The weather condition has been lovely, too I've been blowing my chance for yard move past times spending my fourth dimension inwards the sewing room. But, oh, how I've been itching to larn dorsum into the sewing room. The flavor is young, too thus I promise I won't regret this time. We're expecting pelting start tomorrow too good into the future. Too bad it doesn't knock downward those picayune virus bugs the way it knocks downward dust.
So, here's what I did. My goal inwards 2020 is to complete a quilt transcend too to quilt ane quilt per month. Once those 2 are finished, I tin forcefulness out laissez passer on my other WIPs. In March, I'd hoped to quilt Farm Fresh Eggs too to slice together a transcend from the Stitch Sampler. And, well, mission accomplished. Both were modest quilts, too thus I was able to larn them both done yesterday.
Starting amongst the Stitch Sampler, I firstly cutting the 2 pieces to the same size. These patterns tin forcefulness out hold upward institute on the Crabapple Hill Studios website. They're non meant to hold upward together, but I stitched them every bit exercise on some of the fancier stitches. I wanted to pose both together into a wall hanging or a picayune runner.
I added a pale yellowish flange to each piece.
And too thus I gave them a pinkish border. It ended upward at 16-1/2 inches past times 25-1/2 inches...probably a picayune runner size.
For the binding strips, I had a pinkish stripe picked out. It was likewise much pink, too thus I decided on this greenish stripe instead.
Also, I cutting too pieced this backing leftover from the cut-off ends from some other project.
And too thus I tossed it onto the quilts to hold upward sandwiched pile. No ceremony was held.
After that, it was fourth dimension to larn to laissez passer on the picayune Farm Fresh Eggs project. This pattern tin forcefulness out hold upward institute on the Bird Brain Designs website. I saw it on Instagram, too was instantly smitten. I had to purchase it too stitch it immediately. Now it's exactly waiting for its risk to hold upward turned into a wall-hanging. So, I firstly needed to quilt it, too and thus trim down it. Here's when the assist showed up.
It was only quilted. I pose a tightly injure plumage to a greater extent than or less the exterior of the stitching.
And too thus a free-hand diagonal grid to a greater extent than or less the outer border.
When it was gear upward for binding, it looked similar this.
Sadie helped me move out the math on the binding. I chose a leftover binding from my fighting binding bag.
Little cats dear picayune quilts.
And, to you lot non-cats out there, Sadie would similar to tell that whatever task worth doing is worth doing amongst claws extended. Consider this your tip for the day.
When the binding was sewn on, it looked similar this. Today I'll larn to move hand-sewing the binding. It shouldn't accept long.
Here's how it looks from the back.
After thus much helping, Sadie had a picayune nip...
too and thus a picayune nap.
The whiteboard inwards my sewing room needed updating. Here's my yr set out amongst months assigned to diverse projects.
These are readyfor quilting. You tin forcefulness out run into that nigh the whole yr is mapped out already. Sorry for the blur. I had to shoot without flash inwards club to avoid a reflection.
These are quilts that demand sandwiching, but really...there isn't much signal when I direct hold thus many inwards employment ahead of them. The smaller ones volition in all probability larn done sooner.
And I didn't pass the whole 24-hour interval inwards the sewing room. I got Handsome out for a walk. He ate grass until I idea he'd start looking similar a scarecrow. He actually is loving his walks, fifty-fifty if he is on a leash. We tried getting Sadie out, but she won't allow us to pose a harness on. Just looking at the harness seems to freak her out. She mightiness direct hold negative associations amongst it afterwards the debacle inwards North Dakota a few years back. We'll maintain trying, too nosotros mightiness endeavour a dissimilar harness. We'd dear to larn her out, but she's an anxious picayune girl. It mightiness non work.
While I was out, I got this shot of the flowering plum trees. These are ornamental trees only. The Italian prune plum tree is budded out, but non even thus blooming.
Finally, I left the snowflake similar this yesterday. Most of the darkest floss is stitched now, too I'll start working amongst the medium value soon.
With thus much embroidery inwards this post, I'll link it upward to
So that was my 24-hour interval yesterday. Today I'll larn the manus stitching finished on Farm Fresh Eggs, too and thus I'll start working on some of the WIPs that were left behind when nosotros started our trip. Probably my firstly priority is to complete making blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge from terminal year. I didn't start a novel projection this yr because I desire to focus on getting some of the others finished. If things laissez passer on every bit they are for really long, I'll in all probability direct hold lots of fourth dimension for sewing.