We had to wait for a decent day to get a photo. It has been dreary, cold, and raining a lot over the past few weeks. But yesterday was a great day to get a photo of my finally finished Unity quilt. It wasn’t the warmest, but it was at least dry and not too… Continue reading Unity bound
Author: Melissa
Cat’s Eye
I made some decent progress this month on Colorful Cats Bumblebee. I haven’t quite figured out a good rhythm for stitching this design, but since it has white and black right next to one another in a lot of places, I have determined it’s better to stitch the white first in those areas. I stitched… Continue reading Cat’s Eye
Just in time
I managed to get the last bit of sewing finished last night before bed. My narrow border strips are on, and I think it frames the rest of the quilt so nicely and calms it down just a tiny bit. The color is the perfect deep maroon, left over from making my apron. Of course,… Continue reading Just in time
Lord’s Prayer February update
With February coming to a close, I pulled out The Lord’s Prayer for a little bit more stitching and backstitching last night. The title/banner area is almost half-complete now. And here is the full design so far.The colors and shading of that title/banner section are so lovely.
All blocks complete
I finally finished all of the Off the Trail blocks and added sashing to all the appropriate ones. And then I realized why I don’t like adding the sashing this way. It makes seams run in the same direction as opposed to opposite directions, which makes nesting seams when sewing them all together kind of… Continue reading All blocks complete