Block 1

I am definitely crazy as I decided to join Sharon B over at Pintangle and do the 2020 Challenge.
She has her rules posted, but I am going to modify them a bit or I will not complete the challenge. I am allowing myself to reuse stitches and count them as long as it is in a different color or fiber.
This block still needs beads which live in my basement. I could probably GET the beads, but finding the right ones and bringing them upstairs seems like too much work at this time.

 I made simple notes on what I did and put my scraps of fabric in my notebook.  I think I have 27 different threads and stitches on this block. I need at least 3 more things to finish this block. Beads and buttons, I think....

I should probably add my threads, but that seems like such a pain. I may regret that in a few months....I shouldn't be so lazy. Where is the tape dispenser?!?!

Crazy 2020

I think I have a plan for this challenge. If you want to find the details, it is on Sharon B's blog Pintangle .
I think I will make around 72 postcard size blocks which means I will need about 20 different items on each. I am currently using some fabric I dyed in a class by Candied Fabrics . There were 8 squares of fabric per color so even if I used it twice in my block, I am only counting it once.
Here are the blocks I have made so far:

They are small so it only takes me 40 minutes per block. The squares of fabric are only 5" which is why I had to repeat fabric to finish a seam. The rectangles are not "square" so I will have trouble if I decide to make it into a quilt. But I think it would be more fun to mail them out in the end.
My next decision is:should I keep them monochromatic, or add more colors to each block with fibers, etc? I think if I keep them analogous, that might make them more interesting. Or split complimentary?

Failure, Total Failure

Well,  Jo
    did a great job on stitching on the longest day of the year. I did some stitching, but not  much. I think it is because I am having foot surgery on Tuesday. I am trying to get meals ready for my family and get all the little stuff that needs to get done, DONE! I also wanted to have my stitching projects ready so I could do something besides sit and eat. Hopefully the doctor's office lied to me and I won't be in a cast for 6 weeks and no weight bearing for 8!!!!
Ok, enough whining for one post! Here is what I did accomplish over the past few days:

Sharon B over at Pintangle has a challenge going. It is to use 2020 different items/stitches in a crazy quilt. Well, you know me! I like challenges and I like crazy quilts, so I am thinking about this challenge constantly. Not that I don't have a lot of projects lurking in the basement....
My thought is that I can use fabric I have or get some from friends and make a rainbow quilt. But if I have 12 blocks and use a minimum of 12 fabrics, I still have to put 156 "items" on each block! And they each have to be unique/different! Not sure I can do that! But I do have 3 1/2 years....

The other big project I did was take the fabrics I had dyed a few years ago and cut small squares from them and put them in a folder as a reference. It cleared a box of fabric and it was fun looking through all the colors. But what to do with all the extra fabric?  I kept thinking they would make great crazy quilt postcards, so guess what I did?

They are going to be small-4" x 6"-and I did the math: 36 different colors of fabric x 8 pieces of fabric subtracted from 2020= 1731. Divide by 36 = 48 "items" per postcard. Too many for such a small space. Rats! Unless I use the other box I have of dyed squares. Not sure how many are in there or what color family they are.....I really think this is all a case of nerves!
Have a great weekend!

Day 14 Crazy Quilt

I need to get some things finished and out of the house.  With a little more stitching, this will be able to go out.

Block done for Round Robin

Well, I forgot to turn these photos, but I am finished with my round robin block.  I feel like it needs more, but I wasn't sure what. I hope the next person can figure out what to do on the center.

Crazy Quilt Progress

I have been working on the round robin block.  I feel like I need to do something different in the black circles.  Need to look for a darker green and do some long and short stitching.  Although I may just rip them out and do something else.

A Seam, Finally

I should have posted something green for Saint Patrick's Day, but I am not Irish and have no clue what the big deal is.  I am a more Dia de Muertos kind of gal... 
Anyway, this is my start on the crazy quilt.  I looked at all the suggestions and thought about them and even started stitching, but I could not get it to look right.  So I am stitching this feather wavy band thing.  It will need more, but I need to make sure it does my drag your eye from the tree stitched in the next square over.  I think the center needs something spectacular, but what that is, I am not sure. I hate to leave that for the last person in the round robin, but I may have to.

Crazy Quilt

This is the round robin crazy quilt that I have been working on.  I need some suggestions. I need to do a least one more motif in a section and another seam....

Take a Stitch Tuesday on Wednesday

I added these French knots, but I think it needs more.  But I keep looking at the "pink tulips" that are next to that row and feel they need some help too.  Thank goodness Sharon B at Pintangle has a lot of stitches to share.

Because I am Crazy

I joined a crazy quilt block swap.  We are swapping one block, but I decided I needed four so that I could make them into a quilt.  Not that I have ever made a crazy quilt, but at least I have the blocks made.

TAST Weeks 6 & 7

 Week 6-Chevron

Week 7-Detatched Chain

TAST-Week 3 and 4

 This is Week 3-Feather stitch.I used a wonderful thread from Colour Complements .  She has wonderful overdyed threads and I am so excited to start using them.

 This is Week 4-Cretan stitch.  I see beads and lazy daisy stitches and french knots.  Will try to wait until they come up on the TAST rotation...

Here is what I have done so far. Here is the link if you want to join the fun:Pintangle
 

Take a Stitch Tuesday-Two Weeks

I joined Sharon B's Take a Stitch Tuesday Challenge (TAST).  You can find the explanation here .To see the stitch for this week, look here .

This is my crazy quilt square ready for embellishment.
And here are my first two weeks of stitching.

 

The stitch in the heavier thread is the fly stitch and the one in the light yellow is the buttonhole stitch.  Both are favorites for using in crazy quilts.  It is hard not to just start doing stuff on this square, but I want to use it for this challenge.  I have even started another crazy quilt square to give me another place to do the TAST stitches.

Crazy Stitching Done?

 I wrote my words on a piece of tissue paper and then picked the paper off with a pin.  As I was working my oldest asked if the paper was water soluble.  Stupid me!  I could have used my Sulkey!!!

 Here is the piece with all the stitching.

 And here are a few close-ups. 

I don't think there is room for more stitching!  Now to make it into a tea cozy!

Turtle or Spider?

She looks more like a turtle to me, but she may just need eyes.

Purple Beads on my Tea Cozy

I realized I never showed all the beads I laid over the up and down buttonhole stitch.  Way too much fun!

A Few Flower Beads

I enjoyed adding all the little flower beds, but wonder if I need to do leaves of some sort...Got to think about that one....

Squiggles on my Crazy Block

I felt the lower corner needed some stitching, so I took a break from beading and stitched these lines in.  I think I found what I need to start a spider and I need to work on the bee head.  Not nearly done yet!

5 Minutes of Stitching

 These are my bee wings for my bee on my crazy quilt.  This first picture is where I started.

 This is after 5 minutes of stitching.

This is when I finished.  I picked it up and put it down a few times, but they are ready to cut out and attach! Just a few minutes makes a huge difference.

Now for the Beads!

I think I need to start beading on this piece.  The bee needs a head and legs.  Oh! And wings!  I need to make his wings! Then I see beading on this piece.  But first I need to get ready to teach a small project for my local guild.  And I need to get Elizabeth ready for her beads!