Libby's Witch Fairy

This past weekend Hannah had a 4 day weekend due to Fall Break. We were all excited to have her home for a little while. I believe Libby was the most excited. Libby had Hannah and me help her with a fairy project she had been waiting to make. Here we are working on the project together.

It was quite an involved project. First we took a wooden bead, some embroidery thread and floral wire to make the hair, head and body. Once we had that on we began to wrap the wire in peach embroidery thread for the skin. Hannah joke about telling people she spent her Fall Break wrapping thread around a wire. Once the skin was complete we used more thread for her shorts and shirt. Then came adding the flower petals for her skirt.  When this was complete we made her wings out of mesh and thin wire and of course we decorated them with glitter. Finally we made her hat out of felt. When we finished I believe we'd all had one or more burnt finger from the glue gun. The witch fairy turned out really cute. Here is a picture of her sitting on a vase in the family room.

The next day it was time to make the fairy door. Libby painted her door in two sitting making it look old and wood streaked. Once that was completed we had to embellish the door with fun Halloween items. Of course we brought the glue gun back out.  Thanks to my kids I am getting quite efficient at burning my finger with the glue. LOL

Here is the door sitting on the mantel and then  a picture of the fairy by her door. The whole project turned out really cute and the three of us got to have a good time working together.

A Rose for Hannah and More

Here are the latest three blocks I've made for Hannah's quilt. First there is a rose for Hannah. This of course is from the musical Beauty and The Beast. Not sure why it is upside down, but it's too late to try and figure out how to turn it right side up, so turn your device upside down to see it right side up. LOL As I was sewing this block I kept humming the song with the chorus about Be Our Guest.

   Next I made the lion from The Lion King. This is the second time I've made this one since Hannah has some luggage I made with different Musicals on the front. This time I made a smaller size. I always like the way this one turns out with just the two colors of fabric. As I sewed I hummed some of the songs from the musical. I could imagine the powerful music in the background.

And finally I made a block from 42nd Street. This is a musical I'm not familiar with but Hannah was and wanted it for her quilt. Unfortunately, I could not sing any of the songs from this one as I work, but I did enjoy singing many songs from other musicals as I made this block.

Now I only have one more block to sew for her quilt (Peter Pan) and then I will start the fund of putting it all together for her. This should be interesting since the blocks are not all the same size. Hopefully in a few weeks I'll have the finished quilt to share with you all.