It was about time this beauty was basted.

 I was in the mood to get this one off the wall and basted.

I needed the backing to be pieced. I used what I had and just sewed strips on, trimmed and sewed again.

Then I ended up with this..

Wow… it’s all basted now ready for quilting. The best part is I know how I want to quilt it. Amazing.

Now with the leftovers I will sew them all together and trim down to 2 1/2” strips, keep joining them again until I have enough for the binding. I am keen to use all these scraps up instead of putting them into the scrap bucket…….

A very old UFO. Sue’s embroidered brown blocks.

 Years ago a lovely friend of mine, Sue, made all these beautiful machine embroidered blocks for me. Well, I have just got around to doing something with them.

I have decided on the sashing I want to do to make a quilt big enough. Maybe a single bed size but it is definitely bigger than a lap quilt.

I have been sewing it together slowly.

Here are all the individual blocks. They are very cute. Sorry that some are blurry.

Aren’t all the embroideries so cute…

Well, I was away on retreat in November and I worked on them some more.

Look at it now. The top is complete.

Thank you so much Sue. I do love them and think of you all the time.