I finished the last two blocks for "A Perfect Garden".
The Pomegranate block. Not hard at all.
The Grapes. Yikes! The most complicated block of the nine. There are no layout sheets for the blocks so I created my own. The blocks are twenty inches square. I used freezer paper for drawing the layout. Freezer paper is eighteen inches wide so I had to tape on some extra to get the correct width. I played and played with drawing lines for the trellis. I finally got it to the shape I thought looked like the picture. Then the curly stems .....there was only one pattern piece given and it did not exactly fit or look like the same shapes in all parts of the block. So modifications of those pieces and I hoped for the best. I am satisfied with the block in the end.
I started a new project from a pattern I have had a good while called "County Fair". You would think a country fair quilt would have pigs and cows but there are none. I have the four horses done and one of the corner heart blocks. I am not in a hurry to finish the project.
I don't think I shared the pot of flowers applique block I did a couple months ago. It will be the center medallion of a quilt. I did not have a large enough piece of the background so I pieced it and got it to the size I needed.
My brother and his wife are coming next Friday for a visit. He wants to learn how to make a quilt. The pot of flowers is for his quilt if he wants to use it. I am going to show him how to rotary cut and sew nine patch blocks. He knows how to operate a sewing machine. I like that someone 83 years old still has the desire to learn a new craft.
Have a wonderful weekend and take time to sew.
Karen