I finished quilting and binding the donation quilt for Camp Kintail this week. It has been delivered to someone who was attending today's auction/dinner fundraiser and I hope it goes to a good home. I had just enough of the backing fabric to use it for the binding. I quilted it with straight lines using my walking foot and navy blue thread.
The second donation quilt is for the Christmas Raffle at my late MIL's nursing home. The auxiliary at the home are very active in supporting and providing programs for the residents of the home and I am happy to support their raffle with a quilt. I made a quilt for the raffle last year too. I have purchased border fabric and a backing for this quilt and hope to get the borders on and the quilt finished this week.
The Oxford Guild offered a Sashiko class today and 21 people participated. The teacher did a mini trunk show of her projects and then got all of us started on a small stitching project. I still have a bit more stitching to do to finish mine.
I made some progress on my hand quilted improv round robin quilt this week. I should be able to finish the pieced border this week and then I will work on the blue section as well as the outer border.
I saw this on Instagram this week and thought it was very true!
The next three pictures were taken in our garden. The burning bush is almost fully red. The birds love eating the berries in the winter.
For some reason, the pink thread leaf coreopsis is blooming.
The sedum is putting on a show too. We just had our first frost this past week.
The squirrels at the park where I walk continue to be squirrelly.
One day, it was warm enough for the turtles to sunbathe on the log in the pond.
Finn continues to take his job as supervisor of my daughter very seriously. He likes to keep her in his sight at all times.
I will link up with Kathy and Frederique as usual.
I like the color combo of the blues and purple I bet it gets snapped up fast. Finn is looking nice and shaggy as always - I have told you that he looks like a miniature to my daughters golden doodle - her dog got a haircut as she got into something who knows what in the back yard and stunk so much she took her in to get a shampoo and whatever they use and she still smelled so the groomer cut her hair - short!! she will need to wear a sweater outside for the winter I think until she grows some more hair poor thing doesn't even look like the Honey we love.
ReplyDeleteYour two donation quilts are beautiful, people who receive them will be delighted, and lucky! Lovely sashiko piece, your stitches are great and even! Enjoy the fall colors and the adorable little animals (including Finn, of course). Thank you for sharing your projects and linking up.
ReplyDeleteLovely donation quilts, hopefully they will raise lots of money. I really like the colours in your improv round robin. And Finn is adorable as ever!
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful quilts, Gail! They are going to be loved. The Sashiko class sounds like fun - is that stitched with a certain kind of floss? It looks thicker than embroidery floss. Beautiful things are still blooming in your garden! Cute Finn, too - give him a little scritch for us!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts, Gail! Love the squirrel photo, so cute and Finn is very charming. How many threads you are using on the Sashiko heart? Have a nice week.
ReplyDeleteThose two donation quilts are wonderful. I think it is great that you still support the nursing home. Your quilting looks like it is progressing nicely. Finn was the star of the show this week! Love all the nature photos.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you havexquilted the donation quilt. And it is so kind of you to makeca raffle quilt for your MILs rest home, I'm sure they appreciate it. Squirrels are quick little creatures aren't they, we don't have then here in New Zealand but remember being so thrilled to see some in the parks in England when we were there.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure which donation quilt I like better -- both are beautiful! Lucky recipients when they find their final homes. Our sedum have already bloomed and pretty much turned to brown heads. However, I still have an occasional clematis bloom and a few other flowers have reappeared as well, like a sweet little purple petunia! Have a terrific time finishing up that next donation quilt.
ReplyDeleteAlways enjoy reading your blog Gail!
ReplyDeleteYour quilts are beautiful, the blue purples are stunning but I also love the fall colors in the next one.
ReplyDeleteWonderful work Gail! and that Sashiko class sounds fun....I've just started exploring that and trying to get back to hand stitching
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