Kalamazoo...

I found this post languishing in drafts from 2015...yes folks, six years biding its time in drafts...Kalamzaoo...a Quilt As You Go by Michelle Marvig...

It had progressed from this to having its sashing strips sewn on and applique shapes vlisofixed down but that is where it had been left...and forgotten about.

 

A few weeks ago I quite randomly unearthed the quilt in the bottom of a tub on a Saturday night and left it out in the light determined that I should just get it done...the next morning my darling friend A texted me to say she was remembering us talking about this quilt years ago and was returning to hers...and I laughed and replied look what I found last night!!!!!

Nothing else for it, the Universe was telling me it had to be finished.  I sucked up the courage to do the applique on the machine (definitely not my best skill - let's face it I generally suck at machine applique) and after a little consultation with another friend for back-up went for it...and...

It. Is. Done.

Absolutely nothing near perfect or even worthy of being viewed from any closer than two kilometres down the road on a foggy day but done it is and it will do a job as a knock-about quilt.

And...it's out of the tub!

Happy Stitching

Wildflower Stitching...

2018 will be show time for patchwork group and mid-year the raffle quilt project was handed out - fabrics, floss and pattern. The quilt to be quilt-as-you-go blocks embroidered with wildflowers found in The Grampians (Gariwerd).

My wildflower was Grevillea Alpina.  We could use any embroidery technique/stitches we chose and instructions were to make-up the finished embroidery into the quilt-as-you-go block and hand quilt in the binding ditch and a little around the design.

Because I can't go to the weekly day group (I go to the day extended into evening which is held a couple of times a month) I didn't get to see all the blocks laid out, so I am looking forward to seeing all the different flowers in the finished quilt at the exhibition next year.

Happy Stitching...