Ta-da! I’m all finished with the top.
All 8,063 pieces!!
So happy!
After it’s quilted, I’m thinking of making a wavy border edge. I’m going to have to do some homework on it first however. Math is involved and math and I are not friends.
Thanks for the encouragement so many of you gave. It really kept me going.
Quilting people are awesome!
Only 12 more houses left to sew.
I can hardly believe it!
I shouldn’t even be here at the computer…
“Annette, get back to that sewing machine right now!
Keep going… you’re almost there.”
My goal is to be at my super talented quilter’s doorstep next week.
In my last post I told you I had 71 more houses left to make…
Well now I only have 38 to go.
Since the beginning, I’ve marked the little houses off one by one as they were finished…
and the end is at long last in sight.
I am so excited!
And this sewing box that Mr. Sunshine and I bought when we were in Astoria, Oregon (where we dove into an antique shop to get out of the rain and found it)…
I took it all apart and have been sanding it down and getting it ready to refinish.
And I’m back to my houses again. I reworked my center block a little…found a couple to put in the window and added a sentiment that feels like the theme of this quilt.
My house total for end of June is 295 houses.
Only 71 more to go.
It’s getting exciting!!
While working on all these little houses, I decided to have my own house be the large center block. It was soooo fun to try to replicate my house!
Now I just love “living” among all these nifty neighbors. After all, who wouldn’t want to live next door to a funny giraffe or a pincushion or a pretty rainbow.
But mine is not just a house…it’s a home…through and through. Lots of memories here. This is where my children grew up. See that rose bush by the front door? Mr. Sunshine and I spent a lot of time finding just the right one and planted it when it was tiny. Now it is taller than me. This spring we chopped 15 feet off the top of that cherry tree by the side of the house. It was huge! And from this view you can’t see the maple tree behind it, but I can feel it there…it’s the one my kids spent summers climbing.
Now the hunt is on for just the right “couple” to fussy cut for the front window. The ones to represent Mr. Sunshine and myself. It will be an interesting challenge to see what I can come up with. What better excuse to pour through all the fabric shops I can find.
This quilt is becoming a labor of love.
interesting people:
sewing, of course:
bugs…but only the cute kind:
pretty flowers:
and other fun things:
a trip to the zoo:
precious children:
and funny pets:
My report for April: 216 houses finished (whew!)…
…and still having fun…
…can you tell?
Columbo has always been a favorite of mine. Lately, he’s been keeping me company by my machine while I sew little houses.
I can finish three houses during one episode…
plus almost three more!
I took a short break when Mr. Sunshine popped into my sewing room to visit. Looking at my latest houses, he guessed this little fellow was an elephant! Huh?
These windows are so tiny…about 3/4 inch square.
So funny…he really needed to be wearing his glasses for that size.
I’ve been busily working in the fabric housing department and loving every moment of it. That’s how I work on them…a moment here and a moment there.
Then I sew my little houses together into 9 patch blocks.
92 houses so far. It’s starting to look like a quilt!
My January total!
…and I even had the flu for two weeks. This gives me hope for the months to come. I really want to succeed in this project.
I’m a little ahead, so come what may, February should be no sweat.
At this rate, I’ve averaged three a day instead of one. Can you tell I’m taking advantage of my enthusiasm right now. It feels good to have a head start. I love making these tiny houses…they are 3” of sweetness!
I lay out the little blocks and my granddaughter likes looking at them and finding all the things in the windows. We’re both having fun with them.
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