Sunday, October 17, 2010

Applique :)

 
I started my day with good intentions to finish up some UFOs.  But I knew I was going to spend the afternoon waiting.  Guitar Girl has started cosmetology school and Saturday was "Live Model" day for haircuts.  So I traced the pattern on the back of the fabric for back basting before I left.  I got the basting & cutting out done while waiting for Skater Girl to get her hair cut as well as stitching down one side and one set of "fingers".   I finished up the rest during the BSU football game (the final score was 48-0...it didn't take full attention to watch.)
However, I was distracted enough that I  cut through the background as well as the green fabric.  A section on the bias, of course.  I had some white silk thread with me.  In the end, I had to back it with a scrap cut from the corner and darned the eyeball back together.  I'll pretend that it just adds a "twinkle" to his eye.

This is a Dover Clip art pattern.  I have plans to put this Mayan Frog with a Mayan Lizard for a quilt.  This is the same book that the Santa Domingo Birds came from.  This may be the May 2011 workshop in West Yellowstone.

Oh, and I did actually finish a project in the morning.  However, it's one that I claimed to finish in January.  It's the purple quilt that I helped Skater Girl to make in 3rd & 4th grade.  Over the last Christmas break, she quilted it and I sewed on the binding thinking that she could sew the binding to the back by hand.  She got bored and quit after 5".  I finished the binding and had her sign it Saturday.  It's now washed and on her bed.

3 comments:

Lucky Duck Dreams said...

Post a pict of the whole quilt! I remeber that gray and pink rose print! Fomr Piece Goods! I had som of it and used it in the 90s!

Lucky Duck Dreams said...

Ok please ignore all the spelling errors in the previous post. Im having finger burps.

Lucky Duck Dreams said...

I loved the colors of the quilt! Purple and green rock!