…before the month ends.
Oh, my! What on earth happened to the month of August? The time has flown by and so much has happened that I truly don’t know where to begin.
Gerbera Daisies
The gardening continues but now I’m seeing things beginning to fade, and most of my time is devoted to the harvesting of produce. I’ve made so many batches of tomato sauce that I’ve lost count. This was definitely a good year for all things loving the heat.
Diamonds Quilt
One of my most recent finishes was this beauty that I refer to as ‘the quilt that broke my elbow’. All of those little half square triangles definitely came at a cost and delivered a full blown tennis elbow due to all the pressing of seams. This is one of those lifetime quilts that I’m loving to bits! I did some pretty swanky custom quilting on this one with changes in thread colour and patterning in each row.
Close up of quilting
Quilt backing
I found a super cute backing in my stash that worked well with the wild mixture of scraps on the front, and I even had the binding in my stash too. I’ve been working at using what I have and even though the choices are often limited, I love how it challenges my creativity.
Summer shirts quilt
Backing
Another finish is my first experimental quilt incorporating recycled shirts into the mix of quilting cottons. It’s completely quilted with an allover design and bound with a lovely stripe. The backing was another one from the stash pile and I think it worked perfectly with the variety of florals on the front.
Quilts on the clothesline
Here it is again, hanging on the clothesline with two other finishes from earlier this year (they are adding up quicker than I realized). As a recap, from left to right, you can see Summer Solstice 72″ x 72″, My Beloved Foothills 72″ x 72″, and My Sweet Prairies 76″ x 76″, all pieced, quilted, and bound this year.
Summer Beauty
I will leave you with another photo of one of the flower beds, blooming profusely with lovely lilies. The evenings are arriving sooner and are much cooler, reminding me that summer is slipping away. Seize the moment and enjoy the last of summer’s delights while we can!
Have a safe long weekend everyone! love from carol xox
Oh wow! All of your quilts look SO good! It is amazing to see how much you have accomplished when you put it all up to see at the same time. Loving the Diamonds scrappy quilt…it was well worth the tennis elbow (I hope!). That is definitely one to see in person and look at all the variety of scraps. Great to see your flowers too! Keep up the hard work! xoxo
Thank you, Tammy! Sometimes I surprise even myself, ha, ha! I have been busting through the stash lately and really using up that yardage in the stash archives for all those backings. It feels good to move things into the done pile! Hugs, bubby xox