I'm prepping the center of the Ravens quilts by Blackbird Designs. BB produces such unusual fabrics and the purple for the body of the house is no exception. It is from the fabric line Wild Orchid.
I love the background fabric, it's a current fabric by Deb Strain
I have a few of the other blocks that I've prepped below. It's not the greatest picture but it gives a feel for what this quilt will turn out to be.
I've been busy trying to get the bodies of the Ravens all appliqued so I can baste the wings on and figure out if I've got the colors well distributed.
The blocks are spread out over my bed which has the 'Birds in the Air' quilt on it.
This quilt is a gift and I can only work on it for little spurts of time. I'm not trying to complete it for Halloween this year. It will be a year long project.
The garden, after 10 days of 100+ degrees last week, is continuing to produce. I've bottled tomatoes, dried basil, and put some corn in the freezer. Production should slow down a little this week with temps in the 60's and 70's. This picture isn't representative of the volume of vegetables my husband, the garden gnome, has picked and brought in this summer.
(Picture a tall gnome with a green thumb - ha!)
Robin
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1 comment:
It looks like you are making great progress on the Ravens quilt, Robin. I'm so excited to watch this come together. It is a pattern I have loved since I first saw it. It has lots of details! It looks like you are back-stitching to applique? I admire quilters who don't need to do advance prep on applique edges. I hope you'll post all the blocks as you work on them.
Lovely produce you--your gnome--has harvested.
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