Three finishes and a start

More fall Rising Star table toppers. This one uses a beautiful fall leaves fabric with a coordinating one in the same colors plus the accent of green. I thought about using an orange accent but thought it would be a bit too much orange and blend in more than I wanted.

A nice homespun for the backing.

Another sunflower one was needed but using a different sunflower fabric. The pattern is from Anka's Treasure in her book Angles with Ease. They are about 27" across.

A gold backing fabric.

And Hello Summer is finished into a little pillow! I have a bin of lace and trims from doll clothes making days so I went there in search of something that might work. This is a design from Primrose Cottage. They used a pink cloth to stitch on, I didn't have any but I had white 14ct. Aida. To make mine magically turn into pink I used a watercolor pencil and rubbed it over the white Aida cloth and wet a stiff brush and brushed it over and over. I had never tried this before, it was an experiment that worked!

And the start is another little cross stitch piece so I have something to work on in the evening while watching TV.

 

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Sunflower and Holly

 Often when I make something with a seasonal fabric, I might as well pick the next season and make one for that also while the pattern is fresh in my mind.  First up is a pretty sunflower fabric with a  coordinating gold and green.

The quilting on the star portion of this table topper was all ruler work with one start and one stop on my longarm.  Next came the smallish stipple in the neutral background and straight lines in the outer border.

And the backing.

Picking out the Christmas fabrics was easy, I started with the holly fabric and added a green and red. This was the first time to use the white with green, red and silver polka dot fabric. I think it came out great.

The quilting is the same as the sunflower one. This is a pattern by Anka's Treasure called Rising Star, in her Angles with Ease book.

Found a piece just large enough in the stash for the backing.  

The cross stitch project has moved along also. Linking up with Slow Sunday Stitching.

Our wild black raspberry season has come to the end, but I sure loved being able to fill 7 sandwich size zip baggies and put in the freezer. But first I made a batch of 24 muffins, yummy!

This year I decided to try planting cucumber seeds in a flower pot of the deck. The three plants are growing really well. I took this a week ago and it has really vined out even more since. And I have several baby cuc's on it, four of them are almost 4" long!  I can hardly wait to eat them:)

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Rising Star

Some fun was had on Saturday trying out the Accuquilt Rising Star die. I bought it in either November or December when they were having daily deals.  It makes a 10" star in a star block. 

That center star is small and I wouldn't want to do it without the die because it was a snap to make with the dog ears all cut off before you even begin! 

I made all the stars on Saturday afternoon and finished the piecing on Sunday. 

Quilted it and bound it on Monday. And got it listed in the shop after taking photos Tuesday morning.

I made it versatile by putting a hanging sleeve on the back so my customers can choose if they want it as a table topper or a wall hanging. 

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