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this is the perfect way to hide from the unwanted eye. So please help me out if you are one of the non-responders.
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Oct 30, 2011

Lazy Hearts November BOM


It's number 11 BOM... can you believe it?
This block was a challenge for me.... I really put a lot of thought into it.  Don't you just love the little owl???? I had so much fun developing this little guy! Enjoy everyone!  Look for the PDF on my sidebar.

Oct 26, 2011

Seal

I've had this idea in my head for a couple of months.  Had to do something about it.... LOL.... As you all know, I'm from Texas and as we all do, I love my state, the people, nature, the weather and even the little scary critters who often invade my yard, the back forty, come into my garage, fly by my head, have the nerve to even...... sorry..... where was I?
Oh yeah...... anyway, I found this clipart photo, thought it had potential, studied it, thought about fabrics to use and then went for it.
I went with soft colors for the most part... olive greens, butter yellow, rust, browns, with pops of color... black and white. All fabrics came from my stash. I'm so proud of myself.

 The background fabric is gray which I just love. The photo does not do it justice.

So far this block measures 20 inches square but I will probably trim it down to 18 1/2 inches.
This is what I have so far. I've got to add the acorns to the oak area next.
I plan to do some hand stitching to vein the leaves and stitch around for the circle effect. So stay tuned.

Oct 24, 2011

Cock-eyed


This little "askewed" quilt was quick fun and a great way for me to get rid of use up some of my stash. The blocks are made from four sized squares - 8", 6", 4" and 2" squares turned and sewn on the diagonal.  And as you can see on the close-up.... easy to quilt if you're in a hurry...... which, it seems, I'm always in. The quilt measures roughly 48" square.

Oct 19, 2011

Needed

Tonya needs help.
Her chapter of the Linus Project needs blankets for children from babies to teens. Pop over to her blog for more info.

These quilt top are what I'm sending because I don't have any quilted items. If you'd like to help, contact Tonya for more information.






Oct 18, 2011

Memorix


Two new additions but still no real direction as to what's going to happen next.
I decided to have the owl facing inward ... don't know why but I like it better that way.  I still have to stitch everything down, that's for a retreat.
Hopefully they won't wind up in my UFO box..... LOL

Oct 14, 2011

Live or Memorix.... 2

I am still playing around with paper images to fabric. I love looking through my stash for just the right colors to make the images come to life in fabric.

I'm thinking that I might make a type of mascot quilt..... maybe.
You all know how ideas just come and go so easily.... LOL
We'll see what happens.

Oct 13, 2011

Sewing School

Months ago I posted about my late Great Aunt and her wonderful collections of sewing books and quilts.
One book that I am really fond of is "Hand Sewing Lessons." The book has many great lessons about hand sewing but it also contains a treasure, Great Aunt's personal notes.  Just viewing them brings tears to my eyes and makes me feel even closer to her even in death.
Below is one page from the book. I hope you can enlarge it to read what's on the page.

Oct 12, 2011

Live or Memorix... So To Speak

 I found an image of a tiger (I love the big cat family) and was fascinated with the markings. So I tried my hand using various fabrics and of course my favorite adhesive..... Steam-a-seam.  I'm really trying to use fabrics in my stash so no fabrics were purchased in the making of this little project.

Here's the final results. Roughly 9" square and it took me about 2 hours from start to finish.

Oct 11, 2011

Card Shark - Mystery Round Robin

It all started at a retreat a few years ago. If you read my previous post "Autumn," you have begun to see a pattern when it comes to something wacky happening at all retreats that me and my wacky girlfriends attend.
Anyway, several of us had UFO blocks and mini quilt tops that didn't seem to go with anything.
One lady got it into her head that we all just had to use those blocks in a "round robin" no less.  Of course, I had NO idea what a round robin was but was eager to participate (OMG, someone should have hit me over the head).
This is the mini center that I started with.  It's very unusual (so me) something I was experimenting with half square triangles and solid blocks but never got any further (so me, again).
We all signed up and two groups were formed with a vague idea of mailing each others' rounds.... did that make sense? I sure hope so because I can't explain it any better (so me, once more). Also, in each package were scraps of the fabrics we wanted used in each of our quilts with instructions of using more scraps from each participant's as well.
Rounds two and three, I think. Hey, it was a long time ago. Round 2 was the star blocks and fillers at the top and bottom.  Round 3 was the geometric side to side designs (someone is laughing about now with the mention of geometric)
Round 4 were the four patches.  Round 5 were the corner card shapes.  BTW, I think that the quilt took on the "Card" theme as the rounds developed.  It was not suggested in the beginning but a pleasant surprise.
Round 6, Molly thought that there was too much black area so she added the card deck.  Very ingenious of her.
Molly used a fabric photo print technique which is very popular these days, easily found if you Google about it.
The final round is this fantastic woven border which I absolutely love. This robin lasted about 6 to 8 months and we did the reveal at another retreat.  I was totally surprised to see everyone's efforts.  Love the quilt which measures 70 by 78.  Quilting will come one of these days..... LOL

Oct 10, 2011

Columbus Day

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
He sailed and sailed to find this land for me and you.

That was my little speech way back in 1962 in a school play.

Oct 7, 2011

Autumn

I've often talked about my "wacky" girlfriends who come up with loads of crazy ideas usually involving something painful, well not painful but some loony sewing project.  The following is one of the first weird things we participated in years ago before I knew what I was really getting into.
But first, these are the "sisters" I'm so fond of.  As you can see, they have influenced me and not in a good way.... LOL  One of our beloved sisters passed away over a year ago (Jerri, seated in floral) but she is always with us in spirit and always manages to make us laugh to this day.  Her favorite line.... "Not it!" when we hatched with some outrageous idea.
 This project started as a wild idea at a retreat years ago. I think one of the girls had had a couple of too strong coffees or something. Anyway, we all wound up at a local quilt shop with goals of looking for a fabric for each of us.  Something unusual that could be use as a background. I chose the  marble-y brownish woodsy sort.... boy was that a mouth full.
 Once each of us chose and purchased our background fabrics, we brainstormed about what to do next. Notice we tend to plan as we go.... LOL
My theme was "Autumn" and each person was to make one or two block with that theme in mind.
Some of the ladies really got creative and ambitious.

One group member decided to make hands and hearts to go in each quilt top.
Note the spider in this block..... very funny, someone.... very funny!
I was really happy with the overall quilt and how well the background fabric worked out. At the time this was made, I was not very good at making sure the quilt squared up but it was definitely a learning experience and one of "MANY" that I've ventured into with my "wacky" girlfriends.
Final measurement 44" X 62"

Oct 6, 2011

What's Your Name?

Dawn over at "As Sweet As Cinnamon" has a great little thing going on just for fun. Explain why you named your blog what you did. If you'd like to participate, pop over to Dawn's and sign up.
Ravelly1 comes from desperation on my part. A couple of my Wacky girlfriends were already blogging and hassled me into it...... LOL
At the time I was sewing in my living room and even though I cleaned each time I sewed, there seemed to always be ravels everywhere. So I knew that "ravels" had to be involved in the name somehow. The number one came from my birth date. I was born on the first day of a certain month. So "Ravelly1 was born.  My mom and friends think this name is still appropriate and I don't like change so I'm stuck with it and loving it.

Oct 5, 2011

Stash Bustin' Finale

I finished this quilt top early last week but was unable to post about it because my computer satellite dish died from, get this, the extra dry, hot, very hot Texas weather plus a couple of dewy mornings of moisture and voila... "cracked" thingy on the dish leading to NO Internet service.... OMG, I nearly went into more "wackiness".... it was really getting ugly around my house.... I couldn't check on what everyone in bloggerland was doing, couldn't check my email and couldn't surf the net..... Eeeeek! But now, thank goodness, I'm back!
Anyway, the photo isn't that good but hopefully you can see the first border is made from an assortment of 2 1/2 inch squares followed by a 3 inch floral border.  This was quick and fun and all fabrics came from my stash.
It's a great idea to go through your stash every so often, sort pieces and strips into colors and place where you can easily see what you're looking for. That's how I found most of the fabrics used in this quilt... LOL

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