I spent a lot of time this week trying to find an appropriate border pantograph for the Ribbon Runs Through it quilting project. Last week I found a set, at a new to me site, called It’s a Quilt Thing. The set included block designs and sashing ones, but nothing for the outer 6 inch borders. After looking extensively through the many digital panto sites, I found the perfect one, and it was already in my library. It took me a few hours messing with the sizing and positioning, but I got the first border stitched yesterday. I am using a rather ugly spool of King Tut thread, called Caravan, but it really looks good on the quilt. There is a bit of dark teal, tan, and rose in the thread, just like the quilt fabrics. It blends in with the pinks, and looks good on the teals. I had auditioned pinks and grays, and tans, but this spool is the winner.

In between surfing for pantos, I finished this top, from the Busy Hands pattern Picnic Plaid. Lots of little squares, but the pattern is very well laid out with charts and instructions to help achieve a random look. The fabric was from another quilt kit I had bought from “Craftsy” a few years ago. Two rolls of 9 inch wide 42 inch long strips, from the line called Strawberry Fizz. I have one roll left, which may become a Whimsy quilt.

In cross stitch land, I am finishing the October page for “Consider the Lillies”. I am doing this as a stitch a long with Jo from Jo’s Country Junction. The plan is to complete a page a month, since there are a bunch of motifs and flowers on each page, it wouldn’t be boring or overwhelming. Although, lately she seems to be working on other things. All good, though, as I finished two side projects this month as well. I still have to finish sewing the chenille to the edge on Hocus Pocus.

I am not sure if I truly like punch needle crafting, I find the constant needle threading tedious. Plus these projects eat up thread like nobody’s business. Also not sure how I want to finish that, it’s about 5 x 7, so framing is a possibility.

The color ways for Bonnie Hunters Winter Mystery Quilt are coming out next week. I would like to do that QAL, I did last years in her color ways, but orange, turquoise and purple are not my first choice. Hoping for no orange this year, or maybe I’ll finally get adventurous and change up the colors to ones I like. I did just buy her newest pattern, Silk Road, so many small brown squares. I have a few totes of scraps I can use, and I like brown scrappy quilts, lol. Perhaps I should work on the Morning Glories quilt I started last month. I got a bunch of green scraps cut, now I just need bunch of neutrals.

Be Kind.