I'm Sew In

  PQ Challenge 17.2 - Scads of Plaid Scrappy Monster Doll #8647 For this challenge I maximized my use of plaid fabrics. I found a plaid cheater cloth and decided to use that for the body of this little creature. Coffee was used to grunge up the fabric a bit. I appliqued wool for the face. The eyes are scraps of fabric scraps and buttons.    I made a little cape with machine embroidered words, " ICE is bad for your health" and appliqued it to a piece of wool. I stitched it to the scrappy monsters back. Buttons were used to attach the arms to make them moveable.   Auditioning button eyes was really fun and my family enjoyed giving me input. I stuffed the body and tiny arms and legs with poly fiber fill and a chop stick. I traced a large Tums container as a general shape and made a pattern.

  PQ 17.1 Challenge A Clean Slate Thanks you Persimon Dreams! Kim and Trish I'm happy to join you in Season 17 of Project Quilting. "Cloud Dancer" and the idea of a "clean slate" was a tough first challenge.   I got a new sewing machine for Christmas and I decided to give my decorative stiches a try. This was the first time that I've used negative space or the unquilted areas as the main focus of a quilt.  The words look puffy like clouds. I'm happy with how my quilt came out. It's 10"x18".   I used white fabric and high loft poly batting for this project. Washi tape was used to spell out the words "NO ICE". I quilted all around the tape creating the words in the negative space.