Cozy Day of the Dead

I got the sewing machine back out... I ended up not needing the FQs- so there may be another b/w project in my future. Woohoo!

Skulls 3, 4,5,6 and the Final Skull

I am going to embroider myself a Hippie Shirt- I bought a dark blue denim shirt and I am not at all patiently waiting for a yellow transfer pen to arrive so I can begin work on it (the peril of a dark blue denim shirt- if I'd gotten light blue, any of the transfer colors I already have would have worked: black, dark blue, red. Sigh).

Anyway, waiting has given me a chance to finish the last of the skull blocks.

Here are the three large blocks- each bit of fabric is at least 14" x 14", though their final sizes will be different.

This will be a border across the top of the quilt- though the embroidery will be centered and not extend across the whole banner.

I am going to assemble it organically, from the blocks out, all asymmetrical. I decided to use just black and white print fabrics for the sashing and spacer blocks (I haven't decided yet if they'll be large swaths of fabric, or pieced blocks).

Sorry for the fuzzy pic.Surprisingly enough, black and white fabrics are harder to find. Most have other colors too (cream, gray, red, yellow, etc) (Note: I'll probably set that gingham FQ aside for another project, because: gray).  I considered Day of the Dead fabrics but that seemed too *on the nose*. I might use some for the outer border though, or for the binding. And I may quilt with bright multicolored thread. Not sure yet. The quilt will tell me what it needs.

I am very much looking forward to seeing this one come together.

What 3 months, and 28,000 hand stitches, looks like, and the next tv-watching project

Wordless experiments with paper piecing

Mostly wordless corals and greens, and a very inspiring tutorial...

Watch this first...

And then see what they made me do...

More Batik- And a Quilt Block, Part 2

As I mentioned yesterday, no matter how careful I am with my seam allowances, my blocks always come out a little smaller than they should. If you're going to try this block, please make a sample first to know the final size, before cutting up a lot of fabric. Part 1 Assembly here.

I do love how these came out.

Click on the image to enlarge before saving and printing it. Otherwise, you'll just get the thumbnail.

6 more blocks to finish.

You can make blocks with the trimmed fabric from the Contrast square. I'll use these in another project. (They can be arranged in a lot of ways- I don't know how I'll lay them out eventually).