How are you all doing? I trust you are being socially responsible and isolating yourself in your sewing rooms? It sure feels like that’s all I have been doing besides normal housework and chores. I have found I’ve been spending more time on line than I usually do, but who can resist seeing what everyone has posted for the Making Us Laugh Hop!
When the theme of the hop was announced no one knew that our world was going to be turned upside down and the need for laughter would be so important to us all.
I started off with several ideas and then remembered at kit I had bought a few years ago that had way too much fabric in it so I had leftovers! Isn’t that a great problem to have? I did some searching and found the pattern and scraps all together in a bag.
I cut, pieced, sewed and fondled these fabrics. They sure brought a smile to my face! That pile morphed into this:
My flimsy was finished so I sandwiched it and started to quilt. Changing thread colours and choosing the perfect one is always a big part of the fun. Then I hit a snag. I didn’t have the right colour and under the circumstances I knew it would take a while for the ordered thread to come. So I’m going to show this quilt in an unfinished state after all of the sneak peeks I’ve been sharing.
I was disappointed that I didn’t have a finish, but was working on my project for the Project Quilting 11.6 Challenge and couldn’t quite settle on one idea. Then it came to me:
I looked on line at Fandom In Stitches and found the perfect paper piecing project. I cut and flipped and trimmed and sewed and finished a squirrel for my wall. This finishes at 12” x 14” and was so much fun to make. Do you have those squirrels hanging around? I sure have them visiting me on a regular basis. In fact, one squirrel wasn’t enough, so while I was quilting this I shortened my stitches and did some thread painting while I was at it.
And this one also;
So there you have it. My contribution to the eye candy being shared by 31 bloggers. Stop by their blogs to see what they have done and leave a comment telling them if you laughed out loud, chuckled or just giggled a bit at their attempts to Make You Laugh!
Here’s the rest of the bloggers sites:
Monday, March 23 That’s today!
Quilt Schmilt. You are here
Tuesday March 24
Moosestash Quilting do visit Joan, our funny hostess
I’d like to thank Joan at Moosestash Quilting for hosting this hop which celebrates International Quilting Day. I’d also like to thank all of the other bloggers for their posts, inspiration, patterns and giving us the many gifts of laughter! 😆 Carol
Quilt Schmilt 
Hi Carol, Your flimsy is great!! I’m amazed that you are starting to like applique! In the past, I have always called it “CRAP-lique! But it’s getting ok …
And your squirrel! He’s delightful!!!
Happy Quilting! 🙂
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Thank you Gail. I do love squirrels!
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Fun projects! I really love the robot and the pinwheels surrounding him!
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Thank you Elizabeth. It was a fun project and I can’t wait to finish quilting him. 😉 Carol
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Oh my goodness I love your “stash busting” robot. Nothing is more fun than stash busting to me. You squirrel is just too cute. I’ve got a friend that is squirrel crazy so I might just pop over to Fandom! Thanks for joining us and inspiring us to do some stash busting ourselves we are all safely at home.
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Thank you Joan. Stash busting and using scraps for free projects is too much fun! Thank you for your comment and for being such a great hostess! 😄 Carol
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Hi Carol! What a fun project for this hop . . . but your paper-pieced squirrel made me laugh right out loud. PERFECT! How fun to use up some leftover fabric from another project – that is a nice problem to have. That made this project mostly free! Stay healthy and safe. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
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Hi Roseanne. You laughed? Yaaay! Isn’t it fun having free projects. I love it 😉 Carol
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What a darling robot! I can’t believe you had such large scraps left over. What a bonus! I am in love with your squirrel! He is adorable! And your quilted squirrels are too cute. Your projects made my day. Thanks for the inspiration and smiles!
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Thank you, Charlene, for your comment. I do love squirrels and the robot was fun! Glad you stopped by and I made you smile. 😉 Carol
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I loved both the projects, the robot is as cute and fun as the squirrel is.
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Thank you Marian. Both were fun and made me smile and even giggle a few times while I was making them! 😄 Carol
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Love both your projects Carol and that little squirrel definitely gave me a giggle!! The come by my house pretty often and run through my attic! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks Brenda. All the time I was working on him I had a song going through my brain. …ooooooh I love squirrels which kept me smiling and humming along. 😁 Carol
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My husband has those squirrels leaving presents on his engine…..none too pleased. Love our little squirrel and robot.
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Hi Barbara. I’m sure your husbands squirrels aren’t as fun as ours! 😉. Thanks for your comment. Carol
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Two wonderful quilts for the price of one admission! I love robots and this one is queen of the heap … or king, whichever it chooses to be. Even unfinished, it made me laugh. And that squirrel! It reminded me of a friend’s constant battle with squirrels and the birdfeeder hanging 20 ft. off the ground next to her deck. Those are creative little climbers!
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Thank you Sudan. Glad I could share a reason to laugh! I can just picture the squirrels making their way up to that feeder! 😁
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Laughing at that paper stuck in the quilting is wonderful; I’m so afraid I might have just been crying. 😦 Loved the first project, too. Having too much fabric in a kit is amazing – usually they are spot on. One kit I bought was SHORT with one of the fabrics – now that was no laughing matter!
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Oh no! It’s so hard to finish if you run short of fabric! So happy I could make you laugh even if picking the bits out of the stitches wasn’t make me laugh! Playing with the quilting did though! Thanks for your comment! 😉
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Love the robot. That was an awful lot of left overs to play with yahoo. I live in a relatively new area and have only seen 1 or 2 squirrels since we’ve been here (6 years) I was from an area that had lots and lots of them. I do miss the little guys.
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Thank you Selina. I live on a golf course. We have lots of the live ones outside and they do visit my sewing space regularly 😁
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Oh, this made me laugh Carol after doing my post welcoming UFO’s. What fun it looks like you are having. I love the squirrel!!!
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Hi Debra. It has been a fun week except for the thread issue! Glad you liked the squirrel. Thanks for commenting. 😄
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Your robot is a great way to bring a smile to someone and yes, I do have lots of squirrels. Too cute! Thank you for the uplifting and happy post!
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Love your robot and the squirrel is adorable.
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Thank you Theresa. 😄
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I adore your robot! Love the squirrel too. Thanks for sharing, and have fun social distancing with your fabric stash. It would really stink to not have a hobby right now, wouldn’t it?
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I’m starting to worry. I only have approx 100 yards left in the stash! Whatever will I do if we are quarantined for more than 4 more weeks? Glad you enjoyed Robbie and the squirrel😉 Carol
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What a fun robot!!!! He looks so fun!
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Thank you
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