The backing was done with one seam and then I took it to the long arm quilter's house. She let me know today that the quilting is done so I will pick it up tomorrow. This one will be donated to our local hospice and will be washed a lot so the binding will be applied by machine...no hand stitching.
Next up was my Tula Pink 100 blocks Modern Sampler quilt. We had to move all of the furniture in the living room so that I could lay this monster out on the floor to make the backing.
It took three widths of fabric for the backing and I found the perfect fabric in my stash for the label. The turquoise accent piece beside the label matches one of the colours in the backing. I will write the information about the quilt on the label before it is quilted.
The London Modern Guild is having a fabric post card exchange so I made my post card this week. I will put it in the mail this week. I don't know the person that will be receiving this postcard so I can show you what I made.
The third UFO of the week was started 3.5 years ago. I signed up for a broken dishes block swap with Barb at Fun with Barb and the blocks have been in a zip lock bag all this time, waiting for inspiration to hit. This week, when I was out for a walk, I got thinking about the blocks and an idea came to mind.
I made four blocks like this:
I am still figuring out what I will put between the blocks and as a border...stay tuned...this top should be done by next week. I am still contemplating quilting ideas as well. I bought Jacquie Gering's book Walk 2.0 this week so I may peruse it for inspiration.
I finished my green facecloth last week and started a new dishcloth --I am using a new pattern this time. So far, so good. The pattern is showing up as expected! I will be doing some more knitting tomorrow for slow Sunday stitching with Kathy and friends.
We finally had some rain this past week so the gardens are flourishing.
Finn is getting his hair cut this week so here is a picture of him before the appointment. Such a cutie!
Take care!
