This is my second nesting robin. I kinda put this and most of the rest of my quilting on the back burner because life is so darned full of changes and things are just plain busy. I have to say that my life is just in flux right now. I have been doing things but not posting much. I pulled this out about a month ago and decided I needed to have something to do while everything else is going crazy around me. It is currently in a stage where there is lots of handwork, and it is also fairly small as well. This makes it perfect to drag around with me. My coworker saw this the other day when I was showing it to someone at work and wanted to know why I was working on this. Well the answer for me was easy. "It relaxes me". There is really no other reason for doing this. I love making quilts and I especially love needle turn applique and handwork. It is very relaxing and when finished is just beautiful to look at. Working on something like this just brings joy to my life and I love watching it change and progress. The end of this project will be a total surprise and I am just making it up as I go.
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| The block that this began with |
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| The first border |
The project began with just one block in colors that I just love. Then a border, and another. So far so good. Now to add some beautiful applique to those big triangles. The first try was not the right color so I picked it out and began again and I just love how it looks so far.
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| The second border with the beginning of an idea |
The above photo is more complete than the others. There will be some more things added once I have completed all the other triangles to this stage. I am working on adding the leaves to the last triangle.
There are a million and one ways to do applique. Most of which require lots of preparation. I learned needle turn applique when I first learned to quilt back in the early 1980's and have tried other things and always come back to the simplicity of this method. It just requires marking the turning line on the fabric and then turning under that edge one stitch at a time with the long straw needle. It yields very nice clean edges and for me goes fairly quickly. There is nothing to wash out at the end or added bulk that other methods require. Not for everyone but it works for me. You can see the leaf on the right below where I just started to turn under the edge of the first side. This slow stitching is very relaxing and portable and I love doing it.
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