One Nibble at a Time

Sometimes the "elephant" seems too massive for a full bite, and one must nibble her way through to the other side.

I've spent this weekend nibbling on several large mounds piled hither and thither. During the week I've been working on quilting the Angry Birds (Ugh!) sandwich I created almost immediately after pinning the batik top from last post. I've had the backing for it for yonks (can you tell I enjoy British and Ozzie sitcoms?), and recently franken'ed a batting as well, so there was no reason for it to still be hanging about. Plus, I knew exactly how I wanted to quilt all aspects of it, so it was easy to put it ahead of the batik sandwich (the quilting of which I'm still pondering).

The "easy" parts were stippled, their borders filled with a simple wave pattern, then it came time to quilt the strips of 5-patches. I bitched and moaned about doing these with the last one, but this time I decided I'd go with option 2 of the three I set out for myself at the conclusion of that quilting session.

June so far

Before the sudden departure on the 5th for a road trip to Florida, I did manage to get quite a bit of sewing accomplished, starting with my mother's June walker banner.

Your eyes don't deceive--the strand of 'pearls' is shorter on the side that faces her. I managed to inadvertently crush some of the spheres that I'd meant to use, so one length ended up shorter than the other. The female residents had received these 'pearls' as part of a Mothers' Day gifty last month, which inspired the left block for June.