April 21, 2023
This is another card pulled form my pre-made stash. It seems suited to Rick this year because they are building a retaining wall in their yard and a lot of earth moving is involved.
Quilting the circles was easy to do and adding a pinked edge made the card go together quite quickly.
April 15, 2023
I dug into my pre-made card tops for this one. It’s a very simple quilting pattern but in hindsight I can see how I might have done it differently.
Stacia reminded me of the pinked edges I had used on previous cards and, since my fingers are giving me so much trouble, I used that method again.
I’m lucky enough that I can put a friend’s name to each of this arcs. Can you?
April 10, 2023
As part of last Christmas’s 12 Days package each family received a colouring book with quilt blocks. I asked them to colour a few blocks and send me their favourites. Madison was the only one who sent me a photo of the block she created. So for her birthday “card” I decided to make the block for her.
I must have looked at her photo a hundred or more times both in the designing stage and in the actual making of the piece. How on earth I made such a glaring error I have no idea. But I didn’t notice it until I was well into the quilting and it was far too late to make the correction.
I ran out of basting spray so had to sandwich using pins. All my big quilting pins were in use in other sandwiches so I had to use the small ones. With my numb fingers it was a challenge to get the pins closed. Another challenge was getting the pins open and removed as I ran up against them in the quilting process. Tying and burying the ends was also difficult.
Except for the mistake I made I’m happy with how it turned out. When I started quilting I had no idea what patterns I would use in the blocks but as I finished the first bit ideas came to me. It is all straight lines but I’m pleased with the effect.
I used one of my own coloured pieces for the label.
April 7, 2023
I’ve been wanting to use this block pattern for awhile now. Although Emma’s birthday falls a month before May, I liked the pattern so went ahead and made it.
I haven’t done much appliqué of late but my piecing machine has a clear foot that makes staying at the edge of the fabric quite easy.
I think it looks very Spring-like.