Slow and steady wins the race as they say although I am in no rush anyway, I only work on it in the evenings or while waiting at hospital or physio appointments if I can. Now that I feel more confident about my leg, I sew for a bit on the machine on other projects or sometimes I just relax - vegetating in front of the TV is new to me, but sometimes neccessary as hopping and crutching around the house all day is exhausting, so I'm not always up to much even though I have many projects in hand yet again!
I discovered fabric glue works a treat for keeping those stems nice and straight - my second Lily's stems were very wonky after they had only been pinned in place...
Two whole Lily units are completely done with all three flowers and stems. One Lily unit needs the leaves and stems stitiching down, another needs the 4 units sewn together and then stems and leaves... and then I have many other flowers in various stages...
All in all I need 8 units with 3 flowers, stems and leaves and then some more flowers for the borders so I was delighted to receive a swap parcel from Elsie with more reds! Thanks Elsie! (Of course I have forgotten to take a photo of Elsie's great parcel, but perhaps I'll take one later and show it together with what I will send Elsie in return...)The pink Monkey quilt has been basted, S.I.T.D.'d and I hope to sew the binding on tonight if I don't fall asleep while putting the boys to bed...
So more Monkey business next time...
10 comments:
The Carolina Lily blocks are beautiful!
Hi, they look great. Is there a fabric glue you would recommend please? I haven't tried it yet. However, I asked about it in the local patchwork shop recently, and they actually suggested going to Homebase instead...
Your lily quilt looks stunning already - it is going to be fabulous when it is done. And the monkeys are cute too - I have a bit of that fabric, just haven't got started yet.
What? Did you say that you are hand piecing those Lily blocks?! Wonderful! You know, I met Marti when I was in CA. She is the sweetest woman and let me tell you, she loves to teach about making quilts. :-D
Hello Karol-Ann,
Your blocks are beautiful!
Bear regards,
Beertje Zonn
Your lily blocks are beautiful. It's so good to see you progressing.
Your Carolina blocks are really beautiful!
Wow you are making excellent progress with you lily quilt. I love the green and reds together!
Love those lilies... and that you are doing them by hand is so cool. Isn't it relaxing? I'm really eager to see that package, so will you post a picture before or after it arrives at my door?! ;-))
hugs and keep up the great work!
The Carolina... quilt will be awesome, I love the blocks that you have already done.
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