Sewing With Sharon

Normalcy is slowly returning around here as my physical therapy and healing continues. If you ask me, I am ahead of schedule in the recovery department, and am impatient to get to full, unrestricted activities ASAP!

One bit of "normal" this week was my Tuesday sewing day with Sharon! Oh, boy, did we get a lot done! Sharon began her first few surrounds of her Kaffe Fassett Around the World quilt. It is going to be spectacular, if this initial portion is any indication.

 

Does this halt you in your tracks? Look at the movement in those flowers! Such a striking center panel and it could not be more perfect. A small border of pink dots on blue and then another wonderful floral with roses on a lavender background - this combination of fabrics is a wonderful start to her quilt.

Her next layer is this light blue "fans" piece; it contains just the right pops of pinks, purples, and greens to enhance those same pastels in the previous fabrics. If only mine will be half as gorgeous. Sharon has great fabrics from which to choose, and with her "eye" for just the right color and design, her quilt is gonna' be amazing.

She took this quilt to about the 4th or 5th surround, then felt it wise to stop. She wants to sift through her Kaffe Fassett stash a bit more thoroughly before moving ahead. Like me, Sharon has fabric all over the place. There might just be one random piece of KF in a stack in the back of the closet, or under the desk, or in a storage tub. We'd best pull all these random KF fabrics together so we don't miss anything!

She moved on to working with her Tilda remnants, making 9-patch blocks with a gentle off-white neutral. 

We remarked that two fabric styles could not be more starkly different - Kaffe Fassett and Tilda. One is bold and color-saturated while the other is soft and muted. One screams while the other whispers. And both are just as luscious to work with as anything.

So my task for the day was to continue making pinwheels for my Winnie the Pooh panel. Finishing the pinwheels led to making top and bottom borders, followed by side borders. All very straightforward. Attach said borders to the panel and VOILA! It's now ready to go on the long arm machine.

I acquired the Pooh panel when Jan was purging her stash awhile back. I acquired the green for the pinwheels just last month when Becky was similarly purging. I would even venture that the dotted fabric in the pinwheels came from someone's purge - we've all been feeling the weight of the excesses of our stashes. Anyway, this quilt totally has happened through the generosity of my dear quilting friends!

Let's hope all this productivity continues. I would really like to finish out 2025 with a flourish of quilting activity!

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Jayne