BEV #29

MARY ELLEN #28

PIECED BACK

She brought me a panel that matches the main fabric used on the quilt top to use for the back.

It was going the wrong direction and it wasn't big enough, so I had to cut it apart, add some stuff and sew it back together.

I made a label and pieced it in, too.

Took me most of today.  (After I took the dogs for their walk of course).

RAFFLE QUILT TOP DONE

Dog days:

VICTORIA BLOCK #27

There can be only one Victoria:

SETTING DECIDED

Wow, I've gone round and round about how to set the blocks.  I used Electric Quilt to try out several options, but then just resorted to putting them up on the wall.

I settled on this:

I had to make a few more blocks and the cornerstones of the black and white.

LINDA BLOCKS #26

Half way through the year's blocks, here's number 26 Linda:

Sixty!

MARJORIE BLOCKS

Marjorie blocks, one with an alternate border.

I finally made a pile of the small kite shapes for the alternate border.  So, I should do a few more of them.  

HERE WE GO!

Over the weekend I got all of the smaller half-square-triangle squares sewn together and ironed.

I took them to work with me and got them all trimmed down.

Aren't the colors just beautiful!

EVELYN BLOCKS #24

BONUS BLOCK #7

SQUARING SMALL BLACK TRIANGLES

DAWN BLOCKS #23

Easy for a change...nice.

BLACK TRIANGLE SQUARES

I sewed up the colored triangles with the black triangles.

I counted 113 as I was ironing them...

I think I need 116.  Drat.

NANCY BLOCKS #22

CUTTING TRIANGLES

I cut out almost all of the small triangles, just have the whites left to do.

My method is to cut half square triangles out oversized then trim them down after they are joined together - I find I get more accurate results that way.

I trimmed up half of the larger triangles that I made the other day.  Then it got too hot in the studio.

ANOTHER DOG?

We (me) thought getting a dog for Jelly would help her to relax when we need to leave her alone.


So, I contacted CA Russell Rescue again, and found a dog that looked a lot like Jelly and made arrangements to adopt him.


They are calling him Spirit (another name I don't like).

Spirit

Spirit at his foster home.

 

He is coming up from the LA area, this time it's one person who is making the drive all the way by herself.


Here he is on his first leg to go meet up with the van whose bringing all the dogs north.



Spirit on his first leg of the trip north.

Post Script:  After looking through his paperwork, I see at one point they were calling him Jax.  He answers to that, so his name is now Jax.

Looks like he was turned in as a stray in a town north of Sacramento.  He wasn't neutered when they got him, so that happened right away.  He is approximately 6 years old and semi-housebroken.

Welcome home, Jax!



BONUS BLOCK #6

I love this block!

ELAINE #21 BLOCKS

BARB BLOCKS #20

So far...

BIG SQUARES CUT AND PIECED

Here is the main center square, consisting of two half-square triangles, cut and sewn together.  

Back to chain piecing - haven't done this in a while.

35 squares is all I need

NICOLE BLOCKS #19

RAFFLE QUILT PROJECT

One of the gals I work with, Wanda, asked me if I'd make a quilt from dog fabrics for a raffle to benefit her dog club.

Of course I would.

She went shopping and we texted back and forth with pictures and suggestions until we settle on a group of fabrics.

Here they are, they are mostly Laurel Burch, and some batiks:

I washed them and took them up to my studio and couldn't help but add a few of my own fabrics.  I added the white fabrics and the three black ones on the right.

I think I have a plan, simple yet hopefully, interesting.  The problem was cutting the dog fabric diagonally, then every other one would be upside down if I set them all same.  So, it took me several variations until I came upon this one, which will eliminate that problem for me.  Adding the white triangles will help break it up, while the black triangles pop the bright colors.

Doesn't have to be done until September, but I should get going on it soon.

CARLA BLOCKS #18

LOUISE #16

BONUS BLOCK #5

BONUS BLOCK #4

LORNA #15

BRENDA BLOCKS #17

Brenda Blocks #17

BONUS BLOCK #3

WILLA BLOCKS #14

BORED AGAIN

Another drawing of my work environment.  Pen and ink with a little crayon.

BORED AT WORK

My cousin Leslie sent me some pens and a sketch pad for my birthday.  Here I'm using the paper, which takes ink really well.  This is a sketch using my Sailor fountain pen and ink, with a little crayon added for color.

This is the infamous calendar.

FREE TIME

Spending most of my free time relaxing and trying to catch up on my Hexies.

BONUS BLOCK #2

Didn't care much for this one, and it was difficult.  So, I only made one.

Bonus block #3

JUDY BLOCKS #13

Judy Blocks A and B

SUSAN BLOCKS #11

Susan Blocks #11