Saturday, July 27, 2019

FOX ON ROCKS? FOX ON TREES?

I am happy to tell you that I have only one of the five quilts left to bind.  It is a bugger, will try to finish it today.

Unfortunately, I am only able to show you two of the quilts.

Here is one of them.



         I am not much of a red person but I like how the border just fits right in with all of the foxes.



You do know if you are SHORT, that it stinks to be SHORT????

I had to go and get my step stool and carry it around with me while trying to decide how to takes photos of this quilt.



When I was making the Fancy Forest quilt I said to myself after making the fox block that one day I was going to make a fox quilt.  I am so thrilled with how it turned out. 

I used Island Batik scraps (again)......   You just need 2 1/2" x 18" for the actual fox, the black and white fabric don't take much either.  Trust me when I tell you that I had left over bindings that worked great, left over scraps large enough to cut down to 2 1/2"....

I used Aurifil Grey, White, and Red 50 weight threads.  I do get thread in my box from Island Batik but I also buy a lot from Hancock's of Paducah or on amazon.  I am trying to get a stash up but in the last few weeks I have gone through one spool of grey and have almost used up a spool of off white and I call it a light yellow brown  # 2310...  Oh well...I do know how to order online, much to my husband's dismay.

These last few weeks have been so fun in my sewing room.  It is not often I can just spend a lot of time in there.  I am trying to get all five of these quilts finished before I move on to other projects.  I am dying to do the Ocean by Elizabeth Hartman, I have an idea for my Sept challenge with Island Batik, well...you know...more projects you want to do than have time for.

Hope you all have an amazing week-end.

8 comments:

  1. The foxes are cute. I have a fox quilt languishing too! Great border. Are you buying cones, large spools, or small spools? There is a shop that does “gem” packs monthly with large spools for $29. Three spool for that price isn’t too bad.

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  2. Fox quilt is adorable! I always want a border as well, and your red one is perfect.

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  3. I love your "foxy fox" quilt. I know about being "short." At 5'7" I am shorter than average. I love my stepstool. I have climbed on a step ladder to take a quilt photo.

    You can order stuff like thread online??? (devilish grin) I need to learn how to do that. (some would say I need to learn how to do it less!)

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  4. Hi Barb wow your fox quilt is so cute,what a beautiful finish for you,well done on your beautiful work my friend xx

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  5. Cute quilt. You sure are getting a lot done!

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  6. I love the way this looks. The red is perfect - funny how sometimes it just is hard for us to use certain colors!

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  7. When I start playing with the different blocks in the pattern, I’ll start with the fox! Love your quilt. Enjoyed your post and your photo shoot. It was worth the effort involved!

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  8. This looks awesome! I really love that block!

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