocks!!  I didn’t realize I could have done this quilt 2x!

with place mat set #2

And yes, she has 2 complete sets.  When we come over, my kids do a number on her tableware!!  LOL

So all that’s left to show off is Dinah’s desk set.  Eventaully, I’ll break in and photo that, too! Until then…

peace and pieces,
amy

I made quite a few gifts this year.  I hope I took pictures of them all, but I’m not sure I did!  Let’s see.

Gifts for my nieces in NC–One loves BLUE, so she got this.

Blue Windows for Amber

closeup of the orangepeel quilting

For the other NC niece, I went much more modern.  I’m disgusted with the pictures.  It rained ALL week, so I had to take indoor pictures.

Modern look for Bobbie

LOVED the backing

3 days before Christmas, Mike started saying that HE was getting a quilt for Christmas.  CRAP.  Walmart’s precut batik strips to the rescue!

Mike's Rock Candy Christmas

closeup

back

Gifts for the inlaws—

for Pop Pop

the yellow smudges are Phillip!

GiGi's placemats. Boys were crawfish..

..and the girls were crabs

waterbottle carrier for Tina

totebag for Tina

I did some goodies for Louetta–beautiful placemats–no pictures.  I did a horsie set for Dinah–notebook, binder, and kleenex cover–no pictures.  MOM didn’t get her stuff yet, so no pictures of that yet.  I THINK that was all that I made for gifts this year.

Here is to many MANY more posts in 2012.  Thank you to my loyal followers!!  Keep posted–I want to get more traffic to my blog this year, so I’ll host a giveaway, have some free patterns, and a few other stuff.  I am ALSO going to start charging taxes.  This will be the first year I actually might be in the black, so I figure I’d better sign up with the state and be legal!  Paperwork–YUCK!  LOL  so lots of changes on the way.

peace and pieces,
amy

The piano key border was the client’s idea!  It was a PITA, but it sure looks good, doesn’t it??

Notice, my “hidden” butterfly is NOT so hidden this time!

small butterfly #1

#2

medium #1

medium #2

large

And the back is AWESOME!!!

Another one down!!   Now, just my NC nieces are left!  And one just needs a trim and a bath!!  Of course, the other needs to be quilted.

Off I go!

peace and pieces,
amy

The “hidden” butterfly in the border.

and check out the AWESOME varigated thread.  I have my Apprentice to thank for this!  She forced me to buy it when we were at the LA dealer!

One more down!

peace and pieces,
amy

But I can post a few things.  Like these batik blocks.  The Contraband Quilters Guild is putting together a quilt that will be raffled off.  As soon as I know more, I’ll give you all the details.  I can tell you one thing, just these 6 blocks are amazing!  I can’t imagine what an entire quilt will look like!

here are a few of the tree skirt!  The Apprentice shows that it can be a human skirt…

And I am modeling it as a poncho!!

Not my best picture, but oh well!  The skirt also looks great around the tree!  LOL

peace and pieces,
amy