My quilting journey.
Yesterday I celebrated one of those “decade” birthdays. The day included a visit from our daughter and grandson, flamingos, a tiara, and a drive-by by neighbors and friends. It was fun and all a surprise, the stinkers!
Chocolate was involved.
Meanwhile, progressing slowly on applique for my current project. After trying to figure out where to store
some more of my growing quilt inventory, I decided I am not in a race and can take my time.
Unit 3 of Esther’s Bloomers has lots of applique. As I was stitching the background and
prepping the applique, it occurred to me that the geese were flying and the
leaves were falling indoors as well as out.
There are 84 leaves plus large and small semi-circles to be appliqued to
rows of flying geese in this unit.
Thankfully, all the prep work is done.
I continued using the Appliquick products for prepping the leaves. The semi-circles which are applied in two
layers would have been too thick using that method, especially since they are
partially stitched in the seam line. I
returned to my old method of forming them around no-melt templates using
starch. I have plenty of handwork to occupy me during
the evenings.
My machine stitching these days mostly focuses on a a red and white project on my quilter. I knew I would need red thread for the bobbin when I got to the border. I prefer using Bottom Line and went online to place my order. I only needed and wanted a single spool as I probably have enough thread in my stash to circle the globe, just not red for my bobbin. I appreciated the prompt shipment, but found the packaging to be a bit much for one spool.
A call went out to guild members requesting donations of precut batting for use in the cryotherapy mitts we make for certain types of chemo. I happily thinned out some of my smaller batting scraps.
