Friday, July 30, 2021

July is passing us by

I have been a little remiss in blogging and for a while not quilting much. Little projects here and there and nothing to really show for it. 


I finished all the outline and basics of these small wool appliques for bowl filler pillows. Then I checked the pattern and I have some "fireworks" to finish the 2 bottom ones.  I think I will put them aside for next year. 


I made another "curved" log cabin out of dark blue scraps for Rainbow Scrap Quilts July color. 
These are out of 1and 1/2 inch strips of the color and 1 inch strips of the white. This block comprised of 4 smaller blocks is only 11ish inches. 



We had our first guild meeting back in our high school. But not many members showing up yet. And then last week we had a Quilter's rummage sale and boutique to compensate for the loss of revenue due to the canceled quilt shows for the past two years. Tables of books and magazines and fabric, oh my! Some came home to my house 😍! Funny how other people's fabric looks so much better than yours. Fortunately, my donations outweighed my additions. We made a few thousand dollars. Not bad for a couple of days work for some fabulous friends. 


Sewing like crazy this week. 

I have been working many hours on a lovely quilt for a graduate.  I love, love, love the fabric line of Springbrook by Corey Yoder. So soft and fresh.  These are the individual blocks of which there are 20, each in a different fabric in the line.



These are 16 put together. Last night after midnight I was putting on the last sashing strip and realized it was on the wrong side.  I took it out and went to bed.  Now to finish it up today before sending it out to the quilter.  I am so tired of fold over triangles in corners in the center of each block and the lattice corners and even the leaves: hundreds of them!   

But I love how it is turning out and am so happy to get it to this stage. It needs a good pressing, too. 


Enjoy the summer weather!  We are!




4 comments:

  1. Looking good under the umbrella! Like your quilt and your Log Cabin block! Have a great week-end.

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  2. Your blue curved Log Cabin looks great!
    Enjoy the Summer weather!

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  3. The rummage sale must have been such fun! Such a pretty quilt top too, all ready for the next stage.

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  4. Your quilt is beautiful. I too don't care for fold over corners but sometimes they are necessary. Happy to hear your guild is meeting in person. Hopefully more will show up next meeting.

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