GFG Progress - Applique basted

This afternoon I finished basting all the applique into place on my GFG quilt.  I am so excited to get started on actually doing the applique and then the hand quilting.  Here are snapshots of the borders I have set up.  

I am recovering from Detached Retina surgery and trying to work with only one good eye.  I have this gas bubble that shows up in my right eye and am wearing a patch.  The gas bubble really distorts my vision so the patch allows me to at least see somewhat better out of my left eye.

Corner of bottom border

Top border center

Top border center - closeup

 

Top border corner

GFG Border design

Finally, after much deliberation and racking my brain, I came up with a border design for my Granny's Flower Garden quilt. I had already decided to make a blue border of hexies and then do some applique on the border. But what to do????? Here is the design I have decided on for the two sides and bottom border. The top border is still under design but very nearly done. So this is the design I came up with - not appliqued down yet.

 

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Days of Delight Calendar

 Woohoo, today I caught up on the BOM Days of Delight Calendar by Val Laird.  I did not get started until June, so I had a lot of catching up to do.  Following are my blocks for June, July and August and some pictures of all the blocks together. This has been a challenging BOM as Val likes to include some more challenging embroidery stitches, and I love it!!!!  One of my stitches I think I "invented" but then it may have been around for awhile and I had just never seen it used.  I call it Bullion Daisy and first you make a Bullion stitch and then surround that stitch with a Daisy Stitch.  I did this on my June month block.

So here is my progress as of Today!

Blume and Grow Quilt Completed!

 This morning I completed the Blume and Grow Quilt and want to just post some pictures of the finished quilt.  This was a joy to make and I enjoyed every step.  I did modify the pattern a little, but not very much.  This is a pattern by Natalie Bird of Birdhouse Patchwork Designs.   I did not use the kit, just bought the pattern.

So here goes......camera roll......................

Blume & Grow and Days of Delight progress

 This has been a few days of progress, even if there is not much to show for it.  I got the Blume & Grow quilt top basted and ready for hand quilting.   One block is marked and ready to go into the hoop.

Progress on Days of Delight by Val Laird continue as I completed the blocks for February and March.  I greatly enjoy working on these sweet little blocks and had to fight the temptation to work on April until after I had the Blume & Grow basted and ready to quilt.

Days of Delight Calendar - Val Laird

 I have started a new project by designer Val Laird entitled Days of Delight Calendar.  Got started late, but I will catch up as I enjoy working on this project.  

This is a picture from Val Laird's blog

I finished up the January BOM blocks this morning.  I am using Liberty Flower Garden Midsummer fabrics, which are so pretty.  Thank you to my dear friend Darlene for introducing these fabrics to me with a charm pack and for sharing from her stash the fabrics I needed for borders and bigger pieces.

I did modify the January block a little to include a snowflake where Val had a butterfly.  Thought the snowflake fit better with our January season (Val is Australian)

The little hexagon blocks will be used to show the day of the month, such as 01,02,03, etc.