SeasideQuilter: block7 Flower garden

: block7 Flower garden

Star and Sprigs border 1

I did finish the first of 4 borders. I am very happy with it. The photo is very bad, I know. But as a "proud parent" I couldn't stop myself from sharing it. Border number 2 is one quarter done. I have new fabrics to add thanks to very nice friends who shared their scraps.

New Tip and almost done!

Thought I would show you what I've gotten done so far. I have 2 borders done and one corner block.

I had a mishap on all of my corner blocks. I took them with their cut out pieces for each block with me on my week vacation, which I sewed only on two nights. I spilled coffee in my sewing basket and didn't know it until I got home. The coffee soaked thru all blocks and some of my thread. I soaked and washed all of it but on 2 of the background pieces I could see a slight color difference. Since I'm going to do competition with this quilt I decided to start over, had one block almost done and partially another. I have since cut out the pieces that were sewed and I had just enough background to cut the 4 blocks out again, soooo glad I bought extra as it was on SALE.

As i usually do, I made some changes. I didn't put the birds in the corner blocks as I didn't want any birds upside down so I used the 2" circles and a smaller size circle to create this flower. Also changed the borders, using many flowers from the center adding little birds and added a cat and there will be 2 cats on top and bottom borders. I may add more circles but will decide this when I get it all set together.

TIP FOR THE DAY - I have left the selvage on my out side borders (remember to allow seam allowance for the pattern placement). I do this when possible because it helps to stop strecthing while sewing and quilting. I will cut it off after I'm done quilting and before I add my binding.

Four borders to go

I finished my last panel and am so happy to have the center together.
I have enjoyed everyones pictures of their progress, great inspiriation to keep going.

Flower Garden number seven

I finished another one, number seven.

Lollipop block number nine

Happy spring,

Waiting for the wonderful spring weather to arrive in Michigan, we just finished having an ice storm earlier in the week. It is just so much fun to pull out my kaffe fabrics and sit down and put a block together. The Fabrics are so bright and cheery and definitely happy. This block is a little different from the others in that it has those blue leaves coming out from the center. I thought I would be tired of making circles but so far I am not. Can't wait to add this one to the rest.

Thank you all so much for sharing your beautiful pictures, you are very inspirational.

Rosemary Youngs.
The lollipop girl

Princess Feathers

I want to share this beautiful quilt with you. My friend, Nancy Smith, gave me permission to share this quilt. She actually made the top, all hand applique, and I quilted it for her. Nancy specializes in hand applique and hand quilting and has made several of Kim McLean's quilts plus many many more.
One of the things that Nancy does on many is choose her own fabrics and colorways and does a beautiful job. She has made Flower Pots, Lollypop Trees, and the Hearts and Flowers quilt and they are all hand quilted.
I hope you enjoy seeing her work. I'll have to check with her and post some of her other finished quilts.
As I was quilting this I realized just how difficult it must have been to make, yet she did a wonderful job! Many pieces and tiny curves, but worth the effort. I'm sorry but I do not have a picture with a full view of the quilt but thought you'd enjoy the close-ups anyway.

Roseville bottom corner block

I've gotten the bottom right corner block finished. As you can see, I edited out some of the dots and moved around the ones I kept. I'm still not sure about the bottom right leaf, but wanted to repeat the fabrics I used in the center blocks and side panels.
The quilt top is now too big to get a full pic. There are more pics on my blog, so hopefully you can get an idea of how it fits in?