Wednesday, May 4, 2016

{Post 1,519} Pressing On



This is one of the little girls we kept for nearly a week.  The ones for whom the I Spy quilt in the last post was for.  The ones who had never spent a night away from their parents.  The ones who are 4 and 2.  The ones obsessed just a little with princesses.  Here is the senior one's princess hair.


Here is my tumbler quilt.  I am putting the binding on.  I have started doing every part of the binding sewing by machine.  I don't think I got a picture of the whole quilt.  It has a bazillion tumblers (actually, 13,600, some of which are pieced).


This is the hand quilting on my Mennonite Mosaic quilt.  It would get finished faster if I actually worked on it.


Occasionally, I get an itch to sew something quick and with different fabrics than my usual go-tos.  How many sad stories start with, "When I was at the quilt shop...?"  This one isn't sad.  I bought a mini charm pack (2-1/2" squares) of a line of reds and taupes.  


Here is what I made from them.  It now has a border of one of the reds (with enough of same for binding!)...this is 35" long, I think.


Thus ends my blog post for today.  I hope your day is a blessed one.  Look for the silver lining!