Saturday, March 23, 2024

A recent finish

This was completed several days ago, but it's been so rainy here lately that photographing it was problematic.

70" x 86". Link to how it appeared before Size Reduction Treatment.

Friday, March 22, 2024

In Stitches

. . . but ain't nobody here laffin'.

I attached bunny's second arm last night. I generally will follow a pattern to the letter the first time I use it. This pattern instructed the arms be assembled by folding down the top edge, sewing the pieces together all around the perimeter (excluding the top), stuffing the turned arm, sewing the top closed, then hand-sewing it to the body.

Even before making the arms I was thinking "there's GOT to be a better way!" I knew darn well that it was going to be awkward sewing a stuffed something onto another stuffed something, even with the appropriate tool (see curved needle on bunny's hand).

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Pinning another!

After running bunny through the (modern day) wringer, I still had my concerns about the beads for eyes so I reached out to the CF!Quilters leader for some guidance. I feared the Community First! Village marketplace would reject any stuffed animal out-of-hand if it had any potential choking hazards, even if a child would have to try very very hard to rip said choking hazard off the toy.

While I waited for a reply, I made a backing for another quilt--the Bright Hopes top I'd reduced from Double to Twin. This was a partial bolt donated to the CF!Quilters, and after opening it up for ironing I can see why. Firstly, there's a sun-damaged streak along the fold. Secondly, it's hideous.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

A finish

This was pulled from the dryer yesterday morning and hung on our side fence this morning for its photo op (Thing 2 is in Columbia at the moment, unavailable for display purposes):

"front" ~ 72" x 90"

"back" (also ~ 72" x 90")

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

I do NOT heart this

I'm working my way to the finish of the Heart You QAYG top. The ten rows have been measured and the average length calculated (with butted seam allowances, they tend to grow).


Wednesday, February 28, 2024

I Heart You

As I move one or two Community First! projects to the flimsy stage (or better yet, to completion), I like to create a kiddie top for Sleep in Heavenly Peace. After the previous haul of novelty fabrics, I felt there were finally enough heart fabrics to create a top.

I also had some thin corduroy that was too stained to use as a backing, so years ago I had cut it into 9.5" squares to use in QAYG blocks. I'd only need 80 of them, so I could pick out any badly-stained blocks and use them for dusting furniture.
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