Summer is such a short, sweet season where I live. Next Tuesday my kids all go back to school and it already feels like fall temperatures have arrived. Summer is a very busy season but some sewing still happened.
I am finally making good progress on the last applique border for my signature quilt. Can I finish this before the end of the year?
I finished block 6 of
Barbara Brackman's Hospital Sketches.
Here they are all together. I haven't had a chance to start block #7 yet and yesterday block #8 was released. Yikes - now I'm behind!
I wanted to join in a handquilted doll quilt swap on Instagram. It was fun to play with my reproduction scraps. I made 4 blocks and set them on point.
I'm working on the handquilting part now and I'm almost finished. A nice break from quilting my trailing vines...
We spent the last 2 weeks on vacation - driving around Washington State and the province British Columbia. I was determined to fit one good quilt shop into the itinerary and found Two Thimbles Quilt Shop in Bellingham, WA They had a whole room full of reproduction fabrics! It was marvellous :0)
A few pieces to remember my visit.
I loved the time we spent at Deception Pass State park - it was beautiful!
We did the touristy thing in Seattle. I found a shop window full of these old sewing machines. I wanted to try them all out. It makes for an interesting display but it makes me sad that they aren't getting sewn with.
While away I found inspiration for applique/handquilting motifs in a few unlikely places. This was a gorgeous set of doors in Port Townsend.
And this is a part on an authentic Venetian gondola on display at the Italian cultural centre in Vancouver.
I'm hoping that more time for stitching lies ahead!
Happy Quilting!!
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