Quilt News! Improv Quilt Border Fun with Additions and Subtractions, BB2 QAL Progress, Embroidery Project Continued....Repair on Fancy Trim...Happy Family News..

I unpicked this dark thin border from my BB2 QAL project, not right!

Rail Fence Blocks quilt, the yellow inside border is Kona Cotton Banana Pepper.

Rail Fence Blocks with Two Borders Quilt, progress as of today.

The repaired fancy trim (below) will be added to my Stitch Journal.

I did some repairs on this gifted trim remnant and added metallic chain stitch.

 

Hello Quilt Friends!

Summer is delightful isn't it? And a new Grandson has been added to our family, healthy baby and mom. I'm so thankful!

This week I've been adding borders and unpicking other borders. I'm working on several different projects at the same time. When one gets tedious or my mind fizzles then I put that one down and pick up another.

My BB2 QAL project, Four Tiles with Borders, needed to have the last dark thin border unpicked and replaced with a lighter border. I just finished unpicking the dark border and now onto piecing the light replacement border. It will be much improved with the light border, giving a bigger and more open look.

Rail Fence Blocks with Borders made from scraps and orphan pieces, now has two borders and I love the Kona Cotton Banana Pepper yellow border, fits right in with summer!

A while back I was gifted with a peacock fancy trim remnant piece. It was a little frayed and I decided to add some metallic back tacking and thin sew in interfacing to some inside areas and chain stitches to the edges to give it some strength. It will go into my Stitch Journal with my embroidery samples and other pieces of my collected stitching and embroidery that are treasures.

That's the quilt news from the valley. How are you enjoying your summer?

And of course our friends down under are enjoying winter! I'll be by to visit!

Quilt News! #4 Komebukuro Style Draw String Bag Finish, New Improv Quilt Project from Leftover Pieces/Fabrics, Garden Party Inspiration, Happy June!

Scrappy orphan borders and blocks pieced together 14" x 18" so far.

My finished draw string bag with boro applied patches (running stitches.)

Fragrant Azaleas in the Wilderness Lake Arboretum.

Piecing 'orphan' blocks in progress, Rail Fence formation.

Iris at the arboretum, beautiful....color is important to me....

Close up of sashiko/running stitches, by hand...

My newest finished Komebukuro style draw string bag #4 open.

 

 

Hello Quilt Friends! 

Summer is right around the corner. The neighborhood pool is now open and excited kids are enjoying the water and sun, marvelous.

More flowers are blooming at the local arboretum, colorful and inspiring.

And projects are getting finished and started here. I finished my 4th Komebukuro style draw string bag. I applied colorful patches with boro style stitches, (running stitches), using scraps and left over fabric from other projects. They make handy storage for sewing supplies. Working in series is a skill builder!

My newest Improv quilt challenge to myself, keeping creative juices flexible and flowing, is this: using left over border pieces and fabrics I pieced/trimmed them into blocks adding strips of color here and there. Now I want to add two more blocks and more strips of color. The big question in this new project is 'What if?'... more blocks, sashing, borders, how big, more pink? The blocks now are approx 5" square.

Also visit Linda @ kokaquilts for a gorgeous finish, her Garden Party quilt top. With all the flowers in bloom I'm feeling like a Garden Party would be just the thing!

That is the quilt news from the valley. What are you working on, any finishes?

I'll be by to visit....