It's done! I've spent many hours embellishing the Funky Flower Mola that I started two weeks ago for the Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop. I really enjoyed the embroidery and the beading.
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| Funky Flower Mola - finished! |
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| Second butterfly and vines |
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| Beading the funky flower |
One Monthly Goal (OMG) for March
It's been a while since I linked up to an OMG - so here goes!
I have a mini to make for my son's cubicle! It's going to be the foundation paper pieced Moose by Made by Marney. So far, I've made two bears and a loon. It's now time for the moose đ
What I learned
I will be linking this post up to the March One Monthly Goal (OMG) as well as several other link-ups in quilt land. Let's go see what going on! Monday Making, Design Wall Monday, Moving It Forward, What I Made Monday, Tuesday Colour Linky Party, Midweek Makers, Silly Mama Quilts WIPs, Needle & Thread Thursday, Let's Bee Social, Off The Wall Friday, TGIFF, Finished or Not Friday, Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?, Main Crush Monday, New To Me 2019,
Project details
Funky Flower Mola
16" x 13"
Materials: Kona cotton, embroidery floss, perle cotton, beads, stones
Techniques: reverse appliqué, appliqué, embroidery, beading
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| A bear mini |
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| A loon mini |
What I learned
- Adding that many beads takes a long time - although I finished it faster than I expected.
- I had bought one container of seed beads. I got pretty nervous near the end....there aren't many left. Normally it wouldn't be a problem but I bought these on sale because they were being discontinued.
- I experimented with some of my daughter's perle cotton and metallic embroidery floss. It's fun to see the different effects they create.
- Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop Mola Style, February 21, 2019
- Molas!: Patterns, Techniques & Projects for Colorful Applique by Kate Mathew
- Travelling vicariously and DrEAMi! October 29, 2018
- A loon, a bear and a binding tutorial, November 25, 2018
- A finished birthday bear mini, December 19, 2018
- Made by Marney website and her patterns on Craftsy and Etsy
I will be linking this post up to the March One Monthly Goal (OMG) as well as several other link-ups in quilt land. Let's go see what going on! Monday Making, Design Wall Monday, Moving It Forward, What I Made Monday, Tuesday Colour Linky Party, Midweek Makers, Silly Mama Quilts WIPs, Needle & Thread Thursday, Let's Bee Social, Off The Wall Friday, TGIFF, Finished or Not Friday, Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?, Main Crush Monday, New To Me 2019,
Project details
Funky Flower Mola
16" x 13"
Materials: Kona cotton, embroidery floss, perle cotton, beads, stones
Techniques: reverse appliqué, appliqué, embroidery, beading
Can't wait to see the moose! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and good luck on your project!
ReplyDeleteThanks Patty, I can't wait either! My son wants a conventional one, but if I feel ambitious, I'm going to make myself a whimsical one too!
DeleteWhat a beautiful flower mola. I've never tried that technique, though I've often thought about it. I hope to have plenty of time to other things when I finish my La Passion later this month.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's an interesting technique and I'm sure that you would have no problems since you've sewn all of those hexies together for La Passion. I'll have to make sure to go see it!
DeleteCongrats on finishing your mola flower. It's fabulous :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Janine. I'm glad that it came out well. You never know what you'll try with these blog hops!
DeleteNice flower, but I think I love the loon more!
ReplyDeleteHi Susan, I certainly understand that!
DeleteWow! Look at all those beads! That must have taken forever? Super cute Mola.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lynette. Yup, it did take forever, but wasn't quite as bad as I expected. One of those things that you do once and then reconsider doing again :-)
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