Gardens and Quilts

First, the Drift white roses are in bloom. How fun is that!

The “XO” quilt is off the longarm, at last. It got ignored for almost two weeks.

When they passed out visual conceptual genes, I didn’t get many. I thought this “XO” title meant an X block and an O block. Nope. The X blocks make an O block as soon as they are put next to each other.

Now this donation quilt is trimmed, bound, and is getting its binding sewn down by hand at night. I was going to machine sew the binding, but I needed some night time tv hand sewing. Otherwise I get restless and do things like making popcorn.

What has been fun is that I couldn’t throw away these larger half-square blocks made when one trims and sews the diagonal corners of the XO big rectangle. Each. rectangle produced two half-square blocks in the same colors. So, I made flying geese with them as a leader/ender project–and then made this little table topper piece.

The backing is a cute one of sheep that has been in my stash for years and years.

I am so enjoying this piece on my dining room table. (So far I have not killed that poinsetta gifted to me at Christmas.)

I made several table toppers these past months, and I have enough now to change them out seasonally. Or when I get bored with one.

I love flying geese blocks!