Blocks received in OZ

Hi All,
Just got back home from 2 weeks holiday in Tasmania. I have mail.
Thankyou so much Deana and Daryl. Lovely blocks.
Don't worry about too much about the postage. Daryl, your envelope weighs a bit more than a normal envelope too. Maybe look for a lighter weight when posting over seas...
Thankyou so much for your lovely blocks.
Daryl I love your quilt

Daryl's Apple Pincushion Block

This is the one I am swapping. I made another one, but I still need to add the "pins" to it. I will also include the between and half between blocks with the pincushion blocks to whomever shall receive this.

Apple Pincushion quilt block. I hand embroidered the pins with French knots for the pinheads.

Here is the between block in the center and the 2 half-between blocks on either side.

All blocks together.

Daryl's Quilt Shop Blocks

Here are the quilt shop blocks I made. The first block below is the block I am swapping.

This is the block I made to swap. The little quilt that hangs on the shop can be set on point like this or...

...set straight like this. Whoever receives this block can decide which way they prefer it and tack it place on the block.

I made this block and added rickrack with French knots on the gable end of the roof. 

I changed the windows to square on this block (and the first block above that I will swap), I also cut the gable end with a curvy inside instead of adding rickrack. I did add red French knots. I will add a shank button for the door knobs of these shops after I make the quilt so it doesn't get in the way of the quilting later. Again I placed the little quilt on point here.

The little quilt on the shop is not on point like in the above photo. I am not sure which way I will place the little quilt. Perhaps one will be on point and the other not.

Here is another shop style. I had a few small quilt block stencils, so I stenciled this using Shiva paintstiks. I  added some embroidery by hand to enhance the stencil. I added some ribbon to the roof and added yellow French knots in the center of the flowers on the ribbon. This block got a bit wonky when I sewed it. Maybe it will look better when it's in the quilt and quilted. I hope so!

Here is another style of quilt shop. Again I added rickrack to the roof. Instead of a little quilt in the window, I fussy cut a sewing machine from a sewing notions print fabric.

Thank You Ann!

I received my block from Ann in Utah today and I love it! Thanks Ann.

Flower Blocks

I made one of the flower blocks and it came out okay, although the measurements are a bit larger on one side then they are supposed to measure and I am not sure what happened. I also had some trouble with marking the correct angles of some of the pieces and so I didn't make a matching opposite block because I screwed up the marking and cutting. I decided to try again and this time I had trouble with the center cupping like a mountain! I pressed it and it was better but not perfect. So don't worry I will be keeping that one. I finally figured out that with the cutting and sewing and re-cutting and sewing that my measurements must have gotten thrown off with each step. I was going to just give up and not bother with making any more, but decided I should try to just sew the triangles together and not make the inner spin pieces which would have involved more marking, cutting and sewing, and that I obviously am not be doing very well. I liked making these and they came out the correct size. Since these 2 blocks are different from the flower block choices that we could choose to make, I will keep them for myself. Anyhow here is what I ended up making~

The block above is the block I am swapping. 

This block came out cupped in the center! Arg. So I will keep this one.

I didn't add the center fabrics on this and the other block to keep it simple. This block was easier to sew and get right for me. I added a folded flower with a button for the center. I will sew those on after the quilt is completed so it doesn't get in the way of the quilting.

This is the opposite color placement.

Both side-by-side.

The folded flower with button and apparently the thread of the fabric got in the photo too, lol!!!

I Received My Block

The block from Edith arrived in Monday's mail. Thank you so much! I love the added buttons too.

Iron Block Sent to Susan

I mailed the iron block off to Susan on Wednesday.~ Daryl

Finished my Iron Blocks

Here they are~

I am keeping the block above and below. I used rickrack instead of bias for the cords. I thought the rickrack gave the irons an old fashioned look.

I actually made 2 of the blocks above, so I am swapping this block. I didn't see the need to photograph them both since they are identical.

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My Block is on it's way to Pam

I mailed my Rotaries in Bloom quilt block Saturday to Pam in Texas. You should get it soon, since Texas is right next door, lol!

Rotaries in Bloom Quilt Blocks

I finished my Rotaries in Bloom Blocks right away, but wasn't sure what I was going to do for the "rotary blade". Deana suggests using a metal washer and sewing a black button on top. I was going to to do that, but then I decided to fuse silver lame' on as the blade. Since I know this quilt will be a wall quilt and not be washed, I thought that using lame' would be fine. I just need to stitch the blades in place on my blocks. I photographed these with the lame' and button just sitting on top and not stitched down yet. The block I am trading will not have the blade because I do not know who will be receiving my block yet and whether or not they will be washing their quilt, so I will let the recipient add their own blade to this block. I made 5 blocks and will swap one block.

The block above is the block I will be swapping.

  

Mailed My Good Vibration Block Off to Jules

I just mailed my block off to Julie/Jules before I read the good etiquette rules that Deana wrote. Okay the only thing I failed to do was to put the block in a plastic zip bag first. So now I will know that for the next time. Hopefully it will arrive to Jules okay and unharmed, other than a fold line or 2 from being in the envelope. It heading to California from New Mexico, so shouldn't be too long.

I have already started on my Rotaries in Bloom blocks too. Those are so cute!

Daryl's September Good Vibrations Quilt Blocks

I made my blocks all applique as paper piecing wasn't working for me and I enjoy applique so much better. I made the first one using the fusible interfacing method of needle turn and those small pieces were so much harder to do that way. So the next block I decided I would do all fusible web and hand blanket stitch. That worked, but I did like the look of the needle turn sewing machine, so on the third block I did the sewing machine needle turn and the smaller pieces were fused and hand blanket stitched. The third method I like the best and I will stick with that one. I found a cute selvage that says Garden Song that I thought was just perfect for adding to the blocks. I also added the thread coming off the spool and instead of fabric, I embroidered thread on the spool to make it look like a spool of thread. Here are my September blocks~

All 3 blocks I made. I didn't realize that I had made the fusible web block facing to the right, but you know I kind of like not having all the machines facing the same way, so I may alternate how they face as I make some more

This was the first block all needle turn applique.

Block #2 is all fusible web with hand blanket stitching.

Block #3 is needle turn sewing machine and the rest is fused with hand blanket stitching. Since this is the way I will be sewing all my blocks from now on, this is the block that I will be swapping.

Daryl

Hello I am Daryl and I blog at Patchouli Moon Studio. I have been blogging since 2008 and quilting since the 1970's when I did it all by hand. I am married to my best friend and we just celebrated our 34th anniversary about a week and a half ago. I have a daughter and a son and one grandson. I live in New Mexico where right now it's chile roasting season and the yummy scent of chile roasting is in the air wherever you go. October will bring 100's of hot air balloons flying in the skies of Albuquerque with the annual International Balloon Fiesta. The posting today on my blog shows 4 small hot air balloon quilts that I just made. (I also blog at another blog where I post the show and tell from other women from the groups I belong to: Daryl's Fiber Arts Blog).
Looking forward to making the blocks and enjoying the swap part too.

Close-up of balloons made with watercolors and quilted.