Thankfully, this week is Spring Break for me as well as for my DD and grandgirls so we are all at the beach to relax!
We spent the afternoon actually on the beach yesterday afternoon... where the girls played in the sand and even went in the ocean. My daughter and I looked for shells... and my SIL got in a nap.
I also had some time to crochet a wash/dish cloth and... as promised, Shelia... here it is!
I'm slowly relaxing... very slowly. Feels good....
I have to say that finishing up a wall hanging goes a lot faster than a quilt! Sandwiching/pinning went smoothly as did the quilting. Using blue painter's tape I marked lines to sew...
I used a grayed variegated thread (has soft yellows, blues, pinks, & gray and blended well, I thought) for the radiating lines and a dark green to outline the cross (stitch in the ditch).
The backing is leftover batik from the last quilt I finished and I did the corner-pockets thing to hold the sawed-off yard stick that will serve as a hanger.
The wall hanging is 21.5" wide and 42.5" long.
This quilt has taken on a life of its own. The colors change with the available light, whether natural or artificial.... and as you look at it from different angles. It's definitely greater than the sum of the parts.
I will give this to my son-in-law Jason on Easter Sunday.
Using the fuse-squares-to-interfacing method of assembling a top certainly makes the job go more quickly... especially since it was important to have the right square of fabric in the correct location.
It's amazing how much "shrinkage" you get after sewing 10 seams across the width.
After finishing all three sections, I match seams and sewed the sections together.
Now to get this sandwiched and quilted!
