3 more rows sewn, 5 to go and the best part is each row from here on is shorter as I work toward the bottom left corner. I haven't made any decision for the color of the outside triangles.
It got up to 18 degrees yesterday so I put on my boots and went out and filled the birdfeeders. Crunch, crunch through the deep snow that had freezing rain on it twice and froze and then fluffy snow on top. It's going to take a lot of warm days to melt all of that snow.
yes it will take awhile to melt. Someone in Wisconsin told me they had 15 inches of snow and had lost their power several times. The snow was staying on branches and they had some branches breaking causing the outages. It is an extra cold winter.
ReplyDeleteI really like that quilt - I have the die for it and might need to put that one on my ever growing list of ideas.
Boy, sewing on the diagonal with those bias edges --challenging.
ReplyDeleteThis is really a charming quilt...;)))
I had to be careful on the grandgirls' quilts not to stretch when I sewed!!
18 degrees here and still icey and crunchy underfoot...I will not be going out
today..working on re-folding my fabrics one color at a time...and pinning smaller projects for quilting...I'd like to say with assurance "No new projects til UFO's are done--" but you know how that goes;((((
hugs, Julierose
Quilt is coming along well. Dodged another snow band bullet, no more snow. My mother, 18 miles away, has over 5'. Hope to finish a quilt on the longarm. I keep forgetting to send you a photo of your quilt quilted last week. Trying to figure out a binding yet.
ReplyDeleteI can see the time it takes to stitch those diagonal rows. Very tedious and you are doing such a beautiful job of it.
ReplyDeleteBesides songbirds I feed in the hanging feeders we have California quail (with that cute little feather that bobs from their head) plus wild turkeys that come in. I spread seeds on the ground for them…Oh yes the deer know this too and many times beat the birds to their feed. This Arctic front that has been lingering, those little buggers need extra seed and suet too.
JJM
What a wonderful quilt and I know what you mean about the delight of getting past the center of a diagonal setting and the seams get shorter again!
ReplyDeleteI've started making a pillow for a friend's 15 year old granddaughter who has an adrenal tumor. She will have surgery on Feb 1 and prayers for Charlotte are appreciated. The pillow is in greens and browns (her favorite colors) and will be used for her to hug after surgery when she needs to cough, sneeze, or laugh. It will "splint" her incision so it hurts less and that is important. Back to cutting squares for HSTs!
Hugs!
Diagonal seams are tricky sometimes and long. Since this is a smaller quilt they are hopefully easier to handle. A couple years ago I made the quilt for my DIL that was king sized and had to sew it on the diagonal. That was rough! It is forecasted to start snowing at 10 here tonight so by morning we could have a couple inches. Not looking forward to that.
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ReplyDeleteThese blocks remind me of sunlight coming through a stained glass window. Lovely
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