Friday, December 28, 2018

Pat has been hanging quilts at the cafe where we hold the Texada House Concerts. He also has three other music events happening there in the Spring. In an attempt to keep the crowd from being bored by the same old-same old I made him this wall hanging for Christmas.

I purchased the kit at Quilt Canada in May, pieced it in October with Stacia and Deloise, and finished the binding at the Guild on the last sewing day before Christmas.

For quilting, I stitched around each of the instruments and down the strings, and I used a small meander in the background. I outlined all the piano keys and used a gold thread to cross-hatch the borders.

When I packed for my sewing trip with Stacia and Deloise I knew that I was going to need a miniature quilt fairly soon after I returned. I picked a pattern, I selected fabric and packaged it all up. But while I sat in an airport one of my blogs had a free pattern and I changed my mind. Fortunately the fabrics I chose were perfect for the new pattern. I was able to pick up the backing fabric when Deloise and I went shopping and I had the entire project done by the time I came home.

All the fabric I used are scraps from the “Inside the Blue Fence” quilt I made for Pat.

October 31, 2018

Kathryn literally took her Hallowe’en card off my wall when she was here this summer; I was pleased to see that it was out as part of her decorations for the holiday. I’ve looked through my own photos as well as the photos I’ve taken for the Guild but I can’t find a picture of it anywhere.

I made other Hallowe’en-themed “cards” for Christy and Elizabeth.