Sorry, I’ve been off the radar for a week, and scarcely realised it.
All sorts of not very blog-worthy stuff has been going on which has kept me busy. Not so busy, however that I was completely unable to sew.
A pretty bit of dappled late afternoon sun illuminating those central blocks. A very satisfying end to the day!
The light was going so it’s not a great shot, but you do get some idea of how the quilting looks.
We’re in the final straight with this one. Just the binding to go on and the label to sew in and then Gallimaufry will be ready to go in the washing machine and then onto my caravan bunk 🙂 The binding is made and the sewing machine is threaded with the right colour and fitted with the walking foot. We’re good to go. I know, I know, I said it would be ready by the weekend.
However, I very foolishly picked up the Anemone quilt to do some stitching in of hexie flowers while I watched the last few episodes of Masterchef. Net result, two lots of addictions: the series and the hand stitching. I’ll show you the sewing results another time, and I’m glad to report that the right person won the competition – by a single point!
Tomorrow I’ll sew the binding on, and then spend some contented hours hand stitching it down, one of my favourite parts of quilt-making.
More soon – or at least, sooner than last time, I promise!
Gorgeous Gallimaufry! Remind me what colour the binding will be.
More of the very dark blue I used for the sashing. I’m really happy with how this quilt looks, I love the fabrics and I had fun with the blocks. It’ll be a pleasure to sleep under it!
Love it! It´s very special with these colors and they go so well together. Makes the quilt exciting. I always find something new when I look at it.
That was the fun part about the scrappy blocks – I could use lots of different fabrics, and it helped the one I’d bought go further, too.
it’s lovely Kate! and quilting looks so neat!
I am the queen of the walking foot! Straight lines I can do, it’s the wiggly stuff that defeats me…
Lovely and I agree, the right person won!!
Mind you, I thought Ben did pretty well considering he nearly blew himself out so early on. Plus, I have to cheer for anyone with Dutch blood 🙂
soooo beautiful !!!!
Thank you, Rita 🙂
This is a really pretty combination of colors and fabrics. It’ll be a treat for you to use it in the caravan. (In the US we would call it a “camper.” But I like your word better.)
For us, a camper is something else entirely, a trailer with a pop-up or fold out tent attached to it. But I agree, caravan is a prettier word, and hopefully, a prettier place with some home made textiles 🙂
Your grids are so perfect across the back, beautiful work, Kate! I’ve had a similar week, I’m in the middle of several big projects and nothing seems very blog worthy, so I’ve been catching up on my book reviews. Lots of dreaming and planning, but not much to write about!
So long as you don’t zoom in too closely! I’ve allowed myself to be a little wobbly because this one’s for me and I don’t need perfect, just finished!
I enjoy that option myself!😊
It has turned out to be wonderful (I knew it would!)!!!!
Thank you! I’ve enjoyed this one a lot, and I’m very happy with the (almost) finished thing. Just a little bit left to do, and then I can get back to Sea Glass, which has been waiting patiently for my attention…
So much lovely energy in this!
It has a lot of smiles sewn into it, a lot of memories in the fabrics I used…
Yoh! Beautiful ❤
Thank you, I think so too, though I say so myself 🙂
nice… and what’s a few days between friends when you are having fun with other projects?
It wasn’t so much fun…. I’ll tell you next time we talk. But I’m back on track now.
oh dear…
I love this! AND FOR SURE the Heart right in the middle!
Well, of course! Love has to be at the centre of everything!
So very true!
Looks amazing
Thanks, I’m glad you like it 🙂
Love the narrow sashing 🙂
Me too! It’s a bit more fiddly than a wider version, but I think it looks much better – at least for this quilt.
That is a very NICE quilt! All your quilts are AWESOME!!!
It’s really lovely, I really like how you kept the quilting simple but it’s so effective! And I’m so happy that Diana won Masterchef too, she totally deserved it!
Until the day when the Quilting Fairy waves her wand over me and I can magically do FMQ without breaking a sweat, it’s going to be simple and mostly straight line stuff…
Gorgeous! I love the sun ray blocks best 🙂
I can’t decide between them and the bubbles!
I’m glad to see you’re human enough to fall off the radar on occasion. 😉
The quilt is looking lovely, as we all knew it would! I totally understand about getting sidetracked by other/additional projects. I don’t think there are going to be any batik scrappy trip blocks for the B, M&I this month again. I’d like to be able to show progress on a caravan though. First I have to find the right foundation fabric. Most everything I have in my stash is too busy or loud to stay in the background. The worst of it is that I don’t even feel like shopping for fabric these days!
All too human, I fear… 😦 I think you’re probably on a bit of an embroidery fix right now, and I really don’t see why you shouldn’t show those for BM&I if that’s your current pleasure. I do hope you start to feel better soon, but I guess that’s down to weather, other people and luck, in that order. Fingers crossed!
Too right. And thanks. 🙂
Hexies are addictive. The distraction was perfectly understandable.
I thought so… It’s funny; with hand stitched projects I don’t mind having several on the go as they seem to fulfil separate functions in my handwork time. But with machine stitched projects, I feel the need to be more linear and disciplined.