Hazel's Daughter: February 2018

Sunday, February 25, 2018

Mellow Yellow Challenge 4 of Project Quilting Season 9

"Mellow Yellow" was the next challenge at Persimon Dreams Project Quilting.

It wasn't in my plans to get involved in this one.

I have a lot of excuses.

I wasn't feeling inspired.
I don't have a lot of yellow in my stash.
My work schedule was pretty heavy last week.
Yellow always reminds me of a former colleague who loved yellow. She said it made her happy. She was anything but happy. She was a royal PIA. And downright mean!

But then, late last week, a secretary at one of the schools I work at said she had a new grand-daughter. I asked her if I could make the baby a bib with her name on it. The secretary was thrilled that I'd asked and she'd love anything "girly" as an applique.

My first thought was to make a yellow bib! Could I make that girly enough?

I dug through my stash and forced some yellows together until I got 2 fabrics that I liked.

I strolled through my plethora of machine applique designs and settled on a layered flower from BabyKay Appliques. Then I pulled scraps and coordinating threads to make the applique.

It was coming together. Still that "girly" thought nagged at me.

Kinda like that ol' colleague of mine.

I mixed a few fonts together to get a sweet scrolly, girly look. This would work OK.

Here is the design and name loaded onto my machine.

During the machine applique process...

Notice I even have the mellow yellow pin thing going on??

You can imagine what song I had strumming through my head, too! "They call me......"

Lining up my bib template and ready to cut!

A pink ric-rac trim was added along the seam line before stitching to the terry cloth backing. Definitely girly.

I may have to re-think my feelings about yellow.

I am kinda in love with it! It makes me happy!

Madison's bib measures 9" x 13"

It includes applique

It was made in my home in Dubuque, Iowa

I am linking up to:

Persimon Dreams Challenge 4 Mellow Yellow

I am # 93! I'd appreciate your vote!

Inquiring Quilter Wednesday Wait Loss

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Bold and Brave–Challenge 3 of Project QULITING Season 9

This week's challenge at Persimon Dreams was to take Bold and Brave by the horns and complete a project in a week.

I'm not usually a bold person, but by golly, I sure am a brave one!

I've conquered many fears in my years on this planet and I needed to conquer one more this week!

Enter the Orange Peel Template! I bought this set over a year ago and needed to kick my apprehension aside and dig in!

I also needed to make a Galentine's gift for this coming week,

so I merged the two thoughts and got going!

Several years ago, I made this piece of art that hangs in my sewing room. I found the inspiration for it on pinterest.... a hole that I often get lost in.

Back then, I simply cut the "leaves" from scrapbooking paper by hand without a template and glued them down on a painted canvas.

Looking more closely this week, those leaves really looked like "orange peel" shapes!

I was cooking with gas now! I brought out the rest of the Riley Blake Raspberry Parlour jelly roll that I used for my Valentine Pillow and chose the lightest strips for the background fabric. Sewing those strips together and then cutting up again to make a patchwork top was easy as pie and a quick sew. (Many apologies for the poor lighting!)

All ready for quilting!

I used a lightweight craft batting which I feel is perfect for table runners.

Using a soft pink thread, I quilted using straight lines on each side of the seams.

I failed to take photos of the pile of petals I had cut, but I have lots leftover for another snowy day project.

All petal fabric came from my stash (yeah!) and was backed using

Lara Buccella's Crafted Applique: New Possibilities technique.

(Please come back, Lara...we miss you!)

I love her technique as the edges will not ravel.

I played with the petals FOREVER getting a look I was pleased with.

Then I sewed them down using my walking foot and a straight stitch

around the inside edge of each petal.

Notice that one purple petal?

That's purely intentional.

It's a sign that I was there!

I used Riley Blake's Lovebug Love Script for the binding.

Some lucky friend of mine will go home with this table topper this week!

I ~almost~ hate to part with it!

OK, I'm lying. I want this for myself.

Measuring 31" x 18" .

Made in my home in Dubuque, Iowa.

3 layers of material, with applique on top.

If you like my project,

please vote for me

I am #95!

at Persimon Dreams Bold & Brave Challenge

Linking up with:

Freemotion By The River's Galentine's Day

Quilt Fabrication Midweek Makers 111

Inquiring Quilter Wednesday Wait Loss

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Put A Little Love In Your Quilt Blog Hop!

Today, I am among a wonderful group of bloggers who are sharing their projects for the

Put A Little Love In Your Quilt blog hop!

It is hosted by the fabulous Carol S. at Just Let Me Quilt.

The only rules were to sew a project that has a ❤ heart ❤ on it!

I could do that!

I have long admired Amy Sinibaldi's Merry and Bright Cushion Cover at Nana Company.

Even though her cushion /pillow is made for the Christmas season, I used the pattern tutorial to make a Valentine's pillow!

Using a jelly roll from my stash called Raspberry Parlour by Riley Blake, I knew it would be perfect!

I started by choosing a phrase that I wanted to machine embroider on the ivory colored strips. These strips flank the rows of square patchwork pieces.

Narrowing down a font and size, along with getting those letters lined up takes me forever!

I don't have any embroidery software, so I just wing it.

I embroidered using a dark brown thread rather than black which seemed too harsh.