I put one of my embroideries into a pillow and called it the Lucky Pillow because seven is a lucky number and my granddaughter turned 7 last week.
I finished it on the drive to Toronto to visit the family.
The seven year old has a 3 year old little sister and they play together. Here they are playing with the small quilt that I am making for little sister.
It's made from hand pieced pinwheels, one of my favourite ways to place half square triangles together. To up the playful feeling of my hand dyes, I visited local quilt shops and purchased some new printed fabrics for this wee quilt intended for a new person. (she's only the ripe old age of 3)
Suvi's quilt is one of the hand work projects I took with me to Mexico. I loved being able to put the pieces into a baggie and sew it on the plane using a
thread cutter rather than scissors or take the baggie with me to the beach or pool. In the above photo, I am putting a nine-patch of pinwheels together in the lobby of the resort during a period of waiting for one of our families to arrive.
I prepared this project beforehand with rotary cut squares that were machine pieced together with a single diagonal line. I cut off half of the tiny square and discarded that part, then pressed the squares open.
It is a very portable and cheerful project.
This baby quilt is one of two hand work projects I took to Mexico, the other one being the one patch quilt I wrote about last week.
I keep looking at it on the wall because I am cautious about using too much red fabric. I want a light as air feeling that's interesting far away and close up.
The lucky pillow as a hat for grandad.
the pinwheel quilt. xo
