Welsh Beauty

There was a lot of the center medallion to quilt in this row. Even though there are feathers to be quilted, they quilt faster than the cross hatching.

As you can see from the photos, I didn't quilt those horizontal fronds, I quilted around them. After I had quilted everything else, I rolled enough to quilt them.

Here are the sections that were quilted after the short roll. Compare these pictures with the above photos.

Now the quilting is even across the quilt. I'll roll and start quilting again.

This is a link to the first post about Welsh Beauty. It has information about thread and batting. I did change the color thread for the feathers and flowers. I'm using a variegated blue thread instead of beige/brown.

Are you tired of hearing about my Amaryllis flowers? This is the last time I'll talk about them this winter.

Remember that one bulb I showed you earlier, the one that was taking forever to bloom? It's blooming now! It's a lovely ruffled red Amaryllis with 2 flower stalks.

The first stalk has 4 flowers, the second stalk has 5 flowers! What a lovely end to the Amaryllis season.

This pot is a picture of the baby planter. (Which Blogger has kindly put at the end of the post) All of the baby bulbs are in this pot. One of 'babies' was mature enough to flower, it's a lovely apple blossom flower!

I've marked that bulb with a plastic fork so I can keep track of it. When I plant the bulbs outside this spring, I'll gently pull that one out of of the bunch and plant it with the larger bulbs.

Linking to Kathys Slow Stitching Sunday, Stitching Stuff, Show & Tell Monday, Monday Making, Handmade Monday, Design Wall Monday, BOM's Away

Double Delight

The rolling stone blocks are all pieced and I've started arranging the blocks on the display floor. I don't have room to distribute all the blocks but most of them are arranged.

The blocks finish at 9" and on point measure 12.75". The rolling stone blocks are arranged 7 across and 8 blocks down. 

I need to cut the inset corner triangles then sewing the blocks into rows will start.

Once the center is completely sewn together, I'll decide what I'm going to do about a border.

Double Delight is a free Bonnie Hunter pattern from her website. Scroll down to the bottom of the page where the old mysteries are listed.

Linking to Put Your Foot Down, Needle & Thread Thursday, Peacock Party, TGIFF!, Finished Or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Brag About Your Beauties, Patchwork & Quilts, Oh Scrap

Flower Patch Sewalong, Blocks 10 & 11

Here are the next two blocks for the Flower Patch Sewalong, blocks 10 and 11.

Block 10 . . . .

And block 11 . . . .

I noticed Anne-Marie modified her tulip block so I modified my block this time. My tulip didn't turn out as nice as hers but that's ok.

Here are the blocks arranged on the display floor.

Linking to Flower Patch SAL, To Do Tuesday, Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Stitch Sew & Show,  Needle & Thread Thursday 

Hearts & Wreaths

Another block is completed for Hearts & Wreaths, block 12. Of course this block really is the prettiest one so far.

I also took a picture of all 12 blocks arranged on the display floor, it's so exciting see the quilting coming to life. I really like the bright colors on the soft yellow. 

The yellow in the above picture is true to life. Apparently the secret to having the yellow the right shade is to take the photos with a snow background!

As usual, here is a link to my first post about the Hearts & Wreaths quilt.

Linking to Kathys Slow Stitching Sunday, Stitching Stuff, Oh Scrap, Show & Tell Monday, Monday Making, Handmade Monday, Design Wall Monday, BOM's Away

14 More Blocks for Double Delight!

Fourteen more rolling stone blocks for double delight have been pieced. I need 21 more blocks then I can start sewing rows together, progress is being made!

Double Delight is a free Bonnie Hunter pattern which is located at the very bottom of the free pattern page.

Linking to Peacock Party, TGIFF!, Finished Or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Brag About Your Beauties, Patchwork & Quilts, Oh Scrap

Double Delight

When I pieced the yellow square/square blocks for Double Delight, I ran them all through the sewing machine, chain stitching as I went, pausing only to press two sides then chaining the other two sides. It was very boring and tiring.

I decided to not sew all of the corner sections at one time, sew a group, then piece several blocks together. I made 12 more blocks, which means I have 19 of the 56 needed blocks, just 37 more blocks to sew!

I didn't have room to display all the pieced blocks, besides, crawling around on the floor doesn't do knees any good.

I know I said I was going to use a single fabric for the stars but I changed my mind. I like alternating with a dark star then light stars. 

Double Delight is a free Bonnie Hunter pattern which is located at the very bottom of the free pattern page. This lovely design isn't a quick sew pattern but it's worth the work. If you are a 9 patch lover, this is a pattern I suggest you consider making someday. 

Linking to To Do Tuesday, Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Put Your Foot Down, Stitch Sew & Show,  Needle & Thread Thursday 

Welsh Beauty, Another Roll

Quilting this row was so much fun! I had a lot of the center medallion to quilt, a welcome relief from cross hatching.

Here is the row, from left to right.

There was supposed to be another picture in that bunch. The quilt is symmetrical. In between picture 1 and 2, should be a photo that is the same as picture 3 but turned around, if that makes any sense. 

The 2022 Hands 2 Help Kick Off  starts today. Sarah is unable to manage coordinating the drive this year so Mari has volunteered to do the organizing for her. You can read about it here. 

We had snow after it rained so the snow stuck to the trees. I took photos, the first photo looking east toward the trees bordering our driveway.

The 2nd picture is looking west toward the west fence row of the heifer pasture which in the wintertime becomes the sledding hill.

Linking to Kathys Slow Stitching Sunday, Stitching Stuff, Oh Scrap, Show & Tell Monday, Monday Making, Handmade Monday, Design Wall Monday, BOM's Away

Scrappy Sprouts

Another of my carry-over projects (started in 2020) for RSC is scrappy sprouts. At the end of January, I arranged all my blocks on my display floor to get an idea of what I was doing. Unfortunately I didn't think to take a picture.

I decided my dark blocks weren't dark enough so that's what I'll be making this year.

I've made 4 deep dark teal blocks.

Here is a photo of all of my teal blocks. 

I did wonder if they would blend together if they were made a year apart. I think they do, I also think they'll work well any of the other colors.

I lost sleep over this quilt the night I pieced these blocks. I woke up during the night and started planning how I was going to arrange all the blocks. 

Then I started thinking about the flowers for the top of the sprouts. Not all of the sprout quilts I've seen have added flowers but I want to. I've seen Dresden or sunflowers but I think I'm going to go with the flower design by Krista of poppyprint. Isn't that flower lovely?

I remember viewing someone's sprout quilt that had clouds and a sun in the sky, very pretty. I don't remember who it was and I didn't bookmark the post. I do remember clicking on the post from the RSC linkup.

I don't think I'm going to do clouds and the sun though, the sprouts and flowers are enough for me. 

Here is a link for general directions for Scrappy Sprouts.

Linking to Scrap Happy Saturday, Patchwork & Quilts, Oh Scrap

Double Delight

The first group of 3.5" square in a square blocks for the rolling stone blocks are finished, all 256 of them!

I needed to cut more yellow squares and mistakenly cut them 1/8" smaller than they should have been. I may need to remake some of them, they don't look quite square but I'll worry about that when I'm sewing the blocks together.

There was no problem with squaring them up, they were definitely oversized!

Next to sew is the next group of 3.5" squares, the outside corner blocks. Once those blocks are completed, I can sew the rolling stone blocks together.

Double Delight is a free Bonnie Hunter pattern from her website. Scroll down to the bottom of the page where the old mysteries are listed.

Linking to Put Your Foot Down, Peacock Party, TGIFF!, Finished Or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Brag About Your Beauties, Patchwork & Quilts, Oh Scrap

Flowers in the Winter

I've started to write this post in July 2021. It's a lovely bright sunny day. The grass is green and flowers are blooming. Even though the forecast for the next 10 days is hot with humidity, I'm a happy person. I love summer!

I don't like winter very well, I especially hate ice! This post will be published in the winter sometime, probably in February when there have been too many dreary gray days.

I've taken pictures of flowers to remind me and you that summer will be coming, the sun will shine again and the flowers will be blooming.

Enjoy the show!

It's August now and the flowers are still blooming. The phlox smells wonderful!

These are my favorite day lilies, love these colors!

I hope you've enjoyed the flowers! I'm still working on  blocks for Double Delight.

The flowers make me smile. This is what we're dealing with after the 12" of snow we received last week.

This is a picture of the sledding hill.

The grandsons just leave the sledding equipment under the tree. Grandpa often has to stop and store them more safely so they don't get driven on.

As soon as it stops snowing, the rabbits are out running around again.

While it is snowing, the rabbits seek shelter under the bushes in my flower beds. They also fertilize my bushes!

Looking west across the fields, snow as far as you can see! Spring is on the way though, I just registered for the April Jane Stickle retreat!

Linking to To Do Tuesday, Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Put Your Foot Down, Stitch Sew & Show,  Needle & Thread Thursday 

Hearts & Wreaths

The 11th block for Hearts & Wreaths has been appliqued. Of course I think this is the prettiest one so far!

Here is a link to the first post about Hearts & Wreaths that gives more details.

Several weeks ago I took pictures of all the crib quilts I quilted and hung outside on the clothesline. Several people commented on the snow they saw in the photos. Those little clumps were just what were left from a prior snow, not very pretty.

This is snow! When the sun shines, it's really bright because it reflects off the snow. When it's overcast, it looks like this, gray/brown/black silhouettes. 

Around midnight the other night, I looked out the bathroom window and saw two rabbits sitting in the snow. They must have been waiting for the rest of the gang to show up to party because this is what it looked like the next morning!

(Since I wrote this post earlier last week, we received 12" of snow!)

Linking to Kathys Slow Stitching Sunday, Stitching Stuff, Oh Scrap, Show & Tell Monday, Monday Making, Handmade Monday, Design Wall Monday, BOM's Away