It is just the easiest thing to get side-tracked over here. Let me just tell you, if I don't go off on a tangent every day or two, then something surely must be wrong.
In all my sorting, purging, and organizing, I came across three fabrics clustered together in Aunt Margaret's belongings. They were small pieces - like fat quarters or less - and they were so pretty together. Instantly, I thought they'd make a super-cute Grandmother's Flower Garden flower.
Now, thinking it and actually accomplishing it were two entirely different stories, let me tell you. I had the idea straight away, but heavens! Finding the EPP templates for making it was a big mystery. Seems all this "organizing" hasn't done me a daggone bit of good - I can't find anything in all the new places I've put stuff!
I eventually found the tub of EPP supplies that I was looking for and got down to business cutting out parts for one flower.
Stitching for just a bit each evening or while listening to an audiobook, I have whipped this up just as quick as can be.
And now I will add it into the tub with the growing stack of flowers made a year or two ago, when I was working on these with more focus. This flower becomes #57 of the little garden I've stitched up.
In the months since I last made any of these flowers, I haven't given them much thought. Now, though, I am considering options for finishing. An easy way would be to applique them onto plain blocks which I would sew together by machine. A more involved finish would include making several gazillion more hexies to join these flowers all together. Green is a commonly used color because it mimics a garden path. Any solid color would work so that the flowers are the focus. Click here to see one with green paths. This one with leaf clusters is also interesting.
I will have to think on this.
Finished with my little flower garden tangent, I return my focus to the sorting. My attitude is that it is drudgery, but I ought to change my mindset - this effort is akin to an archaeological dig - I am always surprised at the next find.
Happy Quilting, Friends!
Jayne