My trip to New Zealand was wonderful! You can read all about it in the post right before this one.
It didn't take long to recover from jet lag but I caught a cold on the way home (15 hours on three airplane flights means a lot of exposure). I can finally be more than a foot away from a box of Kleenex.
When I left the amaryllis had one bud. I took it next door to Mike and Jen who watched the house for me. It liked its vacation home! Four blossoms.
Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning were spent in the company of Rotarians as we cooked, assembled, and delivered 130 spaghetti dinners for area seniors/shut-ins.
This is the service project for which I made placemats all last year. I don't know how the recipients reacted but Rotarians liked them!
Admiration is great encouragement. I've decided I'll make placemats for 2027.
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Now I can reveal what I sent to her. She said she likes untraditional interpretations of traditional designs.
I used batiks for the star points and the background. The quilting is vertical serpentine lines a presser-foot width apart.
I began working on String X blocks last fall. Now they're a flimsy.
I'm not 100% sold on the outer border--the print has no white whereas there's a lot of white in the blocks. I don't want to buy any fabric, so I'll put this in the box of flimsies and let it simmer.
Prior to the trip I took a flimsy to Barb-the-quilter. I picked it up Wednesday and bound it that evening.
The back was free, part of a destash.
Here it is before quilting so you can see the border.
When I picked it up I delivered another flimsy for Barb's beautiful work.
There's more going on but I'll stop for now. Linking up with Design Wall Monday Monday Musings Sew and Tell
I'm sorry you brought home an unwanted souvenir! Did you bring home any fabric souvenirs? (They're always my favorite!) The Rotary event looks amazing, and of course everyone loved your placemats. The brown and white 9 patch quilt is a gorgeous finish!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad all your placemats found good homes. I feel certain the recipients will agree with the workers. ( That's a lot of spagetti!) I like how you "simmer" your quilts; I have heard of marinating and also putting them in time out. Beautiful finish and I love the Baptist fan quilting.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the placemats prompted lots of smiles.
ReplyDeletei agree about that border...doesn't work at all...i would imagine the recipients liked the placemats as well...we got 3" today then sun came out...it's a maryland blizzard...ROFL
ReplyDeleteFifteen hours! That's another reason I haven't been to NZ! Looking forward to seeing your placemat stash grow over the year - 11 a month? That's 2.5 a week?
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What beautiful blooms!!
ReplyDeleteYour quilts are amazing - that star is super cool. But I really am drawn to the 9 patch one - so pretty!
I'm glad to hear the placemats were such a success, but sorry that you brought home the plague after your trip. That's what happens when you're cooped up in a plane sadly.
ReplyDeleteBarb did a lovely job with quilting that last finish. That border fabric is lovely though I agree with Grace, probably not the best for that particular flimsy. Good that you are finally over the cold and post-travel fatigue.
ReplyDeleteBoth exchange quilts are really fun. An interesting challenge for both of you. Congrats on all the finishes and near finishes. Glad you are finally recovering from you cold. Those long haul flights are prime places to catch something unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling much better by now, Nann. The quilts look great. I'm sure you are glad to have a flimsy ready to go to the quilter. The one you received back is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings. Have a great weekend.
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