The colors are actually brighter in person. I took several pictures, but they all turn out muted like this picture.
I've been working on a few other things. One is a wall hanging for our local quilt show. It was a bee challenge. We all began with the same 5 inch square. This is what I chose to make. A friend is doing the hand quilting for me. The design is based on a picture of a pillow I saw online. The back is a floral with big mums in the orange color. I named it Bright Blossom.
The second thing I began working on is a red and white quilt. Someone posted a picture of a quilt from a movie she had watched on Quiltville Open Studio. A few minutes later, a very talented quilter had posted the blocks with measurements and fabric requirements. Thank you, thank you! A red and white quilt has been on my backlist for a long time. I just loved this one. The focus fabric has red roses all over it The rest is a coordinating red batik. The background is various white on whites. Two blocks are made and I'm getting the rest cut and kitted up to take to a quilt retreat next weekend. Hopefully, if all the pieces are cut and ready to sew, I can get most of the blocks made and ready to put together. That is the goal anyway!
In other news, I finally finished the binding for Ringo Lake. I am very pleased with the way it turned out. This quilt will also be in our local quilt show.
Update since I wrote this post. I was invited to a quilt retreat where I finished putting my red and white quilt top together. This picture shows it before I sewed all the blocks together. Now on to deciding on the borders. Love the way this one is turning out too! I'm calling it Laying in a Bed of Roses.
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