Bramble Blooms II Top

Bramble Blooms II

I think I'm finished with the top now.

Bramble Blooms has been a slow improv do-your-own-thing in a series quilt along hosted by Audrey at Quiltyfolk. 

This is my second top in a series of what is to be three quilts. 

For my applique border I chose to add wild roses in the four corners. 

I made my own wild rose and leaf templates...

...and I made bias vines for the first time in my life. 

I did needle turn applique. 

And I added some embroidered details to the wild roses. 

My first Bramble Bloom post is about the fabric piles for the series of three quilts and gives the reason why lime green and orange are the base colors in all three quilts.  (Because I don't really like that color combo, believe it or not!)

In addition to the base of orange and lime green each quilt has fabrics added in another color. Bramble Blooms II has pink added. 

My Bramble Bloom I top had purple added. 

And sew on...

Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts

CELEBRATE! (my word of the year)

Dec. 28 - Oh what beautiful weather for December! The temps were in the 50s so I went out and sowed my gifted wildflower seeds in my patch out front. The addition of those seeds filled in the patch nicely.