June 23, 2017
We used to celebrate three birthdays at a time in September but it wasn’t until last year when I got the correct date for Josh’s birthday that I realized we have the same cluster in June.
I used the same Splendid Sampler pattern (Rising Star) for all three cards but I picked different fabrics for each of them.
June 21, 2017
Jenny is a new add this year. We spent some time with her last Spring just before our trip to France and I wanted to celebrate her birthday.
Jenny recently spent some time in New York City and I know, from her photos, that she spent some time in Jersey. I like the bright colours of this block – Jenny is a very colourful character.
June 12, 2017
I like to pick a fish-related pattern for Ray as he has some beautiful saltwater tanks in their home. I couldn’t find a quilt block that worked with that theme, nor could I find a small cross stitch. Instead I picked a nautical theme. Ray is an exceptionally hard worker and he is seldom idle. One of my best memories of the time he spent in Powell River was him walking the beach and finding and sharing shells with the kids.
Once the cross stitch was finished I had to come up with a way to make the piece into a card. I trimmed the cross-stitch and then added a few more stitches so the water line would come right to the binding. I spray-basted the cross stitch to the batting and then used a honeycomb stitch to quilt the two pieces together. I used a piece of fabric and fusible interfacing to attach the backing to the sandwich. I’ll definitely use that method again!
May 31, 2017
Now that Sawyer has his own home I wonder if his Mum will still bake him a cake? Of course she will!
This may be the easiest block in the Splendid Sampler series.