Weekend Update

Yesterday was the annual "Talbot Trail of Yard Sales". This year we headed east, and here are some of my treasures. First, I bought some vintage aprons, which will be cut up for quilts. No need to get reproduction fabrics when you have the real thing!
Black & white enamelware bowl, a cross-stitched picture, a tea cup with tartan and Scottish thistles (Carol, I'll serve you tea in this one someday soon!), Ikea lamp, a small sewing basket, a McCoy bowl (matches my studio paint!) a cute plate with Scottie dog painted on it, a "Pansy" book from 1903, small table cloth (all four corners are stitched with the same scene, vintage needlebook and sewing kits...and underneath it all? Six yards of a nice neutral cotton print. This will make a nice quilt backing.
The verse on this piece of cross-stitch "The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings." is from Robert Louis Stevenson.

I've been working away on the Buttons & Bows quilt top. It's coming together. Oh! and I have about four feet of binding left to stitch on Sunbonnet Sue. It still needs a label, but it will soon be complete!

What's on the Wall NOW?

Gibson carefully supervises the application of the binding to Sunbonnet Sue. The hand stitching is yet to be done, but I'm saving that for Sunday morning on the back porch, listening to my favourite radio program.

So here's the next project. I started it in February while I was at a retreat, but when I got this far, I realized all the patterns had to be enlarged. DANG! I took care of that little chore, so now I'm ready to add the embroidery, applique, and embellishments to this quilt top.The pattern came from an older issue of Australian Patchwork & Quilting vol 13 no 9. Here's a photo of the finished quilt.