Rainy Monday ~ Slow Stitching Day

My stitching is done on my 

Slow Stitch Sunday Project

This is for a blog hop project coming in May

so it will be awhile before my finished project appears on my blog.

Here is a sneak peek.

It is a cool and rainy day here in the northeast and I am

spending another day enjoying with my hand stitching  in my cozy home.

This is my project for today.

I already stitched the white tree design on navy

 and am making another pink cherry blossom 

and will be using the fabric on the left to complete the project.

I am trying a different chalk marker to see if it works better.

It is a chalk pencil I bought somewhere at a quilt show.

I have been using my Clover Chaco Liner, but is does rub off easily.

If you do sashiko, I would be interested 

in what you use for a marking pen. 

Maestro is my stitching helper of the day.

Kitty is a little annoyed with me as I had to keep shooing her off my light box

(and put it away without taking photos)

and she has been trying to run off with my threaded needles. 

In protest to my stopping her fun, she knocked my scissors, thread spools

 and other things off the table.

Kitty is looking at me and saying, " No fun. Mommy, you are not letting me help today.

I will sit on your chair and turn my back on you." 

Time to put my stitch project away for awhile and go pet my kitty.

May you have a happy and healthy day. 

Sashiko Slow Stitch Sunday

Today I started a new slow stitch sashiko project.

I really enjoy these small hand stitching.

This is the back of my project.
I use solid fabric that does not have a front or back side for sashiko.
I have no idea if I am "doing it wrong."
I find and use methods and techniques that work for me.
I mark with a Clover Chaco Liner pen and it rubs off a little as I stitch
but it last long enough for me to stitch and it is not permanent.
I actually put as few marks as possible.
Sometimes I add details as I go along.

The stitching on this one is going very quickly.

The stitching on this cherry blossom is complete.

Finished project will come later as it is for a blog hop in May.

Linking up today
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Slow Sunday Stitching @ Kathy's Quilts

Happy Slow Stitching!

My New Quilt Is Bound!

The binding is finished on my Daylily Chloe Quilt. 

I took it outside on this lovely sunny Saturday for a photoshoot.

I am pattern testing for

Crystal @ DayBrook Designs

This pattern will be for sale soon in her shop 

and I will post my finished quilt photos for the release. 

For my binding I used the light periwinkle print from the blocks for the accent color

and added a dark purple marble for the main color.

I used King Tut Threads for the quilting and binding,

Angle Green for the quilting and Angel Lavender for the binding.

I like to use my 

Binding Baby by Doohikey Designs

for winding my binding.

I followed my 

Two Fabric Flanged Machine Binding Tutorial Here

for making this binding.

For this method I sew the binding first to the back of the quilt.

Then I flip it to the front and use my zipper foot 

to make a clean line of stitches in the narrow flange.  

I matched my thread color to the light flange fabric.

The zipper foot allows me to get a precise turn for the mitered corner,

This is the finished corner.

This is my favorite machine binding method.

I like to choose this binding to add the accent detail to some of my quilts. 

More photos soon. 

Rainy Days and Quilting Never Bring Me Down

It was a gray and rainy day here today, a good day to stay in and quilt.

I finished the quilting on my  

Chloe Pattern Test Quilt for DayBrook Designs

Those last stitches are always sew sweet!

Katniss was my Quilty Kitty Helper of the Day.

The little kitties were both napping on the quilt on my bed most of the day.

Here is a closeup of the quilting.

I did an edge to edge, hand guided large swirl,

which is my favorite go-to design for free motion quilting.

I never get tired doing this one

as the motion is fluid and relaxing. 

This quilt is off the frame.

The binding is ready.

Tomorrow I will stitch on the binding.

The forecast is for afternoon sun before it turns cloudy and rainy again, 

so it will be the best day to take my quilt outside

for a natural light photo shoot.

Time for sleep tonight.

Sweet Quilty Dreams! 

I Like Thursday # 52 ~ Just Another Day in the Scrapatch

Good Morning, Coffee!

Good Morning, Banana Bread!

Mmmmmm ... warm, delicious Banana Bread ... yum!

My go-to Banana Bread recipe is 

from Simply Recipes and can be found HERE

Good Morning, Amara,

ready and waiting for me to quilt! 

Good  Morning, Nutmeg!

Now be a good quilty kitty and do not jump across my quilt

while you are helping me today.

Good Morning,

I Like Thursday Bloggers @ Not Afraid of Color

It is just another Thursday in the Scrapatch

May you and yours have a happy day!