Delightful Stars QAL

Still sailing along on the Delightful wave of Stars.  I have been following along for quite a while and I have a lovely pile of stars waiting...  This pattern comes from the Quilting Gallery and it's all about precision.  I am very pleased with my efforts.

Another day another block...

If you visit the site you will see that the blocks are shown on dark even black backgrounds.  I had to change that of course.  I am pleased with my results.

Sparrow Wall Hanging

As you might know, I am a fan of Jenny over at Elefantz.  She makes lovely embroidery patterns.  They are simple yet profound and I admire them a lot.

Now look what I made:

Jenny offered this Sparrow quote embroidery for free on her Craftsy page.  (These are the lyrics of a hymn from my childhood.)

So I followed her tutorial on how to add fabric to your embroideries. ( You can find it under tutorials on her home page at Elefantz.)

Every time I look at it I have to hum the song....I can hardly wait to see how it will look on my mother's wall.... She may even sing out loud...I hope so.

Barn Along Oops

I realized that I hadn't posted about the complete block.  It is 11 " square.

Cute, huh?  Did I mention its from Bee in My Bonnet's new  Barn along....

My Journal

I had a great visit with my cousin and she insisted honestly, she did! ) that we clean up my old sewing room (which was in the basement )  It was a time of enlightenment for me.  I discovered that I have a habit of drawing in books.  There were sure a lot of them.  Some full some not but still quite a few.  So I thought I might share some of what I've done here.

It seems I'm quite addicted to this sort of thing.

Diagonal Bars Block

I saw some wonderful blogs about a block like this one.  Then I thought I would paper piece it so I drew out a block 7 1/2 " square and drew on some lines.

Then I added some colourful bits...

Trimmed it down to the proper size...

I like it alot.  I see why others were excited about it.  It's very versatile as to the placement patterns too.  I'll see how it goes.