TTMT #165 - jewells68 - March 22, 2016 - Whiskers a NoNo

[jewells68]

In which I show off my last few embroidered blocks for I Want to Believe, the Xfiles Quilt and Stitch along, my finished Whiskers block, and I call an audible with regard to Birthday Blocks.

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[ofenjen]

Look at those colorful, organized boxes!!

Bummer that the kitty pattern wasn't beginner enough. It really is cute. Oh, couch cushion, I love that idea!

I love your idea for a scrappy quilt with snowballs and nine patches. I love my churn dash/snowball quilt, it's one of my favorites to snuggle!

[jewells68]

My scraps even sorted by color are too much for those bins, lol. I'm out and I haven't gotten to the two biggest ziploc bags, the blues and the browns.

It's really more that the pattern isn't written as well/clearly as I would like if I'm going to make other people do it. I think it is really easy enough, for me anyway, but I feel like for a total newbie it might be too overwhelming with all the unmarked thingsnand pattern errata.I like scrappy best anyway, and I've been wanting to do a snowball quilt so this will be fun. And I always like it when the particpants choose a scrappy pattern rather than specific colors that you are trying to match.

[jewells68]

also, how hilarious is that still frame on the video, lol. I look like I'm impersonating a bear, lol.

[aalia7]

Hey - Jennifer and you both had cats messin' with your ironing boards in this week's videos! It's a theme!!

What a super-cute Whiskers block. Kudos to you for making it work even though it had errors and issues. It looks adorable.

I love the sound of the scrappy nine-patch and snowball quilt. I'll bet the BB ladies will love making those blocks, too.

[jewells68]

Haha, I know I noticed that, too. I didn't even see Pouncy come in and then I saw the camera moving back and forth, lol.

Whiskers is adorable, and at 15.5" inches unfinished is the perfect size for a cushion cover, so that's probably what he'll be.

I just love scrappy quilts and the 6" snowballs give you a chance to use a decent size piece of a large print or a novelty fabric too. I think it'll be a fun quilt.

Also I was just thinking about you yesterday, I hope you and the family are well. We miss you!

[vickybaggins]

I love the organisation, everyone seems to have been inspired this year, i need to catch the bug as my room looks like a disaster zone. Kitty block is very cute, its a pain when things dont run according to the plan but the end results were worth it. It would make  great pillow.xx

[jewells68]

I am determined to give myself a design wall in my room this year, but that means one less piece of furniture on the wall, so I have to reduce and organize to make it happen, as I only have one wall in that room that doesn't have a permanent fixture like a window, door or wall-mounted shelving on it.

[clumsy_chord]

That's too bad about the Whiskers block not working out. I've had a few paper pieced patterns like that where you wonder why just a LITTLE more information wasn't included. I guess we've been spoiled by the ones that are helpful? ;D Anyway, it turned out pretty cute so at least you can use it for a tote or cushion cover or something.

Your stitched blocks look great! Looking forward to seeing that last one finished.

[hp5freak]

Love the whiskers, but yeah, if the directions aren't clear enough, that's always a bummer. :( But YAY for cushion!

And yay for X-files stitching!!!

Yay for scrappy quilts...I love the idea, but I'm so OCD that it's hard for me to just...do...

Rawr! Bear! *points to comment above about still shot*

[jewells68]

I do look like a bear!