STRINGS AND THINGS

 

My Low volume String

"Early Spring"

piece is all hand quilted...

And

Here is the back

where you can see that I did the 

vertical and horizontal

seam lines on either side

↧↧↧

(Click to enlarge)

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Remember I mentioned a BIG

BAG of various scraps??

Cut offs, small bits, orts, etc...

all mostly darker fabrics

that needed sorting?

 this is how I've spent my

day..

What a mess...

DH started to ask me

"Why did you put that one on that

pile--isn't it...?" 

I ignored it totally--if I began

overthinking I would 

NEVER EVER

get it done...

I sorted by color and then bagged

Here are the first few piles

I started...

What a mammoth job!!

👀👹

Maybe now I will REMEMBER

to put the scraps in each color coded bag

AS I GO!!!😱😳😵

YA THINK???

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So now I can make a start on hand quilting 

the two dolly quilts for Willa and Fiona...

Nice small projects...

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I sent off my donation blocks and

tops yesterday....

AND...

LO AND BEHOLD

👀

Look what I received

in the mail from 

Julie Sefton of 

"Me and My Quilts"

Blog...

All precut and packaged!!

And low volume which 

I really totally need!!

Wasn't this the most generous gift???

With the cutest card....

thank you so much Julie 

💖

Aren't quilters just the nicest

people??

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(so thankful-euse)

LOW VOLUME STRING BLOCKS

 

After my Big Y weekly

food shopping

early this morning,

I came home and settled out on our

deck to begin my hand 

quilting journey on my 

Low Volume String blocks...

[click to enlarge pix]

It is a beautiful low humidity day

here with a lovely breeze

AAAAH....

I am using this lovely

Sulky cotton thread in 

this "perfect" pale green 

color using my

Milliner's needle and little

automatic needle threader.

:)))

(I love that little vintage 

tea napkin edging above)

I will be stitching a row on 

each block's

seamed sides....

both vertically 

and horizontally.

Some of seam crossing spots 

are pretty hard to 

needle through 

and

[I've already bent one

needle !!]

😰

But, I am trying to "navigate 

around" as best I can,

those seam crossings...

That green/white fabric below

is a dense linen leftover from

a crazy quilt block...

↡↡↡↡

Right here I managed to

work underneath

this crossing spot......

I think my title for this one will

be "Early Spring".

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(hand-quilting-euse)