Gone To The Beach: 07.19.2024

Friday, July 19, 2024

What the Mailman Brought--Part One, Quilts

Hi! We are back, more or less. Mo is struggling with the heat and his tummy sore, so quiet days on the deck are the plan.

After weeks of what seemed like no mail, after the Fourth, bags and boxes finally started to arrive. Such an old fashioned thrill.

My winter of quilt projects arrived from the longarm quilter. One big, two small.

Lori C does such beautiful work, never annoyed or complaining when I ask for different quilt patterns on each project. And I am sure it is as painstaking and hard to set up the quilting on a tiny quilt as it is on a bed-sized quilt. All that focus just for a ''placemat''!

First, Humble Quilts SAL Parsonsfield: Tiny fans. Note the texture of the perfect arcs, a fave always.

I had its binding all ready and on second look, I realized my choice was too dark. PF's low volume continues to challenge me.

I set that aside for Liberty Pumpkin. Again a change of binding choice, to a black star I often use. It will be the first to be finished, maybe this weekend!

The Bird:

I need to add his eye too. He is my little sparrow who visits my deck each evening, looking for remains of Mo's chew treat and a drink of water.

The Flag Pumpkin:

This design amuses me, poking fun at ''influencers [and Home Goods*] that do Halloween day after 4th of July!

The quilting is is so fun, waves and stars, like a flag undulating in the breeze. I will use this edge to edge pattern again.

And then Winter Marsh--finally! All the years before and during Covid. Like Liberty Pumpkin above it is adapted from design by Jan Patek [Morning Has Broken].

I'll bind it last since it is big and flannelly and hot, plus the binding needs to be taken from an XXXL thrifted shirt. I chose a larger well=spaced star for its quilting. Some details:

Of course I will be showing everything again when truly finished, washed, puffed and crinkled.

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Another box came from Fat Quarters Shop, the backing for Silent Night.

I chose the multi-confetti stars that remind me of the big Snowman on the front.

Though I really wanted the pink and red.

This quilt top is waiting to be pressed, when I can stand and do that. Lately I cannot easily press or trim big quilts. Lori kindly does the trimming of the quilted tops, not easy I know. [Lori C/ Quilters Imagination]

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Mo and I are out to the deck soon, sewing hour, always capped off with Frosty Paws ice cream. I know many of you are suffering with dreadful heat, but so far here by the ocean, breezy and sunny, I find it so delightful. Later we'll do a few minutes of garden peeping, taking it easy for my senior pug now.