COLOR MY WORLD--MONTH 1--Small Houses 1 and 2

[GigiWendy]

Just finished small houses 1 and 2. Thank you for all the tips and lovely ideas! (Background is Butterfly Stamp Blue.)

[Pam_Gantz]

Finished small houses 1 and 2. Will most like add some additional details and attach roofs so they are one unit. Looking forward to February 1st so I can start attaching things to my whole cloth linen background.
~Carole



Your finished quilt.




I love your houses and all the detailed stitching you added. I thought about doing some on my cotton houses—we’ll see. Just took a Sue Spargo class and this would be a good application. Can’t wait to see

[callmetam]

Love landscape!

[HelenW]

[quote="nhbaskets" post=154015]Finished small houses 1 and 2. Will most like add some additional details and attach roofs so they are one unit. Looking forward to February 1st so I can start attaching things to my whole cloth linen background.
~Carole


Carole, nhbaskets, Your houses are out of this world cute. So perfectly done. You must have a lifetime of embroidery experience
to have such perfect stitches. I have never had any desire to do handwork, but I just can't stop going back and looking at your houses.
So, do you have any recommendations on where to start for someone that has never done it before? I took notes on your thread type.
I believe you said size 8 and 12 pearl cotton. What size needle. Do you have some websites for this type of stitching. If I remember
right you said this is your first quilt. Hard to believe, you are nailing it. Just exquisite. HelenW

[nhbaskets]

Carole, nhbaskets, Your houses are out of this world cute. So perfectly done. You must have a lifetime of embroidery experience
to have such perfect stitches. I have never had any desire to do handwork, but I just can't stop going back and looking at your houses.
So, do you have any recommendations on where to start for someone that has never done it before? I took notes on your thread type.
I believe you said size 8 and 12 pearl cotton. What size needle. Do you have some websites for this type of stitching. If I remember
right you said this is your first quilt. Hard to believe, you are nailing it. Just exquisite. HelenW

HelenW—You are too kind. I’ve always been interested in some type of needle work, but with decades-long gaps between project. As I teenager, I did crewel work, but that dwindled in college. I then took up cross stitch when my son was young and did a few felt ornaments after attending a workshop in the early 90’s. Life got in the way and have now just picked up wool appliqué after retiring last February. I joined several Facebook groups on wool appliqué and have learned lots from talented stitchers similar to TQS. Since I did not have any type of a wool stash, a ended up purchasing kits found on the web. A few of my favorite places are Primitive Gatherings, Buttermilk Basin and Jerome Thomas Designs.
Facebook groups taught me about Valdani thread. Prior to that I only knew about DCM floss. For Color my World, I’m using mostly Valdani pearl cotton in size 12, which is basically the weight of two strands of floss, but one thread. Since I only had a few balls that I’d purchased with kits, I took a road trip to a shop in Maine to gather two dozen colors, mostly variegated, as that’s what they mostly had. I also learned that chenille 22 or 24 needles work great with Valdani. When in ME, I picked up Sue Spargo’s Creative Stitching book which is an amazing how-to of stitches I didn’t know existed. Looking forward to practicing many of these and incorporating them into this quilt.
Yes, this is my first quilt. I’m going to lean on my SIL when it comes to needing a sewing machine as the Kenmore I received for college graduation 40+ years ago hasn’t seen the light of day for at least 30 years.
I have a feeling that quilting, and a new machine, will be part of my retirement life in years to come.
~Carole

[JudithA]

I hope to do mine with wool applique, which is a new technique to me. I have been really enjoying dyeing wool felt. It is exciting to me to mix the dyes and see what comes out.

My order of Perle Cottons has stalled at a FEDEX in Kansas for about 3 weeks now.
I don't know much about embroidery. I bought a few embroidery books online. I like Sue Spargo's Creative Stitching the best. It is a very good book.
In the meantime, I have been practicing 1 or 2 stitches every day on an old linen table napkin. I finally learned how to do french knots and bullion stitches!

Carole, your houses look fantastic. What embroidery facebook groups can you recommend? Why do they like Valdani?

[purplelinda]

I got a late start waiting for background fab.

[nhbaskets]

Carole, your houses look fantastic. What embroidery facebook groups can you recommend? Why do they like Valdani?

Hi Judy, My favorite Facebook group for wool applique is called Wool Applique. How original, huh? From there, you will see many other groups and BOMs posted that you can request to join.

I like Valdani as it's just one thread and find it easier to work with than pulling apart separate pieces of floss and then putting back together. For me, it has less likelihood to knot and tangle.

Best, Carole

[Carol0507]

JudithA : You'll really like wool applique. Love your hexie piece in the background.
nhbaskets: Houses really nice. Love all the embroidery you have done on them.

[marilynrsmithquilts]

Love this quilt ..................hope to make one more by Feb 1............................hope I can keep up!

[marilynrsmithquilts]

[RebeccaVT]

'MarilynRSmithQuilts'--WOW! All of these are great.

[Rhondi]

I finally got my background fabric. I had brought a couple different ones home for my daughter to choose from, she did, and today I got an appointment at my local quilt shop! Will get started tomorrow on my small
Houses tomorrow!!

[hsvjean]

I am so pleased to have these completed. I did find I needed to use a touch of glue

on the small first pieces to keep them in place.I want to thank Barbara Black for such helpful videos!

[hsvjean]

I am so pleased to have these completed. I did find I needed to use a touch of glue

on the small first pieces to keep them in place.I want to thank Barbara Black for such helpful videos!