I had a busy week in the sewing department this week. I quilted and bound this flannel baby quilt for our church Christmas Bazaar. The flannel wedges were cut from donated material and the back is a light blue minke, making this quilt very soft and cuddly. I quilted it with straight lines using my walking foot. I was worried that the minke might stretch and pucker a bit but it looks great--no puckers and nice and flat. I hand stitched the binding this week in the gazebo--my favourite place for hand stitching!
I played with my dark green scraps this week and "made fabric" for my drunkard's path blocks. I will cut out the white pieces and get these blocks done this weekend sometime.
I made two green selvage blocks and two gold selvage blocks as well this week. These are cut into HST's now and have joined the pile in the RSC project drawer. When I made my yellow selvage block, I did not have enough gold pieces, but now that the selvage bin is completely sorted, I found more gold selvages to make my blocks.
I bought some clear shoe box sized plastic bins and filled them with the selvages by colour. I have 17 bins of selvages, including one with flannel selvages and one with multicoloured selvages. This will make it much easier to use them. Having to dig through the giant mixed up bin was not motivating!
I did some knitting in the car and on the front porch this week...I am about 1/2 finished this baby wash cloth.
It's blooming season in the garden! We purchased some annuals for porch and patio pots yesterday and getting them planted is our job this weekend. The redbud is in bloom.
The bees are buzzing around the bleeding hearts.
There are several types of daffodils in bloom.
Finn is very happy to be back home with our daughter. He's a good car traveller! He is sporting a new bandana which makes him very dapper!
I will link up with Angela and the RSC folks as well as the Slow Sunday Stitchers at Kathy's blog.
OMG Gail, you have a lot of selveges to play. Finn is a good boy. Beautiful flowers. I have never seen the bleeding hearts so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI never thought of separating and storing my selvedges by colour, mine are all jumbled together in a bag. I've been trying to use them up over the years, have made placemats, oven cloths, a bag, knitted two small mats for the laundry, and I still have plenty left! Your blue quilt is very pretty, and as usual, Finn is looking rather handsome.
ReplyDeleteThe blue baby quilt made from donated fabric turned out great. Hopefully, a baby boy will be the recipient. There are lots of green scraps in the drunkard path. Now all your colored scraps are stored neat & tidy and you can see them at a glance. Clear containers are great, but sometimes I need to air mine out to get rid of the plastic smell. Finn is like people - it's fun to get away and great to get back home!
ReplyDeleteI have the same problem Jill. I have my selvages sorted by colour for years already, but in plastic drawer units. They also start smelling like plastic after awhile! Same problem with my nice plastic thread storage bins. I'm slowly changing to woven baskets from the dollar store to keep things aired out.
DeleteI love your selvage organization... great system!
ReplyDeleteFinn is looking quite dapper!
Enjoy your slow stitching today!
You have had a very busy week. Your selvage blocks look great and love your storage idea. Gorgeous quilt too ; great idea on getting ahead of the game for Christmas projects. Happy quilting.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to be stitching/knitting in the gazebo and front porch! Your flowers are ahead of ours but opening quickly with the intense heat we've had here. Love the made fabric and the idea of using up all those selvages. Happy Stitching, Gail!
ReplyDeleteI want you to know that I enjoy reading your blog. From the quilts you make to your knitting adventures, from your gardens to sweet, sweet Finn. Thanks for sharing your insights.
ReplyDeleteI find that sorting selvages by colour is the answer for using them too! I also keep my Canadian ones and Kaffe ones in a separate basket :-). Hoping to make more hot pads this summer in the garage :-)
ReplyDeleteMy flannel ones are in a separate container---maybe a flannel selvage quilt is in my future???
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