Showing posts with label Chickens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chickens. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Which Came First?

The


Tea towel #2...

or the




No further comments on the above (grin) because it's a detail shot from my current WIP  for the 15 x 15 Group.  Our theme is "Circles"...and the full reveal will be at month end.  (To date, the applique is all finished, and I'm preparing to sandwich and quilt.)

Also going on inside the sewdio (because it's 27 C in the strong late afternoon sun and too hot in the Outdoor Studio) is some sashing and quilt assembly.  I have in mind to assemble 3 tops -- from those 3 sets (12 blocks each) of "Blocks of the Month" I couldn't use for the Syrian refugee quiltlets -- in case a collection gets started for the now-homeless from Fort McMurray's fires.  

This is an event of historic proportions for Canada...largest evacuation ever -- 88,000 people as of 11 a.m. today.  Temps up there hit 32.5 C today, with a nominal dew point (amount of moisture in the air) and the winds have been picking up.  Temps may cool off overnight but there's no rain in the forecast for at least a week.

Photo credit: Holly Ayearst on Twitter
copied from The Weather Network.

The aftermath...is pretty much incomprehensible right now.  So...I'm quilting, with prayers in every stitch.  I want to be ready with a little bit of comfort when the time comes...

And linking in to The Needle and Thread Network for WIP Wednesday.  Maybe some of y'all are quilting for Fort "Mac" too?

Friday, April 29, 2016

Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens

This tune's been running through my brain this week because in the sewdio, it's been wedding prep almost all week.

I finished the machine quilting on Section 2 of the Japanese Taupe Quilt (JTQ), marked the whole-cloth blocks in it for hand-quilting, and managed to finish that on one of those blocks:

Section 2 Machine Quilted
and Marked for Sashiko-style Hand-quilting

I piece two thirds of the blocks needed for Sections 3 and 4...



I selected and started piecing the 'alternate' blocks for Section 3 (these are different in each section)...

And...I began to work on the embroidered tea towels for the Shower (May 15).  I need to hustle!



Before I go, I'm linking this post to Nina Marie's Off the Wall Friday, and leaving you with this jazzy little number...your weekend ear-worm!  Enjoy!  :-)

Presenting...Canada's Own...Emilie Claire Barlow -- and friends!