Colorstudy Day 1398 ( give or take)

Hello All

Here are the last of the colorstudy color blocks. Huh? As oppossed to the black and grey blocks for the border I guess

Obvious caption # 1- Peach

Blue block with top right corner redone

Orange block done
And all of them together

So that is the end of this fascinating tour today. Please watch your step on the way out

Later,
Lauri

3rd Place

Update!! Here's a link for the purses

http://www.crazyquiltinginternational.blogspot.com/


Hello All

Well the contest is over and I won 3rd place!!!
My prize is $60, so I see some stash buying in my future.
The purse that won I knew as soon as saw would win. Does that make any sense?
I'll see if I can link to the other purses,
Back to work on my quilt for the County Fair and off to Denver tomorrow to see #1 son

Later
Lauri

Red, Yellow,Purple and Orange

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Well here are more blocks. The orange and purple ones aren't quite done yet. I am also thinking of taking the red leaf beads off the bottom left corner. BTW the colors are off in these pics, the pic below of the whole piece are much closer. I think this must weigh 4 lbs already
I decided to do 16 mostly black blocks for the border. I plan to try to keep the embellishments really basic but I don't hold out a lot of hope for that one
For those of you who asked these blocks are 6 inches
And for those of you who want to see the purse, I think voting is over Saturday then I will post pictures of it. It turned out pretty well if I say so and I am using it everyday as planned, what use is a purse if you don't use it?

Later
Lauri

No Pics Today

Hello All

I have nothing to show you today.
That is not to say I haven't been busy. I have. It's just that I am making a purse for a contest on CQI and there will be voting and we are not allowed to post any pics as to not influence the voting. I will say though that if you are familiar with my work you will probably be able to pick it out.
On another front, I am in a Secret Sister swap also. I keep meaning to add pics of what my SS had sent. There is only one problem. She sends such great stuff that I tend to tear it out of the package and use it right away. So I never get a chance to take a picture of me. She must know me pretty well or is just good at picking things I will like. Thank you whoever you are.
Not much work being done on Colorstudies right now. Though I do have 8-9 black fabrics to use for my borders.
Sorry for such a boring post. Just not getting a lot done with the girls home for Summer vacation now
I'll find the camera ( wherever it is) and post some more pics soon
Later
Lauri

More Colorstudies and Molly

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Here are the hot pink and turquoise blocks for my colorstudy project. I will be putting an all black cq border on with black and silver embellishments. Probably also a big spider web and spider in one color also




Here it is all sewn together. I thought it would be easier to put together before all the beading is done. I tend to put embellishments too far into the seam allowance and have to take them off and then resew. Unfortunately this makes the piece very heavy and it makes it a pain to get to the center blocks

And here is a pic of Molly on her Confirmation day, Tomorrow is her 8th grade Graduation. Just FYI for the family. Molly is now about 5'9" and only 13

Later
Lauri

Colorstudies

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Over on CQN they are doing a color study RR. I wasn't really interested in joining. However due to happenstance and indecision regarding some DYB s( do your block) I ended up with 9 blocks in varying colorways.
I think the green one turned out great, however the blue one doesn't thrill me. Especially the top right corner.
I guess I will live with it until I figure out what I want instead

Later
Lauri

Thar be Dragons

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These are some dragons I have been working on for the Fantasy RR on CQI.

The top one is on my block and is my own design. The bottom one is the one I did on Debbie's block. I used a clipart outline for the basic pattern.

Of course I had to include a dragon hoarde. Now I have an excuse to go buy more buttons!

Later,
Lauri

Mindy's Prize

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You may remember that to commemorate my 100th post I had a giveaway. Mindy was one of the winners. She gave me free rein to make whatever I wanted. I made her a small wall quiltlet. If you go to her blog you will understand why I put on her block what I did.

So Mindy if you are reading this your prize should be at your door in the next day or so

Later,

Lauri

Janet's Garden Block

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Now I know some of you may have seen this on the Yahoo groups I am in , but I really like how this turned out and wanted to share more about it.

The idea of this RR was to have 1 focus fabric, then the owner would make a block as a sample of what they had in mind. We were then each to use the focus fabric to make a block ourselves. Janet's fabric was the black one you see with the flowers on it.She told me to do it my way and go crazy, so I did.

Here it is at the nekkid stage. There are "NO RULES" in CQ ( that's why I like it so much). But there do seem to be few that people tend to stick to and I broke a cardinal one here.Supposedly you are not to use too many prints, especially next to each other. Well technically every piece of fabric in here is a print. And I like it this way. Plain fabrics bore me and I like to use fabrics with pictures in/on them. I think it helps to tell the story. All my best blocks are themed. I don't know if it is laziness or creative, ( Definitely NOT crafty) to let the fabrics help with the theme. Maybe a little of each


Now here is the block after the laces, appliques and most seam treatments are done. A huge change already
Now here is the finished project. It took me 4 days to sew on all those beads and buttons. I have been gathering and hoarding for this project for almost a year.

Janet likes creepy crawlie things and has a major thing for spiders and frogs. I have a thing for fairies and butterflies, so we go together perfect huh?

IF I remember correctly there are: 7 spiders, 9 ladybugs, 23 butterflies,1 humming bird, 6 fairies, 4 frogs, 1 inchworm, 8 bees, 8 dragonflies, 1 snail and 1 hidden Mickey. See if you can find them all.

Close up of the beaded Fairy

And of course Janet's big Hairy Spider I just had to include

I have 4 of my 5 Create Your Own Theme blocks back and will post on them in a few days.

Off to work on more stuff

Later,
Lauri

And the Winner is..................

Hello All,


Now before the big reveal, first one observation.

Don't let the puppy pick! He has no attention span, won't sit still for a good photo op of the drawing and picked more than one.




SO .... there are 2 sets of winners. These are the ones that stuck to his face.Yummy huh?



Ati, Mindy and Debbie from Maine get to pick your prizes. Either a purse ( I can send you pics), a needlecase in your choice of colors or something like a pillow or small wall quitlet.

But not this:

http://tinyurl.com/2nkyve

or the puppy.


These are the ones he knocked out of the bowl while picking. I'll make each of you a heart.

Here is a beautiful pic for you to think of all day long

Everyone who won drop me an email and we'll discuss.

Next time Katrina picks!!

Later,
Lauri

100th Post Party

Hello All

This is my 100th post on my blog. In celebration of that I am having a giveaway!!!
You will have a choice of one of the purses I made OR a needlecase made especially for you with your favorite colors . IF you happen to be one of my readers who just drops by for Eye Candy and doesn't sew I am sure we can work something out.

This will be a random drawing and will close next Sunday night, midnight February 17th.
Just leave your name in the comments area below and please be sure to leave your email address.

Let the melee begin!!!

Later,
Lauri

Winter and Spring STS Blocks

Hello All
Here is the winter block after I did the first half. Notice the leaf trim in silver this time. Also the same fairy button in pewter and again a fairy print by Jo Wall

Here it is after Helina's work. I just love the tatted snowflake. I have always wanted to learn how to tat but just don't have the patience to learn at this point. I think it turned out great, don't you?

And this is my Spring block nekkid
After my embellishments. Same vine in green and button

Love this fairy print
I will be sending it to Gerry tomorrow. I have a block I have been working all week. Will post on it tomorrow. I guess I am finally getting into the swing of things again

Later
Lauri

Season To Season Block- Fall

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I am in Seasonal RR on CQ for Newbies. The first block we did was Fall.

This is the block "Nekkid" as we call a non embellished block



This is what it looked like after my half of the embellishments. That in the left corner is supposed to be a tree spirit




This is how it looked after my swap partner, JK, added hers. Her stitching is delicate and straight! I love what she added.





Here is what it looks like now. After I made my Winter block I realized I had the silk leafy trim in 4 different colors perfect for each season and that I had at least a dozen of the fairy buttons so I decided to make it an ongoing theme in all 4 blocks. So here it is in it's finished state.... I think




Later,
Lauri

OK I Get It..

Hello All,
I get it I need to post more, but as I said I am not a winter person. I HAVE been CQing. I just finished up Jo's Beaded RR block, plus did my bit on 2 more Your Favorite Song blocks. So I haven't been completely hibernating. I will post on those later, but first I wanted to show you my finished Beaded block. Thank you so much Jo, Carol, Cheryl and Leslie for all the work you did on it, It is beautiful!!!
The only thing I want to do is bead the yellow flowers in the center patch and maybe cover up some of the black lines in the drawing. I am so happy with this block.
Here it is naked And here is the finished product. I am sorry I chopped some of it off

If this doesn't give you inspiration I don't know what will.

Thank you again for all your work girls!!

Later,
Lauri

Blah Blah Blah Blah BLAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Hello All

I am deep in my mid Winter doldrums. I am not a winter person. From November through the end of March I want nothing other to sleep ALL day long and I would if I could. I find little joy in anything during this time. My poor winter baby ( who will be 17 on January 8th) is the only time I felt half alive in the winter. Though he did have to deal with a very drowsy mother. I think I overcompensated with him when he was a baby. Being born 2 weeks after Christmas in the middle of a Colorado winter and the 10th Grandson in a row without any girls. (There are still only 6 girls out of 23 grandkids) I think we were the only ones to be excited to see him. So I called him "The Baby" until he was almost 4, I don't think he knew his real name until he was 3

Ain't he cute?

Though on a better note ,that is the winter I discovered the Internet. I have had the same email address for 16 years. Though there were so few people on that I don't think I actually got a non spam email for about 4 years. LOL

I have some RR commitments due. One is due tomorrow and I haven't even started. ( Don't listen to that Gerry!!) I know I can get it done I just need to get off my sleepy butt. I have even hit all the stores ( Joann's , Michael's, Hobby Lobby. Wal Mart and 3 other local stores)and haven't even seen anything I wanted to buy. Man !! I must be in a slump

Here is a pic of the kiddos at Disneyland. I'm off to take a nap

LAter,
LAuri