bits and pieces

Just a few bits of a different things for today's  rainy day post.

I made this little dolly quilt for no particular reason except that I had at the 4-patches.

This backing fabric is an absolute riot!  I encourage everyone to read the cartoons.

This will give you the idea of scale.  The 4-patches are 2".

A new flock of geese flew into the sewing room from my swap with Jill and Susan.  I'm going to start piecing sets of these together soon.

My dear friend, Pauline, made this pin cushion for me.  Is it not incredible?  I love it so much!  Thank you Pauline.

The embroidery is perfection!

All that beauty fits in the palm of my hand - delightful!

I found this lovely birds nest on a walk with coco and my daughter.  It had blown out of a tree.  It contains Christmas tree tinsel.  Now that's recycling.

And a shout out to my Garden State Quilting friends who asked about coco last night.  Here she is living like a rock star in my sons bed after her morning walk.

Seriously, can it get any better than this?

Doll Quilt Tryst

Did you ever just want to take a little break from your work a day quilting life?

Well, last week I did.  I made 3 little quilts.

This first doll quilt I'm calling "Butterscotch Beauty".  It's very simple, but I added the elegant urn fabric to make it more of what I call an "elevated doll quilt".

I machine quilted it in a one direction, double then single line pattern.

Here is the back - sorry for the weird shadow effect and the crooked hanging job.

This one is made from leftovers given me by my guild friend, Sally, who sat near me at the retreat last spring.  I admired her batik scraps and she gave them to me!

I am donating this to the guild for the mini-auction at our quilt show in November.

Here is a close of up the quilting.

I made this doodle in January of 2010 and I finally put it into a quilt.  I really love it and intend to use it more in the future on my more modern quilts.

Here I've practiced it on a scrap.

For the back I used this fun folk art print.

With the leftovers from this one, I made a little sister mini, which I intend to gift to a guild friend.  (hint)

I've grouped them around my feather weight, so you could get an idea of the size and scale of them.

I found this beautiful empty nest after the hurricane and feeling a kinship to it I brought it home and dried it out.  These birds made such a nice home which included a piece of balloon ribbon, cassette tape, and white bundling twine.

And lastly, poor coco.  She is having some major adjustment issues with the kids gone and me sewing so much.  I'm going to look into a doggie day care so she can spend time with her own kind once a week.

Have a great day!