I’ve been sewing each morning on the quilt that is destine to be a wedding present. Â I have decided that I am okay with the present being a little late but I still want to get it to the couple as soon as I can. Â Happily I finished it up this week…
What do you think?
You can’t see it the best and I apologize for that. Â It’s the best I can do with my injured foot. Â You can see a few spots where it’s darker in the green. Â I had to piece together some strips to have enough fabric. Â I don’t think it will be noticeable once it’s quilted.
Originally Mary from Country Threads came up with this. Â She designed it to be smaller and made with a jelly roll. Â I used scraps. Â You can find more about the pattern here.
Right now I like it but I am not head over heals in love with it. Â I think I’ll like it better once it’s quilted. Â I’ve found that quilting a top really makes it pop.
Next up for me is that I’ll need to find a backing. Â That’s on list to tackle next. Â That sounds easy but maneuvering my scooter into the closet and out isn’t the easiest. Â I’ll manage though. Â I’m thinking that if I get that backing done and the binding pieced, once I have my cast off I can get it finished up in no time. Â Can you believe that I had a thoughtful blog reader offer to quilt it for me. Â WOW. Â That was so sweet. Â I think I’m going to tackle it myself though.
I started working on sewing my hour glass blocks together for my Pfeffernuse quilt. Â I posted this picture on Instagram. Â
Bonnie Hunter commented on it and suggested that I save the hour glass blocks as my leader and ender challenge….Hmmmm. Â I just might do that. Â For now they were the closest thing to the sewing machine so that’s what I was sewing on… Â We’ll see.
The block made me smile…that upper fabric was gifted to me by Mary the Sailor. Â THANKS Mary.
I think it’s time for me to take some time and re situate my projects and get some help to get them moved closer to the sewing machine. Â I did make some progress on my UFO quilting so stop by on Wednesday to see that.
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Love it!!! I was scheduled to go on a quilt store shopping trip the day you posted that idea. I bought fabric to use with a partial jelly roll that I had leftover from another project. I’m going to be able to get 2 baby quilts out of it and they’ll be for donation! I’m just thrilled with this idea. I hope to send a picture to you soon!
oh my, how lovely that you remembered. And I love that you are using it in a Bonnie quilt!