February block almost done

Well here is February block. I only have the green patch at the top to finish after I finish sewing on the red and white across the red patch. That red and white trim is from Ati in Norway. My Great-Great-Great grandfather was from Norway so I love it. The shell is my 1st attempt at painting motifs. I don't think it turned out too bad. I have to get busy and make March's "nekkid" block. I am going to try and do that this weekend. Rebecca

February Block

Ok I tried to post and the computer ate it I think so here I go again. I have not posted for a long time but here is the 2nd block of my large crazy quilt. Of Course the month is February. The center says." Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away. I have almost all the seams finished. After I finish them I will be starting on the patches. I am thinking that a few of the patches I will not "fancy up" cause I love the fabric. One is the yellow oriental patch above the orange patch. Another is the one that has the "ferns". Also the purple patch at the top of the block.

This the final on the January block. At the top I finished with a counted cross stitch Humming Bird over a Flower. I worked the design over waste canvas then took the threads out of the waste canvas. I love the design but it took a long time to work up. I might do more cross stitch on some of the other blocks we will see.

This is Kathy Shaw's block from the Royal Blue group of the Crazy Quilting for Newbies. This is the final stop befor the block goes home to Kathy. I worked the gathered ribbon with the buttons, the paisley, the knoted seam treatments at the bottom with the daisy type flower. I also worked a seamtreatment below the lace but it doesn't show up too good. I hope Kathy likes what I did to her block.

More on my January block

Here is the photo that I put on my huge project . The picture is of our oldest son. He is in the airforce. So of course I added the little plane .

Here is the little rose I added with some yellow and blue beads. You can see several of the seam treatments on this shot. The blue under the tan patch is a new knot stitch I have learned todo. Next time I will work it in ribbon so the detail will show up good.

In this picture I am showing off several things. The rose patch has thin gold thread worked over parts of the flowers.

The very handsome man in the picture is my sweet Hubby. He is now home from his deployment in
Afghanistan. The pin at the bottom of his picture says "Operation Enduring Freedom"

On both pictures I wanted them to stand out a bit so I added just a bit of fluff under the pictures so they "puff" up just a tiny bit. This last shot shows the entire block as a whole. I only have 7 patches and I will be finished. I have the next "nekkid" block almost ready to go.

Here is Randi's block in the Blue's RR. I worked the blue paisley in the center. The center of the paisley is filled with blue ribbon roses. I also made the blue "flowering" button vine bush on the side.

The blue square design seam treatment is also part of my work with the ribbon seam treatment on the bottom.

I hope she likes it.

Cris's blue and January

Well here is what I have done soo far on my large project. I have thought that I will make it in 12 blocks.I will try and post what I am doing on it. The ribbon by the teal green patch says " Operation Iraqi Freedom" and it is really a Key fob!!!! I picked it because my hubby (Army) served 12 months in Iraq and my Oldest son ( Airforce) had a short tour there as well.
I thought that I would, on each block put something special.
Several of my crazy Quilting friends outside of the US has sent me wonderful wonderful goodies from their different countries.
The center Blue patch says " January, I will bless the LORD at all times, HIS praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1".
On the Center of each block I will pick a favorite verse from the King James Version of the Bible.
I am also trying to make it so that all the seams have DIFFERENT seam treatments. That will be a challange! Now there might be repeats in the total quilt but I am trying to make it so that no seam treatment is used twice on the same block.
As you can see I have a HUGE way to go but I think this will be neat to use as a teaching tool for my "someday" grandchildren or even to take to the guild and show off. Right now I am the only one who crazy quilts. The rest are "sane' quilters, I also do "sane" quilting but I love love the no rules of crazy quilting.

This is Cris's blue block from the Royal Blue group of the Blue RR in CQ for Newbies group I am in. I hope she likes it. I made the paisley . It was an experiment ,but I like the way it turned out. I really really hope she does not mind me experimenting on her block. Above the paisley I worked a wheel design with beads in the center. I am sorry it doesn't show up in the picture. I also did the seam treatment below the blue velvet. The beads are really blue sequins with light blue seed beads on top. The spider rose I made with 2 different blue ribbons so it is a bi- colored blue rose.

On a different subject. I have Wonderful, Wonderful news. My Hubby is coming home from his deployment!!!!! He has been stationed in Afghanistan for the past 15 months. We only have a tad over one month then he will be comming home! I am getting soo excited.

A finish, A new and A blue

Here is a new project. It will be taking me quite a while I am sure to make it. I am wanting a twin size crazy quilt so this is the 1st block. I am not sure why I want one that big but I do. I think it will make a nice wall covering and a nice conversation piece.

Here is my Blue block for the Royal Blue Group in Crazy Quilting for Newbies group. That is one Huge RR. I am the hostess and there are 36.. yes I said 36 ladies in 6 groups. So far it is running very well I am proud to say. My block has a blue bow and a Blue Beaded seam treatment that didn't show up in the picture.

Here is my latest finish. It is a twin size and the 1st one that I did on my short arm quilting machine. Shirlene ( a friend of mine here in TX) gave the top to me cause she said it had tooo much purple. I am one that says you cannot have too much purple sooo I am feeling like I am the lucky one.

Here is the Sunbonnet Sue that is going to Sandy in the QATW group. The theme was April Showers so of course I had to make her with an umprella to keep her dry . I like the way it turned out.