Quilting and appliqué continue.

The otter quilt is getting a bit more quilting every day.

This is the back, showing the blocking before the outline of the elements.

Quilting around some parts and removing as many of the pins as possible. Anchoring down the piece in equal parts, grass and the sky. The pond, rocks above and below the water. It helps with the quilting to keep the layers from moving about.

The true background colour is a beautiful purple, yet on some photographs it shows a washed out grey colour. Above is the applique pices fused and then blanket stitched by machine in place. This is part of the top and bottom pieces which will need to be added to the center applique panel. Before this can happen the name, date and the bees needs to be added. Next week we have another heatwave, so we will enjoy the weekend with the more balanced weather without the extreme heat.

June is slowly coming together.

The one birthday quilt center is all machine appliqued. the top and bottom two sections will be done next and added to the center piece.

From the left,

the middle,

the right of this large piece.

The deer and wildlife panel is pin basted ready for machine quilting.

The otter quilt got some machine quilting, have done some blocking and have started on some of the water and waves.

Birthday quilts.

They got a bit more work on them. The green stems got stitched in place, next up placing the applique pieces and fusing them in place.

The flowers, leaves and buds now have been audition and placed where they will be appliqued in place.

The machine blanket stitching has a start, some leaves, flowers and bunting.

The dinosaur quilt has its binding sewn on, still needs to be washed and the label added to the back of the quilt.

The next quilt is basted, ready for machine quilting. It is the otter family in the wetlands quilt. Lots of blues in this one.

Prehistoric dinosaurs?

The dinosaur quilt is quilted. The size before washing and quilting was 70 by 50 inches. After machine quilting it is now 68 by 49 inches. This one will be washed after the binding has been sewn onto the top.

Used four different colours thread to quilt this one. Three greens and one blue thread for the sky.

Some blocks got more dense quilting than others.

The back of the quilt.

The front of the quilt.

The borders of the quilt.

The binding needed to be the same green as the final border fabric. Needed to get some more fabric, so a trip to The Hobby Horse Quilt Shoppe was required.

Magic binding made.

Binding in the process, sewn onto the back first.

The view of the farm fields and the blue sky with the wispy clouds.

Dinosaur quilt.

The green border got freemotion quilted. It is the first part that gets quilted .

Next up the quilting in the ditch happened to block the next elements. Above is the back and below is the front so far.

Some stitching continued on this piece. The rope got stitched in the main piece and the rope in the borded got started as well.

Will switch things up a bit and make a start on the layout and machine applique for the birthday quilt for Lara. The backgroud looks grey, it is much more purple (Orchid) Kona colour.

On our walk early evening we saw this peonie opening up. It was huge.

Busy Month of May.

On all our walks the most beautiful iris plants are in full bloom, a delight for the eye! The lily of the valley has now spread far and wide too that we walk past on in the forest and is now popping up in another part of the forest across the road. The sent is gentle and when a breeze is blowing one catch a wiff of the perfume.

Binding is done on this quilt. So many things has happened unexpectedly this month, our minds and bodies are still spinning from it all. It still seems so surreal, especially the loss of our kitty, we still expect to see her with us. Only to discover she is not there, where we hoped to find her. It is a new normal which we just cannot get used to. Hard to believe.

Pulled the blue blocks for Finding the way, boy it has a lot of blues!

Blue is the RSC24 colour for June, these got sewn and prepped to be cut.

The cutting and finger pressing happened while Kate and I chatted on zoom on wednesday afternoon. Kate was working on a new pair of socks. She has finished four pairs of adult socks already this year, amazing result. (check them out on www.artsandsocks.blogspot.com)

The dinosaur quilt is next up. It has been layered and basted ready for machine quilting.

June is here, half of this year has flown by in a blink of an eye!