thought i’d pop in today…give you an update on my Lucy progress…well there is none. i still have 1 block left to piece. then i’m going to try and get the Primrose Garden finished up (so i can use all those honeys to start the sashing pieces). i’ve cut some bunny hill pink 1 1/2 inch squares and have 2 bolts of bella bleach…just have to have more than 5 honeycombs ready to baste…i’m thinking it will be a wintertime project.
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in between all these projects that i am eager to get started or get finished i ran across some Libery yoyos/suffolk puffs on instgram in @the_strawberry_thief feed. gorgeous…but then you can’t go wrong with Liberty…then i saw a layout for the yoyo flowers that i have (@lindajanewhite) and knew that was the layout i wanted for mine. then it was all about the fabric…white or cream…muslin maybe bleached or unbleached…then mom suggested the black on white essential dot from moda. we had a winner…
this little project started as almost 63 yoyo flowers that i had no problem talking myself into (and they happened to be in the possession of a dear quilter friend and in her online shop and i knew i needed to have them!) Mind you they were still in the box they came in which had a ship date of july 31, 2015…so i set to work finding 2 fabrics that fit the flavor of the yoyo flowers…a center for the centerless yoyo flower and the flower i would make and the petals for flower 64. ( i knew that orange would be perfect centers and you can’t go wrong with another blue.)
i’ve started putting the rows together…i’ve stitched 2 rows so far and have a start on rows 3 and 4.
specifics…
flowers will be 8 x 8 leaving it square…i’m not sure on size.
cutting 4-ish inch circles (using the end of a spool of ribbon to trace my circles) each yoyo measures 2 inches when finished
the original quilter who stitched the yoyos/puffs wasn’t consistent (maybe she’s a long lost relative) so my yoyos are a little smaller than some of hers but it has made it easier to fit them in in between the flowers.
fabrics…a variety of florals…mostly cottons…yellow, pink, blue, with a few pops of red, lavender, low volume, and an orange or brown center…i LOVE the little Easter egg prints…they remind me of when i was little.
if you’d like to get started we have yoyo makers in the online shop (none of which are the size i need, but definitely come in handy).
i’m looking forward to this finish…party because i had no idea how to put them together and when i saw that layout knew it was the one and partly because i love finishing up vintage quilt tops…
time to wrap it up! i finally get a day off after working 22 days in a row!
have a wonderful wednesday! i’m gonna sleep in and maybe stitch up together some Suffolk Puffs/yoyos.
–april
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