Missed last week's I Like Thursday - too much going on, but nothing really to write about. I'll have to catch up this week.
I like daffodils. We passed this house in Leverett that had the entire
yard (seriously, the WHOLE yard) covered in daffodils. It was amazing
enough to stop the car to get photos. The photo doesn't do it
justice. Simply beautiful.
I had a fun May Day! And lots of good things to share with LeeAnna and friends over at I Like Thursday.
I found out my town celebrates May Day with a maypole. People gathered in front of the post office with flowery outfits and instruments. There were several groups of Morris dancers, too.
They paraded the short distance to the village green and erected the
maypole.
Sunrise is done and delivered. Yay!
I finished the flimsy back in November. It's been so long I've forgotten much of the creative process. I designed the pattern, picked colors,
threw it on my wall and spent a lot of time rearranging things. I sewed
blocks together then rearranged some more! After I pieced it all
together I flipped it upside-down. Not that it really matters which way
is up. That's when I decided to name it Sunrise. It made me think of a starry night and the sun rising.
I would love to get this out!
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Elm Street Quilts - May OMG
One more quilting UFO to go, and I can start tackling some smaller projects. I have lots more scraps and selvedges to sew together. Then there's a few fix-it projects like sewing down some neoprene patches and replacing some velcro fasteners. Then I can move onto some new projects, like a yoga mat and sweatshirt applique. Oh, yeah, and start to work on the dollhouse. Whew!
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Elm Street Quilts - April OMG Finish
Said goodbye to a coworker on Friday. She helped land me my current job, of which I am grateful! That was sad - but we our group together for lunch, which was great. I also got the chance to deliver some of my Easter candy (which is always a hit).
Stopped off at a friend's on the way home. He had these daffodils by the
front door. Look at how frilly they are! They were beautiful.
We're fostering Domino from the Dakin Shelter. He's a just-barely-adult boar has found himself recently transferred in from another shelter.
Another finished quilt! this is a long-overdue wedding present. When I asked for colors I was asked to use jewel tones. I chose batiks since they have such rich colors. Besides, I find it easier to work a paper pieced pattern when I don't have to worry which side is up.
The pattern is called Icy Waters and I used a working name of Icy Colors as I blogged about it. But that's not what I wanted to name a wedding quilt. Did you know that harlequin opal is a gemstone that has colors similar to this quilt? I stumbled across that while searching for a good name. Google it! It's pretty. And a great name. So may I present Harlequin Opal:
It took a long time for this quilt to take off. I loved the colors of
the fabric I bought, but not how they looked together. After two false
starts, I swapped the single color from the pattern with
lighter greens, blue and pink. I changed my mind again once I started
sewing them together, but stuck with what I was doing. I liked it, then
hated it and freaked out over it. For better or worse, that's how my
creative process works... so I plunged on. I really like how it turned
out in the end (and so do the recipients!). I'm glad I persisted.
