Showing posts with label Primitive Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Primitive Garden. Show all posts

Friday, January 30, 2009

The Center is Done!

I'm not going to lie and say it was a "piece of cake" but last night I finished piecing the 10 blocks that make up the center of my Primitive Garden BOM. Whew! I just love the look of wool appliqued on cotton and am so happy with the appearance thus far. I still have the first border to complete which will be the same as the sashing strips, but I think I'll put this to bed for awhile, or at least til the first of the 4 outer border kits arrive. Just 4 more and then the BIG decision...to hand quilt or have it machine quilted?



But I'm happy that is one more thing I can now strike off my "TO DO" list, for the time being anyway, and move on to my next project...the free Bunny Hill Designs BOM. I have all the fabric picked out for the elements to be appliqued and am almost ready to proceed. I just need to cut out the background blocks from the fabric I purchased the other day and it's a go.

Happy stitching!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

12" of the White Stuff!




It started snowing yesterday morning at around 7:00 a.m. and it was still coming down at 10:45 p.m. when I finally turned out the last light and went to bed. This is what our backyard looked like this morning just after daybreak. The fence is 5' high, so this gives you an indication as to how much snow is actually resting there, providing a white fluffy blanket to shelter my perennial gardens asleep below. Needless to say, I didn't even poke my head outdoors til this morning. Freshly fallen snow is pretty, indeed...from the inside looking out.


Having said that, I did manage to get more work done on my Primitive Garden BOM quilt. I'm finding that assembling the 10 inside blocks is a bit like putting a jigsaw puzzle together as there doesn't appear to be any directions on how to go about it. I took photos of each of the 10 blocks...yep, I finally figured out how to use the camera. Some of them have the pieced half square triangles on them and others do not. This is a part of the construction puzzle...much like a Rubic's cube...which I was not too terribly good at either.




Hopefully, I'll be able to get some of the blocks pieced together before the day is done.


And without further ado, my sewing machine beckons!

Monday, January 26, 2009

A Primitive Garden BOM


Yikes! I think I've figured out how to add a photo that I scanned and saved on my computer.
This is the BOM that I'm currently working on that I mentioned in my previous post. Don't you just love it?
I'm up-to-date and have completed the 10 blocks that make up the center of the quilt. Yesterday I prepared the 206 half square triangles and am now ready to start piecing the sashing. My goal for today is to try to get the center pieced together in anticipation of the arrival of the first of the four outer borders.
To be continued...