Orange Blossoms - Sew & Tell ~ 6/23/2025

We, in the northern hemisphere, have welcomed summer. Summer is not my favorite season for various reasons, but I will not dwell on them. I do like that summer seems to have a more relaxed feel for people. Children are out of school and vacation season and travels commence.

When I finished my daughter's memory quilt I returned to the orange bin of "unmade quilts". Using some larger chunks of orange fabric, I created a quilt I am calling Orange Blossoms.

The FMQ is a large stippling and happens to be one of the faster designs, moderately spaced, and allows the quilt to be soft and drapey. Not to mention that it requires less thread. The pumpkin binding offers a bright "pop" setting the final "boundaries" of the orange orchard. ;)

I've mentioned before, how I love working with the fabrics from the scrap bin.

Somewhere on the world-wide web, someone so eloquently put words to my feelings...

She doesn’t just sew fabric… she stitches memories.

Every afternoon, when the house quiets down, she sits in that old wooden chair and turns on her sewing machine. The hum of the motor is music to her soul — like a hug from the mother who once taught her how to sew.

Each piece of fabric holds a memory:

the pink dress her little girl used to wear,

the green curtains from her grandmother’s kitchen,

the blue sheet that wrapped her baby through sleepless nights.

She doesn’t quilt for show. She quilts for love. Because every stitch is a way to remember who she is — and to make sure no one forgets.

Sometimes the stitches go crooked, just like life. But she breathes, undoes, and begins again. Because sewing is also a way to start over.

She sews to warm, to remember, to love. And in the silence between stitches, she leaves behind a little piece of her heart.

And you?

Do you feel that sewing is more than creating...

— it’s healing?

Leave a comment... I'd love to hear from you!

But first, let's take a look at this week's featured selection... Viridian shared a scrappy block that she designed.  

She asked if anyone had seen it before... The center of the block is similar to the "potato chip" block I saw earlier this year, named as such because "you can't just make one".  Hahaha.

It uses a variety of sizes for the squares and could be a great scrap buster.

One suggestion for the names was Viridian's Chain... I think the name is perfect, as did several others that left comments.  Head over there and show her some love.  Maybe she will offer a tutorial or breakdown of the sizes of squares she used for block.

Time for the party to begin!

Keep Piecing,

Melva

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