August MC is PINK!

I am not quite finished with this block.  I added a pink broom and dust pan b/c Aug is Joke Month-  Did you sweep under the rug?  yes mom I swept everything under the rug-

I need to add a pink bottle of nail polish-  my sister painted my nails last weekend and I told her I would add the bottle to remind me of how fun she is!

I wasn't thrilled with my attempt to machine sew in the face features so I took that out and did a photo transfer.  Not real sure I like it any better.  Lane was over here today and he said it looks 'creepy'  I think this new face is not to the same scale as what I was trying for eariler.  I will let Sarah decided if we keep this one or try again.- 8-16-11

I have a self-imposed NO SEWING after MIDNIGHT!-  another rule I had to break.-  added the flower (Sarah's anniv is Aug. I made the flowers for her wedding from her Grandmothers Dress fabric.)

Hubby asked 'where's the Pink Elephant'-  done

Finally used my embroidery machine-  PINK Floyd is another Brick in the Wall!

Dawn wanted a Flamingo,  Regina suggested "Pink Floyd's Brick in the Wall",  The steak is actually a clock for Floyd's song TIME.  The Micky Mouse feather is for Tickle me Pink- suggested by Susan.  I have a few more things to add.  I snuck in the pink panther -think pink- on the wall.  The girl is my daughters school picture, Sarah's b-day is Aug 6th, her anniv is tomorrow, Aug 13th., the dress is a fabric from her grandmothers dress.  the hair is a bandana print.  I am not sure I like the 'face' will have to live with it and see if it grows on me.

Saving this post for my PINK project.

Disclaimer:  I have a ton of Pink so that is not the concern.  I started back in Jan making just one 20" block in the MC color intending to have 12 blocks total for a keepsake quilt.

over the months the blocks have evolved into a cross between color and month.  Last month was blue and I still don't have the pieces appliqued down.

This month is Aug/Pink and I am drawing a blank as to what I want to do.

The only 'holiday' I found for Aug that I find interesting is national Tell a Joke Day.

I have been 'hiding' personal (to me) Items in the blocks, including Kids b-days, Anniv, twists on words

here is where you can help me-  I need PINK words, Pink ideas and or August ideas.

so far I am thinking of doing a large black background with the Word-  "PRETTY"  done in pinks crazy patch style  (Pretty in Pink)

do I add "FLOYD"  too  (Pink Floyd)

I have some Pink Panther cartoon fabric

My youngest daughter has a birthday on the 6th so I was considering do a scrappy silhouette in pinks of one of her school pictures.

IF you have a must do idea, tell me now!  I will reward you with a fat 1/4 of pink for the best ideas-  cheryl

here is the link to my page with all the months http://ozarkcastle.blogspot.com/2011/01/yellow.html

Here's Oreo now 7 months old.  What a good dog.

MC for July is BLUE!

edit: 7/26/11  Finally got started, this month just totally got away from me.  We have VBS this weekend and after that I can try sew this block down.  July is national Ice Cream Month!

I can't wait to get started!  I will have to wait a bit though b/c hubby and I are running away for a week.  Something about an Anniversary-  what's that all about?  After 30 yrs I thought we could stop counting- lol

I haven't drawn out my block for July although I do have a few ideas-  anniv being one of them, I love blue and shouldn't have any problem coming up with some scraps.  share your ideas for the month, color or both.  Here is the link to the page I am linking all my colors.

Here is a link to my Scrappy Blue quilt that I will purpose to quilt this month in honor of Blue MC.

I needed to take a new picture of the pup, now almost 6 months old.  He got his hair cut a couple of weeks ago and looks a lot more like a dog then a skunk.  He seems to enjoy his shorter look.  Still working on sitting up, he needs a bit of support so he holds on to my hand or the table.

Ready for first Big Boy haircut

I can SEE clearly now.....

Mini, this is small even for me- indigo trip around the world

MC- JUNE- INDIGO

6-21-2011 progress so far:  sun for first day of summer, mower,

added:  wiener roast(gingham dog is cut from the DOG die, then sub cut in half and a long body added)

yo-yo tricks:  sleeper, trip around the world and walk the dog.

#1 dad in hammock for Father's Day

 

6-15, I got the TATW block sewn up.  I had to use the back side of several fabrics to get a mix of lights and darks-  9 rows x 11 rows and all under 5"-  how cool is that?  I hope to 'hang' it from a clothes line-- I love late night sewing (don't quote me on that, b/c as soon as I mess up I am going to swear I'll never sew after dark again!)   

6-14-11  Can't believe I haven't started on this block (yet)  did scribble some ideas- here goes, it will be fun to see if I follow through with any- lol

1- father's day-  bow ties, apron "Kiss the Cook" 

2- Yo Yo month-  applique DOG (walk the dog) Trip around the World, zzzzz's for Sleeper (all yo yo tricks)

3- two grand kids b-days, they will get yo yo with name and DOB

4- first day of summer- SUN

5- calico cat to go with the gingham dog

If you have any ideas that you want to throw out there for me to consider, have at it.  Once again I will hold this page for the Monochromatic challenge color for June, Indigo.

Sad to report that Jack didn't look both ways before crossing the street and is no longer with us.  Oreo, however stays away from the road and close to home.  He is a sweet dog (although he looks a lot like a skunk!)  Tricks to date include:  sit, stay, roll over and wait.  He jumps into the bath tub and loves water.  5 months old.

MC for MAY= RED

May 31-  as you can see I didn't get this block finished.  I will work on it as time permits but now I am on to ideas for JUNE-INDIGO-  are you planning to join us in the Monochromatic Challenge?

5-04 update:  I played around a bit today with themes and layouts.  I really planned to do pieced flower baskets for this one.  They didn't get done.-  oh well, maybe next time.

Looks like this is going to be a raw-edge applique block.  Now I just need to decided if I want to use Red or Black thread.

Did you catch the S O S- (mayday) in Morris code in the upper left corner?  Luke 22:19  Do this in Remembrance of Me (Memorial Day)

5-02:  Karen asked me what I am planning, so here goes so far- I've sketched a few ideas -
I want to do pieced baskets,(May Day)

a heart w/MOM (mothers day)

haven't figured out memorial day(want to get that in there)
our oldest son, Michael's, bday is may 6- I have a footprint of his that I might try applique, turns out Son-in-Law, Nick's bday is may 27- two footprints!
so far all I've committed to is Red and White.
I probably should write this down on my TO DO list- lol

Yeah I can do RED!

first I need to get the puppies to pose for a photo, not only is this an on going Challenge, I am watching the pups grow up this year.  They are both now house broke, can sit and we are working on stay.  Neither has learned to say 'cheese'.  Jack and Oreo are now about 4 months old.

Again I am only doing one post for this color,  I will update as I progress.
To see the other months/colors check out this link:  MC Challenge  2011

Monochromatic Challenge March=Brown

Great FNSI- worked on my "Brown" block for the MC. Mark this one off my list as - completed! To see other Brown -MC click here Here are my first Three blocks- I will have to come up with something fun for setting strips! Pieces for the Bear Claw block were all cut and modified using my GO. (I will do a separate Tutorial later) Finished block is 6 1/2" I will set them with spacers in a 9-patch arrangement to yield a 20 (ish)" block for my MC quilt. The Book: "Brown Bear, Brown, What Do You See" was my original inspiration, thus the brown Bear paws. After doing a holiday search for ideas on March, I discovered that March hosts National Anthem Day on the 3rd. I decided to change my wording to "Oh Say Can you See" as a Patriotic reminder. My new puppies, Jack & Oreo , 9 wks old Hard to believe these are brothers! . The MC for March is BROWN- I have ideas and will update this post as I come up with something. My theme is going to be "What do you See?" - a line from the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear My goal is a 20" block to add to my on going collection for a MC top. I have decided for each month to just keep one post going start to finish. At the end of the month I will link to Judy's post that shares the other participants projects. Can't wait to see what our 'color' is for April! Just found out April=Orange

Monochromatic Challenge 2011

Saturday Night was a bit more productive- !

Friday Night Sew in didn't yield a lot of sewing.

I did manage to get some letters cut out for my border on my scrappy block.

Don't know why it cracks me up that the word Monochromatic is in scrappy fabrics!

The challenge is an Eleven Month project hosted by Judy L.

I hoping to make a total of 12 blocks to sew into a keepsake quilt.


I will raw-edge applique these little letters in place the next time I get a couple of minutes to sew.

My daughter's favorite color is "Plaid", mine is "Scrappy". What is your favorite color?

Feb= Violet

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Some Poems Rhyme and Some Poems Don't!

For now the block is finished and ready to take it's place in MC quilt.

Applique is raw edge (I like the primitive look)
Can you see the Washington cut out?- pres. day
And the gopher- proves I don't freehand.
I also added a heart w/Be Mine.

Now on to the borders...... small tumblers brings this block up to 20"

Several of us are following the MC (Monochromatic Challenge) hosted by Judy Laquidara.

Link to other Violet projects March is Brown

You can see the links to January's Blocks and play along if you wish.

For February the randomly drawn color is VIOLET! yeah, I can do purples.

I am planning to make large blocks each month of the challenge. At the end of the year I should have enough to make a keepsake quilt top.

I have jotted down ideas to use for colors and months. I even have ideas for borders (I can't wait to get that far!!)

Last month was YELLOW and I made a yellow Flower. When I googled 'yellow' the first image I saw was a flower- simple enough.

For Violet I had a couple of ideas. Violet is the birth flower for February so it made sense to make more flowers. I planed to do raw edge applique and use black thread to make the petals more heart shape. (gotta get in a V-day reference- maybe I will hide a groundhog in the flowers just for giggles).

We are gearing up for a snow storm and I am hoping to use my time snowed- in wisely!

What are you planning for February?