Plugging away at the machine during the day and cross stitch at night in front of the tv with my hubby.
I was delighted to get my applique project together. It only needs the borders. ( my least favorite part.) I even found some red fabric in my stash for the back. Woot woot. Just trying to use up that stash.
Full size
Close up for the top
And after being so successful with my borders on the previous quilt, I got my original quilt out that had the design. It is an old, old project. ( The book is Log Cabin quilts or something by Judy Martin.) So I cut appropriate bars and pieces. Each strip requires 4 fabrics and each 10 inch length requires 5 different sizes. The really good part was that I had lots of the original fabrics cut into strips with a box of 1 1/2 inch brown and off white squares. It is tedious, but making progress.
I made my monthly Stash Bee block. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. 12 inch block
And while choosing fabrics, I started selecting some old prints to give away. And in the process I found 18 completed blocks from a Pat Speth ( Nickel Quilts) workshop. The book is dated 2002. So it is DATED and made from Thimbleberries fabrics. I pulled it out and started making 7 blocks to complete a 5 by 5 setting. A simple setting to donate.
Close up to see the colors. Funny how our taste in fabrics change. I had a whole tub of these and made lots of wall hangings, table runners and quilts from them.
And so lots of progress. Quilting is indeed my pleasure and my treasure.!
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