I am a bad blogger.
I still have no computer of my own after mine decided to die on me and I can't decide between getting my car fixed or a new computer, so at the moment I have done neither!!
I am also a bad quilter (it seems).
This past weekend was the Great North Quilt Show in Harrogate and I normally try to go most years if I can, but this year I just couldn't decide what to do. I was practically crippled by my chaos! My sewing room/space has been such a mess for so long that I decided no new fabric and no more inspiration until it gets sorted. So off to Ikea I went instead. I bought some groovy tressels for my sewing room and DH cut up a door and voila! I have a new smaller table. (We are working on the principle that if you have less horizontal space you have less mess LOL)
It is still in the process of being tidied, but it feels better already (probably just to me and not to anyone else's eye!!)
So in the interests of being a good quilter again, I picked up my Carolina Lily and have decided to crack on with the borders...
The photo below shows that I am indeed English-Paper-Piecing the entire quilt including borders:
Attaching borders has meant that I have had to cellotape large amounts of paper together...
Next I will need to cut the fabric and baste it on the papers. Then stitch the borders to the main body of quilt. Then applque the leaves and vines etc.... I may be a while :-)
The garden continues to feed us despite the most amazingly diverse weather which has included stormy nights and gusty days (where both portable greenhouses were sent flying. My poor cucumber plants needed repotting after their pots got smashed in a gale, but they are still bearing fruit regardless of the elements!)
DH has declared he is bored of the marrows/squashes so forgot to check them for a few days. I was delighted when I went to have a look myself:
A bumper crop of six!
I'm not sure they are the most interesting vegetables to eat, but they are prolific! LOL
I still have no computer of my own after mine decided to die on me and I can't decide between getting my car fixed or a new computer, so at the moment I have done neither!!
I am also a bad quilter (it seems).
This past weekend was the Great North Quilt Show in Harrogate and I normally try to go most years if I can, but this year I just couldn't decide what to do. I was practically crippled by my chaos! My sewing room/space has been such a mess for so long that I decided no new fabric and no more inspiration until it gets sorted. So off to Ikea I went instead. I bought some groovy tressels for my sewing room and DH cut up a door and voila! I have a new smaller table. (We are working on the principle that if you have less horizontal space you have less mess LOL)
It is still in the process of being tidied, but it feels better already (probably just to me and not to anyone else's eye!!)
So in the interests of being a good quilter again, I picked up my Carolina Lily and have decided to crack on with the borders...
The photo below shows that I am indeed English-Paper-Piecing the entire quilt including borders:
Attaching borders has meant that I have had to cellotape large amounts of paper together...
Next I will need to cut the fabric and baste it on the papers. Then stitch the borders to the main body of quilt. Then applque the leaves and vines etc.... I may be a while :-)
The garden continues to feed us despite the most amazingly diverse weather which has included stormy nights and gusty days (where both portable greenhouses were sent flying. My poor cucumber plants needed repotting after their pots got smashed in a gale, but they are still bearing fruit regardless of the elements!)
DH has declared he is bored of the marrows/squashes so forgot to check them for a few days. I was delighted when I went to have a look myself:
A bumper crop of six!
I'm not sure they are the most interesting vegetables to eat, but they are prolific! LOL
9 comments:
I guess I wouldn’t have the concentration for your gorgeous Carolina Lily quilt!
Less sewing space is the solution?! OK, I’ll ask Mr DC to make my sewing table a bit smaller...LOL!
Good to see you’re back!
I wondered where you had got to;
Carolina Lily is beautiful. The piecing is exquisite.
Those "marrows/squashes" look more like courgettes rond to me and are delicious stuffed like stuffed tomatoes.
Hope you manage to sort out the car/PC problem. Oh and by the way, just because the table is smaller doesn't make it tidier. Been there, done it and got the T-shirt LOL!
xx
It's an affliction I apparently have as well - DH calls is "flat surface syndrome". Those squashes look like a typical Gem Squash from South Africa - are they? I know you visit there regularly - my parents live on Leisure Isle in Knysna.
Jou kwilt is so pragtig. Ek kan nie onthou wanneer laas ek 'n skorsie geeet het nie.
Hoop jy kry jou kar en rekenaar gou reg...dis moeilik om tussen die twee te kies.
I was starting to wonder what had happened to you! Your Carolina Lily is looking gorgeous!
I've missed you. Glad to see you back. Love the Lily quilt. It is a beauty.
Your Carolina Lily quilt is going to be gorgeous!
Your quilt is beautiful!! hope you can have both a mended car and a computer.
The quilt is lovely (as is the hexagon one- I'm really behind in my blog reading).
I love seeing all your garden produce. We are about to get the spring planting in.
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