Yesterday morning, I finished the center section of Frolic at last! On to the borders soon, but I spent the day looking for lost things and tidying up my desk. Not fun at all.
I need to clear off a full cutting table to trim this part of the quilt up, as it is quite heavy with all these seams.
I was battling my mistakes unto the very last block. I even found this one after it was fully surrounded in the quilt. Oh my stars!
I am itching to just do some mindless sewing for a while though. This morning I made some orange centers for framed crumb stars so that i could link up to RSC2020. I feel like a slacker only showing frolic color this far into February so here you go.
I need to clear off a full cutting table to trim this part of the quilt up, as it is quite heavy with all these seams.
I was battling my mistakes unto the very last block. I even found this one after it was fully surrounded in the quilt. Oh my stars!
I am itching to just do some mindless sewing for a while though. This morning I made some orange centers for framed crumb stars so that i could link up to RSC2020. I feel like a slacker only showing frolic color this far into February so here you go.
I might do the star points in bright yellow or magenta. I think with a few more of the greens these blocks could make a nice bright charity quilt. I will work on my crooked courthouse blocks a bit this afternoon. I just need to work on small stuff after putting those frolic blocks together.
Over in the artwork part of my life, here's what happened this week:
Oil pastels:
Watercolors:
Over in the artwork part of my life, here's what happened this week:
Oil pastels:
The BH Mystery looked like quite the bugger this year. I saved all the steps but I doubt I'll ever make it. Congratulations on sticking with it! Love the kitty picture. You're very talented in many ways.
ReplyDeleteThanks Susie. I think I may just do half the blocks next year.
DeleteSo glad you were able to sneak some orange scrap sewing in there. So frustrating when a turned block makes it all the way through to the finished top.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I spent about an hour cutting out some orange fun today....stay tuned!
DeleteThere is plenty of joy and beauty here. I am sure a break from sewing will help you get back in the swing of things. Frolic is complicated and you are not alone in making those mistakes.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your wise words. It is important that quilting remains joyful for me. I never want it to feel like drudgery.
DeleteThose ORANGE centers for your Crumb Stars are definitely a good "palate cleanser" after the intense piecing of Frolic!!
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