Hearts....

Ok, I had to try one out! I did a yellow one and then cut out the background white and did a smaller white heart onto a yellow background. It turned out a wee bit smaller than I planned.... something about cutting out on the drawn line instead of a little away from it. Oops! You can't tell and would never know if I had not said anything. I think I will like this project. The yellow fits the RSC Challenge this month too. Will link up Saturday.

The bigger one is on a 7 inch background and will get trimmed down  to 6.5 inches and finish at 6 inches. I think one of the Sunday's later this month will be a prep day and I'll be all set for the May 31 day challenge. These needle turned very easily in under 20 minutes in car line.
The smaller is a 5 inch square that will finish at 4.5 inches. Maybe a little doll quilt?

I think the girls had fun finishing their pillowcases last night. One did not show (so I will finish hers) and one was brought home to finish with her Mom... cause I tagged her to help in a step to trim and show the girls how to prep for the last step. This is Emily's... which she had to sleep with last night.

Emily's new Smores bear tested it out too. She is styling in an Elsa dress. It seems my Dottie dog is dressed in Anna's dress =).

Phew.... got all my 3rd graders out early last night  (except my kid) for a good nights sleep before the FSA testing today and tomorrow. Mother nature had other plans and a terrible thunderstorm in the middle of the night for hours I'm sure effected some sleep. I had the other kid up with me (he hates thunder storms) and had to reset the breakers in the bedrooms when the power blipped. Had to hit the reset on the switches in the kitchen this morning. It has rained and stormed all day.... I think we have enough rain for a bit now. I am ready to see the ball of sun. Until then, I'll keep looking at my nice yellow blocks.

Thursday.....

Today was the last week of bowling. My team was in first by 1.5 games to start and we were bowling the #2 team in a position round. It was a close first game - we lost by 4 pins. We needed to win 2 of the 4 games (3 games plus total pins for the last point). Somehow we managed to win games 2+3 and took total pins to secure first place again this year. Next week is our end of year outing at the Red Lobster where we get our winnings. I am happy to be done this year.... but will be ready to start up again in August.

My secret - I bowl much better when I have something to occupy my hands. During the 3 games I got all the cross hatching done on this yellow Dresden block.

I think this one will get and  X into each of the frame blocks to finish it off. I believe I will pull the pink one next..... and should get a start on that one on Sunday. I know there won't be any more hand work on this one tonight - I am tilling the garden (love my electric little tiller) and will require a long bubble bath with a good book tonight! First pass is done... then time to make taco seasoned meat for dinner. I'll run it again for a second pass after dinner and rake it up a bit. My first planting a couple of months ago of beans and peas got frosted and didn't make it. Will try again now that it is warmer and we should not get any more frost in April in Florida...although we have had some strange and cold weather through March. The roses like the weather though.

I have been thinking more about my heart challenge from yesterday's post. I went searching and found these two charm packs that asked to get used in this project. It is going to be tight on the heart shape for my 6 inch squares but I'm going to make it work! That is the advantage of needle turn appliqué! Mine will be scrappy colors and a white/cream background once I search and find something with enough in my stash. I believe I need 1.5 yards of background for my 31 - 6 inch hearts and 32 nine patch blocks. (I was seriously considering a black and red quilt with red hearts but might visit that one at a later time.) I am using the download #5 heart from the link in yesterday's post. #3 would make a great 4.5 inch block.

Applique hearts?

Should I or should I not? Hmmmm. A while ago there was a challenge to appliqué a circle a day for a year...... I decided not to do that one at the time as I had so many other things on my list of projects. It got me to thinking....what if I did a month of hearts? I'm thinking the month of May might be a good time to do it. I believe I did a month of blue baskets last year in June  or July and that was pretty fun.... why not try it again this year with a different shape!

No plans other than pulling from my scrap bins (yes, there are multiple bins and baskets all over the sewing area filled with colorful scraps) and tracing a heart onto the fabric and then needle turning it under. I guess that means I have a few weeks to figure out if I will do a single background fabric or keep it scrappy. Hmmm maybe have the background a color and the heart be a cream or white? A mix of both? Lots of options and a few weeks to ponder what I will do with it. And what size to make? And on point or square setting? I was thinking a scrappy 9 patch to go with them might be fun to create a single irish chain with a heart in the middle?

I did a quick search of free heart coloring pages to find shapes and this is a link that popped up.  I will probably print down one or two and then make a plastic template to use for the month. I'm thinking the 3rd page might be a good size but need to print and see what size it is.

Would anyone else be interested in doing a heart along in May? No rules, just thinking one a day in the appliqué method of your choice - machine, hand, raw edge finished, etc.