Today has been a rainy day with dropping temps... this Southern girl is downright chilly tonight! With the rain and such, it was a perfect day to stay in and work on quilts.
I finished up the center block of the wall-hanging last night. I have to make a plug for a product..
Fabri-Solvy by Sulky. I used my word processing software to layout the verse like I wanted and then printed it on a sheet of Fabric-Solvy. Peeled off the back and pressed it to the front of my fabric. I embroidered as usual, but I didn't have to trace the pattern because it was printed on the stabilize and now on the fabric. Once done, I peeled and cut off the excess.... then soak in warm water for a few minutes to melt away the rest. I will say that once it dried, it looked as if the thread had run. So this morning I decided to wash it. My washing machine has a super delicate hand wash setting. I used that and put the block in a mesh bag. The rest of the stabilizer along with the excess dye from the thread came right off! It air dried with no problem and has now been united with the Happy Scrappy House blocks that I had pieced this weekend.
My husband put the top together with sashing and corner stones. He is much better (and more patient) doing those corner stones than me! I think it is looking great...
Next we needed 1 more fabric for a final border... tried lots of things we have here, but nothing really seemed to suit it. So... a trip to the fabric store was made and this was found..
It doesn't show up here too well, but there are green leaves here and there along with the blue ones. Works really well with the green sashing. Can't wait to see it added to the top.
While at the store I picked up some pink fabric. Not because I love pink (which I do!!!!), but for a quilt I started today. I am making another quilt for a charity bazaar. I found this fabric in my stash...
Pulled some 2 1/2 inch strips and started making braids with fabrics that I feel "coordinate" with the fishies.
Once all the braids are done, I will use them for the top with some sashing between them and a small inner border that matches it. Then the fishies will be the outer border. It is going to be a bright quilt! I have no doubt some little girl will love it.
Here are the pinks I bought..
One of them will be the sashing and inner border.. don't know which one yet. The leftovers? well they will go in the stash. The pink boxes (yes boxes!) are getting slim and there are 2 baby girl quilts to be made before summer!
All and all this rainy day has been a good one... tomorrow is already full, so won't be a lot of fabric time happening. Hoping to have the wall hanging and maybe the fishie quilt tops done and ready to sandwich by the weekend. The circus quilt is waiting patiently along with another scrappy top from last year. Saturday will probably be a "deli" day.. gonna be making lots of quilt sandwiches! :-)
"Belle"
