This past week has been nice and quiet with very little on my to-do list to accomplish. I vowed to set appliqués projects aside for a while. That didn't happen. I have pulled out a kit hiding away in a drawer and started working on it and added another that I really do need to start working on as well.
These pieces are tiny. I did talk myself into doing 1/4" bias vines. I have always avoided them and used 3/8" for them, but this block at just under 9" by 11" needed the small vines. Not sure why I have avoided them all these years, as they were not nearly as difficult to master as I thought they would be. This is the kit pattern, I don't expect this to be finished in a very long time. The entire quilt is only 35" by 45" so some blocks are really small. This project is on more of a priority list. It will be a wedding gift for a family member. No real hurry as I have time, but do know that in the next year or two it will be needed. It will be king size, so these 10.5 inch blocks are a start to the 100 needed. Figure to make a few each month, off and on. Now here is a master piece. Our Bird of Paradise is in full swing. Never have we seen this many blooms on it. Seems our recent amount of rain this spring has made it very happy to show off.Linky Parties on the Side Bar