At last the Bee Quilt is finished and we love it! Eventually it will go to my Granddaughter Bree. When she was little she called herself Bee. I hope this will bring back some happy memories for her.
So here's the quilt ~~~~
The fabric line is Tiger Lily Ballerina and I think the colors are lovely. The squares are 3" finished and since there were so many of them, I decided to make the quilt in quadrants and handle them like a 4-patch. The quilt measures approximately 50x60 and the backing is the coral butterfly fabric from the front. Reggie did her micro-mini stippling on the wings ~~~
I also got back a beautifully quilted runner I pieced from strips of fabric from the Asian Legacy line. This fabric feels just like silk. Reggie free-motion quilted a different motif in each strip.
That's it for me this time. I have loads of housework to catch up on today. It also looks like another storm is headed our way. I hope the sun is shining on you today!
After almost a full day of trying to make room in my sewing room and organize my supplies I have to admit that I've exhausted the limits of the room. It seems that all I can do is move everything around. I'm sure the solution is to get busy and sew up some of the piles of fabric and also to quit buying new fabric ~~~ like that's going to happen! I'm doomed.
I managed to fit most of the charm squares into one drawer and create a smidgeon of room in a small cubby for some of my special gray fabrics. How is it that I need a cubby for the 'special' gray fabric? What makes this stack more special than the rest of the grays? Here's are pictures of the special grays and the charms in their new homes ~~~~
That was the extent of my success. Fortunately all of my house is not in this mess.
Today feels like a genuine summer day, hot and very humid. We are supposed to get more storms tonight and tomorrow but until then we will enjoy the sunshine.
I hope the sun is shining in your corner of the world.
Thanks for stopping by...............Barb
Wishing you a wonderful Mother's Day filled with everything that makes you smile.
Blessings to you all ~~~ Barb
The Girls and I have had a slow weekend while Jeff has been away. He will get home today and life as usual will resume.
I planned to make the most of my time alone to sew, but Friday an emergency at our apartments called and I had to drop everything and drive for three hours to handle that matter. Yesterday I sat down to sew and had to shut everything down due to electrical storms. Today is a gorgeous day to be in the garden.
My current sewing project is a large scale plus sign quilt. So far I'm not in love with how it's coming along. Sometimes you have to wait until the quilting is done to decide if you like a quilt or not. This one is leaning heavy into the "Don't Like" category. Being all gray isn't adding to my enthusiasm either.
Dottie and Olive are lined up like little soldiers waiting to go for their morning walk. I can't ignore those pleading eyes any longer. Wishing you a great day!
