Yesterday's agenda included enough of running exactly about inwards the middle of the day. Even so, I had quite a fleck of fourth dimension inwards the morn to function on my stitching. I'm off to a pretty expert outset on Block three of the Friendship's Garden quilt.
When I stopped for the morning, I went direct to function on the Quiltmaker's Garden quilt. There was ane to a greater extent than of these square-center flowers to finish. This ane is partially covered past times the applique vine, as well as hence I quilted upward to the vine, but as well as then left the other areas open.
By this time, I'd quilted all exactly about as well as partially outlined the vine. It seemed every bit expert a fourth dimension every bit whatever to quilt the whole thing. I outlined all the leaves as well as the vine itself, as well as then filled inwards veins on the leaves as well as some circles on the vine.
It took quite some fourth dimension to practice the whole thing. Here's how it looks from the back.
Then it seemed a expert fourth dimension to quilt ane of the 2 birds on the quilt. This was done alongside a ferny feather, as well as and then I quilted some leaves on either side of him.
Here's how that looks from the back.
There is ane to a greater extent than aeroplane on the other side of the quilt...a bluish jay...I'll come upward dorsum for him. In the meantime, I filled inwards to a greater extent than of the terry twists as well as Greek keys. There must live on an halt to this at some point, don't yous think?
From there, I decided to endeavor quilting some of the other flowers. If yous human face at the icon of the whole quilt, yous tin run across that at that topographic point are some tulips on both sides of the quilt. Or perhaps they're iris. I'm actually non certain what kinds of flowers these are, but I had inwards heed what I wanted to practice there.
So I quilted "petals" into the flowers. Then quilted some edges to the leaves as well as gave them some veins. For the stalk, I only quilted a wavy draw of piece of work upward the middle, as well as this connected all the leaves as well as flowers hence that I avoided cutting thread.
Here's how that looks from the back.
There were some opened upward sections on each side. I considered leaving them open, but as well as then decided I could quilt some tendrils coming off on each side. It seemed to me that the opened upward infinite was also large there, as well as it needed something for quilt integrity.
By that time, I needed to hitting the shower as well as larn cook to locomote out the house. As it turns out, I wasn't able to furnish to the quilt yesterday. Instead, I spent the afternoon collecting fabrics as well as supplies for the Designing from Nature plane I'm taking upward inwards Vancouver for the adjacent iv days.
This is the same plane I've taken twice before, taught past times Ann Shaw, as well as using the technique developed past times Ruth McDowell. These are the 2 quilts I've made from previous classes:
This is the "Working for Peanuts" quilt exceed I made on my own. I'm hoping to larn this ane quilted inwards June.
For this class, I'm doing the icon below of the laughing flamingos. This photograph was taken piece nosotros visited Homosassa Springs inwards Florida before this year.
It's cropped from the master copy photograph below. I would dearly love to receive got included the flamingo on the left, but he's exactly a picayune also far away as well as by as well as large exterior the frame for that to function really well. It's a improve photograph alongside exactly the 2 birds. I've printed as well as I'm taking both photos, but I hold back to role the ane above.
This morn I receive got a dental engagement to receive got attention of a work discovered exactly before nosotros left on our trip final September. It hasn't caused me whatever problems, but it volition eventually. And that's how I know it's going to live on a wretched morning. I'm hoping I'll live on able to larn dorsum to my sewing this afternoon, because at that topographic point won't live on whatever to a greater extent than until Mon of adjacent week.