to all women who nurture others. I think we all have the mothering instinct from the time we first held a doll or a kitten or a little brother. Let's celebrate!
I played last night with the little bits that were too small for anything except the centers of the little paper pieced squares. Since I won't be needing this many centers it was time to play. I might make the one on the left into a journal quilt and the one on the right might end up on a quilted journal cover.
My brother came over yesterday afternoon and cut down the remaining trunk of the tree that leaned against my house last Dec. He cut a couple other big limbs down that were in danger of breaking off and falling. I should have a little more sun on my peonies now.
No Mothering instincts here! LOL!
ReplyDeleteI like your little blocks. I think you should make a big quilt from lots of those little blocks!
Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteWaste not, want not. Even scraps become beautiful with the right touch.
Happy Mother's Day. I love your scrappy little blocks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for nurturing us... maybe not our mothering instincts but certainly the desire to create, also built in!
ReplyDeleteThey look great.
ReplyDeleteI like your Mother's Day greeting: Happy Mother's Day to all who nurture others. I would like to say the same.
Now I am going to go get those batik scraps from that last quilt and make some cute little squares like yours! Happy Mother's Day.
ReplyDeleteHi Wanda, I'm also making "new" fabrics with my scraps. Isn't it fun? Happy Mother's Day
ReplyDeleteEdith
Making those small blocks show how nimble your fingers still are.
ReplyDeletePlus your patience in creating with those small scraps, just makes me smile.
Vicki W... suggests you make a large quilt with all those small blocks ... Whew that gives me a 'hot flash' just thinking about doing that. (*._,*)
J~MT
Happy Mother's Day to you too!
ReplyDeleteI lov ethe idea of that block as a journal cover. What a perfect quilters' journal cover!!
Wanda, I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day!! Your scraps of batiks are really shaping up, I love them. I just went onto Hancock-Paducah's website and they have scrap bags of batiks from Robert Kaufman on sale for $9.98. I bought two. I am anxious to see what they will look like. They said they range in size from 1-6" strips. Definitely usable. They were in the pre-cut sale section. My peonies are finally up they are about 12" in height right now. I am looking forward to when they start to bloom. That may be a while.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day, Wanda!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun to put all those beautiful bits to use.
Now I know why I can't throw scraps away; they are calling to me to make something more!
Vicky F
Happy Mother's Day to you too! I'm sure it was fun to play with the scrapy bits.
ReplyDeleteI love your little blocks. Isn't like a little vacation to sit and sew with the tiny scraps?
ReplyDeleteWow Wanda - not only are you wandaful - you're a real go-getter. Must be that Illinois air!!
ReplyDeleteHope your day was exciting and full of stitches!!
Fellow Illinoisian!!