Carli The Quilter

Embroidery has always been a great love of mine. I see sometimes embroidery in shops but its not well done or meaninful. Embroidery falls into the category of embellishment and the variety of different floss, threads and yarns that can be incorporated into any piece are what I'm all about. This is my start onto a Doll Quilt Swap that has be done by end of March 2022. Its a blaza day with clouds and nippy wind so I'm playing on the computer and stitching. Happy Saturday!  

I gotta tell you I purchased this from an online shop in Australia. I love Welsh Quilts! This is my dresden plate template crazy quilt. I know, what was I thinking? But I'm liking it so far and the lime green is a maybe, what do you think of the green color?  Let me know what you think by leaving me a comment below? Hope you are  having a great week and feeling refreshed from a little down time on the Long Weekend. I have also been harvesting like crazy in my garden and freezing stuff. Happy Stitching folks! Carli

These times are stressful for sure. I've begun restricting how much news I read and watch! I am feeling like I need to just get on with some special people quilt projects. We are living in times that the prey sought by this COVID 19 is US!!! So telling the most important people how you feel. LOVE can be expressed in so many ways. Crafting, sewing and quilting has always been the way I express myself. So Rail Fence done using Sujuta Shah's method outlined in her fabulous book. The cover quilt is my favorite! So here goes, the happy, heartfelt Rail Fence big picks of lights and dark fabric for what will end up measuring 116 inches square. And gor thise if you not following me on Instagram @carlithequilter will not know about the County Clair hand pieced blocks I've also begun in next post. Happy Quilting!!

I have a big front window in my home that faces south east. Its a big window that allow sunshine and heat of summer sunshine to over heat my home. Its got some blinds on it that don't appear to be working properly.  In an effort to save the cost to our budget for air conditioning, I strongly voted for window quilts. Our window is a bay window and thus, its a little complicated because of this, but none the less, its got a window quilt now. This is not the first time, a quilt found a home for the summer over top of a window. But this time, its staying up until it cools off. Its been a God Send new item in our living room. It has allowed us to live quite nicely without air conditioning or the cost. This quilt was a purchased second hand manufactured quilt that was king size and it was so densely machine quilted that it was way too warm for our climate. But for a sun block this quilt opened my eyes to what can be done to upcycle manufactured quilts.  I had several...