It has been lovely having a couple of warm winter days ....
Over the weekend I put together my Asian Inspired fabrics top for the clubs Community stash.... I do like the look with the sage grey/green background. Its up to someone else to find backing, wadding and get the quilting done (though sometimes I get to do that part)
On Tuesday at a friends house I got a few more framed hexagons done.....
... after finishing off this Sashiko style block ...
Now for a contraversial subject... brussel sprouts! I find people love them or hate them......
I used to refuse this vegetable for many years - then a daughter suggested frying in butter with bacon and garlic.....
I love them this way now.... lunch yesterday!
Embroidery club yesterday saw another Sashiko style block done - very similar to the other one but less lines going to the centre .. I have done 62/365 now!!!
As you can see I am struggling to get my centres nice and neat and even stitching, however I think when they are all together it won't be too noticeable. I am certainly not unpicking!
Clouds are over, a sprinkle of rain, and the wood fire is back on but I have some quilting to do ... but first some coffee!
Have a lovely rest of the weekend,.... xx
what a beautiful top and the greyish fabric frames the asian fabrics beautifully.
ReplyDeletepretty sashiko blocks too. Wow 365 of them!! how big are they.
I'm pro brussel sprouts in moderation but is there nothing that isn't improved by adding some bacon. I love them with bacon too and I even managed to convert my mum with them cooked this way. Another way I like them is if they are big ones, cut them in half and roast in the oven with over veg-eg pumpkin, zucchini and capsicum. They come quite sweet.
It is a very interesting quilt. The background colour is lovely. Brussel sprouts? No, thanks. I'll have cabbage any day but not the "mini cabbage". Well done with the Sashiko stitching. They are learning blocks so they can not be perfect the first time around but they are lovely, nonetheless. Enjoy the coffee. ;^)
ReplyDeleteThe Asian fabrics quilt looks wonderful Fiona, as do your sashiko blocks. I think we are our own worst critics at times. I quite like brussel sprouts - in fact I have some growing in my veggie garden - a punnet of plants gifted to me. They would be wonderful fried in garlic - I must remember this. xx
ReplyDeleteI like how your top turned out.....you could use any style print and background colour......I cut my Brussel Sprouts in half then slice very thinly, cut bacon into fine slivers and stir fry together.....yummo!
ReplyDeleteThe top turned out lovely using the blue/grey framing.
ReplyDeleteGreat progress with the hexies and sashiko blocks.
Brussels sprouts NO, not anyway.
Wow! The quilt looks amazing with that background. The brussel sprouts would be yummy just with garlic and ground pepper...no oinky food for me lol. The centres of those sashiko blocks would be very hard to get right with so many lines in a small space. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThat quilt top is lovely. Two great sashiko blocks. Sprouts and bacon are very happy partners as opposed to the boiled to a mush variety. In France they sold tinned sprouts...........................
ReplyDeleteBrussel sprouts - so yummy cut in half, drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with garlic salt and then oven-roasted in a cast iron skillet ...... boiled brussel sprouts are nasty ... just sayin'
ReplyDeleteNope! Green balls of gas.
ReplyDeleteLove your hexies though and the cute sashiko.
The top is lovely. Love brussel sprouts, especially the way you've done them or nicely steamed. :) Your Sashiko looks good to me. I wouldn't have picked anything wrong with the centre.
ReplyDeleteI particularly like your sashiko-style blocks, so you have 62 finished and there are 303 to go. Have I understood that correctly? As a meditation you have to embroider it, otherwise it's a lot of work...
ReplyDeleteit will be beautiful.
The top for the club with the wonderful colorful fabrics and the sage gray/green background is very beautiful... well sewn.
Congratulations :-))
Much joy to you and greetings from Viola
p.s. A summer greeting in winter.
The Asian inspired quilt is a beauty. It would be funny if they then asked you to be the quilter. As they say, a blind man would be very happy to see your Sashiko centres. They will be fine when all put together. I’m not a fan of Brussel sprouts, however, an old English friend used to be able to cook them so that they were delicious. I’m not sure what her secret was.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, Fiona. I used to hate brussel sprouts. My husband roasts them and now I love them!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt top Fiona, and you are going great guns with your hexies and sashiko blocks. Brussel sprouts sliced and cooked in the oven with chopped bacon and a drizzle of olive oil and apple cider vinegar - very nice. I grew up with them boiled too, not so nice!!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great finish on your quilt top, and lovely to be able to pass it on.
ReplyDeleteCan I add another suggestion for the Brussels sprouts? Try bacon, onion and a little maple syrup. Tried these on a recent US trip and couldn't get enough of them.
Beautiful Asian beauty. I find it hard to keep my Sashiko regular. Sorry no Brussels sprouts for me lol!
ReplyDeleteLove the Asian inspired quilt. Is there a pattern?
ReplyDeleteNo Brussels sprouts for me - not in any form!
Sorry - cant help you with the sashiko issue - but I will remember to avoid those sorts of patterns..loL
ReplyDeleteLove the Asian quilt- did you follow a pattern or make it up? It's worked really well...good for feature prints too.
I don't hate brussels sprouts...just steamed is OK occasionally.