Stars for Mickey

The stars for Ghost Party are a bit of a pain, so even though I only needed one for Mickey, I made more (to get it over with…)  

These don’t get trimmed up til I’m ready to sew them in the block

They’re kinda cute. And - surprise - batch sewing makes them easier. So now I’m thinking I should make more than I planned?? I may never get this quilt done…

But progress is being made. Mickey and his sparkly eyes are done, giving me three of the nine blocks I need.

 Not their final placement

The next Birdwatchers Project block comes out tomorrow, so that’s what I’ll be doing this weekend. Still hoping to get the ghosties to my long-arm quilter pal before the end of this month. Any bets on that? 

These Eyes

Every time I start a ghostly creature I’m surprised by how long the prep takes. Now that the 3.5” squares for all 9 creatures are cut, I tell myself it’s just a matter of deciding on a layout and sewing it together. 

Pre-spider web eyes

Not. 

Each creature has a different layout with a different number of additional foundation-paper-pieced parts. Our Boy Mickey has 2 eyes, no mouth,

5 left-leaning and 4 right-leaning snowballs (not interchangeable, believe me, I’ve tried!), 

1 double snowball and 2 half square triangles. Oh, and a star or two. 

Tonight I tried some fussy cut sparkly webs for his eyeballs. Like! Now to decide which eye layout looks best…. 

BOOne on the left for eyeball comparison.

It’s no wonder these take forever, but it sure is fun to play around with the options.