The new project is impossible for me to resist. Mostly because the kaleidoscope blocks get me. Every single time. I just can’t wait to sew them together to see what the block will look like. And every single one is a … Continue reading
The cold may not be going away, or the snow, but I’m happily pretending it’s warm and there are sunflowers blooming outdoors. Which they aren’t, of course. But my fabric sunflowers sure are! First up is this one. I can … Continue reading
Before I got totally distracted with the Colonial Garden blocks, I was really making progress on the sunflowers. Here are nine of the ones that are finished – and there are more that are yet to be photographed. The box … Continue reading
I thought I could stop with having made just one of the Colonial Garden blocks, and had great plans to turn that block into the cover of a stitching book. But as I had fussy cut/printed the kites used for the … Continue reading
The roof garden on a much warmer day is where I would so much like to be, but that’s not about to happen. We’ve had snow and more cold temperatures. So when the Inklingo Colonial Garden collection came out on … Continue reading
Getting that sunflower project box empty seems to be my priority right now, so lots and lots of sunflowers have been made. Here are 7 of the most recent, in no particular order. I’ve absolutely given up picking favourites. I think. … Continue reading
There have been many sunflowers put together over the past few weeks. These are five of the latest ones. Of course a pink one leads off. This has to be one of my favourites of them all. Then a green leafy … Continue reading
It may be cold and there may be snow on the ground, but this mostly pink sunflower makes me think of summer weather. I’m now trying to stay focused on just the sunflowers for a while. Perhaps I won’t make the … Continue reading
I was going to try to do a post looking back at the projects I’ve worked on in 2014, but that just didn’t happen. However, I wanted to pop in today and wish you all a very Happy and Healthy New … Continue reading
All of the little stars are now made and last night I started surrounding them with the white squares. It takes less than an hour to get two stars surrounded.
Seams graded and pressed.
There are now 17 of the little stars left to surround with the white squares. From here on out, it’s just nothing but continuous stitching to add the squares, then the connecting red diamonds and octagons and turn this into a finished quilt top. If I can stay focused, and I am pretty intent on doing just that, I could have this finished by the end of next week and be ready to quilt it next weekend.
I may take some time out this weekend and get the binding ready for Candy Stars as well as start printing for the Inklingo Periwinkle reverse mystery quilt. I think I’ve finally decided on the colours I want to work with for the Periwinkle quilt. No big surprise here — it will be pinks, pinks and more pinks. Maybe a mauve thrown in for a little relief from the pink. Maybe. Lessons 1 to 4 are available, free, at the All About Inklingo blog.
If you’re here to see who won the giveaway from the April Showers post, the winner will be announced later this afternoon after Baxter picks a winner.
“Mum’s Making Stars” is the title of today’s ‘toon.
As we were setting up to take pictures of the two little blue stars, he was right there just waiting for his photo to be taken because, after all, there is nothing that we could possibly want to photograph other than him!
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