railroad fence

pink railroad fence

60" * 72"

hobbs thermore polyester batting

longarm quilted by Merete Ellingsen in hurricane pantograph

This is my wonky / improve take on a classic block. Easy and fun sewing, squaring up the block to 6" and gathering them in columns.  My second time using this design, the first one is blogged here.

Intended as a gift for a very lovely young lady.

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strictly selvage

Another small quilt "pink xoxo" is completed. It's 25" * 34", and made the same way as this one.

I like to play with different color combinations, so when I decided to use my saved selvage strips, I just divided what I had in two groups.

I had a lot of fun making both of these. I am still saving my selvage, aiming for a bigger quilt next time?

Pink and yellow. The quilt and the peony, both! The flower was rescued inside from the wind and rain yesterday afternoon (I know, the calendar says summer...) and rewarded me this morning with a beautiful flower. It is my very first home grown peony ever. Can you tell I'm proud?

So, this pretty flower is a thank you, Karen, for a very sweet post, today, on your lovely Selvage Blog!!! A great place for inspiration!

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no strings attached...

A second challenge quilt finished this month; my "xoxo" using selvage from favorite fabrics. The blocks are sewn on to a cloth foundation. Stephanie of Loft creations invited us to make and share string quilts, and this is my contribution.

This little quilt finishes at 24" * 39". I used Quilters Dream Cotton Select as batting. The quilting is a mix of in the ditch and parallel lines. You can vaguely see it on the back:

Lovely, warm and overcast weather today, perfect outdoor picture opportunity:

It was fun working with selvages. I'll keep on cutting them at 1.5" and saving them...

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