Project Quilting 10.4: Pixel Play

The first order of business yesterday was to finish off the 4th challenge for Season 10 of Project Quilting. The challenge theme was "Pixel Play." This was a hard one for me. I spent hours looking through my own photographs trying to pixelate one of them into something I could use. When I came up empty, I appealed to my friend The Google, searching for different things like "pixelated quilts," or "pixelated images," or anything like that. Finally, I hit upon the sweetest inspiration for my quilt. I'm calling this quilt "Cupcake."

It finishes up at 17 x 21 inches. Here's how it looks from the back. I purchased the backing fabric while we were traveling, and it was perfect for the back and binding.

Inspiration for this design comes courtesy of Melissa who writes a blog called "Make It Yours." Melissa graciously gave me permission to use her design for my quilt. Originally, she did the same design using construction paper and Mod Podge to create some art work for her children's playroom. You can read her blog post right here. So, thank you, Melissa.

The quilting is a simple diagonal grid. I was afraid too much quilting would compete with the pixelated design and make it difficult to see the cupcake.

For once, I remembered to add my little label to the back.

And it makes a nice little wall hanging for a narrow wall above our breakfast bar. It's springy and colorful!

Thus ends this challenge, and I'll be linking up at Project Quilting when I finish this post.

With that finished, I could get back to Hocuspocusville. The next block was "Witches Stitches," and so another quilted witch was in order.

Also, a row of jack-o-lanterns in the front yard.

And I quilted in a few more pavers.

Spider webs and spiders...those are the easiest to stitch.

When the block was finished, it looked like this:

Next was "Le Witche Boutique." I stitched in some pavers and a tombstone. There wasn't much else that would fit in this block, and so it seemed a good place for the tombstone.

When the block was finished, it looked like this:

Here, I received a visit from Smitty. He was readying himself for a nap on that comfy pile of quilt. Sorry, Buddy, that isn't going to work.

Oh...purrdon me. Purrmit me to move back here. Just ignore me. You won't even know I'm here.

I've found that a generous helping of kitty treats administered to his bowl downstairs often gets rid of this purroblem.

So the final block of the day was the "Used Broom Lot." I didn't have a lot of ideas for this block, and so I quilted more shingles into the roof and some siding on the walls.

A flying bat always works.

And, of course, spiders are always welcome.

Finally, a broom below the "used brooms" sign.

When that block was finished, it looked like this:

Okay, so there are three more embroidered blocks to quilt. I was thinking I'd be ready for the binding then, but completely forgot there's an outer border. Duh. I know what I'm going to quilt there if I can pull it off, and so it should go quickly...she said...fingers crossed. I'm still hoping I can get the binding sewn on so that we can take it along this weekend.

There was a confectioner's sugar dusting of snow over night. Temperatures should be well above freezing today, and so this won't last long.

It made me happy to stitch this little flower for this morning's inchy. Spring will get here eventually.

Also, I've stitched in the latest hoop for Friendship's Garden.

Moving the hoop, that's the last of it. I'll try to finish that up tomorrow too.

Early this morning, I yanked off a hunk of bread dough from what I mixed up a few days ago. It's much more solid than the last batch, and I could actually shape it into a ball. This is looking very promising.

It's been proofing in my proofing box downstairs for the past 2 1/2 hours. I'd hoped I could get it baked up before writing this post, but it was still cold to the touch when I came upstairs. I want it at least at room temperature before I bake it. You'll have to wait for tomorrow's post to see how it turns out. I'm feeling good about it, though. Just sayin'.

Okay. I have a quick grocery trip this morning, and then I'll get back to my quilting. Wish me luck getting it all finished today...I'll need a lot of it. Luck, that is.