Red Sampler

This is my version of Lori Holt's (https://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/) Red Sampler quilt!   I followed along as best as I could, but then took a turn along the way ..... added an applique sashing and ..... well, my version turned out so different than hers.  I love her version, but love my version too.

While photos were being taken, my next-door neighbour came out and admired my quilt and gave me a few hand claps!  I'll take that as a compliment, but she could have been swatting at the black flies.  It is the start of black fly season and they can be quite nasty.  Our crab apple tree is blooming and how lovely it is!

Our rock garden is starting to spring forth with blooms.  All of my husband's hard work is showing itself off very well.

Here is a close-up of some of the blocks, the machine quilting and my appliqued sashing.  At first, I wasn't sure of the red thread in the quilting, but now love it.

Another finished quilt to add to my red/neutral collection ..... and,  good golly, do I have a lovely collection!  How happy that makes me!  For the month of June and with our July 1 holiday coming up, all my red/neutral quilts will be on display in our home.

Quilt Details:

Pattern Source:  quilt along with Bee in my Bonnet using four of her books.  Farm Girl Vintage, Farm Girl Vintage 2, Vintage Christmas and Great Granny Squared

Block size:  12" and 6" and 3" (those 3" blocks were a tad hard to do)

Started:  April 19, 2021  Started on the day we received our first Covid vaccination.  Might as well         make it a memorable start!

Top Finished:  July 20, 2021

Quilt Finished:  April 24, 2022

Quilt Size:  70-1/4" x 89" (top size before quilting, washing and drying:  73" x 91-1/4")

Batting:  Hobbs 80/20 cotton/poly

Quilted by:  Kathy Wareham using Joyful with Pearls by Christy Dillon of My Creative Stitches

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Getting stuff moving along!

There are only have a few more days left this month to get the binding done on my April challenge quilt!  This is the home stretch.  After this, there will be a sleeve and a label to add to complete the challenge.

Much progress has been made on my "Dilly Flower".

Everything right of the zig-zag line is completed.  All the flowers that have the pink paper on them means that the background hexie has been prepped but not sewn together.  A bit more cutting and basting on the other flowers are still to be done, but I'm so pleased on how well this project has come along.

I'm still aiming to get this UFO completed before month end.  Better get cracking on that!  There truly is not much work to do to complete this top.  All I have to do is concentrate on those two star blocks in the border.  The rest of the blocks in the border have already been done.

I foresee some tie-dying in my future.  A grand niece wants tie-dyed bed sheets and since there is a kit in my stash ..... fun time ahead.  I've never done tie-dying before, so this will be an adventure for sure.

On the Covid issue ..... I did not get it from my niece.  My sister and her family are all doing ok now.   My grand niece's Covid fingers are slowly improving.   But ..... I may have been exposed again to my quilting garage friend who has tested positive.  So, I'm in the wait and see and isolate mode.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Red Sampler is done!

My "Red Sampler" is now a top!  So thrilled how it turned out.  I did take some liberties with the blocks and substituted some of the 6" blocks.  Thank you, Lori Holt from Bee In My Bonnet for having this quilt-along.

I'm still itching to continue using up my red stash and there just might be a new project in the works.  LOL

The last few weeks has seen my sister and I (there are other family members there too) busy at her youngest daughter's new home.  She has been doing a bit of cleaning (not too much since she is still recovering from her chemo treatments) and I've been caulking and painting.  After a couple of hours we are pooped and leave.  That has been our schedule during the week.  On the weekends, we escape to the cottage for a break.  Soon, all the work will be done and then I can get back to doing some serious sewing!

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Red Sampler - Blocks done!

Well, I'm not going to wait any longer.  All my blocks that I want to do are now done.  Any more blocks can go on the backing.  There are a few misfits because of fabric chosen and they will be perfect there.  Sewing of the rows has commenced and I will be happy to finally have this project as a top and off my design wall.

My "I may have started a new project" is working and this is my cottage project for now.  The bottom row has all the circles appliqued on.

The summer heat has finally arrived up here.  What crazy weather we have been having.  From heat to wearing jackets outside.

We had a small family gathering last week and we stayed outside the entire time.  Everyone has been double vaxxed and we had an ice cream cake to celebrate!  The last time our family group saw each other was back in December 2019.  It has been a long time.

Cherish your day!  Cherish your life!

Sashings done!

All the applique sashings are now done!  Yippee!

Just three big blocks and four smaller blocks and this top will be done.

Here are a few close-ups of my border blocks.  Rail fence blocks beside the sashings and the same fabric beside the smaller blocks.  

In the corners are sixteen patch blocks.

Altogether, I'm very pleased with my version and I did take some liberties with the blocks!

This morning, hubby and I took a walk around our hill garden and one side of our home.  We are having rainy weather for the next several days and the rain last night took a beating on our plants.  Another couple of weeks and our gardens will be in full bloom.  The frost and cool temps we had earlier this month took it's toll on some plants that we didn't cover, but there is always next year.

Moss on bricks .... love that!  My hubby is always trying to scrape the moss off, but I love it as the moss gives an interesting look to the patio.

This is the view from our kitchen patio door.  What a treat to see the humming birds at the feeder.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Red Sampler - week 10

This is where my project is at!  Borders are almost done!  A few more blocks have been added to the center.  This is where I choose which blocks to do as my quilt will not have all of them.  More sashings have been done.  Another 3 weeks or so and then this top can be assembled.

Today, hubby and I will be putting up my red/neutral quilts.  My plan is for this coming February and June, all my red quilts will be ready for display.  So, I best get cracking with finishing up four tops that have been hanging around a bit too long.

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Red Sampler

Work is progressing on my version of Bee In My Bonnet's "Red Sampler" and I'm quite pleased with how it is coming along.  The sashings give it an entirely different look.

Some of my days are being spent at our cottage and a lot of sewing has not been done.  You know, those lazy, crazy days of summer!    In between sessions of sitting on the porch and watching the hummingbirds, the otters in the lake, a huge buck deer on the other side of the lake, and one lone baby bunny,  my sister and I have been doing a bit of sorting and purging.  Might as well get that done now so that we have the rest of the summer to sit back and enjoy.  

On our way to our cottage last week, we were looking for the house that had a huge display of iris in their front yard and saw a sign that said "iris for sale".    Brake!  I went and chatted to the elderly man who turns out to be a collector of irises and bought five different kinds from him.  They are all nicely planted now on our hill.  Then, this morning, my hubby went to the recycle depot to drop off yard waste and he came home with a free box of yellow irises.  Win-win!  Those will be planted tonight after supper.   Next year there should be a wonderful display of irises on our hill!

Cherish your day, cherish your life!