Good morning, my friends. As I look out the window, I see blue sky. The sun is just coming up, and it's looking like it'll be a pretty nice day today. Mike will be spending the afternoon in the dentist's chair. All I can say is better him than me. I had my day last month. It was cold and gray yesterday, but I still got outside to clean up the herb garden a little bit. A naughty gopher dug a trench all along the sidewalk that lines the garden, and so we've ordered more gopher stakes for him. They emit a buzz that is annoying to gophers, and that'll fix his little red wagon. If he had a wagon. Which I highly doubt.
There was plenty of time for sewing yesterday, and I was able to finish off two more blocks for the Northern Wilderness project. First, I needed to finish making the background for the bear block.
When the applique was finished, I turned my attention to the top-stitching. I started with the eagle. I'm using a monofilament thread and a 60/8 microtex needle to stitch along the edges of the applique. It was slow going with so many nooks and crannies.
Smitty helpfully held the bear down while I worked with the eagle. He wanted me to remind you that he wrestled some bears while we were in Alaska, and this one was a total pushover.
When the eagle was finished, I worked on the bear. By day's end, both were finished.
Here are the blocks I have for this quilt so far.
And that brings me to the end of my list of WIPs. Next I'll move to the "Quilter's Choice" section of my white board. In this case, I'll be starting the next challenge quilt for The Endeavourers art quilt group. The prompt is "Motion." As a reminder, these are my fabrics:
The project I'm working on really requires full-width folded off-the-bolt fabrics. I'm working with scraps and fat quarters, which means I'm going to have to be creative with my piecing. I'll end up with seams where I don't want them in order to get the length I need. That will be undesirable, and so I'll have to replace those sections with whole pieces. It'll all make sense when I can reveal it next February. It's a long time to wait, I know.
My Embroidered Garden is progressing faster than expected. Probably I should be thinking about tracing the next 12 motifs for the Tiny Treasures project.
And how could I not make good progress with such a faithful foot warmer by my side.
So today will be much the usual fare. I want to get in a workout, and I have a housekeeping task on the day's calendar. Aside from that, it'll be mostly sewing. Just now it's time for some breakfast, and so I'll leave you to your day. I hope it's a good one.
8 comments:
We received a couple inches of snow last night, which definitely brings this year's garden season to a close. Of course, there's still stuff outside that didn't get done, but it will still be there in the spring. All this means is that there's no good reason not get more done in the quilting arena. My Thanksgiving cacti have started blooming so at least there's some color around the house. Now which project should I get started on?
Pat
Just lovely Northern wilderness blocks, Barbara;))) Your piecing and applique are just wonderful on these. Nice work...;))
No snow here as yet; just cold, colder--and tonight, I guess coldest!!
I wore my "puffy coat" for my weekly food shopping this morning...and was really glad I did--brrrr !!
Stay warm--hugs, Julierose
I really, really like those Alaska blocks! I think the weather turned cold everywhere. Here, a mile from the Atlantic, the high was 48 today, down over 30 degrees from a couple of days ago.
: Seeing today’s post title, I read a column in yesterday’s LA Times by a man who just got back from Chicago. The Latino communities are fighting back by blowing whistles, thousands of whistles, and it has actually been working.. Dot in NC
Yuk! The dentist, poor guy! Our snow wasn't nearly as bad as predicted, thank goodness. We got the northern lights tonight (hubby's first time to see them). The Alaska quilt blocks are looking great!
Love your Alaska blocks they look really nice with the applique.
I was gifted with a baby cactus last year from my sister. Just four stems. It produced 2 flowers.. which promptly fell off. Sigh. this year there are 7 blossoms. Yes, to a spot of color inside as we got the first flakes of snow 1/4" inch. Not like they got it in the east. Ick! Sadie, you look so comfy. Move over . I'm with ya.
Smitty did a good job of holding down that bear! Those blocks are so pretty!
That quilt is going to be a stunner!! I think, so far, the bear is my favourite block.
Rather wish I could be Sadie today because it's damp and cool here.
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