Quilt News! My Current Hand Stitching Boro/Running Stitch Projects, Colors That Are Inspiring Me This Week, and My Barn Raising Medallion with Borders Quilt Hand Quilting Progress!

Boro/running stitch project....

My favorite colors this week, some solids, batiks and prints..

My iron on transfer hand embroidery project, Biscornu pincushion hand stitched with Sashiko embellishment.

 Hello Quilt Friends! Rainy and cloudy here in the valley with fall leaves putting on an amazing show.

This week I've been hand stitching making progress on my Boro/Running Stitch Project which will be turned into various sewing accoutrements. I also finished my Biscornu pincushion sewn by hand and embellished with Sashiko, it was a challenge from my local hand stitch group.

And almost finished my iron on transfer embroidery, lemons. I love embroidered kitchen towels. It turns out a lot of my relatives do too. 

And I'm hand quilting my Barn Raising Medallion with Borders Quilt. It's taken some time, and I'm almost done!

 Debbie at aquilterstable has signed up for Tara Faughnan's Block Study Collective 2 a six month membership and has finished the Hourglass piece. It's superb. What a great opportunity for challenge and fun, right? I'm inspired. The Block Study 2's enrollment is now closed but will open again in 2025. Block Study 1 is open and you can choose to sign up for just one course or the whole bundle. 

That's the quilt news from the valley. Do you have any almost finished hand stitching projects?

I'll be by to visit.

Quilt News! Four Tiles Medallion with Borders Quilt Top Finish, Carpinito Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze!

My Four Tiles Medallion with Borders Quilt top finished, 32" square.

Carpinito's Pumpkin Patch biggest pumpkin contest winners.

Various pumpkins at local market...

Acorn squash for sale at Carpinito's Pumpkin Patch/vegetable stand.

 

Hello Quilt Friends! Fall weather here in the valley with sun and rain off and on. 

I finished piecing my Four Tiles Medallion Quilt with Borders, 32" square. It was a design challenge by Audrey, Bramble Berry 2, at Quilty Folk. Audrey keeps lots of inspiration rolling in, color, design, technique etc.

This last week we visited Carpinito Brothers Pumpkin Patch and vegetable stand. So many gorgeous orange pumpkins and a huge selection of vegetables. So we'll be having baked acorn squash tonight for dinner.

And prayers for all the families in Florida still suffering the effects of the storm. My heart goes out to them.

I'll be by to visit.

Quilt News! Blue Ribbon for my Medallion Style Art Quilt with Borders, New Komebukuro Japanese Style Draw String Bag #5 Finish, And Fall Colors Decor...

State Fair Blue Ribbon, I'm excited!

This is the winner, my Medallion Style with Borders Art Quilt.

Progress on my 4 Tiles Medallion BB2 Challenge quilt top, my interpretation, approx 32" square.

Finished my Komebukuro/Japanese Drawstring Bag #5.

Fall decor fun for our grand children when they visit.

 

Hello Quilt Friends! Fall is here and it's a wonderful time of the year. 

I put out fall decorations so our grandchildren can have fun with the colors and talk about the upcoming fall and winter fun. It's important isn't it to share with children the excitement and beauty of the seasons as they change. I love the wonder in their eyes.

And my Medallion Style Art Quilt with Borders won a blue ribbon at the Washington State Fair, Yey! It was my first time at competition and I was not getting my hopes up. I had read some articles on state fair competition and read that it's really up to the judges to make the decisions on who does or doesn't win anything, so don't take the outcome personal. I entered 3 quilts and got one blue ribbon, I'm okay with that. 

My Four Tiles Medallion quilt (BB2 challenge), now has another round of pieced borders and corner blocks ready to sew onto the center, it will measure approx. 32" square. This is my rendition and loose interpretation of the prompts by Audrey at Quiltyfolk. No applique will be added. I'm using this challenge as design practice.

Last week I finished my Komebukuro/Japanese style drawstring bag #5. I'm going for the rustic look in this series of drawstring bags. I made twine from fabric strips for the drawstring and that is time consuming. But I did find a faster way to make twine from a tutorial. Instead of holding the strips in one hand and doing the twisting with the other hand, the strips are anchored by a safety pin and both hands twist the strips, much faster and easier on the hands! I often learn as I go, right?

That is the quilt news from the valley, where the days are getting shorter.

Do you decorate or do something special to celebrate fall?

I'll be by to visit.