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“I have given skill to all the skillful, so that they may make all that I have commanded you. “ Exodus 31:6


“O Thou who art the all pervading glory of the world, we bless Thee for the power of beauty to gladden our hearts.
We praise Thee that even the least of us may feel a thrill of the creative joy when we give form and substance to our thoughts and, beholding our handiwork, find it good and fair. “.
Walter Rauschenbusch


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"Come, and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what He has done for me.
I cried out to Him with my mouth; His praise was on my tongue.
If I had cherished sin in my heart, the LORD woud not have listened and heard my voice in prayer.
Praise be to God, Who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me!" Psalm 66:16-20
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Saturday, August 29, 2020

A post for August

 How sad it would be to let this month get away from me without atleast posting ONCE !  

  I kindof lost my sewing mojo for a little bit, just not feeling the usual energy, but I did get a small top pieced, and another one pieced AND quilted and bound !

 

This one is taking it's time telling me what kind of border it wants, IF ANY.  So it is on hold for now.

 


Of course, the photos didn't come out in the order that I wanted, and I no longer see the option to delete one and add it back.

However, with this little one, I finished the binding last night, and washed and dried it today.  A you-tuber that I watch mentioned a stitch-along that she was interested in, and I took the idea and ran with it.   It's small, 36 inches square, but it was a fun distraction.  I machine-quilted near the seams within the colored squares, (2 inch finished squares), and hand/big-stitched with embroidery floss inside the white four-patches.  The most fun was making a binding to sortof complement each colored section around the outside edges.   The backing fabric was not chosen until I had pieced the top, and it's amazing how the colors go perfectly with the piecing.
 

The binding fabric is a favorite from Connecting Threads.  Sadly, it's made with a very loosely woven griege goods, causing it to ravel terribly, but it gives such a wonderful look when cut along the stripe.

 And, NOW, just because I'm between projects again, and still hankering to play with fabric, I took the triangle cutoffs from making bias seams in the binding, mixed them with some scraps from a friend, and made myself another potholder/plate holder.  It was a good chance to practice some free-motion quilting.  Obviously it's been WAY TOO LONG since I've done any !  But I now have a fun daily reminder of quilting time.

1 comment:

  1. You do such pretty work. I've yet to do a quilt on point. I'm not sure why that scares me. You're an inspiration:)

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