Small things

Wish I could have shown some progress on my Ocean Waves quilt, but I'm still waiting for the backing fabric... Anyway, the summer and the heat in the city has sort of scared me away from the sewing machine (and especially the iron!) - not complaining that summer is finally here, but it's just so warm... over the last week I have only managed some small things:

Finishing a stitchery for one of the Butterfly Garden blocks, and a DJ block (not many pieces in this one *lol*). Tally is now DJ - 18 and BG - 17; slow progress is better than no progress, right?

I have also managed to get the binding on a couple of the mini quilts :o) This is how they turned out - pretty cute:

Hope everyone is having a great week!
Sincerely, Anne Ida

PS! Claire over at Quiltygal has a giveaway - Sunday is last chance to enter :o)

Butterfly Garden - some progress

I've done a little bit of stitching on my Butterfly Garden. I've cut all the pieces for the blocks and started started piecing them together. I still have a long ways to go, so I took a bit of a break (the chain of blocks still in my machine) and stitched one of the flower blocks:

This is a variant of the block Leanne made for Hanne, and I got in the workshop in Trysil - since I'm still waiting for my copy of the pattern to arrive. My tally of finished blocks are now 10! I still have some more blocks (the appliqué ones) I can make before it is crucial the pattern arrives...

Wishing everyone in blogland a great weekend!
Sincerely, Anne Ida

Butterfly Garden - the beginning

Some have asked me to show my first blocks for my version of Leanne Beasley's new BOM: Butterfly Garden. This is what it looks like so far - four blocks, no butterflies yet:

Since I haven't received the patterns yet, I've begun on blocks Leanne gave us drawings of in the class she held in Trysil, and blocks I can draft from the picture on her blog. I really enjoy working on these little cuties :o)

Hope you all have a great Sunday!
Sincerely, Anne Ida