Good Morning Quilters!
There is progress on my America 250 doll quilt:
I have the main part of the hst body finished, and am ready to add the stripes to sides and top.
The two flags for the bottom part were made this week. However, I forgot that they had to be mirror images of each other. There will be another flag made this week, with the stars in the upper left side of the flag. Here is the flag part where you can see my mistake:
The flags are larger than they will be in the quilt, as I will cut them down to a smaller size before sewing them into the quilt. I am winging it on the flag size, as my doll quilt will be smaller than the Temecula Quilt Co pattern. The pattern is for half square triangles that finish at 1.5 inches, and my half square triangles finish at 5/8 inches, about half the size of the pattern hsts.
The Jane Stickle doll quilt that I am cross stitching is getting nearer to the finish line. Here is a picture:
Some of you asked if I use a magnifying glass. I don’t have one, which would probably be useful. Instead, I wear two pair of reading glasses from the drug store, or sometimes only one pair. I look pretty funny with two pair of glasses on at the same time, but it works for this project. If I do 9 squares a week, it will be finished in three weeks. I seem to be getting faster as I progress on this project, so I may make a third one………....NOT! lol
My design wall: The Jane Austen quilt has another partially completed row with sashing added to the right side on the wall. With the diagonal setting of rows, each row has two more blocks in it until the middle, and then the blocks decrease in number on the second half. The row I’m on right now has 12 blocks. I have 4 more blocks to add to it. Each row has 2 more blocks in it until the center ones, which have 20 blocks. This construction of sashing on this quilt is happening slowly as I am keeping it all on the design wall to keep all the blocks in the correct order. I shall like it better when I’m on the second half and the block numbers decrease per row. Here is a progress picture:
We are not doing much for the 4th of July this year, As we age, we find more pleasure is just relaxing at home on holiday weekends. There are plenty of sporting events this week to watch while I cross stitch, as we are now watching the FIFA World Cup soccer games and Wimbledon tennis is starting today. Are you celebrating the 4th of July in a special way? Our flag will be flying, but we will enjoy watching others celebrate. We have a wonderful country, and are very proud of America.
What is on your design wall, or what are you doing this week? Please join our Design Wall Monday Linky Party below and show us. Thanks for participating and showing us your picture and link to your blog. Happy 4th of July to you all.
