Sunday, October 27, 2024

WILLIAM MORRIS ENCHANTED GARDEN

With the bedspread project off to the quilters this past week I have been able to clear up the sewing room of that and also get all the 5" squares cut for the hospital project and the remaining donated fabric scraps boxed up and off to another gal that makes wheelchair lap quilts for Hospice.  I am still working on getting table runners done for my guild's upcoming January 2026 quilt show.  Sounds like it is a long way off, but time flies and we sold a good 400 of them at our last show.  I usually try to get 50 or 60 done for them.  I get plenty of donated fabric and I enjoy making them. But now it is time to get back to my own William Morris appliqué project.  

I am using this pattern for my William Morris fabric appliqué project but I have decided to modify the size and lay out of it a good deal.
I only plan on three rows and the center of the second row will have two of the small blocks used between large blocks above and below them.  The third row will be two more large blocks like the first row.  It should be around 38 by 42.  It is a fun project but I think I have somewhat lost interest in it for some reason.  But, who knows what will happen as I move forward on it.  
We have been working in our backyard garden this week.  We have one of our cactus plants flowering again.  It does this about every 6 months or so.  


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16 comments:

  1. Love your Enchanted Garden blocks!

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  2. Your Enchanted Garden blocks are beautiful! TerryK@OnGoingProjects

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  3. Your Enchanted Garden blocks are looking really good. It's rare that I make any quilt completely to pattern. It's fun to see how others change patterns before completion.

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  4. I love your garden. Beautiful. I also love the cactus. You have a green thumb.

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    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  5. Oh they are just beautiful! Thanks so much for joining in on Monday This and That! I hope you're having a great week! xx

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  6. Hi Donnalee, I like the band of fabric that you've added on top of the appliqué blocks. I think that it really adds interest. I hope you enjoy getting back to it and thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks.

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  7. The blocks are wonderful, but there is no reason not to sit them aside if they aren't calling to you. You can always pick it up again when it does.

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  8. Your Enchanted Garden is awesome! Gorgeous. Love the blooming cactus too! Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings!

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  9. Your layout for the Enchanted Garden is fabulous. Perhaps you can revive your enthusiasm but taking breaks making all those table runners for the 2026 guild show.

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  10. I love FMHTYH designs and Wm. Morris fabrics so am loving your Enchanted Garden so far! By the time you get those table runners done, you'll long to get back to it. You are right, time has been moving so fast January WILL be here before we know it so good luck with all of your Guild show projects too!

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  11. What a lovely cactus! Hopefully you'll regain interest in your William Morris project soon. It's beautiful. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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  12. Your Enchanted Garden project is so sweet! You are definitely motivating me to get some of my charity projects finished. I can’t imagine making 50 or 60 runners though! Thank you for linking with To Do Tuesday. Hope you’ve had another great week getting lots done.

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  13. Your version of Enchanted Garden is going to be as lovely as your cactus! Thank you for joining ToDo Tuesday. Hope you’ve had fun progressing your lovely blocks. 😉

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  14. I am not a quilter but I appreciate the craft after watching both of my grandmothers quilt growing up. When I was actively designing spaces, I always enjoyed sorting through William Morris prints of fabric. Thanks for sparking a bit of nostalgia for me today. This post will be a feature this week. #HomeMattersParty

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