OK, I lied....

sorry 'bout that.  I was going to post my pictures yesterday, but got totally distracted with something new.  It's that SADD kicking in again...you know...Stitcher's Attention Deficit Disorder...;)  But, first here at least is a picture of the All Cooped Up quilt top...and, no, I didn't press it...sorry.  It is hanging by magnets on my closet doors in the bedroom.

And my Snowbound quilt top (although incomplete) was left at Bears Paw Fabrics.  The owner is interested in making a model for her shop and wanted to use mine for some ideas.  It'll be home soon, ready for the new block on the 5th of next month. :)

But I started a fun, new project....I initially was going to make one for a friend of mine as a gift.  She collects anything and everything snowmen related.  It is a snowman Advent calendar.  Too cute.  So after buying the needed felt at Bears Paw yesterday, I came home and traced a lot of snowballs. Since I decided to also make one for myself...50 snowballs to be exact...plus 50 linings for the snowballs and 50 little, tiny snowmen heads as well as cutting 50 little scarfs for these chilly guys. :)  Here's a link to the finished product  :Chilly Willies (my nickname for these little guys). 

Here's a picture of my 50 little snowballs with the embroidery started for all the numbers:

And, now onto all the blanket stitching and embroidery!

No pictures, but...

It's time to "crow!"  My Mckenna Ryan "All "Cooped Up" quilt top is done!  Cock-a-doodle-doo!!  Pictures tomorrow...it will be making a little trip with me tomorrow, then it really needs to be nicely pressed.

And...my Snowbound snowmen are together...those that are done anyway.  Three complete rows of those cuties....(they will be going with the roosters tomorrow, too!)

All updates tomorrow!

Patches

There are 10 nine patch blocks on All Cooped Up.  After cutting and organizing all the fabrics yesterday, I completed one of them.  For the little houses or coops, there are a total of eight to put together.  I may just work on them while watching DVD's and stitch them together by hand, instead of the machine.  Anyway, here's the first nine patch block.

Lots of very unusual color combinations in this quilt.  The overall effect, however, is quite gorgeous!

Coop

#7 Coop for my All Cooped Up quilt.  I have been cutting and measuring...and cutting and measuring for all the coops, nine-patch blocks and borders for it.  I still have about 12 fabrics to cut.....Whew!  But when I had enough to finish one little coop last night, I decided to go ahead and stitch it together by hand.

I also worked on a lot of little circle flower pieces yesterday for Block #4 of Le Jardin.

Borders

I finished the last rooster block yesterday afternoon.  Then spent a little time cutting the borders for the central part of the quilt.  It's actually starting to look like something now! :))

Next are the little "houses" or coops as they are called in the pattern....

Oh, and look!   The guys have eyes!

Roosters

Blocks #2 and #3 are fused!  Take a peek!

(Still no eyes yet for these guys...I may add buttons for them instead of embroidery, when I put the quilt top together.)

Working on the last rooster....then onto the rest of the quilt!

Fused

Today I spent the afternoon playing with the first block on my quilt kit, All Cooped Up by McKenna Ryan.  This is the first rooster block, called "You're So Vane."  This will get machine appliqued in place; right now, the pieces are just fused to the background fabric with fusible web.

The fabrics for this quilt are batiks from Hoffman Fabricis.  Absolutely gorgeous!  Don't you just love the chicken wire fabric?  (The rooster's eye will be embroidered after the quilt is all together.)