Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Dolls

I have always admired all the the work of the Doll makers in our guild but have never been drawn to make one myself.  But recently I taught and informal class for a very charitable group which is a part our my local guild and as a thank you gift one of the participants gave me this charming doll!

What a sweet little face!  But as the maker of the doll demonstrated to me the doll has two faces.  When she's feeling cheerful this is he face.
I when she's feeling a little devilish she turns her around!
I said i knew just where I would put her on display in my sewing room.  The menu poster has been in my sewing room for years.  and now she sometimes has company.
I felt so appreciated to be presented with such a sweet creation!!
More on dolls later.  I just arrived in Burlington, Vermont  today going to the Quilt show tomorrow!!
cheers, CW

Sunday, June 9, 2019

Some finishes!

May was a pretty productive sew month for me, but since I've been traveling I haven't had much  chance to post pix.

I always have tops waiting around to be quilted.  I decided I needed to work on that waiting list!.

This one is big 58" x 68"  that's the dimension that Hospice requests for the campers at Camp Erin.  A program for kids who have family members who've been touched by Cancer.

The flannel patches were a Flea Market find.  I Love those 'Pre-cuts'!

I backed this quilt with a plaid fleece.  thought it made a good match with the front.
This quilt is 36" x 48"  The size requested for the Wheel Chair Bound Vets.  The fabrics in this quilt were from the leftovers of a layer Cake from one of those Civil War lines.
The blocks of this last quilt were made by the students of a 5th grade class at Green Acres Elementary School.  I was the Science/ Garden teacher there for awhile many years ago  I still get requests from friends there to quilt the occasional quilt project.
Hand work like sewing is a challenge for most of these kids.  Most of them have no experience sewing, at all!
  My friend Jackie (also a former teacher at Green Acres)  helped supervise the kids and put the top together. Jackie said it was quite a trick getting everything to line up.
But it's really a charming quilt if you don't mind a few shaved off points!
I think the kids agreed to donate it to Jacob's Heart.
It was fun to quilt!
Lots of fun prints and color combinations!
I pieced the back together with this colorful sarong and the orange and aqua fabs.
That's the last of that orange fabric.  I got a bunch of it from the Flea Market and I've used it in 3 different kid's quilts recently.  I love all the colors in that sarong!
It's another sunny day here,  better go out and get some weeds pulled!
Happy Sunday!
cheers, CW


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