Quilt News! Hand Quilting Hourglass with Sawtooth Borders Quilt, More Fourpatch in a Square Blocks, Spring Blossoms, New Batiks Washed and Pressed

Piecing more Four-Patch in a Square blocks.

Big stitch hand quilting with #8 perle cotton, Topaz.

Spring blossoms in our backyard.

Washed and pressed 10" batik squares with a hot iron to 'set' the color.

 

Hello quilt friends, Happy Spring!

This week I've been hand quilting my #1 Hourglass with Sawtooth Borders small quilt and will be finished soon to start hand quilting my #2 version of Hourglass with Sawtooth Borders small quilt. Why two? you might be thinking. Because I was on a roll and I wanted to use slightly different colors and it's fun working a series when you're inspired.

And more Four-patch in a Square blocks have been pieced, coral, turquoise and yellow are a match made in heaven. I was inspired to set my Four-Patch blocks in a square by watching Beth Shibley's tutorial on Four Ways to finish a Four-Patch Block.

Also got around to washing and pressing with a hot iron my stack of 10" square red batiks. I usually don't pre-wash any fabric but red batiks are known to lose color 'all over town.' Red is a good color to have on hand because it can be tucked in among other colors to add a sense of direction.

That's the quilt news from the valley, where spring rains and blossoms are showering us.

What spring projects have you started and Easter is almost here already! Do you believe it?

I'll be by to visit.