Blog 393
This week I have had quality garden time because the weather
has been superb! I have been finishing the autumn cut-back, removing weeds,
replacing lost plants, digging in compost and adding decorative bark.
Exhausting but also very satisfying! The neighbour’s ewes are grazing the
paddock … and wandering around the garden after they leaned on a gate that wasn’t
fastened securely … and all’s well with my environmental world.
My creative world is a bit more frantic with the Gresford show
very much in the front of my mind. Last week I made significant progress on my
scrap quilt so this week I have dug out the wedding signature quilt which I started
last November. All the names have been embroidered and I am now adding 1”
strips to form a narrow border round each square. The gold stars will have maroon
borders (all different) and the maroon stars gold.
I am sewing a scant ¼” seam, placing the WS of the blocks uppermost against the strip so I can see exactly where the needle is sewing. There is an exact place where two construction seams cross and I aim to sew a smidgeon clear of that place to make sure all my points are sharp! I am also trying to make sure no border fabrics are duplicated. Errors are easily made! I have yet to decide whether I will join these bordered blocks together with more background strips. This is indeed a work-in-progress and I hope to make steady progress this coming week.
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