As promised, new Christmas fabric has arrived!
Also, I never subtracted the fabric from the String Quilt. It won’t help enough.
Ah, well, when my machine finally returns I’m ready to sew up a storm!
My sewing machine is still at the spa, so there’s no sewing happening here.
I’m plenty busy putting the house back together after the kitchen remodel, and putting up the last of the garden produce.
I did go through my stash for fall fabrics and cut them up for Kat’s September/October block drive for Covered in Love. I went overboard with the cutting- these will be a lot of blocks! But it really weeded out some old scraps.
And I may have ordered some Christmas fabrics from Etsy and Fabric Shack…because we all know I don’t have much…yep.
Take it easy, and sew if you can.
This string quilt is finished! It’s 44″ x 62″.
I quilted it with wavy lines in pale lavender poly thread. I started out to do feathers in a slightly darker variegated thread but it looked terrible, so out it came.
As you can see, it’s not only comfortable, but very flattering if you happen to be gray.
(I didn’t call Yuri out for this shoot. He heard me taking photos ??? and came running downstairs and out onto the patio to participate. Dedication!)
We both hope you have some peace, and some time to sew.
This week I used about three yards to make these donation blocks for Kat, and I didn’t buy any new fabric.
Enjoy your season!
The first eight 12″ donation blocks are ready for Kat’s Covered With Love July/August block drive. I usually piece the centers, but I found odd bits of fabric that wanted to be in the middle.
I generated enough 2.5″ squares to start using as leaders and enders, so next year’s will have 16-patch centers!
Remember years ago when bloggers were taking the Process Pledge to show more than just their finished quilts?
This last quilt made quite a journey from the first concept (and possible use as a baby quilt) to the finished product. Using the design wall was essential to seeing the progress and making changes. Sometimes even more important were the (poorly lit phone) photos I took along the way.
And finally!
A finish of the Beach Wall Hanging, and no new fabric!
And next, the plan is to sew up some red, white, and blue scraps for Kat’s July/August block drive.
Whittling down that stash!
Now that the sleeve is sewn on the back, this wall hanging is complete. It’s made all from scraps and materials on hand.
I arranged the threads on the blue areas, covered the blocks with tulle, and quilted over them. As I went I added tiny beads and trapped them in the quilted swirls.
When the quilting was finished, I used the rest of the roll of tulle (from a long-ago bargain bin) to swirls across and sewed it down.
It’s hard to photograph, but there’s lots of glitter and shine.
Some favorite scraps!
Thanks for stopping!
