The Cranes Circling Flowers at Dusk, aka rainbow flower, is something I can’t resist stitching! So much so that, when I couldn’t sleep because of a migraine, I was fussy cutting six more flowers and cranes from another fabric at 5:00 a.m. on Saturday. I have everything cut and printed now for the rest of this piece and hope to have the main piecing finished by mid-week. When it’s finished, we’re going to have to find a way to photograph it. The light at this time of year makes for not great photographs. I can’t wait until spring comes and the roof garden reopens!
When I pulled out the storage container with the Oriental prints and batiks to choose the fabrics in this, I also hauled out the container with striped and directional fabrics. I have a feeling fussy cutting some stripes for this block will be the next thing I play with, although I’m also very tempted to do something with shabby chic fabrics.
I don’t have much to show for the January clamshell report. While I’ve made lots of the black and white arcs for the Pickled Ladies, I only put together two of the pickled clamshells. To see the list of and links to participants in the Clamshell Club, go to Cybele’s Patch.
On the weekend, I got a lot of the cream hexagons for the POTC blocks stitched. At this point, I only need to stitch together the ones needed for two more blocks and that part will be done. So I feel like progress is being made. We were taking trying to take a picture of a finished POTC block when Smudge decided he needed to help. You can just see a bit of the block that he’s lying on.
Lester was having a snooze.
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Hello Cathi! That rainbow flower is really beutiful!
Have a lovely day and kisses for Lester and Smudge! Teje
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Good grief Cathi – do you ever sleep?? This is incredible – the pattern just came out and you’re about to finish piecing the top – you are AMAZING! It’s looking really lovely – can’t wait to see how you deal with the edges.
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Oooo I love the pattern the rainbow flower makes!! This is going to be another beauty :0)
Crispy
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The Rainbow flower is stunning. I LUV watching it grow. And okay, can Smudge get any more hilarious? What a hoot!!!
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Wonderful blocks! You are a pro at this!
Cats don’t have to see a finished quilt out of fabric to know it will be a quilt so Smudge was just testing the block out to see if it will be one of his favorite sleeping spots.
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2 more beautiful Pickled Ladies, and so much more in between!
Your Rainbow Flower is coming along so well; I can definitely see potential for using different types of fabric with this pattern; shabby and stripes together might be very striking!
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The rainbow flower is really an unusual block. I can see why you have to keep working on it.
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Oh yes your 2 new PLs are stunning!
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Oh Cathi, the rainbow flowers are so beautiful. Looks like a wonderful project again.
The pickled ladies look lovely and very tempting. I did not sew many shells and lost my challenge but I will finish the top this year.
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Oh my, Cathi…. the rainbow flowers are simply phenomenal.
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Your Rainbow Flower blocks remind me of something exotic that you would see in a coral reef – a weird and wonderful sea creature of some sort. Smudge is just being helpful, he doesn’t want your fabric to blow away in the wind!
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