Friday, January 24, 2020

A Variety of Projects

I spent quite a bit of time this week working on my Modern Quilt Guild "Make a Mini, Make a Friend" swap quilt and I am very pleased to be finished.  It is ready to put into the mail to my swap partner in Texas.  I will be mailing it after the London Modern Guild meeting in February so that I can bring it for show and tell.  Here is a sneak peek of the backing and binding as well as some of the quilting which I did with my walking foot on my DSM.


On sewing day on Monday, I worked on making a quilt with the neutral swap blocks that I have been making, swapping and collecting for 16 months now with other members of the Elgin Piecemakers.  The swap is finished now and I have divided my 320 blocks into two piles--white, grey and black blocks,  and beige, tan and brown blocks.  I decided to use the white, gray and black blocks for my first quilt with the swap blocks.



 I found some turquoise fabric in my stash--I had a little over a yard.  The goal is to make a quilt using the fabric that I have rather than purchasing more.


I used the design wall to lay out a few blocks to see how they would look.  I like it!  It will continue to grow...it is bigger than this now and I have not run out of blocks or turquoise fabric yet.  I'm aiming for a rectangular quilt, lap sized.

My embroidery has had quite a bit of attention this week.



It's relaxing to sit and stitch, a cup of tea beside me and an audiobook on loan from the library for my listening pleasure.


I think I have used all of the different types of stitches at least once now.


When I am finished stitching, I will soak it is cold water which is supposed to wash away all of the pink lines.


Here is how the picture looks now.


I finally started the scalloped roof today.  I'm hoping my stitching on this part improves with experience!


I will be linking up with Kathy and the other slow stitchers on Sunday morning since I did both binding and embroidery this week.   Have a great weekend.

8 comments:

  1. Your stitchery got a lot of beautiful attention this week. Love your swap blocks and the ones with that turquoise fabric? Gorgeous!

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  2. The turquoise fabric looks nice as the background. A lot of wonderful slow stitches in your embroidery piece, have fun stitching

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  3. I'm looking forward to seeing the front of your mini swap! That turquoise is a great contrast to your blocks, it will make a really striking quilt. Your embroidery is gorgeous!

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  4. I love the stitchery with the variety of stitches.

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  5. Love your stitchery and seeing how it is coming along. Beautiful stitching!

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  6. Love your embroidery! Agreed, hand stitching while listening to a book or podcast is so relaxing. Enjoy!

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  7. I love how that turquoise fabric goes with the white, black, grey blocks. What a pretty quilt. Your embroidery is looking fantastic. I think your first roof scallop looks pretty good as do all the other stitches.

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  8. You've made such pretty progress on your stitchery! I hope you enjoyed some good stitching time over the weekend! :)

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