There's been some summer stitching. All of those red and cream hst's from my last post became sashing for these applique blocks. Once that was done there needed to be a border of hst's as well. I decided to use blue and cream hst's because they kind of frame it at the same time. To speed up making them I decided to use triangle paper. I was impressed at how easy it was to find, print and use triangle paper from the internet.
This cream with little red star fabric was in my stash and perfect for a final border. Now it will have to return to the ufo bin until I have time to quilt it.
I've been working on the bottom border for my signature quilt. It is fun to be working with these fabrics and shapes again.
I've also been working a little bit on my Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt - On Ringo Lake. I had to make the setting triangles for the edge so I could start putting the blocks together. As part of that process some pieced triangles got cut off. I didn't want to waste them so I made a potholder with them. Now I wish I had more cutoffs so I could make a second potholder :0)
Here is what I have assembled so far of the mystery quilt. With solid pink sashing strips it goes together smoothly and the pieced sashing included in the mystery instructions I will use for a border.
I hope I can get the rest of this top together this summer.
There's been lots of this going on this summer as well. Some weeks are better for stitching than others...
Happy Quilting!!
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