a glimpse of the red quilt

I started this post this morning-and it’s nearly 8.00p.m. now. So where has that day gone? It’s been a glorious spring day-a bit cool still but fewer showers. I got soaked yesterday planting potatoes, but finished that job this morning in sunshine. I kept seeing things that needed doing-weeding, sowing, raking- and eventually spent about 5 hours gardening, so I guess that’s what took up most of my time.

But enough gardening, I intended to write a textile themed post today.

A couple of people asked if I would post some pictures of the red quilt-so above is a little peek at the quilt top, with a 4 inch appliquéd square sitting across the junction of 4 other, larger squares. There’s a lot of thread clipping to do still, but all the squares are appliquéd on now, and the side triangles. I just need to put the corner triangles on. I really like the dragon fabric.

I have also been playing with little pieces and have made my very first ATC. I used it to practise some machine embroidery on a piece of silk and finished it off with cotton Perle thread. I’m working on another postcard too, using some Kaffe Fassett fabrics-I hope to do some more of that this evening.