Pooh Bear blocks

Today I have the day off work.  I am working hard on learning to take it easy.  To relax and go slow.  That has always come hard for me, as I seem to always want to be doing something to get ahead.  To try this and that.  Basically, to do it all!  But I am learning that it is not good for my health. 

There are many other things that we as humans do, that are not good for our health.  Gradually I am trying to remedy all the aspects of my life. to contribute to a healthier lifestyle.  It's been a long journey so far and I've got a lot more to do, but one step at a time, making new habits and changing the composition of my mind and body.

I'm telling you all this, to explain why my posts have been more sporadic these days.  I still love my quilting and posting about all that I and others do, but all the things that I have to concentrate on to better my health takes time and focus.  So, I've had to cut back on some things to make everything work.

I'm hoping that once things become habit and I am where I want to be, that I can then again concentrate on my quilting passion.  Until then.....things will be a little bit less intense.  I think that if I commit to posting on the weekends and Wednesdays, I should be able to manage it.  If you get a little in between, then that will just be a bonus!!

Enough of all that.  Let me show you what I have taken the time to do recently.  I was given some Winnie the Pooh Bear blocks.  I showed you the one previously of Eeyore.  Now I am showing you what I've done so far with the next three blocks in the panel.

Here is Winnie the Pooh himself!  I didn't like the simplicity of the soft grey shades.  The background is a soft bluish grey, Pooh bear's shirt was a dark grey textured pattern and the honey pot was dark grey wood grain.  So one day, I borrowed my mom's wax crayons.  She keeps them on hand for the grandchildren that may pop by and want to colour.  I decided I wanted to colour these block to make them more appealing to me.  

Then we have Tigger.  The original block, only had Tigers main body shaded in a with a light grey tone.  I coloured him per his true self, all in orange, pink nose and yellow belly and face.  Much more cheerful!!!  More spunky, as is Tigger.  Or maybe that should read bouncy....

The last block I decided to colour in, was one of my favourite characters from this book/movie.  Piglet!!  Piglet was originally shaded in a medium grey for her body, ears and nose.  Again, I coloured her per her true self, dark pink and light pink.  Isn't she cute!!

  

Now I need to get the parchment paper out to iron the blocks and set the crayon.  When you set the crayon, it melts and really bonds with the fabric, making it permanent.  Then I am going to come up with some ideas for blocks and borders to enlarge these small panels.

I think I mentioned this before in a previous post, but just in case you didn't see it,,,,  To entertain kids of all ages, you can use colouring books and trace the designs on plain white fabric, held taught by a piece of parchment paper.  Then put out the crayons and let everyone go to town on colouring them all in.  It makes for a couple of fun hours and colouring is very relaxing for the adults. 

Take care everyone.