After making 6 purple hollow nine patch blocks last week, I took out the bag of blocks that I have made so far this year and discovered that I had enough to make a baby quilt. I took them to the guild sewing day this week and laid them out on the design wall as shown above. I sewed them together and today, pin basted it and started the quilting--diagonal lines in both directions through each square.
I'm using 28wt white thread in the top and 50 wt white in the bobbin. The backing was in my stash.
I added most of the red border to my rug hooking project this week.
And more rows were added to the scarf --it is 60" long now. I will knit until I run out of wool in the little ball in the picture.
There are lots of butterflies in our garden these days...Today's picture is a Red Admiral. Its wings look a bit worse for wear.
Can you handle another bee picture?
My hanging baskets are very purple this year.
Finn and my daughter went home this week. Finn loved being outside in the backyard while he was here. The redbud tree in this picture had major storm damage this week when the trunk split and half the tree came down. It may need to be removed which makes me sad as I love the pink blossoms in the spring and the vibrant green colour of the leaves in the summer.
Now that my daughter is home, she is trying to get caught up on her book blanket granny squares. Here are her June squares and the books she read. She promised to have the July squares and books ready for next week's post. Finn is a reluctant granny square model tonight.
I will link up with Kathy, Frederique, and Angela.
Your RSC baby quilt is adorable, lot of pretty prints, and cute Snoopy square! The cross-stitch grid is the perfect quilting design. Your other projects are coming along nicely, the scarf is nearly done! Enjoy time with your daughter and Finn, thank you for sharing and linking up.
ReplyDeleteThat really is an adorable baby quilt. I love seeing updates of your hooking and knitting too. Finn is adorable and I never ever tire of seeing bee or flower photos. All such wonderful stuff!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to use those extra blocks in the baby quilt. It's super cute.
ReplyDeletenice scrappy quilt and love the purple petunia basket
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable baby quilt. It is so colorful! I am sorry about the tree. Your garden photos are so pretty. Your rug hooking is wonderful. I like that deep red in the border. I look forward to seeing your daughter's granny squares.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is amazing, Gail- so colorful and cheerful. Aaah and the Snoopy fabric- how precious. Your garden is vibrant and lush. I loved seeing the bees and butterflies and of course I must not leave out Finn. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteThe rainbow baby quilt is bright, and excellent use of scraps. The diagonal stitching is perfect. A lovely stone path in the yard. A shame about the redbud tree. So pretty in the spring. Murder on the Orient Express is one of my favorite books.
ReplyDeleteYour rainbow baby quilt looks wonderful, Gail! I love that layout. So many fun scraps to look at, too! Love the bee photo, and cute Finn. I'm sorry about your redbud tree, though. Maybe part of it can be saved? I'll cross my fingers for you!
ReplyDeleteOh another quilter who rug hooks. I just finished my first big project and - wow - i'm hooked - lol! So much fun ! Love your projects! (Also i'm documenting my rug hooking journey on my blog if you're interested)
ReplyDeleteGail, your baby quilt. Is gorgeous! So, so much happy colour and sweet prints. Diagonal quilting is perfect for this quilt. Can there ever be too many photos of happy little bees and flowers?? Me thinks not. It sounds as if your daughter and Finn had a lovely extended visit with you. How fun that Finn could spend his days in your lovely garden.
ReplyDeleteI love how your baby quilt turned out. I have a small collection of Hollow-9-Patch blocks, and may have to steal your rainbow layout idea. Your flowers are lovely, but how sad that the tree was damaged.
ReplyDeleteDon't you hollow nine patches look great turned into that pretty little baby quilt! I just love how these sort of blocks turn up on RSC and we all jump aboard too. I've gotva pile of these ready and waiting too.
ReplyDeleteI am in love with your hollow nine patch quilt! I want to make one now! It would be a great use of my scraps. Finn is so cute!
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