Wednesday's Progress

I've been working on a few different things, and one of them has NOT been my Aunt Millie's Block. :( I just am having a mental block, and I know it's the hand piecing, but I'll get there. It isn't even a huge part of the block, and I could probably do it differently, but we'll see.... So, this is what I've been doing instead: I finished my A Tisket A Tasket January block.


The May block was just posted yesterday here. It's super cute.

I got my Soiree purchases in the mail. The yardage is yum, yum, yummy!  I used quiltshops.com website to search for it. I always have good luck finding what I need, and all of the stores have all been very speedy to ship my purchases. This time I ordered from Desperate Quilters. They even sent a packet of tea, and a free Moda pattern, too. Highly recommended. I pieced all of the blocks from the 2 charm packs, I just love that fabric. I'm feeling like I might go back for more! (Don't tell hubby, he just shakes he head after coming back from the mailbox, and there's another purchase waiting for me!)  I can just imagine a cute, summery, something good made with it!



And finally, I'm back to working on my Primitive Garden blocks.  I have posted about these before here, and here, and here.  This block is really neat. The garden gloves aren't shaped quite as they should be, but they'll do. I'm slowly working on these blocks. They are fused down, beautifully hand died wools from Primitive Gatherings, and then blanket stitched with perle cotton floss. The blanket stitch goes pretty quickly, it's the prep work that takes time and patience. Much like anything else, I suppose, the work is definitely worth it in the end.

Whew, my birdhouse block from Primitive Garden is finished!  I'm happy to have that one completed, and look forward to starting another one of the blocks from that quilt.  I guess I knew when I packed them away last year, that once I got started, it would be addictive!  I also have to get back to my Aunt Millie's Garden, block one.  The class meets again in two weeks, so my goal is to have it completed so that I can start picking my colors and laying out block two.  I purchased a new glue baste, so I think I'll try that instead of those tiny applique pins (ouch!).  Plus I keep catching my thread on them... so if the glue works half as good as I hope it will, I think I'll be much happier during the stitching process... That's all for now. 

I started the Primitive Garden BOM last year, but got a little sidetracked...I have the first two completed, and the third just needs a few more leaves and petals stitched down.  I love the designs by Lisa Bongean at Primitive Gatherings, they are all so beautiful.  The designs are fused down hand dyed wool, and then blanket stitched with perle cotton and  floss, all variegated, some hand-overdyed, so yummy!  So many projects, so little time...