It Threw The Chair

I have a pretty heavy chair outside the new studio entrance. I mean, it probably weighs a good 20-30 pounds. The howling wind last night threw it off the porch and with it lies a large branch from the Ash tree right outside the west window. Thankfully, the nasty wind has abated. 

I worked later last night than usual and still have one more block to go in the Tilda Sampler. I'll move over to Millies Dresses this afternoon after getting the sampler off and trimmed. 

More eye candy from the sampler...

I'll get back to this one in a bit

Awww...nuts!

SQUIRREL!

A little village

Okay, back to the bee up above. It looks simple enough, right? Here's what went into just that one block. 

    1) Come up with an idea (honeycombs)

    2) Figure out how to get them in there. ProStitcher didn't even help with this one.

    3) No matter how I tried to draw it I wasn't getting it. YouTube! Eureka!

    4) Grid everything out in 1/2" increments.

Ready to stitch

I started drawing them in just to keep me on track of where I needed to slip in and out of the gridding. 

    5) Quilt it and keep your head in the game in doing so. I pulled threads twice because I wasn't paying attention like I should have been.

Okay, so that's one block. It took, from start to finish over an hour and a half. But, I LOVE IT! I love taking the time to come up with ideas and putting them down with thread to make them come alive. Yes, it takes time, but it's so worth it.

After working on Bernadettes quilt I tidied up the studio, and then made and attached the binding on The Yoder Sisters. It's now hanging on the design wall. I can't bear to put it away because I put a lot into that one!