"Make what you want to make, and make it the way you want to make it." Gwen Marston

Monday, August 1, 2016

OPAM, RSC, etc.

Another month has passed.  It's been a good month here at QD.  Last time I mentioned that I inherited a stack of homespuns and a bag of scraps.  Last week, I was the recipient of another large stack of unwanted fabrics, as a friend is doing some deep cleaning.  And.....we had our drawing for the UFO challenge and I won!  The prize was all the thread that we used for our buy-in, and if we didn't finish the chosen UFO for a particular time period.
Woo Hoo!  Look at all that thread.  30 spools to be exact.  And a couple of them were large spools of Aurifil.  Most were neutrals, but there were a couple of pretty colors included.  I won't be buying thread for a long time.

After seeing this tutorial on Anthea's blog, I decided I was going to make a cover for my traditional ironing board.  My brother works with wood, so I asked him what I should buy, and he offered to make the wooden cover for me!  It was delivered on Friday night, and DH and I covered it with batting and fabric on Saturday.  I've been working on small projects the past few days, but I can't wait to iron yardage on the beautiful RECTANGULAR board.  No more pointy board!!
Another project I did to make my life easier was to make a couple of mini design boards.  I love them!  I'm working on a couple of projects with small blocks, and these are so handy.  I can put the pieces on the board and move it around rather than picking up small pieces and moving them all around.  Mine are a little smaller than Lori's because I used plain cardboard that I had on hand rather than foam core.  And I covered the back with fabric since it was ugly cardboard.  I grabbed the binding from my basket of leftover bindings.

This was my UFO for the most recent challenge.  I started it several months ago, and then it got put aside for some reason.
This and the brown scrappy quilt from my last post are my projects for OPAM.  I also made two fabric postcards for a swap, but I forgot to take pictures. of them.  They've both been received now, so perhaps pictures will show up in blogland.

Hot/dark pink was the July color for RSC.  I had to beg, borrow and buy fabric this month.  I love pink, but my fabrics are light pink.

I'm getting a nice selection of these blocks, and I'm starting to think how I might put them together at the end of the year.

Until next time.....Be kind.......Sunny

19 comments:

  1. You have done well with all those spools of thread. Great work with the ironing board and cover. That will work well.
    Love seeing all the blocks you are making. It will be interesting to see them together.

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  2. Hi Sunny boy you sure have been busy,yes i loved Anthea tutorial too ,i love all your work my friend and how lucky getting all those threads,threads are quite exspensive her,hope you have a lovely evening

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  3. Such a great pick those threads were...I love Aurafil and Rasant too..
    Both your big and small boards will be very useful...
    You've been working on sew many lovely blocks....

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  4. youll be stitching pretty for a while!
    pretty applique and loving the pink blocks.
    the mini design boards look great and in use straight away, perfect.

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  5. it's great getting things organised..... Love my design boards......

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  6. Sunny, you amaze me! I would like to have a rectangular ironing board, but don't really have room. That little curve at the end is annoying when ironing large pieces of fabric, for sure!! The little round bird piece is so cute!!!

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  7. I'm not a fan of pinks, but your blocks look stunning. Great work. The bird is sweet too

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  8. I have been tempted to cover my ironing board with a big board too. I love the way yours turned out.

    Your design boards are wonderful too. They are such a good idea.

    Your pinks are beautiful!

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  9. See you have been busy--love the new ironing board design and all your projects--those pink blocks are my favorite--wonder why???
    still no rain here--been 30 days now--hard to believe in Florida--we get rain all around us, but not right here!!!
    love and laughter, di

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  10. Hi,
    Love the pink blocks, pretty. That ironing board looks awesome. Have a great day!

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  11. You've kept nice and busy! I, loving that little chickadee. My address is.......;) XO

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  12. Sunny I've had an ironing board made out of a hollow core door for several years and I love it so I know you'll enjoy this. That little bird is adorable! blessings, marlene

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  13. oooh look at all those lovely threads!!! Don't they look scrumptious!! Love your pink blocks too :) xx

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  14. you have been busy...... and lucky too. Wonderful. I love all your blocks. I have some of those mini design boards and they are great.
    Hugz

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  15. Beautiful projects. I especially love the string blocks!

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  16. I keep saying that someday I'll make a board for my ironing board, and then I won't have to put up with a pointy board either. Love the bird - but you knew that already.

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  17. Your pink blocks are so bright and cheery! I don't work with pinks often but they do make me happy. Looking forward to what you do with them.

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  18. The bird piece is oh so interesting. I know a couple bird lovers that something like that would make a good gift.

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  19. The bird piece is oh so interesting. I know a couple bird lovers that something like that would make a good gift.

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