BOMs Away - Flimsy Report: Classic Nutcrackers!! ~and~ Marissa's Kaffe Fassett Dahlia

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Wahoo!!~! 

I did the last bit of hand work on a couple fellas 

(broom and ladder overlap. . .gold watch chain stitching)

and. . . BAM!!

My Classic Nutcrackers (by Sue Garman) is now a quilt top! 

Can you believe it?? I'm so excited. :) I love this quilt so much.

This is 55 x 66 inches. The pattern includes pieced blocks intended as an option for more border work, but I want this as a wall quilt, and it would be too large that way.

I am so very excited to reach this stage. I've been working on these guys since January 2019. They sure did make for some nice slow-stitching time in the evenings. It's all done using the back-basting needle-turn applique technique, all stitched by hand. 

So! With that much work in this baby, I'll be sharing it at the next TGIFF link-up.  :)  

- Also - 

I never did share the finished top of Marissa's Kaffe Fasset Dinner Plate Dahlia (Judy Niemeyer pattern)!  It's been done for about 2-1/2 weeks, waiting for someone to be around to hold it up during good-enough lighting. This is 80 x 80 inches.

She really likes it, and when it's closer to its turn at the longarm, we'll go shopping together to find what she wants for the backing. First, though, I have to quilt Heather's Graduation Dahlia, my Nutcrackers, and Devon's Mandalla Dahlia.

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BOMs Away - Surfer's Point & Nutcrackers

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Whew~!  These feathered starts for "Surfer's Point" are a bit finicky to put together! But the first two are sewn and up on the wall. (And I'm really happy with all the points. I had to redo about 8 of them, but considering there are, what. . .112 of them on each block, that's pretty darn lucky!)

The blocks are huge at 22 inches.

Next time, I'm going to mark the pattern templates with a few key matching points to help keep things lined up straight on the partial seam lines. There aren't any there, and it leaves things susceptible to sliding out of alignment along 8 important seams that are on the bias. Hopefully, next month's blocks will go more smoothly when I find and mark those points.

I also gave my Sue Garman Nutcrackers some attention. I was cleaning up the mess of my stash yardage tubs and found some Christmas fabrics that work marvelously with these guys. So I got a start on the sashing process.

Some of the Nutcrackers have applique pieces that overlap the sashing, so those have been back-basted for evening slow stitching.

I'm excited to see these guys come together!!

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BOMs Away - Nutcrackers and Dahlias

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I pulled my Sue Garman Nutcrackers back out today, and did the embroidery work on 4 of the blocks.

Funny - The soldier's jacket lines don't look crooked in real life, but they sure do on the photo.

Also, this week, I got a few unit sets done up for my Dinner Plate Dahlia.

Hope you had a nice weekend, and looking forward to what you have to share. :)  

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BOMS Away - The Last Nutcracker

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Oh my goodness, you guys! I'm sorry I forgot to post yesterday! And I even had BOM work to share. . . (go figure!!)

Here's my block 12 nutcracker, The Elf, from Sue Garman's Classic Nutcrackers pattern:

He's a little intimidating, isn't he? I wouldn't go sneaking into his gift factory! The funny thing is that something about the hair color and the cast of the eyebrows and jaw really calls to mind the expression one of our favorite Taekwondo instructors gets on his face when you royally mess up. More than one family member blurted that out. Ha! (I get it fairly often)

This is late, because I got distracted by the gorgeous 12-13" snowfall we had all day Friday/Saturday morning. 

Before our first shoveling spree

Before my second shoveling spree - 
(Yes, we still have the last of Christmas to put away!)

Lots of shoveling went on all weekend, around enjoying the doe herd that visited our bird feeders. 10 in all, four in this shot:

Part of the large doe herd that likes to visit our bird feeders
and berry bushes.

All that snow made the Springtime cheeriness of my Ruffled Roses really call out to me, so I got that loaded up at the longarm and started in on the stabilizing Saturday night. My car can't do our hill when it's snowed/iced up that much, and Scott had to work, anyway, so I went back and forth all day Sunday between the longarm and the fireplace wall. Totally forgot to put up this post!

Just this much left to stabilize on the 90" queen top. It's a slow process on medallion
type quilts, getting all the frameworks nice and squared up.
Looking forward to more easy-going work of finishing the outlining
and getting into the decorative free-motion "stuff." :)

I know our Australian friends are having a crazy heat wave, so hopefully sharing some of our weather pics can help cool you off, at least mentally! Hang in there!

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BOMs away - Nutcrackers, The Sentinel

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This guy went together quickly - poor dude has to wait for the embroidery stage to get a nose, though.  :D

Here is The Sentinel, block 11 from Sue Garman's "Classic Nutcrackers"

Hmm, you can't see the pretty sparkles on the yellow lantern fabric. Oh, well. I can! 

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BOMs Away - A Skiier . . . and a Cat

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Hello!

I've finished the applique for Block 10 of my Classic Nutcrackers quilt (one of Sue Garman's wonderful patterns).

Here's my old-time Skiier:

Only two more nutcrackers to applique!

And then I can figure out what-all threads I want to get for their embroidery. . .

P.S.

My funny, funny cat has demanded that I take this shot. The fella who normally disdains photos and gets downright angry every time you snap a shot, howled and howled and yowled until I not only acknowledged his clever spot, but remained restless until I came back with my phone and took his photo. So I give you,

"Portrait of a Cat"

 

Now he has resumed his happy day about the house. Too stinkin' funny!

 

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BOMs Away - The Mountain Climber Nutcracker in New Orleans, Garden District

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Hi there!  We got home from New Orleans today. What a fun week in shorts and sandals, stolen from a Colorado October.  :)    

I finished the applique for nutcracker 9 yesterday from the Sue Garman Classic Nutcracker patterns.  

He's a little fierce looking, eh?!  ha!  I'm pretty sure I'd get right out of his way if I came upon his path and his scowl.  :D

When he was finished, I went strolling around the Garden District for a few "Flat Stanley" type shots of him.

Here the Bavarian Mountain Climber poses in front of Sandra Bullock's New Orleans Swiss-architecture mansion:

A few door down, he poses at John Goodman's home:

A couple blocks away he shows you the front entrance at Anne Rice's mansion (the author of "Interview with a Vampire" and all kinds of other vampire/witch/ghost novels) before she moved to California in 2009:

A couple blocks from there he shows you the Bed & Breakfast we stayed in:

And he just had to show you The Ghost Manor, 3 doors down:

What a fun place! The Garden District shows that the French Quarter doesn't have all the Halloween fun. I missed getting a video of the skeletons' Rhapsody in Blue concert, but here's their Thriller show: 

Super fun private residence where the dad just loves his Halloween fun.  :)

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BOMs Away - Journey's End and Sue Garman's Nutcracker #8

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Hi, how are you doing? 

I got another set of the houses put together for my Journey's End project. 

And I'm totally in love with my Santa Nutcracker! Isn't he cool? He's block 8 of Sue Garman's Classic Nutcrackers.

It's so hard to get cameras to see glitter fabric anywhere near as pretty as it actually is. I've used that for Santa's hair, and the white cotton velvet for all his fur cuffs and hat pom. It came out absolutely perfect, and when the blocks are joined, I'll finish the star that will overlap the seam.

I'll probably stayed focused on only these two BOMs while I'm still working on remodel stuff - which I see lasting another 4 or 5 weeks. I do start working at the longarm again tomorrow - mornings for work on the house, afternoons for quilting. So I may just have other things to share again some time soon.  :)

Right now, I shall banish this adorable pest so I can get my valances cut out. . . 

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BOMs Away - Another Nutcracker :)

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Hi!  We're still plugging away on that master suite remodel, but my evening stitching time has yielded another Classic Nutcracker:

Number 7, The Gardener, is all appliqued now, except for the overhanging part of his rake.

How are things at your place? Have you been able to do any BOM work lately? 

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BOMs Away - Nutcracker & Listen

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Today I got to do some real quilt work again for the first time in a month! I finally got my "Listen with Your Eyes" center set into its background.

And Navarre loves it. 

He even matched the curve!  :D

I also -finally- stitched on the last piece for the Nutcracker Chimney Sweep. This is block 6, so these guys are really coming along.

This one has two pieces that overlap the seam, so those obviously have to wait until piecing to get finished up.

Have you been able to do any BOM work lately? 

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