I’m back in N. H. The weather is beautiful. My climbing roses are outdoing themselves this year. Two of the flowers that my Dad gave me are in blossom. I look forward to them every year. I did make a list of what I “needed” to do when I came home. I haven’t even looked at the list. I’ve been busy.
Last Friday night was the Guild banquet. Our speaker was Beth Helfter. Beth devised a new method of making half square triangles. It is called the Accordion sewn Half Square Triangles. It was fascinating because I need to make lots of half square triangles for a border of a wall hanging that I am making. Today, I thought I would make some. It took three tries to get the procedure into my mind. There are four steps in the procedure. It’s really very easy and quick to make the half square triangles. My final border will be finished very quickly. Then I can think about quilting the piece. This quilt is a challenge that will be revealed in September.
I took two small partially hand quilted to Maine with me. I started both of them many years ago. They both have been sitting around for a long time. I decided to focus on one of them and finally finished it. Hand quilting is very relaxing. It just fits on the center of my dining room table. It will be my decoration for the month. This quilt pattern is one of my favorite patterns. It is easy with all straight sewing.
It’s June and Annie Louise needs a new dress. Last month, my Maine chapter of the Pine Tree Guild had a teacup raffle. My numbers were drawn for a few doll and doll dress patterns. I also won a bag of fancy fabric. Because it is June, Annie Louise had to have a bridal dress. One of the doll dress patterns is for an 18″ doll. It was perfect. Thank you, Shirley. There was some white brocade in the bag of fabric. Thank you, Brenda. Putting them together made a very nice dress.
I think that it is time to look at my list and start doing what I need to do while here. I know that one of the things to do was to find some more UFOs to finish when I go back to Maine. One other thing to do is to gather supplies for classes in Vermont. I should get busy.
Have a great day and happy quilting.
Miss Molly quilts 