While I was taking it easy after my minor surgery a couple of weeks ago, I started getting serious about the applique blocks for this crib-sized quilt.
My stitches had to come out early (on Monday) due to the fact that I heal quicker than they anticipate. That's a good thing! I had an extra hour wait in the waiting room so that they could squeeze me in. Yesterday I finished all the prep work for my sew-to-go bag. I still need to figure out what scraps will be used for the rail fence blocks in the center of this quilt. I will make a trip to the quilt room today.
I'm also excited about my next applique project to go into my sew-to-go bag -- Budding Beauty. Gretchen from Gretchen's Little Corner posted a while back about this quilt. This is a FREE pattern at All People Quilt. You can find it here. I'm not sure of what color scraps I will use for this one either. It will be fun to decide. I printed the free download yesterday to take it with me to the quilt room today.
I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching here. I can't believe that it is the last Sunday in October already. I seriously need to make a few quilt backs so that I can get a few quilts through the longarm. It's time to sit and stitch bindings under a quilt as cooler weather and darker days approach. We have had some frost, but the location of some of my flowers and tomatoes have not been hit yet.
7 comments:
I really like the applique you are going to use on your go-to bag. Budding Beauty is still on my applique to do list, so many beautiful applique quilts to make! Happy stitching!
I'm pleased you are recovering quickly from your surgery. The new applique project looks rather elegant.
Those applique sections are looking wonderful and will add so much to that quilt. I am glad you are healing quickly! The next quilt is so pretty! It looks like all that applique will keep you busy for quite a while!
Your appliqué looks great and I love the next quilt. The appliqué with the piecing is so pretty.
The applique on that go-to bag really does look elegant, and I liked how you paired it with the pieced quilt sections for the next project. Slow Sunday Stitching sounds like the perfect pace for this kind of work, especially after surgery — gentle, detailed handwork that still moves a beautiful quilt forward.
I hope your recovery keeps going well — it sounds like slow, gentle applique was exactly the right pace after having stitches out early. I loved hearing that those blocks will become a crib-sized quilt, and that Budding Beauty is next, especially since you already have the fabrics picked out. The combination of applique with pieced sections should make both the quilt and the sew-to-go bag really special.
I am glad the surgery recovery is going well, and slow applique sounds like exactly the right pace for now. The idea of turning those Budding Beauty blocks into a crib-size quilt, with the fabrics already picked out, is lovely — and pairing applique sections with piecing for the sew-to-go bag makes it feel both practical and pretty. Wishing you steady healing and lots of enjoyable stitching time.
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