It’s been a while since I have visited. Where to begin. Went to Omaha with a friend to visit her daughter and son-in-law and delivered a quilt I made for her.
While traveling I finished sewing the hand portion of a binding for my practice piece of applying piping before putting on binding.
I learned a great deal, basically, I need more practice before I put piping on my Baltimore Album quilt. I will be watching another video today.
Here it is piping attached and of course the Quality Assurance Inspector is giving it the once over.
also decided upon the label. I reduced the peacock in one of the blocks by 50 percent and hand appliqued that for my label. The reduced size made a 5” bird.
I quilted two quilts for a friend and put on two flange bindings for finishing. Pleased with how they turned out.
Hopefully she will be too.
Got my Saturday Sampler block made so ready to go there. Getting all my little to do list checked off. It’s time to quit procrastinating and get busy on finishing my Baltimore Album.
It’s turkey hunting season here in the Ozarks. I am really missing my brother today. For 20 plus years he came for a week or two turkey hunting and always got his bird/s. It seems very strange for him not to be here even though he’s been gone for 3 ½ years. The redbuds are in bloom and the dogwoods are starting to pop out. This always reminds me of my brother.
I was surprised this week by my friend Christine who made me the loveliest quilt for my camper. I am totally obsessed with it and feel especially special that she made it for me.
Work is progressing on the Stars Upon Stars quilt. I have completed 14 of the 15 star blocks. Each was always a surprise. I would lay out the 9 fabrics to make the spokes in what I presumed to be a pleasing arrangement and was always surprised with how they actually turned out. For some reason I am just not able to visualize the outcome. I suppose in a way that’s the novelty of it and why I am enjoying making these blocks. It started out as a challenge working with “Y” seams of which now I am a professional (haha) and now its more of how are those fabrics are going to translate into a block?
There is the hope of completing this quilt tip by end of this month.
I will end today with photos of my second passion spring in bloom. These are taken from my beautiful flowers and shrubs this spring. Enjoy the eye candy.
The dwarf korean lilac. Oh the perfum it puts out and it is in full force right now just below my sewing room window.
Beautiful Iris I stopped and acquired from the roadside last year and look how lovely it has bloomed.
L ook at those snowballs. I had been struggling with this shrub producing snowballs. Last year it only had a couple so I decided not to trim the bush last summer and have left it au natural and just look at the result. It’s fabulous.
This is the year of surprises. This white bleeding heart was planted in my garden about 6 years ago and just this year has decided to bloom. Such a slow grower.
Then there is my reliable pink bleeding heart and it is stunning as ever this year.
It is spring in the ozarks which translates to flash flooding. Here are some during and after photos:
Hope all is well and off I go to work on Star # 15.
Have a wonderful day.
Sissy
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