A finish!

Started this one in the last couple of years, it is a king size quilt.

This past week saw the last of the quilting and then to find the binding which was made when the top was made.

The stitching is coming along too, a little bit every day.

Gardening consisted of weeding the grass. Last weekend we went to get some cow, sheep manure and peat. The black soil was delivered this past weekend, a lot of work can start in the garden to get everything ready for the growing season.

Green.

Green is the May colour for RSC25. This king size quilt has been my staple hand quilting project since the fall of last year. Slowand steady, a bit here and there. No rush, now with spring here in full swing it is almost done.

Twenty five more green blocks got finished and the totals for Ancient Stars so far, 67 Ohio stars and 50 Sawtooth stars. ( 96 and 48 required in total!)

Started this RSC project in 2023?

A friend who made her first quilt top, it is a flimsy now. Another quilter offered her stash of to make this beauty below. Love all the sparkle, especially the binding fabric in blue and gold!

Spring is here!

The sun is shining, the spring bulbs are flowering and the bumblebees are back! It makes me smile. I have been in the garden, getting dirty playing in the soil.

Some stitching happened, some quilting too.

All the green, blue and most of the purple bands have been quilted. Some of the purple bands still needs to be quilted and the green borders. Have been taking my time on this one, it is a big one.

The pink birthday quilt, will be appliqued. Lara received a different quilt last year, so this one will be gifted in the future with a new name and year on it. Will fuse all the pieces for machine applique and work on it slowly.

The top will then go into the rubbermaid to be quilted in the future.

We decided it was a nice day to walk to our voting station on monday past, one of the ponds we walked by. It was our Federal elections this week, record numbers voted in the pre election days!

Mystery quilt top is done.

The reveal of the Good Hope Quilt Mystery was two weeks ago, worked on putting it all together. The top is done.

Cleaned all the fluff and stray threads off the back of the quilt.

These cotton fabrics are more loosely woven and frayed quite a bit. Something which is happening a lot lately with the newer fabrics?

Part two said in the instructions 16 strips instead of 8 strips sets. So sixteen strip sets was sewn and waiting for the reveal. ( The quilt used 8 strip sets in total).

Those extra strip sets have been used and it has been used making a small quilt top for a baby.

Baked bread yesterday, later a bit of stitching happened and a walk in nature.

New buds on the trees along the trail.

Working on the mystery quilt.

The reveal happened last week, all the pieces have been sorted into the blocks.

Have made a start on these blocks too.

Made some placemats for a birthday gift.

The center piece is all prepped and still needs to be finished.

Started a smock dress, worked on it while Kate and I chatted this week via Zoom.

Stitching this past two weeks.

Good Golly piecing has been started, this will be an ongoing process for a while. Have not made a start on the red blocks yet...

Some hand quilting with the cool weather, we are hoping now that the snow has melted again and is now done for spring. Spring flowers are blooming again and we have a sunny day.

Teal is the RSC25 colour for April?

The stitching is definitely the right colour for April. As for what else may be worked on, a few projects will be pulled out.

A new project will also be started for a birthday gift, teal is the favourite colour for the birthday girl!

Made two tops in one week for myself.

A pink one and the blue one above.

Started the yellow project which was pilled out last month, it has lots of paper foundation piecing. Every piece of paper has two triangles pinned to a piece of paper.

Our weather has been all over the place, snow, ice, hail, thunderstorms with lightning, rain and sunshine. More of the same to come for the next week. The stream has overflown its banks and it is right next to the main road.

Just discovered, Teal is not the colour for April. It was a joke and Red is the colour for April...

Slow stitching.

The rain and freezing rain continues. It is all part of the ice storm currently happening here where we live. So being cooped up even more after a long winter, we are so ready for warmer weather and spring to arrive!

Stitching continues on the Fox and Rabbit 2025 mystery, started late. This is January, part 1 that I am currently working on. One gets to choose one's own colours. Had these floss colours in my floss box and using what I have on hand. Relaxing indoors, a day of rest is on the cards today.