Block Exchanges and Face Masks

 I participated in two more block exchanges with my Treadle On group.  I only made two sets of blocks for the Fall Basic exchange (Rail Fence blocks).  Here are the blocks I got back.

Fall Basic Rail Fence blocks

For the Spool block exchange, I made 4 sets of blocks (8 blocks per set).  Here are the blocks I got back.

Spool blocks, first 2 sets

Spool blocks, 2nd 2 sets

I also made 21 face masks today.  My son, his wife and my granddaughter all need face masks.  I also made some for Christmas.  The Christmas face masks are all reversible.  They have red snowmen on the other side.  I can use them all winter.

Red Snowmen fabric is on the reverse side of all the Christmas masks

Harry Potter masks

My granddaughter loves Emma from the Wiggles.  I made her some special 'Emma' face masks.  I added yellow polka dot ribbon to the top of each mask (easier for a 2 year old to tell which side goes up) and these masks also have adjusters for the elastic.

Emma from the Wiggles

Now some random Holiday photos.  First, our Thanksgiving meal, then our Christmas tree (which we just decorated).

I have a lot of Christmas decorating left to do.  We haven't done much Christmas decorating the past few years.  It will be fun to have lots of decorations out this year. 

Embroidery Done on Four More blocks

 I've been doing deep cleaning in my house, so I don't have much to show for the past week or so.  I did finish the embroidery on 4 more Harry Potter: Project of Doom blocks.  

Week #14, Flying With the Cannons and Rune Dictionary

both blocks

Week #15 Magick Most Evile (and Riddle's Diary, no title)

both blocks

If everything works out, I'll be participating in a virtual sew-in tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have a quilt top finished by the end of the day.  

Happy Thanksgiving!

Oops! More Harry Potter and the Project of Doom blocks

 I finished these blocks over a week ago but forgot to post them.  

Week #19, Hogwarts Shield

both blocks

Week #20 Candlestick

both blocks

Week #21 Books and part of Sorting Hat

both blocks

Week #22 The Sorting Hat

both blocks

These blocks still need the embroidery done (except the Sorting Hat).  Only 8 more block sets left to make. 

I'm pausing on making more of these blocks, since I have a few other things to make that have deadlines.  One is a baby quilt for our newest grandbaby that is due in late April.  I prepped all of the Half Square Triangle blocks for this quilt on Saturday.

HST's waiting to be stitched

This is the quilt that I'll be making.

I also cut out our grandson's quilt that will be his Christmas present, but I didn't get any photos of it.  I'm making Kelli Fannin's Matchbox Car quilt called Wheel Life.

Caught up on Embroidery blocks

 I got caught up on the Harry Potter embroidery blocks.  These were the last three blocks that I had prepared.  I'm making 2 of each block.

Week #1

I love the fun titles:  

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1-6) by Miranda Goshawk

Sonnets of a Sorcerer

Unfogging the Future by Cassandra Vablatsky

Week #2

A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

The Beater's Bible by Brutus Scrimgeour

Muggles Who Notice by Blenheim Stalk

Theories of Transubstantial Transfiguration

Both of Week #2 blocks

All of the first 13 blocks are now completely finished (made and embroidered).  The embroidery takes as long to finish as making the blocks.

I've prepared the next set of blocks to embroider.  I work on these about an hour each day at work (lucky me).  

More Harry Potter: Project of Doom blocks

 I got these blocks prepped before we left on our trip.  I finished up all 6 blocks yesterday.  These are blocks #16, #17 and #18, so I'm on the downhill slide now, since there are only 30 blocks in the quilt.

I'm making two of each block, since I'll be making 2 quilts.  I used the updated version for block #16, which adds the purple pigmy puff sitting on the far right book.  I also added the dark green fabric to that book for the title.  I will add buttons or applique eyes on the pigmy puff when I add the titles to the books.

block #16

both blocks

I've been adding parts to several of the books, or enlarging the spaces to add titles to the books.  It was fun picking out all the fabrics for the books.  I've now picked out the fabrics for the rest of the blocks that I need to make.  The W-W-W on the case in the block below is for Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, the wizard joke shop that Ron Weasley's twin brothers own. 

block #17

both blocks

I didn't choose the colors very wisely for the potion bottles on these blocks.  I'm thinking of appliqueing around the bottles in a lighter shade when I add the titles to the books. 

block #18

both blocks

I started prepping the next 4 blocks yesterday.  There is lots of prep work before I can start stitching.