The quilt corner of the border that I was working on Saturday night was finished and Alaska was rolled down. Now to get started in the next section – the border on the side and then an open space of diagonal lines before I get closer to paying attention to the main center point of the quilt. The design did get a little close the edge and some off those feathers will get covered by binding. I knew it would be close but didn’t think it would be that close.
This is the area I will be starting on next.
The hexie I showed yesterday was almost finished – it wasn’t near as humid yesterday morning as it had been and I was able to enjoy almost 2 hours on the porch.
I thought I had taken a photo of the second side that I worked on of Morning Glory before turning it after the glue had dried but I didn’t so I took one from the side instead.
The third side I will get at today and maybe the fourth? Haven’t gotten started but I do have the right side ready! Linking to Small Quilts and Doll Quilts — Cooking Up Quilts —
Mike had just been working on all the brush the last two weeks and hasn’t touched it while the humidity has been so high in recent days and when I was wandering around yesterday I saw this one tree had started to grow back in full force so I tied a ribbon around it to indicate I decided I want it to grow – it is a Mulberry Tree. Jessica had planted a mulberry tree years ago as a child and it grew for many years before it succumbed to disease – evidently some birds that got a hold of the berries planted another tree over here and although we knew it was a Mulberry tree (of which there are none others on our property) we had just decided to clear it all out – but seeing as it was growing back so fast maybe it was meant to be? Mulberry trees can be invasive but I have not seen any others around here – they can be pruned and you can eat the fruit if you get it before the birds do – we will let it go for now and see what happens – we will need to use some brush killer on all the other stuff that is already growing back so quickly.
I’ve never seen a mulberry tree – or at least not that I know of! They must not grow in the northeast/mid-Atlantic.
I’m now quilting the setting triangles around my black quilt in a grid pattern. Sort of boring but will give it a finished look when done. Yesterday I had to piece a thin strip along one side of the back which is scrappy anyway. It was about 1/2″ too short. 🙁
Alaska quilting is moving right along! I’ll enjoy seeing how you quilt the center section. Yesterday’s hexie looks like it fits the Alaska color scheme, too! I imagine a lot of measuring is involved to keep the Morning Glory border strip nice and straight, but it’s looking wonderful. I’m not familiar with Mulberry trees – wonder if they grow around here?
I never saw a Mulberry tree until one day, on the golf course, my playing partner reached up and took some totally ripe fruit off a tree that grew right by the cart path. Wow, the berries were delicious!
Most people don’t like them because the fruit drops all over and makes a mess. Another friend said she had one in the back of her large yard, but her daughters insisted on playing under it all the time and the fruit stained them and their clothes so she took it out.
Oh, that hexie is a pretty one! You are making good progress on Alaska too. I’m not familiar with mulberry trees, but the fruit looks a bit like blackberries, is that right?
You are making progress on a lot of projects. I like your hexie diamond. But it’s going to take forever after seeing your one year of progress in the last post. I hope you keep at it as it is going to be stunning.
I had a gigantic and beautiful mulberry tree right outside my bedroom for years. It finally had to come down last year and I miss it greatly. I left the stump high and it’s constantly trying to grow back, it’s a real fighter. It will be wonderful to watch your’s develop!
Do you mark your quilts before putting them on the frame or wait till it’s loaded? I’m always interested in the process. And I’m always amazed at how quickly you can hand quilt!
I really like how the added border is looking on Morning Glory. Brilliant idea! That does look like a happy, healthy mulberry tree.
Karen tus acolchados siempre me impresiona, tan organizado y tan rápido,
me encanta el árbol de morera se hacen muy grandes en algunas regiones en España
buena semana
Red and white always looks so crisp together, love the hexie. Congrats on all the progress on the Morning Glory project. You’ll have another one ready for quilting soon.
I remember in N Central WA, USA, squabbling over, That was MINE! Making quite a production of their feast. I’m guessing it was a mulberry tree.