Sunlight and shadow

Sounds like a good name for a quilt.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

P is for Perky. P is for Pink!

Using 2" squares, a variety of pinks and lights were assembled willy nilly.  My favorite kind of scrappiness, willy nilly.  Then I put the 9-patches away for a rainy day.

My "rainy day" was Saturday after yet more bunny trauma.  Silver had picked up the same infection as Thimbell.  After treating her, I spent the day sewing away.  Silver gets medication, I get to sew.

As you can see, Dolly is thrilled another new quilt top is almost completed.

We'll show more pictures once the borders are on and the sun comes out.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Silent Sunday

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

No new sewing due to last night's latest bunny trauma, but . . .

I can share some photos from vacation.

Thimbell is doing better.  She had a wound that needed special treatment.  Luckily I have a dear friend who could take care of it.  It's been a very rough month of bunny trauma to be sure. Thankfully, I can recuperate with color therapy.  Thimbell, on the other hand, gets carrots and apples.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Thursday musings

Awhile back, good buddy L.B. passed on to me some left over triangle units.

I assembled them in a pinwheel fashion, starched and trimmed the blocks to 6-1/2".

Lo and behold in my stash was a clear soft blue, which I cut 2-3/4" wide for sashing, 3" for borders.  Don't ask me why I chose those measurements, I must be branching out from my 1/2" increment phase.

A few of the goodies I brought home from vacation.  The cheddars are in the dryer.

This is Opal, or maybe Pearl.  I cannot tell them apart.  Since putting up their new fence on Saturday, every day one bun gets to run around for the day.  Sort of like recess. 

Dolly always likes to get in on the action.  Even though it involved fabric and not food, go figure.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . . 

Old blocks, new setting.

The very first top I made in Harriet Hargrave's class back in 1985 consisted of these blocks.  Sadly, the entire top bowed like a bridge.

After disassembling each unit, I starched and re-trimmed all of the squares.  Then placed it in a new setting.

The bottom row bothered me, as there was so much black; however, I added visual interest by including 3 different colors with the red border.   This allows the eye to move around framing the piece visually.

Don't give up on your old projects.  Sometimes they just need a bit of starch and a new setting.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Sad news on the homefront.

This month we've bid a sad farewell to 2 bunnies.  Nickell and Riley are gone, but not forgotten.  

On a happier note, Houdini, the white male bunny, went off to a farm in North Georgia and will have several other furry critters to keep him company.
Until then, keep stitchin' . . . 

While traveling, I tried to photograph as many quilts as possible.

Here are just a few for you to enjoy.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Thanks Tom

for letting us visit your beautiful home.

We enjoyed listening to the well read, informative guides during the house tour, garden tour, and slave history tour.

However, if I were to go again, it would be in the month of October.  The heat and humidity were intense.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Do you love history?

Ever since I read "John Adams" by David McCullough, I've been wanting to see Monticello.  The house, the gardens, the orchards.  Did you know that Thomas Jefferson designed a plow based purely on physics, but never actually used one.

He had so many keen interests and abilities and died on the same day as John Adams, July 4, 1826.  That's right, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

This week, I'll be walking the grounds he walked and seeing the house he designed and had built.

It makes me proud to be an American and I'm so thankful for the group that helped preserve his legacy.

God Bless America, The land of the free because of the brave!

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Another easy, peasy project!

The borders are FINALLY on the new churn dash.  This quilt was inspired by a photograph in the December 1991 Country Living magazine.  A folded quilt was draped over a rocker in a beautiful kitchen.

To make each block, begin with 2 - 4" dark squares and 2 light.  Draw a diagonal line through the middle and sew a scant 1/4" on each side of the line.  Cut in half, press open, trim up 4 triangle units to 3".

To make the 4 bar units, begin with a 2" strip cut 13" long.  Sew lengthwise along a 2-1/2" strip of light-colored fabric/muslin.  You can fit 3 (13")  sections on one 2-1/2 strip light/muslin.  Press the seam towards the dark side and cut 4 - 3" long sections.  The light colored strip is wider for easy trimming once block is assembled.

Assemble the block in 3 rows.  Triangle unit, bar unit, triangle unit.  Then bar unit, 3" light square and bar unit.  The last row being triangle unit, bar unit, triangle unit.

The sashing is cut 3" wide and the borders are cut 6" wide.

Remember to tear your fabric to get true grain and starch it well to prevent raveling threads.

Dolly is wishing it would stop raining long enough to go to the park.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .