April's ~ Artwork Quilt

Just a photo of an artists quilt design.

Quietly Quilting

 What's in my hoop?

Not quite Spring weather here just yet.

This is how I can play with flowers.

;0)

Our family has been feeling under the weather lately;

colds seem to be passing around.

Not a lot of stitching has been happening.

Just like flowers in the garden...some sunshine helps us feel our best.

Hopefully soon the sun will shine down upon us.

Book, Binding and a Quilt

~ BOOK ~

I have been spending a good amount of time reading. 

A book recommended by a good friend

'The Fairy Tale Girl"

by

Susan Branch.

I love the whimsical designs by Susan Branch;

her recipe's, artwork, calendars, etc.

I remember way-back-when each month a recipe

would be printed in the copy of Country Living magazine.

I would carefully cut out the page and put it in a plastic

sleeve and place in a binder.  I still have all those pages.

It has been a joy to read this book...I am almost finished.

It has been very interesting; and it has been a joy

to hear her story of how it all began.

~ BINDING ~

I have finished hand sewing on the binding on all four sides of my quilt.

I have not been feeling great lately; sickness or allergies??

 I would stitch for awhile and then let it sit.

Little by little I got all the way around.

It is so nice to have a completely finished quilt!

~ QUILT ~

What's next?

I have another quilt to get the binding on.

Woohoo!  After my DIL quilted one of my oldest sitting quilt tops;

she also grabbed my newest quilt top and she did her magic

to get this quilt closer to the finish line.

This is a sneak peek at the long arm quilting design.

The binding will be done slowly...first sewn on by machine

then flipped over and finished sewing by hand.

I haven't even started.  First up to trim the four sides.

Next cut and make the binding.

Then sew onto quilt...flip it...and start the hand stitching.

It's good to have some progress going on around here

even if it is at a snail's pace.