Funky Flower finished satin stitching

I had done this once and it did not go through so hopefully it will this time..I did get to finished it tonight even with the electricity flickering all evening..whew!! I used for the first time Sulky cotton variegated green thread for the stems and leaves..you can see some light and dark areas..
Not much left of the pretty hand dyed fabric but hope enough for a little quiltlet..I will add curly Q's around the flower.. The middle with have black beads.. I am not sure on the border or color for the binding yet. This is hanging with about 4-5 quilts underneath it as the designing wall I was hoping to use, my dh has not picked up the paint cans and mess under it so I can get to it. ohhhhh I will also do small meandering on this quilt..when it small I usually do..thank you for visiting my blog and have a good tomorrow...hugs, Lorraine

Satin stitching finished and another art quilt started

Finished the satin stitching and now to adding a smaller green around the white and than more white and than orange for binding..I think so fare..

My Funky flower..dyed fabric except for the background..another simple art quilt for the Autism charity..than I have already sketched the scene for the Alzheimer's art quilt, a much more involved quit and will take a bit more time..I am waiting for dh to load my pen that you use with a sketch pad or any type of pad..so when I am done I can just unload right here on the computer..Flowers, they make all of us smile..don't they!! have a great weekend and thank for visiting my blog..hugs, Lorraine who is heading for bed..

Satin stitching on orange flowers done

I have finished satin stitching on the orange flowers and did some leaves but had to take them all out as I ran out of the thread I was using...so now to find a thread that will match..gave me something to do in the bed while the heating pad did its thing..lol dh just have pick out the threads in the sheets tonight..I did not get them all..lol
I have some puckers..I usually put interfacing in the back when doing a lot of satin stitching and I forgot too...I realized it after I had many of the orange flowers done..and got to the outside of them..I have a few puckers so hopefully the tiny meandering of machine quilting will take that away as I plan do only the outside to make the flower "pop" out..I just hope there is going to more fabric on the outside after I am done squaring it up..if not any recommendations from anyone..I had so much fun and been doing it slowing and resting my back it is working just fine, so I am a happy camper today..plus..
I had worn a girdle last week to help with the pain and sissies told me that was not good so I thought I put on some very tight pants today, well I lost so much weight in the last year and half, none of my stretch pants where tight enough so I took in about an inch and half each of my dark blue one and walla, a long tight pair of pants that is helping a lot..would not dare go out with them, to many bugles will show, lol well, off to the bed for another 20 with the heating pad so I can finish this little quilt.
OK, Mary, Patti, Kathy, Rick, Steven and Don what are doing for the autism, curious minds wants to know and send me a photo so I can put it on my blog and show them off...I got most of my family to do something for the autism..Mary's grandson is autism..Hi Philip, Aunt Lorraine loves you...
I wanted to go out and get some sun but will wait till tomorrow when dh is home..just in case I get clumsy and hurt myself more..been that way a lot lately..lol You all have a wonderful weekend, hugs, Lorraine and thank you again for visiting my blog..I really appreciate it, wish you all had a google account so you can be followers to my blog...bye..

6 Stocking tops fussy applique ironed on

I have cut out and put on fusible appliques on these 6 stockings. Now I just to sew around them, not sure if it is going to satin stitching or just zigzag..depends on my back and how long I can sit at the machine..of course I like to add different fancy stitch work so we will see. The above the middle size pattern that they have on their website to trace out and comes in pdf..Below is the quite larger ones. I had all these from previous years of making Christmas cards for groups I was in the past years..except for the larger snowman..I had a beautiful teddy bear but it was larger than the larger stocking..so it was huge. I still have my flannel that I need cut into 1/2 inches strips and tie together and knit with size 17 needles..if I can get it done, it will go with stockings. The middle one above is ornaments so will gold thread to make them look like they are hanging down. Gold threads will also be use for all the motifs on all stocking but the snow man. I also will do a little beading on most of them..this is the fun part, sewing and putting beads on.

As you see these stockings are hanging over the larger part of my ironing board. Now for the Alzheimer's http://www.alzquilts.org/ top to get done and can just sew away on the tops.. I had forgotten that I also signed up for two swaps both due at the end of this month..a brooch with a felting class and an atc with purple as the color theme.no problem on either one...just got get to them..Below is the link for volunteering in making stocking for our guy overseas..I am just making a lot..you just have to make one..if you want.

http://www.operationcarepackages.org/Christmas/OperationChristmasStocking.html

The autism URL is: http://artnowforautism.com/ These three charities need our help so help out if you can.. I will put these stockings up again when they are all finished with the white tops too..

I have had a few really bad days with my pain..I just wish it would just go away..I though I was getting better..that wham it is here again...that is what arthritis is all about..I am still young to have more of a life..but it does curtail it a lot...so been in and out of bed..but had gone to bed quite early, 9:30 and was up at 2pm and my was not that much in pain so I dug in, lol but now I will have a cup of hot tea and relax and go back to bed for a few more hours..thank you for visiting my blog and have a great day, hugs, Lorraine

Starting on my autism charity quilt

I am not one to work with oranges, but saw this print and just right to make one smile..So did some fussy cutting made up some leaves..not sure how large it is, did not measure it yet..so sure hope there is no limit..but a lot of work to do on it yet..today I will do some of the thread playing on it.. The background is white fairy frost fabric...
I did get all my poinsettias petals and leaves cut out and now just laying on the fabric..since I am sewing the bias by hand I will be able to do it the way Ruth want us too..anyway it will be pretty. hugs, Lorraine thank you for visiting.

Background fabric found-finally

I finally after about 20 or more auditioning fabrics, I decided with this fairy frost lilac for my background. It looks great with the hand dyed and that green..hope I have enough of the dyed fabric for the borders but if not I will improvise..like I always do...lol Ruth's class is still open for sign ups if interested...here is where you would go...http://arbeedesigns.blogspot.com/ I already have the pedals and leaves traced on wonder under and cut, now to put them together, but that will have to be tomorrow..I have also started on one of the charity quilts so I have this to work on now, too...enjoy..hugs, Lorraine

Poinsettia class with Ruth

I have chosen my hand dyed pink fabric to make the petals for the poinsettia and this green for the leaves.. I have extra bias for the stain glass part already done so will be sewing this by hand or machine, if I think I get it nice and neat..lol I haven't chosen the back ground fabric out yet but having doing this, it will be easier on me..I have probably done this a bit backwards but bending over and working with the background is not good for me at this time..I love poinsettias but love the pink ones..I wish they had them in purple..I saw some at Lowell's and got all excited, headed right for them last year only to find out they painted the leaves..ohhhhhhhhhhhh...maybe I should have done this in purple..lol lots of hugs and again thank you for visiting my blog, Lorraine
ps..at the bottom of the left side you will see a map. It will be deleted as soon as my sissies need the info on the towns we have been being Navy brats...I was also a navy wife..I have taken a lot of genealogy trips so I have been to many towns and cities..of course there is more but we gave up last night enough is enough..lol of course for facebook...lol