With no computer available for three days, I reverted to my comfort zone…hand stitching while I watch Hallmark movies on TV. (See https://marykisner.com/computer-virus-tulips-and-snow/)
It took only a minute to decide what to make. My front door quilt needed to be replaced. It was nice and fresh last year and lasted two full months on the front door. When I put it up around the middle of March this year it was looking a little faded and by now it is definitely not inspiring!
First, I looked for a simple quilt block in my favorite book:
At the bottom of every page there is a list of exactly how many pieces of each template I will need to make the block. Most of the shapes I have used before, so all I had to do was sort through the bag of cut templates to find T10 and T15.
Next, I searched through my stash of cotton fabric, remembering that I needed to use a light color for the background so the block would show up on the dark front door. These colors looked bright and cheerful!
After cutting out all the pieces, I arranged them on the table to see if I liked the colors together.
In one day (and two Hallmark movies) I was able to hand stitch the block together.
I added a piece of lightweight batting between the block and the back fabric. I top stitched in the ditch on the major horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. Finally I added the border and binding.
Sure looks more colorful that the old quilt, don’t you think?
Now I have my computer back, so I can post these pictures! Yea! Enjoy!
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