Quilting a FACE

I am participating in a Block Swap at my Quilt Guild. Each month we make a block for another person in the group. This month is a very creative and fun one, but hard, too! We are to make a face! I digitized an appliqued face from a picture of Andy. Then I added some shading with fabric markers.

I still need to finish the edges of the shirt (where it was bigger than my hoop). I think it looks pretty good, but much older than 3 years.
Here's the block made by the person who will get this quilt:

She combined piecing and hand embroidery. Cool, huh?
And the others:

I really like this one. She has a lot of personality!

This one is amazing. It is based on a photo of the creator's grand-daughter. Isn't she pretty?

FREE Chicken Feltie Machine Embroidery Design!!

Hi Everyone,
A friend on my Facebook Patterns Group requested the Chicken Feltie design I did. I just posted it to the Files area. Just click on the Sunsuit or Bonnet Pattern picture on the right sidebar to join the group. After you join, go to "Files" on the banner.

This file is for the chicken, not the clip cover.
DIRECTIONS:
Hoop a piece of felt in your 4x4 hoop.
Stitch all colors except the final color. This will be 1. Beak,  2. Comb, 3. Eye, 4. Wing.
Now add another piece of felt to the BACK.
Stitch the final color: outline.
Remove from hoop and trim close to stitching.

Bits and Pieces

It has been a crazy couple of weeks.

The girls both had this:

Then Rosie was in this:

Now she is on a class trip here for the week:

Katie is learning to:

Wahoo!

I took the little boys here:

 and they had a friend:


I have been organizing the house, too. Did I mention it's been:

I did do a little of this:

I made 35 of these:

They are made from the triangles I clipped when I made the snowball blocks for the Civil War Quilt. Each pinwheel is not even 4" square, so I plan to alternate them with solid squares to make a small quilt for Andy.










Tomorrow should be a quiet day...except for:
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Yeah, looks like another boring day.