WOW or WIP’s with Esther 5th Nov 2019

Look at the intensity of this colour???

Some how Esther’s Wednesdays come around faster than any other day of the week LOL Today is special as she has said on the weekend 2019 BOM will be released, I All ways get so excited when her beautiful beautiful designs are released. This flower reminds me of the beautiful designs she shares.

I have very very little to share sewing wise this week again. I’ve been working on sewing down the pieces on a memory Quilt As You Go block of Mums sewing treasures.

All most completed about two hrs of tiny French knots in the centre of the flowers that are in the bobbin lace basket in the centre, I was going to add bows around the edge of the block but the layers needed anchoring so went for embroidered daisies instead. Also adding around 60 French knots in those flower centres in the bobbin lace basket, using only two fine threads for these knots so it’s very slow, I may finish them tonight.

Lying on the silk Kimono I’m using to add the backing on these QAYG blocks, I hope to unpick enough of this kimono to day to add the backing to this block.

Two blocks completed, I used the sleeve fabric from the kimono for these two QAYG blocks

Trying to show you this beautiful silk fabric, it’s very tightly woven and very heavy, this quilt will be heavy and warm when or if it gets finished LOL

Kimono before I unpick it today? Takes me 2 to 3 hrs to unpick depends on who the seamstress was and how good her sewing was? They are or were all sewn by hand so the fabric was not punched by a machine needle, you can see the woven design clearly in this photo?

You can see the embossed weaving on the left of this block.

Also thinking of using my wedding train-lace as sashing’s and borders, it’s very fragile but may be OK if I use a iron on interfacing?

I completed the last border of my churn-dash quilt and now can not find the quilt, it’s completed except for this last border its so frustrating when one does this LOL I wanted so much to complete it before Christmas.

I can not find this quilt top to add the last border Iv’e just finished machine appliqueing ??? I so wanted to have this as a finish this year?!!

I did complete sewing all the blocks together of mums QAYG Hanky-quilt and it will arrive at its new destination to day or tomorrow. It will be loved I know.

Joining all these QAUG blocks by machine but with a flat finish no bulky seams.

These two hankies above had fabric applique added to them and the fabric had faded from green and a orange colour to light brown see leaves on the left side, plus the threads around the main flower had faded, original colour was still showing at the back, so I used my silk paints to colour them in again close to the original colours.

First row across is joined and I was happy how it was laying so flat but firmly joined.

I choose the same embroidery stitch I’d used to sew down the turned edge on the QAYG seam. It’s quiet difficult to see the join.

Corners all have one of these beautiful pieces of embroidery. Mum made a lovely morning tea table cloth but the rats loved it too and ate the Centre, so I cut the corners off and have added them to this memory quilt of hers.

I used very long pins alternating which direction they were pinned

All sewn except for the last centre row? I forgot to take a photo when it was completed ?

some times I had to pin ever 1/2 inch or even 1/4 inch when the blocks did not line up by a good 1/2 inch, but it paid off as this easing can not be seen any where.

I picked up these fharming and delightful

I picked up these charming and delightful pillows in a local Opp Shop last Friday, it was so sad to see someones work in a shop but I was very happy to bring them home to enjoy. .