Sunday, September 30, 2012

Union Jack

 Once I had three panels ready, I was able to stitch them together. But they are quite large and a little difficult to handle without tweaking the bias.


The entire quilt is about 70"x 55" and looks quite bright and lively in the living room.


The above is hanging outside in the sunshine and below in the Camano Island Quilter's Show. Note that the binding is not white. There is no possible way to keep such a white binding clean.








Saturday, September 8, 2012

Check on the Garden

 When I'm busy, I prefer to go out into the garden. I love getting into the soil and pull weeds. I remember when I was little and wanted to earn money, my mom sent me outside to pull weeds, promising that she'd pay me a penny per weed. I earned $8. 


Lamb's Ears


Globe Thistle (Echinops)


Teddy Bear Sunflowers


Hellebore


Clematis


Peony


Rosa unidentified


Dahlia

Friday, September 7, 2012

Quilt on an actual Bed!

A wonderful friend/customer sent along this picture of a FINISHED quilt as soon as it was bound. Shocking, I know. Quilts look so much better on beds!


This reminds of my parents' bed. My dad would come home from his stressful day (elementary school principal) and want to take a nap. Instead of removing all the pillows, he would flip up the quilt on the end and lie along the bottom end. These power naps helped him quite a bit and mom never had to re-make the bed!




Thursday, September 6, 2012

Practice Block A

When you get started with a new project and an unusual block, it is always smart to make a practice block with scrap fabric. This particular block is 27.5" x 10" so practice is definitely called for:


If you want to join us, click over to Lily's Blog and make a Jack or two!