Twilling

I have been in Port Huron, Michigan visiting a friend.  This is a view off her deck and we saw lots of these freighters passing by.  Far in the distance you can see Canada.  We had  a great visit, and while there visited the Sew Elegant quilt shop and got the supplies we needed for Twilling!

I have been seeing other sites talking about twilling and was anxious to try.  The three of us watched the YouTube videos, read the tutorials and finally came up with our version of the stitch.  I found this pattern on the internet and enlarged it to 8" square .  The center is backstitch  and I added the glass beads to give it some bling.
Here's a close up of my twilling.  Not sure I have it right, but I like the look.  I hope to teach this stitch to my quilt club in  June.


I also finished up the applique on my new grandson,Toby's quilt. My daughter and the kids came by this morning and I gave them the quilt.  He looks like he is sitting on the branch with the owl, don't you think?  Gotta love that t-shirt he is wearing - guess whoooooooooo bought it for him?  I have included a picture of the top half of the label and you can see the backing cloth too.  Some of the fabrics in this quilt are from my father's shirts - very special to me and will hopefully be special to Toby since he never got to meet his Great Grandpa.

And I close with one more picture from Port Huron.  We saw many beautiful homes like this one.

 Thanks for stopping by,
Teresa