I spent most of yesterday piecing blocks – this is the basic block for the “All That Jazz” quilt…I’m fairly happy with it…obviously LOTS of embellishing to do now! The one trim embellishment on the left (the blue one) isn’t tacked down yet, but the flower on the right is part of it already. I need to do a quick tack running stitch around the edge so I know where my border is (that’s what I’m doing as I type this!) . I’m happy with the picture in the middle…it’s the band going down the center of the Bourbon Street (I think…I’m assuming…I”m actually not that familiar with New Orleans). anyway, the color ties with the balloons, etc in the picture.
This block is for a banner the Rocky Mountain Crazy Quilters are putting together – we have a festival coming up in February that we’re going to have a booth at, so it would be nice to have something to promote the group!
The two bits of lace (upper left) and the big piece in the middle I dyed last night using grape Kool aid…the really cool thing is that’s the same batch of Kool-aid. The big piece is natural cotton and so it turned pink and the lace bit at the top is synthetic and so the color dyed the same color as the Kool Aid (interesting that it isn’t the other way around). I’m quite happy with the big piece…it has some variation in color you can’t see in the picture.
Just because I thought I’d work on all of them together, I have my black/white block out too (now with bits of pink and purple). It’s coming along nicely. Still not done, but closer than any other block I have! Just a few more seams…I really need to dive into my stitch variation books!
On a personal note…the potty training is going, but slowly…I guess the best you can hope for!
