Sling Blade Gets Borders

I posted about this quilt that I made in January 2017.

I stopped and put it away as I couldn't find anything I liked for a border.

I went to a quilt shop with friends on Saturday and at the last minute decided to take this top with me.

The shop was having a sale and as luck would have it I found a fabric that I liked pretty well - dark turquoise with yellow and blue motifs.  I looked around for an accent border to use with it but no luck there.

Sunday evening I looked at fabrics in the stash and found nothing that was large enough to use.

i had several small pieces of a lighter turquoise and decided to try a technique that I had learned in a landscape quilt class many years ago.  I cut several pieces of freezer paper and after a few mistrials I figured it out.  Not sure if this is exactly how I learned to but it worked for me.

Each side has a different fabric for the inner border.

And now I can call this top finished.  Hurrah!

Got up early Monday morning and sewed the borders on before I 

went to Bible Study.

Took this quick picture on the floor as I was headed out the door.

Sling Blade Again

Well, I posted it on Facebook, so here too is the center of the quilt top.

I feel like I will put a border on it but have no plans for it yet.

I will have to put a lot of thought in it.

I really enjoyed making it.

Beautiful Winter Weather

What's not to love about a sunny 70 degree day in January!  We have had a warm two weeks since our ice, snow storm.   Our temps are supposed to return to a more normal 50 degrees Friday but that'a okay as  they can't take today back

Bohemian Dresden

More Bohemian Dresden

These are some of the blocks turned in at the Pine Tr

ee Meeting.  Unfortunately  for me - I didn't win them.  Don't know if I would have the discipline to make enough blocks for a quilt. 

Worked diligently on the Sling Blade.  And while S & C were here to sew on Thursday we started some new projects.  This blue stray block was one of them.  We had a great time as usual.

We always get inspiration from each other.

 This is a picture of John and I  take shortly after we were married in 1960.

  We were at a family shower in Fort Covington. 

 It would have been our 57th anniversary Sunday and his 4th in Heaven.

We had a nice family gathering Sunday evening to honor him.  He loved his family and having them come here or up to the lake for a get together was his idea of a great time.

Surprise Quilt

What a nice Christmas Surprise!

My grand daughter, Molly, made this quilt for me for Christmas.  She said she made it because I love Scrabble so much.   It has been a family favorite since the kids were old enough to spell.  Well to be honest - not all the family considered it their favorite.

Molly has had a sewing machine since she was in high school and she is very creative and just goes for it.   She stenciled the letters and even quilted it herself.  We were going to have a sew day last Monday but the snow interfered with our sew.  She had to return to New York on Tuesday.  She is two years into her doctorate in engineering.  Sew on Molly!!!!!

Sling Blade

 Meanwhile, I have been sewing too.  I had downloaded an audiobook from our local library and it entertained me while I made a few more blocks.  I have even sewn one set of four together in the upper left corner.  Lots more in progress and fabric to cut.  I'm actually feeling the need to refold and put away some of the piles of fabric on my cutting table.

One of my daughter's, upon seeing this, replied Sling Blade! (We loved Billy Bob Thornton in it) - so now Sling Blade it is!

Snow Days = Sew Days

Well for all the hype for the past few days of an impending storm with the possibility of 6 to 8 inches of snow  - our area received about 2 inches.  And as far as I'm concerned that is fine with me.  We  did have ice, sleet and very cold weather so it kept me home  for 3 days.

I work on 6 quarter blocks at a time.  I cut 3.5 and 2 inch strips of contrasting fabrics and pair them up.  Then I can  just sit and sew.  I pin the three segments together as I watch TV.  

I will probably be rearranging g them as I sew them into blocks.

More  in progress.  Last night I did sew four quarter blocks together  - just to make sure they fit. I like the secondary design they make where four blocks meet.

So much fun to sew but super messy.  I leave a trail all through the house even though try as I might to shake all the pieces off before I leave the sewing room.

And I really like to read during snow days so I finished a coupled of books that I had downloaded from our county library system  - one a historical romance the other the first in the Lord John Grey novels, "Lord John and the Private Matter" by Diane Gabaldon.   Quite different than the Outlander series - also much shorter.  I think I read that she wrote them intending them to be short stories.