Finish It Up Friday: Kona Nerd Level Rising!

Happy Friday y'all! I hope this week has treated you well. A small finish for me this week, but still a fulfilling one! I sent my Kona Project blocks to Val (all the way in Canada!) this week, so I figured it was time to share what I've been stitching at behind the scenes. :)

The original plan was to make 3 blocks for Val @ Purple Boots and Pigtails: Bluegrass, Canary, and Flame. But life happened. So I made the most of my time and came away with 2 blocks that I'm pretty proud of! First up is Canary!

I made Canary with a pretty simple process. After settling for a design, I freehanded the writing on some notebook paper, then I traced the mirror image of it on my Heat n' Bond. I learned the hard way the first time I used it that you HAVE to do the mirror image of what you want. Otherwise you're words will be backwards! Anyway, I ironed it onto the background and stitched around the edges. I would have preferred to do it in yellow thread but I didn't have any and time was short, my friends. Still, I'm proud of the cursive font!

Second is Bluegrass! I love this block and the Kentucky-ness of it! It didn't dawn on me until I finished up that most Canadians probably don't know that Kentucky is the Bluegrass state; heck, most Americans probably don't know that! But I wanted to share myself with these 'virtual friends' that I follow online and, ladies and gentlemen, this block is very much me. I used the same process as the canary block. When I designed it, however, I made the letters too small for me to machine stitch around! I had to hand sew around all the letters to secure them. I had a love-hate relationship with this block until it was finished! Lol.

Hopefully these fit the bill for Val's Kona project, I tried to follow the rules and be myself, which is sometimes hard to do. Have a good weekend y'all!

Linking up with NTT and Finish It Up Friday!