OK ... spread it all out ... now ... where was I up to?!?!
Let loose with a rotary cutter, ruler and mat ... cut a few bits, mutter quite a lot about 1 1/2 inch squares (must have a word to Anni about that one day!!) ... scratch the ol' head a bit over which bit goes where and which way to press seams (did I mention I'm not REALLY a patchworker??) ... some whirring of the ol' Husky and ...
Et VOILA!! Block E finished. I just love how the little bits of satin stitching add an extra 'something' to the blocks ... even though stitching those apples nearly sent me round the bend ... a short trip in my case some would say! Tee! Hee! Hee! Do you see there's one GREEN apple in amongst the RED? Just like me ... it had to be a little different to the crowd! :0) Now ... I'd really only planned to finish one block ... you know, show Chooky that I'd made some progress, without stressing myself too much with 1 1/2 inch blocks. But ... well ... I had some more squares already cut and it was warm in my sewing room, so ...
... Block F also got put together ... maybe I was wishing I had a nice comfy spot to sit in the sun with a cool drink and a well-behaved puppy-dog. Hmmm ... winter, so not warm ... Sunday was overcast here, so no sun ... cold weather doesn't really lend itself to a cool drink ... two dogs, neither of whom are well-behaved! SIGH! You can see why I just stayed in my sewing room, can't you! :0) So my sewing achievements for the weekend were ...
Not bad, if I do say so myself. The dark blue border around the Resting In The Garden block was actually supposed to be around The Dovecote ... but I had a bit of a 'Spacewalk, Miss Jane!' moment and picked up the wrong block. OOPS! Ah well ... looks OK and I'm sure in the overall quilt it won't matter. So ... thus far, this is what my quilt is looking like ...
I've laid the blocks out in their order, as best I can with the missing bits, and have also laid out the stitcheries for the remaining blocks. I'm still not finished the Garden Show stitchery in the bottom right corner ... I seem to have a bit of a block with that one, for some reason!! Well ... that and too many other projects, new design ideas and deadlines creeping in to crowd my creative space! :0) I really want to get this quilt finished by the end of the year, though, so I'll just keep plodding along.
Lovely to see the progress everyone's making on their GJ and Tis The Season projects ... love that penguin block! :0) Hope you all had as productive a weekend as I did and that you're enjoying your stitching. Til next time ...
BEAR HUGS!
CHEERS!
KRIS
CHEERS!
KRIS
9 comments:
Hey Everyone! Thanks for visiting!
Bear Hugs! KRIS (Tag Along Teddies)
GREAT;GREAT;GREAT!!! Love seeing your GJ pieces together. Looks super ,and more to come.
Happy Quilting to you Kris:-)
Looking good Kris!
You're almost done :-)
And it's looking great so far
Oh Kris... I didn't know you were doing this... what pretty pretty colours... now you have to bring the real thing for me to see... and stroke....
Hugsz
Great job!! Always good to lay it all out and see where you're up to! I think it helps to aid the motivation to get just a little bit more finished!! What matters is (not that you're behind) that you're willing to keep going with it and get it finished! :)
Fantastic your almost there. Beautiful work, I'm nearly done too.
Fantastic!
uuummmmm only 3 months.........that was the finish deadline ....LOL.........but I am so pleased you got back into it.........looks like you only have to piece B and how are those ladies going.......your nearly there..........give it another push and you will be joining the blocks together and putting a border on it.........
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