Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt cont'd cont'd cont'd...

My daughter is holding up the quilt (see her toes peeking through).  This is where I'm at with the quilt so far.  I have possibly three more rows to go.  It would be so easy for me to call it quits for the top, but I keep telling myself to do it right.  I had to order more English paper piecing papers from Ebay.  It's the easiest way to go.

Snowmen Quilt

I made this in 1999 (I remembered to date the back).  I didn't do a whole lot of quilting on it.  I'll add it to my To Do list.  Today we are decking the halls.

Candle Making

I made soy candles last night to give as hostess gifts or to add to baskets for Christmas gifts.  I order a lot of candle making items from Candle Science.  The scent I used for these is Christmas Hearth.  There's a hint of pine, orange, cinnamon and ? - I don't know - just yummy.  Time to go out and hang lights on the tree in the front yard.  Maybe I'll post pics of that.

Snoqualmie Falls

My daughter and I drove up to Snoqualmie Falls today.  It poured rain all day and there's flood warnings in a lot of the rivers around here.  The falls are HUGE right now because of it.  Lots of people there.  We had a blast!

Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt - Cont'd

All the blocks are ready to be sewn together.  How exciting!
And now for some close up shots of these darling 1930s reproduction fabrics...

After I sew all the blocks together, I will need to remove all the hexagon paper pieces by snipping away the basting stitches (as you can see in the photo above of the back of one of the blocks).  I have not picked out the backing for the quilt yet.  It's the thrill of the hunt finding fabric in fun shops!

Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Progression

 

This photo is a little over exposed, but it shows the addition of the green hexagons.  Just about half way there for the piecing.

Time For Banana Bread

"Mom, will you bake some banana bread?", he asked while grimacing at the black spotted banana.