I did Egg & Dart in the sashing because it is a very traditional design and so is the Dresden Plate. But I found this cool idea on the internet to do a double line arc - giving the look of a flower. I auditioned several background fills, but they all overpowered the plates, so in the end I went with the lowly puzzle stipple. The busy floral border got dream feathers because I know the customer loves them (and so do I!)
The second finish (well, it will be finished tonight, but I'm counting it for now!) Is a commissioned baby quilt. I think I talked about this customer before. Her mom made baby quilts for the daughters (one is my customer) and then the granddaughters. Now mom has passed, but granddaughters are having babies. My customer still had all of her mom's leftovers from the quilts she made. And the templates and coloring books, etc. that she based her designs on were in the materials she brought me too. There were enough completed (by Gr'ma) blocks that each Granddaughter has 4 or 5 of Grandma's pieced blocks in her quilt too. I made the rest of the blocks. There was embroidery on each one too. This customer is really neat and she was just thrilled with the first one, she is very sentimental and the fact that we were able to incorporate her mom's work into each daughter's quilt was so appreciated!
Each quilt has the same Sun & Moon block in the top and bottom corners. For this one, I made them. The blocks gr'ma made are the Overall Sam, Cat, Humpty Dumpty, Squirrell & Elephant. I had to embroider the cat, it was just basted, and I made from scratch the Sun, Moon, Bear, & Lamb. The lamb block will get a little bell attached to the collar - just like her sister's quilt has. It's neat that some of the fabrics and blocks are repeated throughout the entire "family" of the quilts, tying them all together. And my customer told me that the fabrics are almost all recycled clothes, so there are more memories there. The heart on the teddy bear's chest is a special touch for this quilt, hearts are this daughter's special thing.
These pix are before it was quilted, and I actually have some quilting to finish up tonight, but I've brought it with me to work so I can go by the store and pick out binding fabric on the way home. We have Bible Study tonight, so if I can get it finished and the binding on, I can sit for half an hour and sew after study and let Marci & Collin spend some time together. They are both sad because he leaves for a school trip tomorrow night for a week and they'll only get to talk to each other for maybe 15 minutes each night, oh the miserable sadness of it all!! So hard being 16, LOL.
As far as home life, I'm excited that I seem to have developed the habit of doing my dishes and shining my sink. I've actually lost count of how many days in a row the dishes have been done, sink shined and kitchen tidy. This is pretty monumental for me!!
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