Inspired

My friend Nancy made the cutest Sashiko bag!  I'm inspired to work on some that I have! 🥰

 

Quilted Boots

 I saw this article on The Quilt Show blog.  I just think these shoes and purse are incredible!  What works of art.  I think I would have to display them and not wear them! 😂

It's October!!

I am excited for the Fall this year, probably because summer was so hot!  Looking forward to shorter days and more sewing 🥰. And don't forget, in October we wear PINK!  Get your mammogram scheduled 😊

 

Boho Heart Top Complete!

I finished the top!  I really like it!  I ordered a wide back and when that comes Cheryl Bradford is going to quilt it for me 🥰. This was a really fun quilt to make.

 

Boho Heart Quilt

Finally a chance to get into the sewing room!  I laid out all of the Boho Heart quilt blocks and starting cutting the background strips.  The background strips were supposed to be cut at 1.5 inches to finish at one inch!  That is a LOT of seams, not to mention a lot of cutting and piecing.  My friend asked if it could be done with 2.5 inch strips so I decided to figure that out!  With some modifications, for example while most of the strips are 2.5 inches, a few had to be cut at 3.5 inches.  You can spot them in the picture below but it just isn't that noticeable to me, so 2.5 / 3.5 inch cuts it is!  Thanks to Michelle B. for the suggestion!

 

The Gardens

Part of the beauty of the Garden of Quilts are the gardens themselves.  It is held at Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point.  Even after all the rain, or maybe especially after all the rain, it was just beautiful 🥰

 

The Quilts

 

I only took a few pictures of the quilts at Garden of Quilts.  Many were still covered in plastic, and I mostly just wanted to enjoy the gardens and looking at quilts.  But here are a few that caught my eye 😊