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 This is what I'm planning to use for the peak a boo border

around the center section...it is a little deeper red than

shows here...

here are some possible backgrounds for the center blocks

 



And here are a lot of small pieces I can use for the patchwork

 

I will be happy to see the end to the applique portion of this project...

Getting excited...

Mama Bear

Bears at Home

Sammie

I am a bit behind, even after a wonderful catch up with Chooky in April, who was whip cracking. My life has been taken over by my health. Knee pain has resulted in finding out that I need double knee replacement so for the past three weeks and the next five weeks I'm undergoing Prehab intensive muscle development, 3 hours a day of combined physio and hydrotherapy. So on Tuesday this week I needed a well deserved rest day and dragged out my box and sorted myself out..  Zip log bags became my friend, so I hope now I'll catch up - april is almost done

Hi Everyone, Dzintra here

doing a great big Happy Dance wooo hoooo

my Gardener's Journal quilt is finally finished

and I am soooo happy with it!!!

I remember a few months into starting this quilt I broke my arm which just put me back several months in everything and at one stage wondered if I would ever get it done!!!  I'll never take the use of 2 arms for granted again....

Thank you so much Chooky and Peg who are the inspiration for doing this

and also thank you to all the fellow stitchers out there for all the support and encouragement along the way in getting this quilt finally completed....

I have thoroughly enjoyed doing my Gardener's Journal and I will bring it up to Nundle next year to show it off.....

Till then.....Happy Stitching

'bye, Dzintra xoxo

Whew, made it to the deadline by the end of 2012 with a post on my progress but unfortunately not the finished quilt!!!

I'm still with A Gardener's Journal and I have done a pieced back with some of the fabrics used in the quilt...

I'm very happy with it and hope to get this sandwiched real soon...

like hopefully this week!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much to dear Chooky (for running this fabulous quilt in Stitch-a-long) and to all the gals who drop by and leave comments of encouragement!!!!!!!!

~I have thoroughly enjoyed this journey~

And while I'm here I'd like to wish everyone a Happy, Safe and Peaceful New Year full of Love and Happiness and of course much Stitching.......Dzintra xo

It's been a long time but now that Pirates of Penzance has finished I can start to get back to my GJ quilt...

I have started piecing the back Y I P E E 

I went to Finishing School last week and the advice was to square the fabric down to 38" and then make up pieces of 10 1/2" and now it is coming together beautifully

I can't be *H A P P I E R *

Thank you so much Chooky for the phone call....it was lovely to hear from you and as you said just put it together...

It's back to the cutting table for me now...Dzintra

Sofia

After much deliberation on deciding which border to use I went with the one below as the red just seemed too bright

What was to have been the backing is now the outer border

I had read I think on Anni's blog a while ago that a backing can be pieced using fat 1/4's and I have seen pieced backings using strips of fabric

So this weekend hopefully I will have a friend down who has offered to show me how to do it all

I was thinking I might even hand quilt it just around the blocks and squares and perhaps do in- the-ditch

around the borders

Did anyone else hand quilt this one?

This is what it looks like on the bed

and on the washing line

I just couldn't get a straight pic due to the wind

Thanks so much Chooky and to the Stitch-a-long gals for all the encouragement on this blog

Have a great weekend everyone......Dzintra

http://farmgirlstitching.blogspot.com

Not sure now what I'll do with the back

I'm thinking I might piece some of the leftovers together and use some of the cream outer border for the back as I think I will have enough to do that 

Did anyone else do something like that and is there any advice on how to do that as I've never done it before although I have seen it and I quite like the look?

And here are all the blocks together!

Happy Stitching everyone

My SKOW is getting closer!!!!

framed by florals and paisleys

Birds in the Tree......I loved doing this one

and now surrounded by more florals and paisleys

I had cut out a blue paisley for the inner border but not sure whether to use it?

Originally I thought I would use a red border

but not sure now

I'll put it all together and then I'll be back to show you and see what you think

Thank you so much Chooky and the Stitch-a-long gang for continued encouragement......I am loving doing this quilt

I did get a bit more of chance this week to work on this as I put a chisel through the top part of my hand whilst doing some work at my local theatre which necessitated 'glueing' instead of stitching

Luckily there was a Doctor in the House

Then a tenanus shot and then I had to lay low for a while whilst Hubby took over caring duties

Luckily the injured hand was the 'holding hand' so it worked out well and I got some respite to boot

Keep stitching everybody and as some of you will be finishing your SKOW I will be starting mine

Chink Chink Chooky

~Dzintra~