There's not much to report on my May UFO. |
| I'm not completely procrastinating--I have it mounted on my machine and have wound lots of bobbins! |
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| In the meantime, I started on part 10 of the ThimbleCreek mystery. One star down.... |
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| twenty one to go. I have all the flying geese components finished, so it won't take long to stitch these up. |
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| I just finished the April block for the Buttermilk Basin mystery too. I went a little heavy on the buttons. |
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| This is going to be my May UFO, Sunflower Gatherings. I have it registered for our guild quilt show in June, so I need to get it finished ASAP. |
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| So instead, I worked on clue 9 for the ThimbleCreek mystery. I knew there would be checkerboards involved--that's how Joe rolls (see HERE and HERE) I just didn't think they would be so small! |
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| I finished one more wool applique block for Sophie's Garden. That means there's only one more to go! By the way, if you are interesting in making Sophie's Garden in this colorway, Colorz Quilt Shop has kits available for the piecing and background fabrics I'm using, and also a separate kit for the wool applique. Give them a call! |
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| For April, only one item bound for Binding Blitz ;-( |
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| I've been a bit lax on showing my Sophie's Garden progress. I'm getting pretty close to the end. |
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| I've been keeping the embroidery pretty simplistic on most of the blocks, but I got a little ambitious and spiced things up a bit on the tulips. |
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| Tonight I will be stitching on this block during Game of Thrones. I'm behind one episode of Mr. Selfridge, so I will put him on the DVR -- I need to catch up in order! |
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| My main goal was to use some of my four patches I received in a recent swap. I used 100 of them for this pattern: Worn and Loved II--a free pattern on the Windham site. Since I was starting with 3" finished 4 patches, my quilt is much smaller than the pattern. |
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| I had this border print in my stash--I think it worked out okay. |
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| I used 168 four patches for this one--also a free pattern on the Windham site: Country Sampler. Again, my version is smaller as I used 3" finished four patches instead of 4" four patches. I'm not sure if I will add a border or just bind it with a scrappy binding--it's a nice throw size right now. |
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| Just for fun, I matched the top four patch color to the bottom patch color in each row (well, except for the row I sewed on backwards--it's a Where's Waldo row now!). |
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| I still have plenty of four patches left--no ideas yet for these! |
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| I didn't make a lot of progress on my Devil's Claw blocks. I seemed to have a lot of issues with my Bernina and was wishing I had my Juki with me--much more fun to sew on! |
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| It finally dawned on me that our guild quilt show will be happening in about six weeks and two of the five quilts I have registered aren't finished--time to put the pedal to metal! |
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| I have to confess that my quilting plan was insprired by Linda Hrcka of the Quilted Pineapple. Obviously, my quilting is much more simplistic as I don't have a tenth of Linda's skill set. |
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| I used a bamboo batting--50% bamboo fiber/50 % organic cotton that I had purchased at Joann's several years ago. It seems to have a nice drape to it, but as I was quilting, long silky fibers seemed to cling to the quilting thread and collect on the top. I probably won't use it again,--at least not on a quilt with a lot of black areas! I used all 50 wt. cotton Aurifil threads: Black #2692, Dark Red #1103 and Tan # 2325 |
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| And this is the only time I will let anyone see the back of the quilt--backtracking is not my forte--yikes! By the way, the original Words to Live By, designed by Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings and quilted by Linda Hrcka just won second place in Paducah for longarm bed quilt--well deserved! Linking with A Lovely Year of Finishes and WIP's on Wednesday and Needle and Thread Thursday   |
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| I had to take a quick break though, to make something for the treat table at quilt camp. Deb W. brought some of this to a class I taught and Denise commented that it was hard to leave alone--like crack (not that she would know!), hence it has become known as Quilter's Crack! For someone who suffers from the occasional bout of diverticulitis, it's a good alternative to caramel popcorn--none of those pesky hulls! |
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| This came in the mail today--another half yard bundle: French General Bon Voyage. That pre-order option at the Fat Quarter Shop has been very dangerous for me! So much for my "no new fabric" rule I made for myself.... |
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| I think the fabrics will work very nicely with the Petite Prints I purchased from Craftsy a while back. |
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| This came earlier--- I won it from Norma at Timeless Traditions--I love everything she designs! |
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| Now that my wool hexagons are all stitched, I need to get back to Sophie's Garden. I will be able to put together the first three rows soon. The first meeting for my Stitch Therapy group is tomorrow and this is the project we will be working on. It's going to be so fun to see lots of different versions of Sophie's Garden! |
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| I will be stitching on block 12 tonight while watching Mr. Selfridge. I get so annoyed with Loxley--am I the only one that would like to give him a rap on the nose with his walking stick? |
| You're hard man to like, Lord Loxley! |
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| On a happier note: Finally! My half yard cuts of Union Blues I pre-ordered months ago arrived yesterday--love them--definitely worth the wait! |
