Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in our hearts.
~A. A. Milne
Quilting
The second shirt quit is also finished and gifted. Quilting is fairly minimal - stitch in the ditch with a few parallel lines extending from the solid patches. I hope the quilt will be a soft, puffy comforter for its new family.
Somehow I had a remnant juvenile winter fabric with rows forest animals in hats. Just enough for the back, the blues blend with the front and hopefully please the children receiving this quilt. Hooray.
The binding is more shirt fabrics. Easy and done.
Quilt Specifics
Size: 48” x 60”
Quilt Design: Unnamed
Batting: Hobbs 80/20
Thread: Blue cotton Superior Masterpiece
Quilting: Straight line walking foot
Approximate yardage: 7 yds
I’ve been visiting family in Colorado where we’ve seen deer, elk, and sheep as well as birds including Stellar jays, hawks, swans, and ducks. Sparrows, finches, and magpies appear outside my window daily feasting on the remaining flower head seeds. It’s a joy to watch the final stage of autumn, one of my favorite seasons. A few bright gold trees shine in acres of spruce and bare-limbed deciduous trees.
Reading:
Nana, a stray adopted by Saturo, lives with him until the young man suddenly decides he can no longer take care of him. They take a road trip to visit three old friends as Saturo hopes to find him the perfect new home. Told mainly from the cat’s perspective, the true reason behind the trip is slowly revealed with flashbacks from the friends. Themes of love and home make this book bittersweet.
Enjoy the day,
Ann
