Fast forward to July 5, 2010 and I check out the HGTV quilting board. A board member from MO has a friend who has a long haul ahead of her recovering from some medical issues. Susan will be in the hospital or rehabilitation for an extended period. Sooo a message was posted asking for quilt blocks to cheer Susan up. I CAN DO THIS.....
The first thing I thought of was- "It appears that Susan has a lot of people waiting for her to come home". The result: I'm making a home coming ribbon!
I received 1250 different postage stamp fabric squares just 3 days before. Below is my first attempt at using these squares. Its not perfect, far from it. But I hope it brightens up Susan's day.
1) First I built the ribbon with yellow and golds. Boy did it need squaring up!!
2) A little boarder will help set the quilt, and bring out the scrappy-ness
3) Another first - this is such a small piece. I quilted it on my machine.
You remember Rosy, my 201 I purchased last November.
4) Since I had her tuned-up, the stitches are sweeeeet!
I do need practice stitching a STRAIGHT LINE thou....
5) Square the block up again...
6) A boarder of teal and pink. Some of Susan's favorite colors!
Not my best work! look at this seam!
I added a teal loop for hanging, kind-a-like a pot holder and then into the mail last night. I hope she likes it!
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