Into The Woods -A Quilty Finish♡

A lovely Sunday welcome to you, lovely lovelies♡  Though Old Man Sun is doing his darndest to cast happy sunbeams here at my little place, 'tis a wee bit chilly for my liking. =) I do wish Spring would get a hurry on and warm up a bit.

I have another finished quilt to showcase today. After finishing the quilting of Flower Meadow two weeks ago I picked up Into The Woods, a quilt which I began to imagine and fashion this time last year, when the blossom trees were just beginning to unfurl, cascading like waterfalls; and as it had been resting on the 'to  quilt' pile for a little too long I decided  to quilt it. A whimsical pretty using a vintage children's doona cover, where there are deer, porcupines, hedgehogs, wily foxes, wise old owls, squirrels, singing birds, rabbits and sweet mice resting beneath toadstools. Sweet,  sweet creatures who live and sleep, dance and play, engaging in all manner of adventures in the woods. These sweet animals are surrounded by scrappy EPP diamonds in a rainbow of glorious colour and pattern set in large triangles.

Such fun stitching hand quilted stitches skipping up and down the central panel; and so, so quick to do. For the border, straight quilting stitches marching one behind the other all the way around the green and white gingham. The backing is the fabric which was on the back of the doona; and I bound the quilt by making a self binding using the backing fabric.

A fun quilt which will stay here at my little home waiting for sweet Riley when she visits her Granny. Together we'll snuggle under this pretty as we read a storybook or two, journeying into the land of make believe. Or perhaps, we'll imagine delightful stories of sweet animals' escapades and hijinks in the woods, opening secret doors in gnarled, ancient trees; and disappearing in search of fun adventures. A quilt filled with whimsy, to cover my sweet Riley with her Granny's love as she drifts off to the land of dreams♡

Another quilt hand quilted♡ Another quilt to enjoy; to delight in♡ Have a lovely day, lovely lovelies♡ Thank you for your sweet visit ♡

Linking up to Frédérique's Quilting, Patchwork, Applique and Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching.

Flower Meadow - A Quilty Finish♡

 

Hello lovely lovelies♡ A springtime welcome to my little place. Did I say a springtime welcome?? Well.....Lady Spring arrived, albeit  tentatively, painting the landscape with  a host of those happy rays of sunshine, the daffodils; but of course Old Man Winter wasn't going to leave without a lot of huff and puff...and bluster. He wasn't going to leave my little corner of the world for other lands, without pulling out all tricks and putting on quite the show. This little island at the bottom of the world quivered and quaked under his might and power this past week.  Electricity outages for days on end, thunderous skies lashing us mere mortals with torrential rain and gale force winds; uprooting trees, floods, damaging many a house etc etc. Why, the whole of Tassie was in blackness......and I think, sadly, some still are. As for the garden here at my little place....oh dear.... let's just say, it's one helluva mess.

So, sitting day after day in front of the open fire, with a gazillion candles casting a lovely glow everywhere, diminishing the darkness; and tea percolating in a billy among the flames, I stitched the finishing stitches to my Flower Meadow quilt. Yes indeedy, while Old Man Winter carried on a treat, swaggering and ranting outside my picture windows, I finished my Flower Meadow  pretty.

Flower Meadow imaginings began in January 2023 when the roses and dahlias were sashaying in the summer sun, with me just desiring to play with fabrics; and play with EPP hexies. No thinking; just playing. After all, playing with hexies is my happy place. A mosaic of hexie flowers randomly growing together in an effusion of colour and pattern in a quilt sounded like the most wonderful of ideas.

My fabric stash is overflowing with florals so what better way to display the beauty of these floralicious delights than all together in a quilt; with flower hexies sashaying together in a flower meadow. So many of the hexies were fussy cut and I must say my Flower Meadow  is very pleasing to my eyes. I love the movement of colour and pattern in this quilt.  Swathes of colour move throughout the quilt in a harmonious and eye pleasing way. Well, it is to my eyes. =)  Swathes of happy, harmonious colour exactly as one would see in a natural flower meadow♡

I hand quilted around each hexie flower and also the centre hexie of each flower. My ethos of 'KISS' hand quilting once again because as you know I like my quilting to be 'keep it simple stupid'. =) The quilting around the green border is in a stepped design and the binding is the backing fabric which is a pretty, darker green with ditsy flowers flourishing all over. Another pretty quilt completely hand stitched from 'go to whoa'.......just the way I like my quilts to be♡

Sending you sprinkles of sunshiny, springtime love, on this rather, shall we say, rainy and winter-like Sunday. =) Perhaps Lady Spring will come out from her hidey hole and cast her sunshiny smile upon me and this little island on which I live, this coming week. Fingers crossed she does. Thank you so much for stopping by my little place. I know it's been a while. =) Have a wonderful day, lovely lovelies♡

Until the next time......

Linking this week to Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching