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

[sechai]

My neighborhood reflects our family: Cat lovers, book lovers, music lovers, musicians, scientists, world travelers. Did I mention cat lovers?

[sechai]

so sweet, it makes me whish i collected those kinds of fabrics, not an open fabric shop open for miles and miles to collect FQs

[sechai]

love your background

[sechai]

Thank you! I am a batik-a-holic!

[kherbach]

I LOVE the cats!!

[marilynrsmithquilts]

Love these fabrics

[marilynrsmithquilts]

love your cats!!!

[yshannon]

Decided to use multi colors for my center medallion.

[yshannon]

Love freezer paper technique .

[RebeccaVT]

My sixteen houses! Although it looks like it, I am not using a kit but intead pulling from my stash a combination of Kaffe shot cottons, Oakshott Cottons (the Oakshotts I'd gotten at some point from TQS but I don't have too many of them), and some silks. In this photo, the silks are the three in the upper left and two on the bottom right. My one other self-imposed rule is to use Kaffe polka dots (not all are Kaffe, but most) for my rooftops (except for the silk ones) as a nod to Alex' love for polka dots. I just LOVE seeing everyone's amazing creativity, and am having a blast making these. A big THANK YOU to Barbara whose videos and instructions are so helpful--SO HELPFUL!!!

[RebeccaVT]

Sorry for the sidesways picture!

[sewhot]

I love this!!!!!!

[tooonce]

Here are my houses - just under the wire..

I was so careful to double check the scale in the office after I printed my patterns. It was spot on. After I got to my sewing room I realized I neglected to print the patterns on the freezer paper. I went right back to the printer and printed them and was off. It wasn't till I finished all 8 of the #1 houses when I moved on to the #2 houses when I doubled checked the scale of the freezer paper pattern that I realized the scale was wrong.. - and...so were the 8 houses I had just finished. UGGG. I am so proud of myself for getting right back at it. There was the day that a mistake like that would have been the end of that project.

I purchased the tuxedo background fabric and drew fabrics from my stash -


I don't know why there are two pictures...

[Martije]

For fraying of the shot cottons, I used Fray Check on the edges after sewing and pulling away the freezer paper. I'm not a fan of shot cottons but at least with it you don't have to worry about right and wrong sides!

[1949-rs-]

I like the foxy fox in the window Patin NC. Foxy move.