How is the last summer holiday of the year going? I hope you are enjoying family, sunshine and all the other wonderful things that come with summer. We are already starting to see signs of fall, summer is so short for us in Canada. I do certainly enjoy the fresh vegetables coming in and I have done some pail pickles, 10 big quarts of dills, today 2 batches of pie dough for our prairie apples and a batch of tomatoes sauce to use in cassrole dishes so it has been busy so far but I am thrilled to have some veggies for those cold winter months coming.
I am been sorta following Leah Day's Quilt Along all summer and trying many of her quilt designs. It has certainly helped me improve my skills quite a bit. Now, every Sunday is going to be UFO day and I sure can use this! For this first week, I am pulling out this twister wreath that I made from a tutorial on the "Quilting Board". I suddenly became ill and ended up with surgery so this got tossed to the UFO bin.
I don't have a lot to finished it so I think it is a good first UFO finish. I did micro stippling on all the white sections on my treadle. That was a lot of fun. I have stitched 1/4" inside the twisters but need to do the pink ones and then the borders. I plan a big rose/burgandy bow at the bottom of the wreath.
I have all the straight line quilting done on my string wall hanging.
I really like the white/black sashing. This is not my original design and for the life of me I can't find the gal who made this to give her full credit for a great wall hanging. I am going to bind it in a black/white binding, a bit darker to frame the whole event.
I have spent more time than I should have on the "Back to School Blog Hop", any of you doing this? While browsing around other blog sites I came across this darling Quilt Along called "Hello Sunshine". I am just puttering with these right now but they are so darn cute it will be hard to leave them alone. There is a new block each month and you can join in here. Here is a sample of the blocks and my first sunshine.
I can't quite decide if I will make this into a quilt or a Quiet Book.
I am been sorta following Leah Day's Quilt Along all summer and trying many of her quilt designs. It has certainly helped me improve my skills quite a bit. Now, every Sunday is going to be UFO day and I sure can use this! For this first week, I am pulling out this twister wreath that I made from a tutorial on the "Quilting Board". I suddenly became ill and ended up with surgery so this got tossed to the UFO bin.
And look at the stitching on the back. I used different sized squares for the centers but the stitching almost makes you dizzy.
I really like the white/black sashing. This is not my original design and for the life of me I can't find the gal who made this to give her full credit for a great wall hanging. I am going to bind it in a black/white binding, a bit darker to frame the whole event.
I have spent more time than I should have on the "Back to School Blog Hop", any of you doing this? While browsing around other blog sites I came across this darling Quilt Along called "Hello Sunshine". I am just puttering with these right now but they are so darn cute it will be hard to leave them alone. There is a new block each month and you can join in here. Here is a sample of the blocks and my first sunshine.
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