My July OMG (One Monthly Goal) is to put a green pieced border around...
...The Farm (aka Down and Dirty Gardening). I thought I finished the top back in February 2019 (can you believe I started it back in 2014?) but it has never really seemed finished to me so I put this UFO in a box along with some green fabrics I thought might be good for a border.
A few days ago I was looking for some green leafy fabrics to add a skinny sashing between my Four Patch Posies and couldn't find any. I knew I had some then I looked at my UFO list and remembered I had some tucked away with The Farm (aka Down and Dirty Gardening).
So that led me to my July OMG, which like I said, is to add a border to The Farm (aka Down and Dirty Gardening) with some of those green leafy and floral fabrics. Then after that with those fabrics freed up I'll reward myself with some bonus points and a smiley face if I get some green sashing added to my Four Patch Posies.
And then I MAY even get The Farm (aka Down and Dirty Gardening) pin basted, quilted and bound because I already have a backing fabric although I'm not sure there's enough now that I'm adding borders to the top but we'll see how it goes. First I need borders! Sounds like a goal to me!
12 comments:
That’s a lovely quilt, Cathy. Don’t remember seeing this one before. Definitely a great OMG goal for July.
I really like how you put your fabrics together
Great July goal there--I love that scrappy "gardening" look
~ ~ ~ waving in the hot sunshine~ ~ ~ Julierose
"I Went to a Garden Party" popped into my head. I looked it up....didn't know it was by Ricky Nelson! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_Party_(Rick_Nelson_song)
You are welcome to share the earworm with me.
P.S. Lovely, colorful quilt--and, you're right, the applique in the original detracts rather than enhances.
Another winner - good luck with the borders AND the backing.
I really like the woven look you achieved with this one! Looking great! Greens are tough sometimes. I feel like I'm frustrated by not being able to find the "right green."
I really love the design of this quilt, so much so, that I think I would like to make one. It really seems to sparkle! What is the name of this block and did you use a pattern? Thanks.
I'm impressed that you remembered that the green fabrics were tucked away with The Farm. Sometimes it feels like a giant game of Concentration to find where I've put things down :)
Enjoy! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and good luck on your project.
Good luck! It looks great as is, but I know the feeling of a quilt not feeling "done".
That one was put so far away and deep that you could not hear it crying because it had been abandoned and forgotten! So glad it is out in the fresh air again to breathe and gain new life with a green border and future quilting! A finish is better than perfect, and we are only human so we cannot make perfect. I really like this one!
Great goal!!! Farms really bloom in the summer... so it makes sense to work on this one now ;-) ( right???)
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