While working on the pieced border, I decided that more of the ladies needed to join the party. A few minutes of fussy cutting/printing and I had all I needed for the extra Pickled Ladies. First up is this pair. … Continue reading
As usual around here, there were fabric bits scattered about last night. Could I play with them? Oh, no! They were for sunflowers, she said, or pickles or … wait a minute. Pickles? Since when is she sewing pickles? I … Continue reading
One of the many things that I’ve been working on, on and off, over the past week or so has been making more of the units for the Summer Picnic Dish quilt. I love putting together these pieced melon/arc units … Continue reading
This one is destined to be a little quilt on its own, I think. It’s a very pale sunflower that will be lost in the sea of brighter batiks I’ve been using to make the batik sunflowers, but I think … Continue reading
I love having a little stack of pieces all ready to stitch. They will be part of the next group of batik sunflowers. The glassine envelopes I have are too small for these, so I think I’ll start using regular … Continue reading
So far, so good. I’m sticking to my plan and working on one of the elements for the Pickled Ladies borders. I’m anxious to get the Pickled Ladies top finished. These NYB blocks are very fast to piece so I’m … Continue reading
Seems I couldn’t resist the new 2.25″ Inklingo hexagons either. Look at the difference in size between the 2.25″ and .375″ ones — talk about going from one extreme to the other. I’ve often thought I’d like to make a … Continue reading
It was inevitable – the minute I said I was going to dedicate stitching time to those three quilt tops, a tiny distraction came along. And I do mean tiny. This little hexagon flower was made with the Inklingo .375″ … Continue reading
While a number of the sunflowers will be orange, some are going to be other colours. This green sunflower may end up being the centre of the small quilt these are destined to become. Another deep orange one. I’m thinking … Continue reading
The little top is finished. Finished size 27.5″ x 35″. A better picture will be taken out on the roof garden in the next day or two. This shot was taken late last night. The big news for me? That … Continue reading
Quilt Obsession 