Last week drug on and on... and on. Not necessarily in a bad way... There was much that took place, yet the time seemed to almost stand still. The house closing went smoothly and on time - YAY! That burden has been removed from my plate. I swung by for a quick stop before the closing to double check that all was still fine and secure, told the house "Thanks for taking care of Mom and Dad for 28 years" and then moved on... closing out that chapter/season of life.
A great deal of time was spent at the computer working on the layout for the accompanying book of the Camping Journal Quilt. The quilt has been placed on the camper bed until I need to take it to the library for another storytelling quilt exhibit on the art wall during the month of March... National Quilting Month.
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| Our camping Journal Quilt in its "natural habitat" |
The camper reno is nearly complete. We only need to install the new radio and do a final clean up. Pictures coming soon!
For a change in view/activity, I spent my "breaks" in the studio joining the string blocks together and getting a border on it.
As I plucked the strings for the border I thought of the song "Counting my Blessings"... You can read all of my thoughts and the news that I shared here.
I selected a striped blue/white fabric for the binding and added a couple fun, little labels...
The blue scrap bin decreased in volume a little, but it is time to close that bin and do something else.
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| I love these fun little labels |
The quilting was quick and easy with wavy lines creating a grid of squares, on point. The backing is pieced with some large chunks of blues from the stash - nothing fancy here, but I like the look from the back with the sun shining through.
On Friday we drove to my childhood hometown for the funeral service of my friend's dad. It is an 80-mile drive (each way), and I passed the time doing paper embroidery on one of the Christmas cards I am
I made the french knots varying sizes by changing up the number of wraps on the needle as well as how many strands of thread I used.
I got a lot accomplished in the week! As I look forward to this week, I need to turn my attention to a custom table runner and set of placemats... they are to feature sunflowers. I'll be looking at making some dresden blocks and shopping (stash first) for sunflower fabric. I had some... once-upon-a-time... Do I still have any???
This week's Sew & Tell feature is Jocelyn at the Happy Cottage Quilter. She shared her plan for making simple lap quilts. "They don't take a lot of thinking, which is sometimes a good thing. Kind of therapeutic."
I especially like the pastel, watercolor effect she has with this one.
Her plan is to make one each month this year. Head over there and cheer her on!
Before we get started with the party, tell me...
Do you make donation quilts?
Who do you donate them to?
What size do you make?
Leave a comment... I'd love to hear from you! Let's party!
Keep Piecing,
Melva
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