So there you have my projects and fabric purchases over the week. I had a blast at the retreat. Kerry's home in Scottsdale and Bonnie's home in Yuma from Tuesday through Sunday. Thanks for all your hospitality. I enjoyed every minute of my visit to your lovely new homes.
Hope your week ahead is a good one =^.^=
Kerry will have Kosmic Krisp ready for me when I see her tomorrow. Will be bringing fabric for the sleeve and binding. Did you know there was such an apple as a Cosmic Crisp? Red binding for this project.
Well I should be without something to do=^.^=
Sharing part of my Alley Cats collection with you. These three cats are part of the Red Carpet series. I have to do a bit of research to find out what Margaret Le Van called them. Need to put up a third shelf!
After a very long time this beautiful Lonestar is finished. There were three that my friend Christy found homes for recently and this one found me. According to Christy her friend Hulda says her Great Grandmother Lillie Knight hand stitched the top. Lillie came to California about 1908 from Maine. Hulda thinks this project was made in the 1920s or 1930s. Kerry did the quilting perfectly to accentuate the spaces and the unique lonestar design. It finishes at 90" square. A red fabric that matches very closely to the red Lillie used is the binding. Well Lillie I hope you are happy with the finish. It was an honor to accomplish it for you.
That same day Karryon came back too. Also have this one trimmed up and ready for sleeve and binding. I don't have any extra pieces so will likely use the gray that is also the backing for it. Red fabric will be the binding of this I'm sure.
Kyushu came too! What an exciting week for me from Kerry! I have it on my table ready for trimming. I have to audition the aquas in my stash to see if something will work for binding. I have a few pieces to add into the sleeve that will also be from backing fabric.
There is no change to stash numbers. Most of the week was spent hand sewing either on the Lonestar or Koastline. I'm gathering projects for my Quilting Retreat in Yuma, AZ today. DH has kitty sitting for a few days...he's good at this=^.^=
Hope your week ahead is a good one =^.^=
Sweet Apple block by Lovely Threads was finished. It comes as a block by them and a size larger than my project. At the inspiration of another project I came up with this design. It doesn't finish too large just around 19" x 25". I'm calling it Kosmic Krisp after a variety of apple called Cosmic Crisp.
I won't be starting any new projects until my trip to Yuma by way of Phoenix. Going to take a flight out, finally, to Kerry's home for a visit. Then drive with her to Yuma for a quilting get away at Bonnie's home. It will be the first time visiting both of them in their new homes in Arizona. Until then I have projects to get ready and hand sewing on Koastline and an antique Lonestar.
It is back to working on campus starting tomorrow =^.^= I have a new hair stylist to try on Thursday and then it's back home for corned beef and cabbage! Hope your St. Patrick's Day is fully of luck for you!
Hope your week ahead is a good one =^.^=
Nothing else to share today. My design wall is empty until I have time to get into my sewing room =^.^=
I did take time to cut out some Sweet Apple blocks, but didn't get around to sewing them. Tim's brother and sister in law were weekend guests so no sewing took place. Just one change to my stash this week.