I finished the quilt top I was making with my Blackbird Designs fabric. I used Ella's Linen Closet (my absolute favorite), Madeira, Meadow, Blueberry Crumb Cake, Chelsea Boutique, and Nell's Flower Shop. You might recognize some Jan Patek, Robin Pandolph, and Jo Morton too.
I love love love how it turned out. It's going to be fun to quilt and sleep under. I'm making this to go on my bed to replace the quilt that has been on it since 2002. It will have cotton batting and a great vintage blue print backing that I think came from a Thimbleberries Christmas line. (Gotta use up those Thimbleberries).
And speaking of using up things. . . no, I didn't use up all my Blackbird Scraps. There were just some that didn't fit into the theme.
Like this yardage from Beach House and At Water's Edge. Both lovely fabrics but I'll have to use them for something else.
Along with a 3 yd. piece of the Madeira line in the red colorway and 2 1/2 yds. of Meadow in a blue colorway that just didn't fit in with the other pieces I had chosen.
Here is the quilt with the flying geese going East. I just like them all going North the best.
The pattern called for a mixture of directions for the flying geese but I didn't like it.
It just looked all jumbled up.
I prefer the North point configuration. The pattern is called "Northbound" by Mary Fons.
We have had such lovely (although dry) skies lately.
I got up "at dawn's early light" the other morning and the hibiscus was delightfully blooming.
I love how nature blooms all summer long. Each flower has it's time to stand out and sparkle. How dynamic but sad it would be if everything bloomed at once and then it was over.
I made a pie with whole wheat crust from dried apples. I rehydrated the apples but I forgot how much apples expand when they cook. They raised so high the crust broke away around the outside. It was very tasty.
This picture is for Michelle McLaughlin Pennsylvania Piecemaker if she happens to read this. It's concerning her post about knitting spools.
Looking forward to a beautiful day~
Robin
7 comments:
Definitely going North. I've made two of these quilts in different scrappy color ways and absolutely love them!! Your colors are beautiful!!
Just a really lovely North Flying Geese quilt you've put together- Such comforting colorways...beautiful work on this one...
hugs, Julierose
Your quilt is just beautiful! I like the north flying geese too. If it is big enough for your bed, it must be pretty big! I haven't read much about Mary Fons lately, but I just Googled her and apparently she is still quite active and happy - I'm glad. I used to love her magazine Quilty.
Be still my heart! I love flying geese, and this quilt is over the top happy and fun! I also have some of that At Waters Edge fabric left over from a basket quilt I made around 9 or 10 years ago. Have some in the light brown colorway too. There might be enough left to border a small quilt. I should get it out and use it! Your pie looked delicious!
A great flying geese quilt. And I like them all flying the same way too! Lovely combo of colour & print.
It is a gorgeous quilt, Robin! Love the rich colors, and contrast. And if a pattern is named "Northbound", why would you have the geese going every which way?!? Puzzles me. But it really is a very striking quilt you have created. Well done!
Love the cloud photos, and the lovely blooming flowers.
Oh, I used to make whole wheat pie crust, too--over 10 years ago. I can see the flakiness of your crust. Do you use lard, shortening, butter, or a combination of two or all three?
I love your newly finished quilt, too, Robin! It has just the right mix of reds, blues in various tones, and whites. And I like the facing north arrangement. It's much calmer than the geese flying in all directions.
It's amazing that you've used the same quilt on your bed for more than 20 years. Mine seem to start to decline after about 10 years. I must be hard on quils.
I see what you mean about some of the fabrics not fitting the theme. Prints have their own personalities, for sure.
Your clouds and so interesting and beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen that configuration of clouds.
I love an overfilled fruit pie. Did you serve it plain or with ice cream?
What fun knitting "soldier"--at least that's what he reminds me of. When I was about 7 or 8 I first discovered these little knitting aids, but I didn't have one and didn't know how to get one. I used a round disc from a tinker toy, pounded in 4 small nails/tacks and figured out how to use it. (No youtube tutorials back then.)
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