October's Block

 October Block -  Mr. Scarecrow

I guess I have been busy this month, because I realized that Friday's date was Oct. 12 already! 
And I hadn't even started my October  Block A Month-  A Year of Paper Piecing  block yet!

I got my book at Amazon.com (used, for a great price!)

October's block is a scarecrow , with crows, and some corn stalks.  

I really had fun making the different paper pieced sections.   It was fun to see the hat come alive, and to make the shirt, complete with a little collar.

His little shirt even has a collar.

The corn stalks had a lot of pieces....   53 pieces on each side!

The crows came alive after adding the hand embroidery stitches.

Here is Mr. Scarecrow

I hand stitched some embroidery touches:    corn hairs,   straw on the scarecrow's feet and arms,  crows' eyes and feet,  a face on Mr. Scarecrow,  and buttons on his shirt.  Then I  made my quilt sandwich with Warm and Natural batting, and a neutral fabric for backing.   I quilted minimally by simply machine stitching around the outside of the crows and scarecrow.    

Here he is , hanging up in my kitchen, under the green shelf/cupboard.

On my kitchen wall.

In case you missed what I made in September, here is a picture of September's  Apple Basket.

Apple Basket     and   Mr.  Scarecrow

If you decide to buy the book and make some blocks, send me your pictures and I will post them on my blog!

I  also wanted to invite you to check out  some talented folks and their projects , at the Friday post on Confessions of a Fabric Addict 's    blog.  Sarah has a linky day on Fridays, where people can show what they have been working on.  It is called  

On Fridays  , you can see who linked up to show their projects

I like to look at all of the projects and find new blogs to follow there, too!


Have a good week ahead!

I'm off to my sewing room!