WIP Wednesday

Finally, have the quilt top done!  Now I only have to sandwich this 37" square wall hanging, and I'll be all ready to follow along on Judy Laquidara's Feather Quilting lessons. She is doing it on a long arm, but it will be usable by domestic sewing machine quilters, I think.  They start June 1st.  You can read about them here

I'm linking to Lee's Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesays - go on over and see all the goodies.

Fabric Tuesday/WOW

I helped with our local food pantry's yard sale - and amongst the things there was this:

Yes,  it is a mess - and this is after I washed it once.  But on the other side

 there is a lot of it that is not so bad at all!  It has a lot of interesting fabric. And it has a very interesting border I have not seen before on a Grandmother's Flower Garden.

Now I have to decide if I try to save a quarter of it or just some of the flowers, or if I should save any of it at all.  Some of the flowers seem to have just decinegrate, and the white is thin but holding up somewhat.  I am wondering also if I should salvage this by adding thin fusible interfacing or another layer of muslin.  What would you do.  As for the hexies, I plan to resew some by either ironing a piece of freezer paper to them and then  piecing, or using some of Beth Ferrier's disolvable template material.  What would you do?

Design Wall Monday 5/28/12

Going off my design wall - I made this yesterday - is block 4 of our Guild's BOM for 2012.  Our BOM queen is doing a fabulous job of picking subjects and designing blocks for us to make. This one is of the Mission Inn, a National Historic Landmark.   I have to do a little stitch work on it and it will come off my design wall.  They use to have, for many years, two parrots - thus the fellow to the right.

What's on your design wall?  Leave me a comment below, and go on over to Judy's Patchwork Times design wall and see what others are doing.

Last, but not least visit Quilt Inspiration for the most wonderful flag quilt, perfect for Memorial Day.
   "Remember the Fallen in the Defense of Freedom"