I didn’t want to finish putting the eclipse top together yesterday, so I started and finished the last installment of the Blooming Beauties BOM. Sixteen 6″ Sawtooth star blocks. The block instructions included specific cutting directions for the pink print fabric. I carefully followed them and all my leaves face the same way. I need to save this technique for future reference, when making two at a time flying geese. Now I just have to wait for the borders and binding kit to arrive in four weeks.

I had a few minutes left to reposition the Peacock blocks and I think the substitution of the chartreuse is helping. I left the cheddar in the corners, and may have it reappear in the side borders. I figured out if I echo the color bands of the peacock in the panel it was more complimentary. Probably why I didn’t like it before as it felt like a competition between the two parts. Squinting and making the photo smaller really helps to see the design and what’s working.

A Second session with the peacock blocks and I have them all together. The outer border fabric came in the mail and I am thinking that three borders may work. The floral dark blue and then an aqua , with the feather print surrounding it. It looked okay on the wall, I did a final audition once the center was together. I also sewed the Eclipse top together, yay!

The wallaby has sleeves attached now, and I am working on the raglan part up to the hood. There is a placket in the front to help with pulling it over ones head. This will end the (mindless) knitting in the round and go back to stockinette stitching. I was about to add the placket and started counting, apparently I wasn’t paying enough attention to the numbers when I attached the sleeves. The left one was way too close to center, 5 rows of un-knitting ensued, and I am on the right track now.

Be Kind.