Design Wall Monday - June 29, 2020

Hello quilters!  Happy 4th of the July this week.  I love flag quilts and have many.  Here’s a link to how I made a replica of an 1862 crib flag quilt.  (Here).  It is in the room with me right now, ready for the holiday weekend coming up:

The zigzag blue plaid quilt is back in Grand Rapids on the design wall.  I put it there and put up more potential columns of dark/light plaids.  I like more contrast as the last light column has, so I may take the first light column apart and add more lights.  I may leave the part I have together as is, but haven’t decided yet, so it’s in timeout on the design wall.  Thanks for all your comments on it.  I love it, but not love-love-love it yet.

The checked small quilt has been all fixed:  I cut it smaller, and after recutting the larger plaid-paying more attention to how the larger plaid runs, viola!  It’s now two doll quilts.  And I like them both!  The larger one is 24” by 27”, with squares that finish at three inches.

The little one is 12.5” by 17.5”, with squares that finish at two and a half inches.    It is a little sister of the larger one behind it:

I still have some scraps left to make another doll quilt with the larger plaid alternating with a white square.   There was more fabric than I thought.

The embroidery is continuing - this week’s basket has one big flower in the middle that is entirely French knots.   I would like to talk to the artist who designed these baskets, as I’ve never seen a flower like this one.  I am thinking of an exotic looking flower such as the passion flower for my inspiration for coloring.  

What are you working on this week?  There were some fabulous pictures last week - thank you all for joining in and linking up.  Can’t wait to see what is happening this week.  I haven’t done anything to change to the newer blogger update, so I will see what happens “in late June”.  I welcome any advice you have.  

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Design Wall Monday - August 26, 2019

Here we are at the end of August, can you believe it?  I can't.  This week has been quiet around here, with quilting and golfing being the main activities. 

I am nearing the finish of the Churn Dasher doll quilt - just have to add the outside borders, on both sides, and top and bottom.  It measures about 24 inches square right now:

It should be finished next week, and I will give measurements to make the block if anyone is interested.  It sure is a cute block, and I wish I knew the name of the pattern.  The original quilt is from the 1890s.

Also this week, I quilted and bound a doll quilt top that will be going into the same exhibit as the above quilt, next spring in Newport News, VA.  This doll quilt finishes at 24 inches square.

The cabin is near the small town of Ludington, which is on Lake Michigan.  Today, the town was all abuzz about a visitor in the harbour.   A Yacht!!  We went to see it, as did a lot of other people in town.  Penny Lane was so excited to see all the children and other dogs in the park next to the harbour, she didn't care about the yacht.  It was so much fun to see the town turn out to greet and wave to the visitors. The yacht was flying a British flag, but we don't know much about anything else. They were off to Chicago next, where the novelty of a yacht will not cause quite the stir as it did here.  Here is a picture of the town visitor:

Thanks for showing your work on Design Wall Monday.  I appreciate all of you so much.  It gives this old girl pleasure each Monday to see what you are working on.  Please provide a link back to this particular blog post somewhere within your blog post.  Thanks!  Next week will be September!  Wow, is time flying by.

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