Mrs. Okutomi's block request was for Hawaiian quilt blocks and she is getting close to the 9 block goal. This picture is for Lorraine who is making a block to send back to Mrs. Okutomi from Australia. Lorraine still has to choose a color that will fit in... What do you think? A pretty red? A green? Some of these blocks laid out on the table have yet to be appliqued or are in various degrees of being finished. But they sure look pretty all together!
Of course the main reason we gather together at all is to work on the kindergarten bazaar quilt, but we sometimes forget that that is our purpose! We bring in show-and-tell things and share hints and new discoveries in the quilting world. (Mrs. Furui has purchased a wonderful needle threader! I bought a needle threader last year but her new one is so cute! We ALL want a new needle threader so Mrs. Furui was taking orders! Maybe I can show that after next month's patchwork gathering.)Okay... We really must stop sharing and chatting and eating, and get down to sewing! Finally the bazaar quilt came out.
Basically the center tree is finished though it seems a little lopsided still so a few more leaves may go on. All the surrounding stars are finished and were ready to add. This is a little small for a bed covering... Leave as is? Add a border?
"Mrs. Furui? Remember that odd green fabric you and I bought years ago? The one that made your eyes smart?' (the design is fuzzy and you don't know if your eyes are blurring or the fabric is off..)Mrs. Ochiai laughed because Mrs. Furui knew right away what fabric I was talking about.
"Hey, that actually looks nice!"
Mrs. Okutomi made the comment that an inner piping of the same fabric around on the other side of the stars would be nice so we added that trim too. Mrs. Furui cut, someone ironed, someone pinned and I sewed.
We didn't get to a complete flimsy stage (no fuzzy borders on this yet... ) but our blocks are beginning to look like a quilt!
11 comments:
Looks like it will be another very pretty quilt. I'm anxiously waiting to see the "fuzzy" fabric. :)
STUNNING - just stunning. I am loving the tree quilt so much! The Hawaiian blocks look wonderful!
That bazaar quilt is really looking good. You all are doing a beautiful job.
cindy
What a lovely quilt! I love appliqued trees and the border of stars is stunning!
Susan in Texas
I have just recently discovered you on facebook. I love your work and reading about your life in japan. I am also a quilter. I was wondering if you have ever used spray on basting for your quilts instead of pinning. It is so much easier to quilt and does not take very long to get a quilt basted and ready to quilt. Also you don't get puckers on the backing. Thank you for sharing your quilts and you life. JoeNell
Wonderful quilt. It is stunning and makes me envious. I am glad to read your blog about life in your country. Thanks so much.
That quilt looks so fresh and nice. When I think back on our auction quilts and how we made them big enough for a bed ... single, then double and queen sized thinking they would be in greater demand ... Then the person who got them hung them on a wall! Only one that I know of has made it to a bed. A border might be nice but it is great as it is.
I love the tree design, very creative and so colorful! I think the stars make a perfect border on their own. Just perhaps a brown binding to match the tree trunk to frame it.
You guys make the BEST bazaar quilts. Every year you out do yourselves!
Wow. That's lovely!
The quilt top is so pretty! You ladies do beautiful work.
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