Almost two weeks have gone by since my last post, I have a finish and some progress. My Castle is built, stitch by stitch. I enjoyed finishing this one, it’s not a large piece, just dense. It is one of those stitchery pieces that look better if you step back from it. After a month of working on it under the magnifier, seeing it as a whole makes me appreciate the subtle color changes and patterning on the roof and bricks. I found this photo of the Liechtenstein Castle, and I think that there is a lot of similarities with the stitched castle. Next up is the greenhouse, lots of negative space and filigree swirls.

I worked on getting the Somerville circle quilt quilted. I chose a bunch of Sunflowers I had in my digital library, from Wasatch. There are five different ones and the smaller ones fit the borders. I had to take this quilt off the frame, to turn it to make the vertical into horizontal borders. This quilt is on the same backing as two others, the Big Dream dahlia and a un-named floral quilt. They add three more to the binding pile, I still have to bind the ‘Ribbon Runs Through It’ quilt, its so big, I have to psych myself up, and do some warmup exercises before tackling it. I also needed to get the Fancy forest on the frame, to quilt it up.

In the sewing room, I’m about 2/3rds done with the Moondance Revival top. I have been getting a block (5 x5) done each day. After cutting all the pieces and getting the sub-blocks sewn, this is the easy/fun part. The more it comes together, the better I like it. At first I was questioning my color choices, but I think it is working out. I also realized that I cut too many outer arc pieces. I am trying to think of a way to use them, possibly in an additional border. This week is shaping up to be busy, I’d like to get the Fancy Forest done, put Somerville back on and finish it, and maybe load the Swordfish top. Finishing the Moondance top would be good too. I would like to get started on finishing the Morning glory quilt blocks ⬇️ too. I need to have a paper removal session or two.

Be Kind.