June finish and some BOW progress.

I managed for finish the appliqué June block just before the end of the month and have partially prepared the July one.



My second BOW is coming along nicely, it needs some pink flowers, leaves and embroidered stems to be added.


The pink flowers will extend onto the alternate block along with their stems and small leaves. The perch and opening to the birdhouse also need to be stitched down.


Here are the first two freebie blocks stitched. They will be trimmed down and made into snowball blocks eventually.


Here is the finished Be The Good as seen on Lisa Bongean's blog.


Waiting patiently for the next set of blocks to arrive.

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Done!

Finished my first SBOW and decided to take a picture on a grey background d so you can see that the outer four leaves will cross over to the adjoining blocks.



They haven't been stitched down except where they are under the sunflowers. Each sunflower took almost an hour to stitch because of all the curves.


Now to piece the first alternate block and next background for the second appliqué block. I also have the freebie to stitch later today.

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Summer Block of the Week Progress.

Friday evening I got my first mailing from Primitive Gatherings and I decided to trace off my patterns that evening for the first two blocks. Saturday afternoon I prepped and cut out my wools. Monday I decided to piece my first block to be ready to place my wool appliqué.


As you can see the outer leaves will cross over to the next blocks so they are not stitched down. Last evening I stitched down all my stems and most of the leaves and the wonderful black bird. There are still some small star flowers that also need to be added but I want to do the larger pieces first.


Today I'm going to finish my leaves and sunflowers and go onto the star flowers and embroidered stems. Then to piece the second appliqué block and pieced alternate block. This is a fun summer project, looking forward to the next mailing of four blocks already.
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Welcoming The Summer Solstice.

Today is the Summer Solstice and I'd like to share a picture of my Summer Block of the Week.  This is Sunflower Gatherings by Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings Quilt Shop in Wisconsin.  My first two blocks arrived yesterday and last night I traced and cut out the templates for those blocks.  

There are a wool applique and a pieced block sent each week and this is a great looking quilt.  At first glance on May 7th I signed up and have been anxiously waiting its arrival.  Lisa has been sharing pictures of the quilt on her blog.  This photo is from her June 19th post.  To see some lovely detail pictures of the machine quilting that Linda Hrcka did check out this post on her blog The Quilted Pineapple.

Time to get busy!  Stay tuned for pictures of my progress.  Thanks Lisa and Linda for such a lovely collaboration.

A work in progress, Spring flowers and a Finish!

Yesterday I started to work on my girlfriend exchange, I decided to remove the frames from three of the blocks and change up the layout.  It changed again before long again.

 This morning I walked down to Angelina's for breakfast and took some photos on the way home.  The irises are looking great.

 Perfect purple globes of blossoms.

 Buds bursting forth into bloom.

 Even more in blossom.

 Rose buds in sunshine and shadow.

 Peonies drenched by the sprinklers.

 More buds bursting forth.

 Love the water drops on the stems.

 White and yellow with a dash of pink.

 More water drops.

 A finish, my Primitive Gatherings Autumn banner done last night...oops I need a button for the crow's eye.

Sunny and warm weather this weekend.  Back to work on the girlfriend blocks, enjoy your weekend.