The procrastination stopped on Sunday - and the Christmas bench pillow front is quilted, and now just needs a little bit of handwork to finish it completely.
The quilting isn't what I envisioned originally, but it will work. The ornaments and greenery have simple outlining, and the branches without ornaments have a serpentine stitch like tinsel dripping down. It isn't nearly as cute as the Valentine bench pillow or the Halloween one. But it's done.
Once that quilting was done, I felt it was time to just play with something for a little while - resulting in this cute suitcase block. This would make a really FUN project to showcase fabrics purchased on various trips. This bear fabric was a purchase in Alaska. The block is 12" finished. I've included the link to it here. https://www.pbsfabrics.com/products/dear-friends-suitcase-quilt-pattern
One more set of scrappy blocks is ready to be assembled into a top. These are all churn dash blocks with cute child themed prints - ducks, cats, frogs, etc. The plan for these is to be a donation quilt. I even sewed 4 of the half-sized churn dash into a single block.
Let's check out more design walls on this Monday . . .
5 comments:
Yeah for tackling the quilting on the Chritsmas pillow! The suitcase block is really fun and so are your scrappy blocks. Happy stitching this week.
I bet your Christmas bench pillow turned out great! Perfect timing for finishing it, too. I love the suitcase block - that would definitely make a fun travel quilt. Do you collect fabrics on your trips? Thanks for linking to the pattern!
So glad you dug in and quilted your bench pillow, can't wait to see the total finish:) It's good you took time to play with the suitcase block, something I don't remember to do very often.
The suitcase block is such a great idea for travel souvenirs! Good for you to git 'er dun so you have a bench pillow for this Christmas. Happy Thanksgiving to all the Fridleys.
Nice projects!
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