First let me say I am having server issues once again and it is barely letting me on here some days, I’m not sure how long it has been going on now. All I can say is I don’t know what to do about it but wait it out. If I try to start a new blog/server I might loose all of my post since 2007 and I don’t want that to happen. I am posting photos on Instagram also – if you follow me there as I know some of you do I have post the photos there and will try the blog again today. My Instagram is karenquiltsetc.
It was finally sunny on Sunday and I got the quilt top outside in the middle of the morning as soon as I realized it was about in full sun! The total amount of pieces was less then I thought it would be but still a lot!! 5,625 — 7/8″ hexies
Another angle
Jack’s Chain – I started the piecing – one block (ring at a time) cut the pieces, mark the seam – took forever for me to find the right slender needle to use that goes through batiks easiest – for me that is a number 9 Roxanne between – if I could find my Roxanne Applique needles they would be better – where did they go? I can’t find them but sure enough if I order some I will find the little tube of needles. I need to do 3 sections as shown below plus more of the nine patch then I will show how you construct it. If you wonder for hand piecing I use one strand of thread – in this case Connecting Threads brand as I had a shade closely matching the green. If I don’t have a color closely matching I will use a neutral. I do a running stitch and about every third stitch is a back stitch to secure.
I started to work on this section of The Rose Garden on Saturday night but I started late and quit so I could sit and piece the Jack’s Chain for awhile.
It was so sunny outside that in the afternoon it was warm enough – it got down to 36 or 37 I believe but afternoon was high 50’s so I was able to go sit down in the garden and get finish getting the first half of the garden weeded!! We are adding two beds for flowers in front of the garden but first it will be used for storing the strawberry plants while Mike remakes the raised beds with more of this metal ones. We will do one bed at a time and seeing as he doesn’t move real fast anymore (like me lol) I’m sure it will be well into summer before the whole thing is done. The strawberries in that first bed by the fence were not thinned out in the summer as I had been doing and they are growing up to the fence so there will be plants to give away for sure at that rate. We have some trees growing in there that Mike will have to dig out I know I tried pulling and they were too much for me.
This week is to be in the low to mid-70’s so I should be able to work on the second section of the weeds unless my back acts up.
Wow! Noriko’s star is done… what an achievement. It’s a testament to your perseverance…proof that a little sewing each day ends up within a finished project, eventually.
It will be fun to watch your new hand pieces project grow.
Noriko’s Star is such an accomplishment! I will be interested in seeing how its quilting progesses. You got a lot done in the garden. I’m so happy you are feeling good enough to return to doing the things you love. Our high today will be in the 80s.
Noriko’s Star is beautiful, congratulations on completing the top. I’ll be interested to see his you quilt all those hexagons.
Good idea to have three projects ongoing using different techniques, enjoy them all!
Noriko’s Star turned out beautifully! Glad you had good weather for some photos. That green is pretty for your first Jack’s Chain block. I remember someone recommended doubling your thread for hand piecing, but that didn’t make sense to me and too much thickness messed up the measurements of the block. So I started using just one strand of thread. We’re due for some fall yard work again this week – we’re definitely slowing down with these things, too!
Incredible! Noriko’s Star is absolutely beautiful and amazing. Thanks for sharing your Instagram. I’ve started following you (again. I was off of Instagram for a long time – deleted my account – but got back on. Ha!) I have had trouble accessing your blog. I understand why you don’t why to risk losing all of your blog posts.
Having just moved my blog, I feel for you if you have to do it. I did lose all my posts. I was able to set up some yearly pages to post the photos of my completed projects. Some of the projects were precious enough to me to create separate pages with detail photos. It took a while, but not as long as I expected. Wordpress was easy to learn for me and a whole lot easier than Weebly, my old crappy platform.
So fun to see NS all laid out on your deck, it really is a stunner!
Noriko’s Star is completely stunning! Every part of it pops out in glory! I have been following your blog since this quilt was just a small beginning. I had no idea then how huge it would grow. My hat is off to you for your amazing patience in working to let it grow, grow, grow into the masterpiece that it is. This should be displayed in a huge quilt show!
Noriko’s Star is amazing! Very nicely done. The mornings have been cool, but the afternoons are warm. So not bad weather at all. Hope you can get to all your garden stuff before it gets good and cold.
Wow! That looks incredible. I can’t even begin to imagine the amount of work you have put into this quilt. I love your long wooden sewing table from the other post.
-Soma
Amazing photo of Noriko! Wow, 5,625 hexies!!! Congratulations Karen, it’s a beauty.