COLOR MY WORLD--MONTH 1--Small Houses 1 and 2

[Chris T.]

i'm wondering how are you going to handle the trees in you seasonal idea

[Pat A.]

These are my seasonal houses. For trees I'll follow the seasonal colors. Winter will be bare branches, can I make them look like snow is on them?

[Pat A.]

Here's some windows.

[Ruthann S.]

So much fun.

[Ruthann S.]

Really like your quilt Helen W.

[Linda B.]

I’m very late in starting this project but am having fun, I’ve gone with a blue background and using up
Fabrics from my stash -

[Genier54]

This morning I finally finished th16 small house 1 and 2 blocks. I loved making them. Foundation paper piecing is becoming my favorite way to piece blocks.

[urgodschild2]

Gorgeous. I am loveing seeing all of these. I haven't decided yet. I was thinking of Kaffe but maybe not.

[urgodschild2]

I love love love this one. I better hurry up and decide what to do to make mine.

[Carole B.]

Finished small houses 1 and 2. Will most like add some additional details and attach roofs so they are one unit. Looking forward to February 1st so I can start attaching things to my whole cloth linen background.
~Carole

[Wendy P.]

Just finished small houses 1 and 2. Thank you for all the tips and lovely ideas! (Background is Butterfly Stamp Blue.)

[Pam G.]

Finished small houses 1 and 2. Will most like add some additional details and attach roofs so they are one unit. Looking forward to February 1st so I can start attaching things to my whole cloth linen background.
~Carole



Your finished quilt.




I love your houses and all the detailed stitching you added. I thought about doing some on my cotton houses—we’ll see. Just took a Sue Spargo class and this would be a good application. Can’t wait to see

[Tammy G.]

Love landscape!

[Helen W.]

[quote="nhbaskets" post=154015]Finished small houses 1 and 2. Will most like add some additional details and attach roofs so they are one unit. Looking forward to February 1st so I can start attaching things to my whole cloth linen background.
~Carole


Carole, nhbaskets, Your houses are out of this world cute. So perfectly done. You must have a lifetime of embroidery experience
to have such perfect stitches. I have never had any desire to do handwork, but I just can't stop going back and looking at your houses.
So, do you have any recommendations on where to start for someone that has never done it before? I took notes on your thread type.
I believe you said size 8 and 12 pearl cotton. What size needle. Do you have some websites for this type of stitching. If I remember
right you said this is your first quilt. Hard to believe, you are nailing it. Just exquisite. HelenW

[Carole B.]

Carole, nhbaskets, Your houses are out of this world cute. So perfectly done. You must have a lifetime of embroidery experience
to have such perfect stitches. I have never had any desire to do handwork, but I just can't stop going back and looking at your houses.
So, do you have any recommendations on where to start for someone that has never done it before? I took notes on your thread type.
I believe you said size 8 and 12 pearl cotton. What size needle. Do you have some websites for this type of stitching. If I remember
right you said this is your first quilt. Hard to believe, you are nailing it. Just exquisite. HelenW

HelenW—You are too kind. I’ve always been interested in some type of needle work, but with decades-long gaps between project. As I teenager, I did crewel work, but that dwindled in college. I then took up cross stitch when my son was young and did a few felt ornaments after attending a workshop in the early 90’s. Life got in the way and have now just picked up wool appliqué after retiring last February. I joined several Facebook groups on wool appliqué and have learned lots from talented stitchers similar to TQS. Since I did not have any type of a wool stash, a ended up purchasing kits found on the web. A few of my favorite places are Primitive Gatherings, Buttermilk Basin and Jerome Thomas Designs.
Facebook groups taught me about Valdani thread. Prior to that I only knew about DCM floss. For Color my World, I’m using mostly Valdani pearl cotton in size 12, which is basically the weight of two strands of floss, but one thread. Since I only had a few balls that I’d purchased with kits, I took a road trip to a shop in Maine to gather two dozen colors, mostly variegated, as that’s what they mostly had. I also learned that chenille 22 or 24 needles work great with Valdani. When in ME, I picked up Sue Spargo’s Creative Stitching book which is an amazing how-to of stitches I didn’t know existed. Looking forward to practicing many of these and incorporating them into this quilt.
Yes, this is my first quilt. I’m going to lean on my SIL when it comes to needing a sewing machine as the Kenmore I received for college graduation 40+ years ago hasn’t seen the light of day for at least 30 years.
I have a feeling that quilting, and a new machine, will be part of my retirement life in years to come.
~Carole