Here I am watching the men's tennis final at the Australian Open on TV, and remembering I really should pop something on my blog so you don't think I've forgotten about you.
This year I made myself a commitment that I'd get 300 days of hand quilting under my belt - I've gotten to 26 of 300 so far which I'm super proud of, but I won't be able to keep up that pace all year. We have another cruise scheduled, and other things that will get in the way, but here are a couple of pictures I've shared on Insta so far:
I've also completed the top of the doll quilt I made for the swap on Insta. It's now basted and ready for hand quilting, I'm thrilled with how it came together. I really hope my swap partner likes it - I plan to have it in the mail some time next month.
The flying geese units are one inch high, and two across, and the little applique panel in the middle is two inches wide and runs the whole length of the top. I think the applique vine is about an eighth of an inch wide. This project has been fun to make and shouldn't take very long to hand quilt.
I found a cute little dish at a local discount store, and thought it'd look nice on display in the hallway.
I put it on top of the Dresden Valentine table topper - it's one of my favourite little projects. A quick project if you'd like to make one for yourself for Valentines Day coming up soon.
And last of all for today, we planted some tomatoes again this year, hoping against hope we'd have more success than in recent years. This time we tried the Roma variety, and ohhhh my goodness, we have been overwhelmed!
This is what I picked yesterday - we've given away this much and more, and I've made passata and bottled it. I'm waiting on some more rings for our Fowlers unit before I can make more passata - hopefully they'll arrive this week.
Though it doesn't seem to be a lot for this month, I have been super busy, and based on what I'm seeing so far, this is going to be a super busy year in total!
Hope you're all doing well, and I hope to check in with you again soon! xox
5 comments:
The doll quilt is so cute! Lily Rosenberry is so beautiful, I really like the quilting designs you are using. Happy stitching!
Your hand quilting and circles are gorgeous. I LOVE your applique. Enjoy your weekend and slow stitching that happens. You can take a little break on your trip.
Lovely to see progress on your quilting and the doll quilt. We grew Romas last year and had great rewards.
Would love to have some of your tomatoes right now, I am in the mood for a salad but don't have a tomato in the house.
I love your idea of all the berries in the different areas. You have been very busy. Just gorgeous.
Enjoy your week and thank you so much for the post.
ooh wish i lived close by...i love roma tomatoes for making fresh spaghetti sauce...it is sooo good and quick...
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