They grow.

 

What started with just a few, then a couple more… 

The back of the block.

The front of the block.

Stacks sorted into groups.

The nine patches on the ironing board.

A circle of scraps turned into nine patch blocks.

Started a new project.

The fabrics all sorted into a rainbow of colours.

Squares cut and sorted into blocks.

Scrappy and coloured by group.

Stacked into a pile, ready for sewing.

Chained pieced and awaiting ironing.

This stack is made and ready for assembly to the rest of the pieces.  This will be a sparkly quilt.

Adult camp for three days in the summer with scraps from my stash, which will happen in early August.

All the pieces are ready and cut out. Lots of nine patches in this one.

Lilac and purple.

A bit of raw edge appliqué happened this week, after a spot of cleaning up the mess in my sewing room.

A bag filled with threads and fabric bits and pieces.

A blue Iris on our walks.

The pattern that inspired the raw edge appliqué.

Along the stream, these flowers bloomed.

A heron fishing in the stream. We are dealing with very hot and humid conditions. Summer has arrived!

 

The month of May.

Tulips bloom in May, capturing these beautiful flowers on my walk recently. We have been busy in the garden, all the plants in pots that needed to be repotted are done. The vegetable raised beds have been dug over, extra soil, manure and peat added.  Seeds have been planted, small plants and even trees. Spring is a busy season, maintenance needs doing around the house and garden.

Our new kitty enjoys cuddling and he has decided the spare room is his!

The first tree is stitched, not perfect but done, only three more to go.

The baby quilt for my brother and his wife who have become first time grandparents to a baby girl.

They requested Beatrix Potter, this panel had some of it on the fabric. 

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Orange in May.

Orange is colour for RSC2026, a few of the projects on the list have orange in it. Those will be worked on everyday to make a few more blocks. It has been very busy since last year around this time, so we are catching up on a long list of things to do. We are doing spring cleaning, both inside and outside.

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 Stitching has started again.

Spring flowers.

Today was a sunny one, with blue skies. Winter is slowly retreating and spring is beginning to arrive gracefully. Finished the baby quilt for my brother and his wife' s first grandbaby. It is on its way to them now. On our walks recentl, wild flowers blooming. 

Mystery quilt.

 The William Morris mystery quilt kits are all done. Everything is precut and in kits, with 13 Blocks plus the borders and binding for the quilt. This quilt was designed by myself and my husband last year, after receiving a request for it. The fabric collection arrived in March of this year and the cutting of the fabric, counting, sorting and kitting up of 11 queen size quilt kits happened since then. They are almost ready to be sent out to everyone who signed up for the mystery quilt project. This has been an epic project, videos will be added and instructions as well. Kits available from the Sewing Cafe.ca