My collection of double four patches, the product of
mindless and therapeutic stitching, continues to grow. I will be cutting more of both the white and
four patch units this week. I haven’t
decided how large I want this project to be or how I will handle the
borders. I may use a solid row of four
patches that were rejected because of too-little contrast for the borders. We’ll see.
I used this orphan block to try out a new stencil for the
background quilting using some washout markers that had been recommended. The stencil is one of Cindy Needham’s twisted
grid designs and I like it enough to use it on a larger wall hanging, but the
search continues for markers. Perhaps it
was the background fabric, but I never managed to get all the marks to wash out and the quilting does not show up in the photograph.
And finally, I used some scraps to test a paper pieced school
house block. I think this will
become my next project.
As I type this, we are experiencing a nice moist day. So far, one-third inch has been recorded, and
that’s very good news since we have returned to drought status. Cold weather is expected to move in about
Thursday.
The pain will not go away by getting angry or bitter, it will go
away when you learn to accept life’s challenges with grace and ease. –Unknown
2 comments:
hope you are not expecting the snow and ice later this week like we are - rain is always good to get out of a drought - but can do without the winter weather after I have had it once. Love that butterfly
4 patches are fun to play with - are you ice skating today? We escaped that but it is still very cold. Hope you are feeling better. Hugs
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