Some Like It Hot

I promised my youngest that I would take him shoe shopping before his field trip Thursday. His tennis shoes were dead.

I took him to the Walmart that had a quilt store across the street. I couldn't seem to help myself. I went in to look at fabric for my sisters quilt. I really didn't intend on buying anything, but I couldn't seem to help myself. I have three of the colors all ready. I bought everything else. I bought the wonder under at Walmart while I was there.

Now I just have to see if my other son can replace and draw the lizard while I work on the background. I'm going to put the penguin in the desert under a saguaro cactus and red mesas in the background and the sun shining down. On the bottom I'm going to put "some like it hot". I think it is going to be really cute.

Penguin Idea

Last night I was on Pinterest and saw a cute mini quilt that was a penguin holding a candy cane. I thought that it would be a cute on to do for my sister one day since she collects them. So I pinned it.

This morning all of a sudden I had this brain storm. I remember seeing a picture at one time of a penguin sitting on an ice cube. I decided that I needed to do one sitting in the middle of the desert as a mini appliquéd quilt.

I googled and found this darling penguin which is prefect, except for the fish. I thought it would be better to have a lizard under his wing.

 

Now all I have to do is have one of my kids redraw it, find the fabric, and figure out how to appliqué!

 

Wonky Star Quilt Done

I finished my wonky star quilt tonight. I am so proud of it. It is totally done by hand. Even the bias and backing. I have to say that I think I'm a bit addicted now. Can't wait to start my hexagon quilt.

 

Hexagon Fabric

I'm almost done with my wonky star quilt. This is my next project. I'm doing mine in shades of yellow and green. I can't wait. I have printed a hexagon template off the computer to cut the hexagons from.

 

Wonky Star Instructions

Tonight I Googled the instructions for making the wonky star block for my mini quilt. I was really nervous that it was going to be hard. Thankfully it is a lot easier than I thought. I got all my squares and triangles cut out tonight. I made a small kit to keep in my purse.

 

Scrap Quilt?

I had originally planned to make this first mini quilt a scrap quilt. I knew I would have to buy some white though. I got all my scraps out and had enough for three stars but couldn't find a good combination for a fourth.

So today I found myself going to the quilt stores. I started out at Clover Patch since they are a little less expensive. I found the darker green, but couldn't find a light. Off to Scrap Apple. I finally found one that would match. I also bought my white. Came home and washed them in preparation for cutting.

New World of Mini Quilts

A friend and I were talking about quilts the other day. She mentioned mini quilts and skinnies. I hadn't thought much about either. Those phrases have been tumbling around in my brain since then. I decided to get onto Pinterest and see if I could find anything.

Oh my! I just found a whole new world of quilting possibilities. My paternal grandmother was a quilter. I have read the "Littlt House on the Prarie" books and many others with quilting in them. I have always wanted to hand piece a quilt. Just never thought it would be doable project. Once I saw some of these minis I realized that it was.

This quilt caught my eye. I don't have the brights like this, but I have a lot of batik scraps that would work. If I'm doing it by hand I can keep it in my purse for a lunch or Doctor office project.