We went hiking with Daughter #2 yesterday. Lake Pleasant is a lake, north of Phoenix, that was created by dams built in the 1920s. It is a beautiful park! Here are some f my photos. I’m still working at learning my DSLR.
I’m just enthralled with the saguaros here. The one just above was well over 25 feet tall. They are huge and old. Oh, the stories they could tell!
Have a good one!
I cut these pieces out back in Michigan.
The plan was to make a smallish baby quilt. I started piecing.
But as is often the case, I wanted to go bigger.
I thought I could have a column of these blocks flanked by uneven borders of plaids or stripes. Maybe even add another column….
I think I have the perfect fabrics in Michigan to finish this into a nap quilt. I think I’m going to pack up these bits and take it with when we head back north. It just wants to be more. I think.
Have a great day!
I bet you thought I’d never get back to this! I was starting to think that.
I haven’t picked it up since December.
But it is time to get going here, so today is the day!
Happy stitching!
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Last week was my birthday and I was royally spoiled!
Mr. Wonderful lived up to his name and gifted me with a new iPad and an Apple Pencil! I’m still learning how to use it, but it is really fun!
I downloaded an app that allows me to take photos like this:
And turn them into this:
And this:
How fun is that? I decided Big L needed to visit me in Michigan, so….
The app is a background eraser that allows you to change the background to that of another photo. If you need me, I’ll be over here playing with my new toy.
Have a great day!
A quilt top goes together very quickly when you have everything cut out ahead of time! This one finished at about 60 by 66 inches, a good size for a nap quilt.
This was so simple! It’s just squares alternating with plain (print) blocks and half blocks on the edges.
I should know better than to take photos this early. The truest color is in the first one.
Have a great day!
I put all my snowball and alternate blocks on the design wall.
Then I realized the problem.
Leftovers. Clearly I cannot count. I hate leftover bits. I don’t have any more of these prints here, so I tried adding more white at the ends.
This isn’t working, but it led me to my solution.
Stay tuned.
Time to work on those snowball blocks!
I love how the corners line up perfectly when I use my die cutter.
Done!
Time to play. I really quite like this setting.
They would also look great with a consistent solid as alternate blocks.
But this is what I had in mind.
Have a great day!
I’ve had a quilt on my bucket list for a while and decided to cut it out when I was home. I used the 6″ snowball die and the 6″ square die from Accuquilt
I used Kona White for the snowball blocks and some older prints from Connecting Threads for the rest. They have a 30s feel to them.
I was in a hurry and not very careful cutting my snowballs out and had more waste than I really needed to.
Before I threw these in the scrap bucket, I die cut them down to 2″ HSTs.
I ended up with minimal waste and a good start on a new project.
Have a great day!
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The one thing I liked about my original idea for this quilt, was the strings of HSTs.
So I kept that idea and decided to give all these strings and lovely prints a bit more breathing room. I cut 3 1/2 inch strips of Kona White to fill in the blanks spaces.
I like this much better than what I originally planned. It seems to show off the prints better.
Now it will get packed up to take back to Michigan for quilting.
Have a great day!
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