WIP Wednesday

I can't believe a whole week has gone by since I last posted but hey sometimes life just happens. First off today is Day Three of the Leafs Be Happy Blog hop , why not hop on over to view all the fantastic fall projects that have been created for this event , you won't be disappointed .

Plum and June

The Recipe Bunny

VroomansQuilts

It's Sew Kiki

PigTales and Quilts

Quilting fiesta

GrammieQ's

Nancy

Just Let Me Quilt

Selina Quilts
The Learning Curve~Quilts and Such

My day to share my leafy projects is Tuesday the 9th so be sure to come back for that, now on to what I came here for today my projects for this week , I have not been doing too much sewing but today I put the  pedal to the medal and got these five blocks made for a BOM with our guild .

First off is these four 12 patch blocks , as you can see they are very scrappy and don't be too concerned that the same fabrics are touching each other here as they will not be even close in the completed quilt .Then there is this applique block which I always enjoy doing .

 I love this funky flower and the fabric I choose for the stem works so well on the bias . So all in all a good day and I have been working on my leaf projects , almost completed and my Wicked projects are actually ready , go figure I should have concentrated on the leaves but no not me I was just so eager to start those wicked blocks that nothing was going to stop me . 

 I am linking up today to the Needle and Threadnetwork and if you want even more inspiration be sure to check them out .It is a glorious fall day here , after so much rain it is a very welcome sight ,enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by.

 hugs Sheila

WIP Wednesday

Yes it is still Tuesday but I have a busy day tomorrow so thought I would post this now . I have lots of things in progress , mostly for the upcoming blog hops so can't share those quite yet but the time is coming quicker than I thought so I will have to get my butt in gear :-) However I do have one project I completed just this evening that I would like to share . I signed up to take part in a Water challenge landscape with a yahoo group and it had to be posted by the 30 of this month so today I went to work and finished off this small landscape. It measures just 6x8 "and oh did i have fun ,I will in all honesty say that I am happiest when creating landscapes , not saying that I am great at it just that I can put myself in a space where time stands still if that makes any sense so without further ado here is my little creation.

This landscape is from a photo that I took on Big Island a year or so ago and it has always been on my to do list so when this water challenge was announced I knew this would fill the bill so I searched for the photo and the rest as they say is history. So what do you think , I even ventured into some thread painting , oh how I wished Monika from My Sweet Prairie was close by for some help , I had no clue where to start but just kind of went for it , after all it is just a few pieces of fabric and what did I have to loose other than some time which I was thoroughly enjoying :-) So this is my project for WIP for this week and I am linking up to the Needle and Threadnetwork.  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by and see what others are sharing this week.
hugs Sheila

FNSI Report

Its raining its pouring , so the old lady is sewing :-)Last night was Friday Night Sew in  with Heidi  so I did a little stitching ,I can only give you sneak peaks of what I was working on as they are both for upcoming blog hops .Oh I had such fun , these are really cute projects or at least I think they are .

I think the colors will give this one away but aren't they just luscious . Next I worked on this one and I was really excited as to how this one worked out , too bad I can't share more but I guess you will just have to come back for the hop .

Why not check out what others have been up to on FNSI . Thanks for the visit I am off to sew since the rain is continuing to fall . Happy stitching.
 Before I go be sure to stop by to visit with the lovely Jenny of Elefantz , she is having a wonderful giveaway and be sure to mention I sent you .

 hugs Sheila

Wip Wednesday

Have you ever tried Flower Pounding ,well it is a lot of fun and I just happened to have some treated fabric left over from a retreat I attended many moons ago , so decided to do some pounding and this is my WIP for this week.
 I gave myself permission to play with this little piece as when I pounded the leaves that are part of this flower they just kind of went mush so not all that attractive and I was going to toss it but then I sat down and did some work on it by thread painting and now this is what it looks like.I added extra leaves that came from a different plant and they pounded much better , you just never know what will happen and I did not have any test fabrics to try this out on first.

Far from perfect but lots of fun to do . I had one more piece of treated fabric left so this is my second attempt with flowers .

 It is fun to see what colors will appear , as the both purple flowers were pink before pounding , the yellow was a little different color yellow but it was yellow , infact it is a black eyed Susan , the top purple flower is a petunia and the lower one is a geranium , the flower next to the geranium is a Queen Annes lace and the little yellow flowers at the top are weeds .I haven't done any stitching on this one yet but plan on it .
 I am linking up today to the Needle and Thread Network , be sure to stop by and see what everyone is up to this week.
Thanks for the visit and hope you are enjoying your day .
 hugs Sheila

Dots On Dots Blog Hop

                                     

The day has finally arrived when I can share some dotty goodness with you , thanks so much to Madame Samm and Corrie for being our wonderful cheerleaders and organizers , without them this would not be possible .I apologize this did not post at midnight but I did schedule it so must have done something wrong. So  on with the fun , First off I broke the rules a little as my first choice in blocks is a little larger than the 12" size suggested but I couldn't resist ,I have been wanting to make this little wall hanging ever since I seen it published in Quilter's Connection magazine in the summer of 2011 .The design is by Terry Morberg of Apple patch Designs .

 The finished size is 14.5x20.5 " , I just love it . So from there I went into a thought of killing two birds with one stone so to speak , I had been two months behind in the Shabby Fabrics BOM that I have been participating in and it just dawned on me that they would be perfect for dots , so dots it is .

 This is the first one I did , just love those sunflowers with their dotty bow.

This one is a little more difficult to spot those dots but believe me they are there , so click on the photo to enlarge.

And finally  this months block was announced just a few days ago so I promptly made it with dots as well .
I almost forgot to show you this block which was so much fun to make , this is a free BOM from Fat Cat Patterns and although I have not been keeping up with these each month , this one I could not resist.

 I hope you have enjoyed seeing my dots today , be sure to stop by and see what all the others have made as their contribution ,here is the list of those participating today and for a full list of the event just head on over to Corrie's blog Quilt Taffy and she has a full list on her sidebar. Thanks for stopping by .
 hugs Sheila

September 17th

A Quilt and A Prayer

Krislovesfabric 

Kelsey Sews

Gmama Jane

501quiltblocks 

Cherry Blossoms 

Quilting Linda 

Sheila's Quilt World

The Sunflower Patch