Scarecrow 7 & 8

 I have finished rules 7 & 8 and also have sewn them to the previous sections.  I have pretty good starts on 9 & 10 so , hopefully will have them ready in the near future.   The scarecrow in rule 8 is paper pieced.  I had the fabric with the scene of sky and house so I wanted to use it as bg.  I continued the tree from the previous block that was on the left.  Lots of summer sunshine!  The tree trunk is pieced with the bg fabric and the branch is applique.  Bird is fussy cut.  The illusion block is kinda big and sits out in the middle of nowhere.  lol.

Lyn's Block was done on time I just couldn't get it on blog til now.

Pam's Woods Mystery

Rule 7 doesn't look too dimensional, but it is the tumbling block pattern.

Rule 8 doesn't look too much like a treet to me but it is actually paper-pieced using the Weeping Willow paperpieced pattern from Quilters' Cache by Marcia Hohn.

I am having a little trouble posting. I hope it goes through this time. This mystery has really been a challenge for me, but I have really enjoyed participating in it and looking at everyone's themes and interpretations of the rules. I am also looking forward to seeing everyone's finish and hope we can do this again next year.

Lyn's Block

Here is Lyn's 3 dimentional block. As you can see she pieced a house to show the 3-D rule. Her block is really turning out really neat. She is staying true to her theme.

Granny Annie's Garden, Rule 7

Here is a look out of my attic window at one of my flower gardens!! Enjoy the view.

Carrie's Scrappy Anything Rule #7

I wanted to do something fun for rule #7, and wasn't exactly sure what. I searched the web for 3D quilt blocks and got that...folded fabric blocks that are actually 3D! Loved that idea, so I pieced two 3D pinwheels and still needed 4" on a side to make the piece the right width. Here is where I ventured into the unknown....I've only ever done one tumbling blocks block before and it involved y-seams and applique, eek! I also needed a 4" by 17-1/2" piece, what to do....

I wung it - really! After watch an really bad youtube video about strip piecing a tumbling blocks quilt, I estimated the strip width I'd need, used the wrong ruler and off I went! It was NOT easy, but I love the results. The piecing in the tubling blocks are only 1".

Sew, here's my block:

And here is a closeup to see the 3D effect on the pinwheels

And here is the tentative placement with the quilt top. I still have no idea what I am doing for rule #8, but I am catching up!

~Carrie

P.S. I didn't even realize that my son's blocks were in the photo when I took this - must be a sign that the tumbling blocks I pieced was a good idea!

Long overdue recap

I wanted to recap the rule completions and was terribly dissappointed to discover how many months I've missed.  I'll go in reverse order:

Rule #7 was  3D, no special technique, and was completed by 9 participants so far.

We had 3D stairs, a barn, a hollow cube, mountains, a house, honeycomb waffle design, a window, vertical aligned tumbling blocks, and baby blocks. I suspect there will be more as participants find time to catch up.

Rule #6  was completed by 9 participants to date and included a structure and free-form curved piecing:

Most everyone curve pieced the background, landscapes, or the ground.  One did a road, another a pathway, and another a border around the block.

We had colorful houses, wonky houses, cabins, an outhouse, a barn, a doll house, birdhouses, and a bird's eye view of 3D houses.

Rule #5 was completed by 14 participants to date and included a pieced circle and threadpainting:

Circles appeared in the following forms:  crazy & stripped pieced, a circle in a square, moons, suns, New Year's Eve ball in Times Square, red ball, scarecrow head, birdhouse hole, silo roof, balloons, sawmill, rock wall, and a leafy tree top.

Threadpainting appeared as follows:  raw edge applique, decorative swirls, tree branches, Santa & his reindeer, ball shadow, decorative ball details, rose vines, giraffe tail, scarecrow hair hands and feet, bushes, tree branch twigs, a painted sun, balloon strings, trees, and a ladybug.

Rule #4 was completed by 13 participants  and included positive negative and needle-turn applique':

Pos/Neg:  Picture frames (still in progress), barn front, African hut door, heart, checkerboard background, gate, mittens, pinwheels, rock wall, Xs & Os, doves, leaves, and 3D ellipses.

Barn #7 complete

I finished my #7 barn block.  The barn is the 3D section.  I thread painted around the trees to make them look bushy.  I tried to create a feeling of depth with the trees.  It is supposed to look like a field in the distance.  There are also farming row on the hill by the road.

Below you can see the new piece with the main quilt.  Rule #6 at the bottom is still a work in progress.

scarecrow teaser

This is my dimensional part for rule 7.   I followed the you tube tutorial called Hollow Cube Block.   I don't have it sewn to the bg yet.  Also need to put together the rest of the area in this rule.  I will get there!

Steph's forest block 7!

It was intersting finding time to get this done.  Spring is always crazy for me because I am very involved in orchestra, and that is our competetive season.  So, not only have I had at least one performance every week, often two or three, I've also had the extra rehersals for that.  Added on all this, I'm graduation on Wednesday, and so I've had all kinds of stuff to do for that, and My grandmother (not on the same side a Dorine, Anne, and Marie, they're my aunts remember?) passed away.  Which, was a good thing, because she is not in pain anymore, but I had to help a lot with funeral prep, and then I had to catch up on what I didn't do then.  But, my block is finally done!!

I did a simple one this time around.  It looks really funny the picture, but I promise it's better in real life.  I pieced some mountains and sky, and then I did some more curved piecing for the ground, and then realized that it was supposed to be longer than I thought, so I added a river to the bottom, and I thread painted some flowers in my meadow.

I decided that it's an... artistic rendition of a meadow I know very well in the high uinta mountains, we call it five buck meadow, cause if you go inside without permission from the forest service you get a fine, supposedly.

You can't see the mountains at this angle, or a lot of flowers, but mid-summer it is FULL of gorgeous flowers.

Anyhow, there is my block, I really have no idea where it will go in relation to the rest of thw quilt yet.

Marie's Optical Illusion Rule 7

I'm happy to get this block finished.  I got the pattern from "Big Book Of building Block Quilts" by Sara Nephew.  She calls the pattern "Honeycomb Waffle 2"  It's fun to make.  I think you can figure out how I made it from looking at my teasers.  I made it much smaller than the pattern in the book.  I've got to stop making my blocks with such small pieces because it makes it so much harder. 

For some reason the color faded out in the picture, but you still get the idea of what it looks like--it's just a little brighter in real life.

Bird Block #7

Here is my finished block. I am a little disappointed in it. I don't think it looks as 3-D as I had hoped. It is a modified attic window, but I had to make the window more open so you could see the cardinal flying by outside. Ah well, can't win 'em all!

Moira's Rule 7 Block

Here's a pic of my completed block 7. Had fun with this one, altho I do have to admit that the middle row of 'blocks' had a mind of their own and insisted on going their own direction. lol. Haven't decided which side this will go on when the side is complete, but I like how it turned out. =)

Autumn Country Rule 7

It's a little blurry, and the 3-D does not stand out as well on the picture, but the steps up from the river are my rule. The tree I did with the thread painting that I am trying to get better at. The barn is an old barn on one of the streets I frequently take. It is very old and is being torn down, so I am glad I got a picture of it before it is gone. The chickens are on the print with the sunflowers, and although they are huge in comparison with everything else, I had to add them, as they are so cute. I had Saturday afternoon to myself, so I was able to spend some time at the sewing machine, and got this finished. I may add some more fence later. We shall see.

Barn teasers #6 & #7

My #6 is pretty behind but slowly catching up.  It is a ton of work and I'm loving it.  Here is a sneak preview of it all layed out but nothing is stitched down.

Below is my teaser for rule #7.  You can see where it fits next to on the original quilt.

Moira's Rule 7 Teaser

Finally got to work on my rule 7....and like normal for my work it ended up telling me what it wanted....lol. Got it finished and am posting my teaser for everyone to see. =)

Marie's Optical Illusion Teaser for Rule 7

  Here is my teaser.  It doesn't look like much yet, does it. 

Teaser #2 Rule 7, Autumn Country

Here is the second teaser (3-D)

My sewing time has been cut short for a couple of weeks. I have the new baby and her brother here during the week days and that is added to the 2 that live here. Three toddlers, a newborn, and sewing don't work together very well. That will all change soon, though. Mid-June our oldest granddaughter will be here to tend the little ones and the other two are moving in a couple of weeks. It will be VERY quiet around here.

Autumn Country Rule 7 Teaser

Here is the beginning!

Teaser, Birds Rule 7

Here's my teaser. Interesting, huh? Can't wait to post the whole thing!!