Today I remembered why I don't often make large quilts these days. I spent a few hours layering this sampler quilt from a thousand years ago. All that crawling on the floor, smoothing, adjusting, phewy. The quilt itself is not terrible square (it was one of the very first quilts I pieced, using Lynne Edwards' Sampler Quilt book), and I like it but it has many, many faults. I felt bad for it, sitting there in my sewing room, thrown over for more "arty" pieces and decided to layer it, quilt it and then use it!!
Talking of "arty" pieces, today was windy and sunny and a perfect day to rehang my prayer flags in the garden. DH put the re-proofed gazebo up yesterday, complete with fairy lights, so we are all ready for balmy summer days and evenings. The prayer flags from friends have been joined by a classic set I bought when we were in New Zealand last year and are all fluttering away beautifully with the prayer:
"May all beings everywhere receive benefit and find happiness".
The Quilters' Guild published a link to this pattern on Facebook and I loved it, possibly because it's blue and white/Japanese/indigo fabrics. For whatever reason, it has inspired me to make a similar quilt with some of my indigo fabrics. It will be for our bed, so a king size. I have obviously forgotten the lessons of earlier already, but have been having fun pulling out all kinds of blue fabric.
It took me a few years to make my Lynne Edwards sampler blocks into a quilt too - but I'm really glad that I did it! Hope that you enjoy the quilting and that it doesn't feel too big for you.
ReplyDeleteLove your journal quilt - looks amazing. Wonderful to see your decorated gazebo too!
Ohhhhh Neat OH!
ReplyDeleteLots of lovely stuff!!!!! X
ReplyDeleteprayer flags look very festive, beautiful colours in the journal quilt. I have been looking at the strippy quilt in Selvedge, too. Think it would be nice in my indigo shibori pieces but not sure I could do the quilting. Keep us posted if you start it.
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