Cock-A-Doodle-Doo

I have been waiting for the summer issue of 

Crazy Quilt Quarterly Magazine*

to come out before I blogged much more about the wall hanging I made for my niece for Christmas. It is featured in the  magazine.

*{you can order your copy by clicking on this link}

Each of the nine large hexagons has a rooster button hence the name Cock-a-doodle-doo.  I added the center hexagon of yellow velvet with French knots to each for continuity. 

Smaller Hexagons

  

the back

Pipping, white rickrack trim, and beading around the front edges.   
All the green beads and yellow thread were applied with a Tambour hook. (The white organza had the design of white threads on it and I outlined them in the yellow.)

The quilt is in its forever home and is well loved!

Flower Palozza!

  I is finished the wall hanging for my goddaughter that I had worked on over most of 2017.   I was very happy with the way it came out and had become very attached to it.  I knew she would be away over the holidays so I didn't mail it to her  until several days before Christmas.     In January I received a wonderful thank you note that made it all worthwhile!!!
Here are a few shots.  It will be in next issue of Pam Kellogg's Crazy Quilt quarterly magazine so I don't want to give it all away.


















My local Library is opening a crafting corner and asked me to put some items for sale in it so I made a few flower pins.  


I am sad that blogging has fallen off and people are using Facebook etc.  I know I am guilty of not posting much either.  Will try to be better about it!

Some progress on my reclaimed quilt wall hanging Cock-a-doodle-doo!  I have incorporated the rooster buttons in each.   I have finished the other 4 but not yet uploaded the pictures.

Happy New Year 
Started reclaiming and  embellishing a damaged quilt I bought at Brimfield over this past summer.   The first step is just some basic outlining.  This is done two of the nine Hexies I will be using.   

Trying to enhance these little flowers ... tried beads, French knots, maybe ribbon.



New Years day we always go to an Antique Show in Glastonbury CT.  The show was mostly jewelry and Primitives with only a few textile dealers.  I was looking for buttons that would have a thirties vibe.  Here's what I found!   Don't know why but I couldn't resist a small box of rooster buttons.  Roosters in red, pink, yellow, green, blue, brown, and black in all different sizes.    The face button  ,the spastic tennis player, and the red and clear glass buttons I thought fit the bill.

Just might call the wall hanging Cock-a-doodle-doo!