Find The Bunny Button

I finished up on this one yesterday:



Can you find the little ceramic bunny button? I guess this one looked kind of Springy to me!

We've had a some cloudy days here lately so a bright yellow block was next on my list:



This will be finished soon but I haven't decided on my next block yet.

There are some new photos over at the Flickr group that I set up for stitcher's who are working with my Elegant Crazy Quilt Seam Treatments E-Book. Stop by an take a peek.

More Button Blocks

After several hours of treadling yesterday, I started stitching on this block:



The only reason I stopped sewing is because I ran out of muslin for the foundation piecing!

I have to tell you too, if you're looking for a sewing machine that doesn't have a cow every time you want to sew 2 pieces of velvet together, an old treadle machine is the way to go! That machine just breezes right through it!

With my electric machine, I have to add some iron-on interfacing to the back of the velvet and I have to use my Walking Foot. I tried it on my treadle without interfacing and I just used the all purpose foot and it was amazing! A walk through the park! I swear, this machine would sew 2 pieces of plywood together without any fuss!

Anyway, I'll be stitching the rest of the day so I do expect to finish this one up later.

Treadling Today

I'll be treadling for a few hours today. I didn't get to any sewing yesterday like I had wanted to so it's Priority #1 for today!

Here is the latest button block completed:



As you can probably see by now, there is no shortage of buttons in my house! Ha, ha, ha!

Anyway, here is the next block:



I'll start stitching on this one as soon as I get my sewing fix!

More Button Blocks

I stitched this one up on Saturday:



And yesterday, I started on this one:



We went to a couple of antique malls yesterday and heaven help me, I bought another jar of buttons! I found a jarful that had a ton of flower buttons in it. Ok, I didn't need anymore but sometimes, I just can't help myself! I'll be using some of them on these blocks.

If I have time later, I may run my treadle machine and sew up a few more blocks. I also want to finish my Spring purse which I would do on my electric machine. I'll probably save that for later this week.

Button Block 3

These are so much fun!



It's nice to have some almost instant gratification! That's not usually my focus but it is nice for a change.

The tatted lace is vintage. I do tatting, but I can't work with that thin tatting thread. I just end up with a big, fat kanoodle! Whenever I see vintage tatting, I just buy it. This came in a huge bagful that I found at a garage sale last Autumn for $5.00! And I'm talking a HUGE bagful of it! All different colors.

Anyway, Jo in NZ asked me if I had a layout planned. No, I have no plans at all for this project. All I know is when I get tired of stitching these little Button Blocks, I will sew them into a quilt. I may do 16 of them or I may do 100. I may just keep doing them until I run out of buttons! Although I have so many, that's not likely to happen!

No, these blocks are just for the sake of stitching. If I end up with more than I can use on one quilt, I'll just make two. One for me and one for my mom.

I did set up an album over at my Flickr site for the photos of these blocks. In case anyone wants to just look at the pictures, they'll all be in one place them. Just click on any of the photos to head over there.

This is my next block:



I'll be stitching this one in plums and purples.

In other news, I released Part 3 of The First Robin Of Spring Counted Cross Stitch Mystery Stitch-Along this morning. I thought you would enjoy seeing Part 2:



It's still available if anyone is interested in stitching this project. You can find it here.

The 4th and final part, along with a complimentary "Thank you" design, will be released next Saturday, March 22nd.