Here it is .... my "Pyramids". All done and ready for hanging come August/September when the autumn quilts come out for display. This was done using EPP method.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Pyramids
Friday, March 17, 2023
Dilly Flower surfacing again
Lots of green for St. Patrick's Day!
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Circles is a top!
Yeah me! I'm so pleased to have this top done. Do you like my ombre look border? I love it, but it was a bit of a pain to do. Those strips of fabrics were moved around again and again and sewn, ripped undone and resewn countless times. It was so worth it in the end .... but ..... and I will leave it at that! LOL
A line of stitching was done around the perimeter of the border to prevent seams popping open while at the LAer.Notice that all my seams (except for the outer border seam) have been pressed open? I'm starting to do this more and more. If I do, my stitch length is reduced (that is why it was more difficult to rip out) to prevent any threads popping many years from now. This top will need a real good pressing before going for machine quilting.
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Rounding up the circles!
I still am not done appliqueing the circles onto some of the neutral square fabrics ..... but couldn't wait and just had to start sewing some of the nine patch blocks together to test out my border idea. This project is coming together quite nicely!
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Circles coming around!
Cherish your day, cherish your life!
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
February and March Binding Challenge
The end of February cheated us of a few days when we are used to either 30 or 31 days in a month .... but I got my quilt finished just in the nick of time!
No-blog Mary was ahead of me this month. My quilt didn't have it's binding on yet and with only two days to go ..... whew got there in the end.
This is Mary's quilt for February:
Now, for March, Mary put her hand in the garbage bag and out came this quilt. She never knows what she will pull out .... always a surprise. I had to ask her about this quilt. She thinks it was a Super Bowl mystery but can't remember when she made it; but she had to concentrate a lot while doing it. The size is a queen. Yikes, that will keep her busy!
My March quilts to bind will, hopefully, be these two. I want to get them done and to the lady that is organizing a May drop-off to the women's shelter. At least one will get done and the second quilt will be a BONUS!
You know how some birthdays just come and go without much fuss? Well, I just had my 16th blog birthday on the 22nd of this month! Sixteen years of blogging!!! OMG. The thing is, I forgot all about it! What a time this has been. Oh my, I remember my first post and wondered if anyone would be interested to even read my blog and, yes, you are still reading me. Thank you for your support! Sixteen years ago, there were so many quilting blogs and I do miss quite a few of my favourite blogs that are no more. How many more years will this blog be still running? As long as there is something up on my design wall and my fingers can still work their magic, then there is something to write about. Time will tell.Cherish your day, cherish your life!
Friday, February 24, 2023
Going round in circles
My circles top has made much progress. It will be a wall hanging, so .... it shouldn't take too long to complete this ..... so says the woman who gets distracted by squirrels! LOL
What I'm doing is a nine-patch block of circles (no sashing). The dark red fabric with the lighter circle is the center of the nine-patch. My layout will be 4 blocks wide x 6 blocks long. On the wall right now, the far right column is almost complete.