Ongoing

The residents' garden group met at Jenny's house learning how to divide clumps of primroses but also taking plants home to naturalise in their own gardens. We are lucky to have loads that come up every year. but it was good to eat cake and chat. Jenny is also a quilter and embroiderer and recently finished this wall hanging featuring images of flowers from her garden printed onto fabric and embroidered.

THe quilt on my bed was started in a Jan Hassard class using light dark and medium fabrics 
and a simple block to achieve magical effects. Lots and lots of scraps and so enjoyable to make and sleep under. Machine and hand quilted.

Detail of Modernish sampler

The Modernish Sampler has been tacked (a job I was putting off) and the sashing machine- quilted in the ditch. 

Now I am hand quilting the border. Once done I'll bind the quilt and start to quilt the blocks.
I try to think about quilting strategies as I sew past each blocks. Not straightforward.

 

Bits & Bobs

 

I framed the DP tulip block to bring it up to size and looking at the pieces laid out I need to do this elsewhere. Just the clamshells and basket to do plus fillers so should manage to get on with this.

Tried a bit of "webbing".

And I made the Quay raffle quilt chequerboard block - don't feel up to an applique one. Using the group fabric I miscut my pieces too small so had to use mainly my own. I hope this doesn't put the quilt out of kilter. I took in my fabrics hoping they will appear elsewhere in the quilt.

I finally ran out of displacement activities and ditch quilted the sashing strips of my Modernish sampler. The fine thread disappeared. I am now happily handquilting the border in 12wt. perle attempting big stitch. I'll post shortly.

One of my displacement actions was laying out the blue Simple Shapes blocks. I did the outsides first which pleased me but but I am dissatisfied with the middle but it will more or less have to do. When I come to the warm version I'll start in the middle.

And we had a Chartham Hatch day. I made a doll quilt using a charm pack which I didn't photograph but I did take a picture of a baby quilt Tracy made for (I think) her great nephew.

Super

Progressing

 various projects.

I resuscitated Sweet Tea and Green Beans as I have done the bulk of it. Of course I've been dragging my feet as these final blocks seemed the most taxing. Anyway I've just laid out the blocks to check on fabric placement and I may redo one of two of the more straightforward ones in different colours. 

I've finished the Drunkard's Path flowers and next up are the clamshells. I have done these before so should manage. Last is the basket. A previous attempt at that big single piece was not successful.

I've also completed my chequerboard block for the Quay 2027 raffle quilt.