Well my goodness, it is 11:32 Sunday night and I just remembered I had not posted my progress on my active projects.
APIP#1; Meryton - This week I did some applique prep work and even got two little star flowers completed. I need 16 of these, which translates to 96 EPP jewel pieces and 16 hexies. These are all 1/2" paper pieces and quite small compared to what I usually do. The center hexie will be bird images from the Moda Songbird Serenade fabrics. I just love these little birds and am featuring them in my quilt....the Chickadee is my favorite.
APIP#4: Joseph's Coat of Many Colors - This is what I spent most of my week working on. I am trying to get it completed by March 27 to present to a sweet girl who loves vintage things on her 14th birthday. I completed the last row of the quilt, and now need to sew the last 2 rows to the quilt top. One of my friends said she will quilt it for me on her long arm, which is a big relief. I am not much of a machine quilter, but do most of my quilts by hand quilting and did not see how I would be able to get this done in time, even doing big stitch quilting. I have a little more to complete which hopefully I can get that done tomorrow, then she will quilt it and I can then put on the binding and label. Was so happy to find someone to do the quilting for me.
I found, what looks to me as sage green, backing fabric. I had my granddaughter ask her what her favorite color is, which she said sage green. I found this fabric at my LQS and I felt it just had that vintage look to it. It was not until I got it home and read the selvage that I saw it is in Moda's Collection for a Cause line and Benefiting Feeding America. I like that!
