Unity Quilt by Bonnie Hunter

So far the quilt had maintained its square....Round 4 of the Bonnie Hunter Unity is on the wall. I like it and it has been so fun to do. It has reinforced my skills of accuracy and getting to know my sewing machine quirks better. A lot of quilts I do in the modern vein do not have the same accuracy needs as this type blocks. Both modern and traditional are a very creative outlet but traditional, in my view, takes a lot more accuracy for those points in all these stars. I love using up all this Christmas material for a great new quilt. Ready to do some more flying geese for round 5. 

Unity Quilt with Bonnie Hunter #3

The small 4 1/2" unfinished 4" finished squares are done!!  Yes that was a lesson in perseverance. I can get a bit bored with the same thing over and over, but one piece at a time gets the job done.  I love how this is going and how is it a great way to focus for whatever time on something other than what all the virus stuff keeps me from doing. Fun Fun. 

Display Board for Postcards

I participated in a postcard exchange with the Quiltficion Club Facebook group. It was so much fun to get those cute cards. I made the ones I sent to highlight the bluebonnets of Texas.

 I thought it would be nice to display the ones I received and begin to look for a way to do that. I loved the shadow box type of display I saw on many sites but I did not have the frame needed or the right wood to make one and I did not want to spend any money on this project. I knew there had to be something in my sewing/craft room to make this happen. YES I saw it as I walked into the room leaning against the wall behind the ironing board. A large portable ironing board pad that I got in 2003 at the Martha Pullen sewing expo. It is quite large so I do not use it.

A perfect size, a perfect background and easy to work with. Pins, ribbon, clips make the magic happen. It worked out just as I imagined and it does exactly what it was designed to do. 

I love it. 

I enjoy seeing them displayed and there is room for more. 💖

Playing with Background

Starting to play with background. The grey looking is really a very shimmery and shiny silver. Have not settled on anything yet, just playing. Lots of time to play when  being home is the only option. Nice in a way to be on lock down, but then I think of all the places not doing business and not making money for themselves or employees and it makes me very sad.

Unity Quilt-a-long with Bonnie Hunter

My quilting group (7 of us) are all but one, who our cheerleader, doing the Bonnie Hunter 
Unit Quilt-a-long. This is the first week and each Monday there will be another part of this medallion style quilt. The center block is now done using Christmas fabric I had in my stash. I like it a lot and can absewlutely see how fun this will be. www.quiltville.blogspot.com