Lovin' these bunnies!

My third bunny - inside the cabbage or lettuce (I'm not sure which).  I love the little radishes on this one.


Thanks for stopping by! :o))

The neighborhood grows

My first block for Tiny Town is done!  It looks a bit crooked in the picture, but it it is straight. I guess it was just the way it was on the table.  I think I am caught up with my BOM's (Blocks of the Month) quilt projects...well, except for Baltimore Halloween.  I have decided I really do not like the background fabric that was provided.  So, I kept putting off doing the blocks.  I have only completed three, but I think I am going to redo them all on different fabric....maybe a nice Halloweeny purple!

I started working on my Baroque Gardens again last night and finished the outer border for Part 2.  Now for all the vines and flowers!

Block #8

Here it is..Block #8 for the Le Jardin quilt by Bunny Hill Designs.  Can you believe it?  Only one more block to go in this Block of the Month...well, of course, there are still the borders. :)

Another cutie!!

Ta Da!!  Block #7 of Bunny Hill's Snowbound quilt.  This freebie quilt year is already up to 7 months!  I am going to miss it when it's all finished. 

Block #7

Finished attaching the little button for the door and the bunny's eye this morning!


The little heart flowerpots are my favorite part on this block. :)

...and enough

OK...I knew it wouldn't last forever....trying to keep my post titles to one word was a bit more difficult than I thought it might be.  So, without further ado....enough of it.  I am back to making my titles whatever I feel like! :))

A few pictures for today...I have been working on my quilting projects the past several days.  Block 7 of Le Jardin....this is just a portion of it. 

I have also been working on the second block of Friends for Christmas...no picture yet...but it is a large penguin putting a star atop a Charlie Brown Christmas tree while standing on a stack of presents.  Cute! It is almost done..picture soon!

And....look here...some of my little scrap pieces left over from my Le Jardin blocks....a little flower, which still needs two more striped hexagons to complete the circle.  It does look a bit odd right now, but the next color will help with the transition from the darker colors to the creams and reds.  I may just keep going around and around with the scraps I have just to see how big it becomes!

T H R E E !!!

That's right - three - count 'em....three finishes in one day!  There were just a few small things left to do on each of these projects. But....isn't it fun when all of a sudden - wow - three actual finishes!  Number one - my Four Calling Birds from Nora Corbett's Twelve Days of Christmas. 

And two....who is that looking at those delicious...ahem....delightful birdies?  It is my version of Bunny Hill's new pattern Scooter Pie.

Now three ~  Block #6 for my Snowbound quilt.

Birds

Here is Block #6 for Le Jardin from Bunny Hill Designs.
 Cute little birdies flying above.:)

Rolling!

Rolling along, that is!  I got inspired for some reason to continue to work on my Snowbound quilt.  I joined the first two rows of snowmen with their Irish Chain blocks, and Voila!

Now the outer red border is attached on three sides already.  You just can't tell because of the new slipcover I recently bought for my sofa.  I laid the completed rows out on the back of the sofa.  The red border matches the color of the sofa!  There will be another wider blue border that I will attach later, after we receive some applique portions for that one.

Snowbound

...and Block #5.  This one really went together fast.
A cute little crown for the snow princess!  I love the heart button wand (thanks, Isabelle!) that has been waiting in my stash for just the perfect place. :)

Now I have just enough snowmen blocks to complete two whole rows along with the Irish Chain blocks on the quilt....hmmmm....should I do it....or wait?

Birdhouse

Block #5 of Le Jardin by Bunny Hill Designs is done!  And just in time, too!  I received my notification e-mail that the next blockis on its way! I just have to attach the little bows on each of the dresses,  I am going to wait to do that so that they do not get squished when I fold the block up to put away.  I'll be adding those at the end, when the quilt blocks are all together.

Now I am off to trace and cut the pieces for the next Snowbound block!

Yeah!

Bunny Patch - finished....the quilt top, that is!

It has not been pressed just yet, as I wanted to give the fabrics a chance to get accustomed to their new homes. 

Busy

Hmmmm....I haven't been posting much lately, have I?  Well, here's the reason.   This is called Bunny Patch from Bunny Hill Designs (I know, again!)  This one was published in the April 2010 edition of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine.

  I chose to do the "darker" version, rather than the original shown in the magazine.  This magazine usually shows you one or two different colorways for the quilts that are published.  The original is pinks and greens.  This colorway goes much better with a lot of the things in my house.  See?

 (Funny how that lampshade reflected in the wall!)

I have all the borders pieced and ready to go.  I have just started adding them to the central portion.  Really shouldn't be too much more time until the quilt top is all done!

Four

5

Hard to believe...but I completed Block #4 for Le Jardin.  I finished the final section with the bird and flower last night, just in time for when Block #5 arrives on my doorstep.   

Bunnies

The second part of my Block #4 for Le Jardin.....two little red bunnies.:))

A little close-up of one.  Now to work on the bird with the flower, leaves and stem.

Basket

My basket for a portion of Block #4 on Le Jardin.  This block has three sections.  Here's my first part with the basket and flowers.  A little bit of a placement error on my part with the butterfly...he should be resting against the basket...so rather than rip out everything  I had already stitched for him, he got little legs.  :))

Leaves

Leaves, leaves and more leaves.  Twenty-five, to be exact!  Nine stars and one flower pot!  All twenty-five leaves are done on Block #3 for Le Jardin by Bunny Hill Designs.  Whew! 

I love the flower pot!  (Maybe 'cause there was only one! LOL!)

February

Ta Da!!!  Here is my February block for Snowbound:


With all the snow we have had here, maybe that is what I should be doing, too! ;)

Snow

...and more snow....and more snow.  After receiving about two feet of snow the other day, today there is another storm with more snow falling...high winds expected later (hopefully - no power will be lost - crossing fingers now!)...

It only seemed appropriate to work on my second block for the Bunny Hill Snowbound (ha, ha) quilt.   Still working on that one.  But I did also work on the Irish chain blocks that will be between each snowman block.  I still have two more "rows" around the block to complete on thirteen of these squares...but here's a peek at them, so far:

I did scatter them about a bit...but you can see the cream colored polka dot in this photo as well as the cute red and cream print I am using. (Please excuse the threads on the squares...they will be trimmed after the final two borders are attached.)

Reds

New red fabrics and lots of pretty reds and salmon colors used in Le Jardin's Block #2:











Here are the new red and cream fabrics I purchased for my Snowbound Irish Chain blocks:  I strip pieced the little nine-patch squares:.s  You might think that these reds do not go with the blue background fabric for my snowman.  The design shows a blue background for all the snowmen with a red Irish Chain having cream colored backgrounds.  When I placed my Block #1 with the fabrics, it looked fine.  The reds in the block pick up the Irish Chain red.