We've had another couple of good days here with our friends. Wednesday we took advantage of the last sunny day for a few days. We went to Charlottesville to hike Ragged Mountain which is a nice 6 mile hike around the city reservoir. It was windy but a beautiful day. Laura has been doing some sewing for her grandson. His parents are chefs and he's likes being in the kitchen so she made him an apron. Then she made him a drawstring bag and pouch for his car collections. While she's been sewing I worked on more veterans quilt kits. These are the leftover blocks from the big blue bowtie quilt. I decided to do something like this. I had plenty fo blue scraps left to cut out pieces for more blocks. Here are all of the pieces cut and ready to sew together for this quilt and there are still some fabrics left over. I think I'll still need binding but I might just cut a scrappy binding. There's a stack of blue strings and I think there are enough for a string quilt like the one in this post. I cut the foundations and I had this orange/yellow fabric in my stash that I thought would be good for the center strip of the blocks.
I got the notice today that the patriotic fabrics that I ordered should be in Monday. I'll be ready to start on them when I get back from my road trip. I leave Thursday to meet my friend in Lincoln, NE and ride back to Virginia with her in her van. It should be a fun trip. Meanwhile, I'm going to try to get 4 veterans quilts quilted before I leave and today I'm taking a fly tying class and that should be fun. 3/23/2024 11:47:12 am
Nice place for a hike! Dinosaur print, perfect for a little guy who may be a budding chef. Those blocks will make a great veteran quilt.
Mary Anne
3/24/2024 05:45:27 pm
Don't know of too many little boys who wouldn't love something made from dino-O-soar fabric (we no longer refer to them as dinosaurs after oldest grandie was quite insistent that we were incorrect in our pronunciation skills).
Gene Black
3/25/2024 07:18:16 am
The blue with the yellow/orange looks like it will make a lovely quilt. Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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