My Kawandi project is coming along. I am really enjoying making the stitches and feeling them! It's so relaxing for me. I like the organic look of not having to be perfect.
I stitch in rows and turn when I feel like it. My stitches aren't even or straight. I love it!
I somehow managed to also put the sashing/border fabric around the Kite Girl quilt. This was an RSC project I think I started in 2014. It was also a slow stitching project. It was a good place to learn how to embroidery a chain stitch. For some reason all of the blocks got done except for that last orange one in the bottom right. I didn't make that one until 2017.
The block is made from 2" squares. The block pattern can be found at Q is for Quilter blog. I enjoyed finding things that fit easily into my school bag that made me feel productive vs. doing cross stitch projects where I had to focus on counting and couldn't keep a good eye on students in study hall.
For some reason the blocks sat idol until I made the last one in orange in 2017.
I was excited to get it stitched and wanted to get a photo of it in the snow before the "muddy" days come to Ohio. Looks like a doom and gloom photo with the time of day (about 5pm) and the cloud situation. Hopefully there will be sunny days ahead to take the photo, but I doubt if it will be on the ground with warmer temps predicted this week.
I'm hoping to get to the quilt room today to look for something fun in my stash for a backing. I'm pretty sure I will longarm quilt it with my Baptist Fan Circle Lord giant template board.
I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching here.





Kite girl has aged long enough! Glad to see it is out and on its way to being finished. Lots of fun scraps in this quilt. Gail at the cozy quilter
ReplyDeleteYour Kawandi project is looking good. The Kite Girls are really fun. Happy stitching this week.
ReplyDeleteBoth Kite Girl and Kawandi pieces are really lovely, Kathy;))) I loved stitching my Kawandi and my rows wobbled all over the place--which I love the look of..
ReplyDeleteHugs Julierose
When I tried Kawandi, it was a slow calming stitch. And yes, my stitches are uneven and wobbly too. And I love it!
ReplyDeleteKite Girl is so pretty. I like how your Kawandi is progressing.
ReplyDeleteI love the Kite Girl, great work!
ReplyDeleteKite Girl is really cute. I've just seen Kawandi quilting. Yours is looking good.
ReplyDeleteI love the organic look of your Kawandi quilt. The kite girl top is so cute! Another oldie but goodie will be done soon!
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