Daily Design Wall

Monday, March 3, 2014

I was busy last week with lots of little projects.

I'm terrified of doing the flowers on this block so it's been temporarily set aside.

January and February blocks of the month. I won the pink ones...will make a nice baby quilt for my new niece due any day.

I rarely do paper piecing. This is a block for our annual anniversary quilt top. I love the results but hate the process.

A birthday block for a bee member.

Another birthday block for a different bee member.

And lastly a little badge holder for Hampton. It held my phone, a pen, some biz cards, too.

Shopping for treasures today at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival today.

One piece of yardage for community quilts, some door prizes, fat quarters, patterns, hand dyes.

Applique needles, antique sewing treasures and lots of fun embellishments. I had way too much fun digging through TwoBirdBabes' booth.

I took a class at the Mid-Atlantic quilt festival today. It was needle felting with Deborah Konchinsky of Critter Pattern Works.

I had a lot of fun learning a new-to-me technique!

A drum bag repair. I replaced a zipper, and added some appliques to cover a rip.

I added blanket stitching around the applique edges to hold it down.

Finished all but berries.

My pile of berries (made with Karen Kay Buckley circles and Magic Sizing)

I have been working on block E1 Natalie's Nasturtiums in the meantime, until I could get my circles made.

My faithful quilting companion, Mike the Tiger.

Made a leek and cheese tart and my first kale salad. Really delish!

I also made a portfolio for holding my completed hand applique blocks. I used a sample I made a few years ago as the main design for the front.

I pieced the inside from scraps. The inside is foam core. I added some ribbons for carrying handles.

The back:

I fixed it. It took much less time than I thought it would, maybe 20 minutes.