I don't have a 4th of July quilt.....
Yesterday during my room clean-up, I found a container of my husband's
old pj castoffs--deboned and cut into strips...
And having wanted to make myself a basket quilt for yonks, I decided to make these.....
The bases are sewn onto telephone book papers and the resulting blocks
measure 7.5". I will be working on these off and on.....
The lovely flowery bits are from a squishy mail package from
Lizzy who kindly
sent them to me...I love her vintage-looking fabrics and her own basket piece...
Thanks so much for thinking of me, Lizzy.... :))
*********************************************
Meanwhile,
I am working on tying SIL's zig-zag quilt using Valdani thread
and a Sailor's knotting --
I thought this a good choice as a lot of the
fabrics are Sea oriented....
& & & & & & &....
I first pinned the whole quilt, then machine sewed three stabilizing
vertical rows...
before beginning
the tying
process....
I am set up on our dining table with my sweater blocking
mat underneath the quilt....
I am doing the points first in white on the white and then will
be adding more ties in the centers of the zig-zags...
these will end up being about
a fist's width apart...over the entire top...
I prefer the "feel" of a tied quilt myself,
so much softer than the big stitch I have
been closely sewing on my table toppers and wall hangings...
for those,
I feel that closer quilting helps to
flatten out the pieces for better hanging...
[
AND: blogger keeps changing my font!!???] WHY????
**********************************************
The sun is emerging slowly and it is 66 degrees this morning....
Still a cool breeze coming out of the North, but perhaps some
deck sitting will be possible this afternoon...
I need a new portable handwork project...I will be looking at what I have ongoing....
*********************
Tonight will be "Breakfast for Supper" which I really love....;))) yum
~ ~ ~ waving under milky skies~ ~ ~
Stay safe
Julierose, La Blageuse (tying-euse)
