At Home Still ...

Well, lockdown continues for the most part in our state. So a small house quilt seems apropos. And completing projects already underway is certainly one bonus of more time spent at home.  I'd purchased the pattern for this quilt I'm titling "Hillside" from Eye Candy Quilts.  The designers there call the pattern Fierce Ladies. It's a smaller version of their Painted Ladies quilt, inspired by the well-known area of San Francisco's Victorian homes. I had a collection of lovely batik fabric squares just waiting to become part of this village.

When our local quilt guild offered a class on piecing the Flying Geese units using a special ruler known as Wing Clipper by Deb Tucker, I signed up. My goal was not the class project, but to get this project underway. I completed the roof tops in class, and then the whole thing waited... and waited. But it inched along through the final step of free-motion machine quilting, and now it's done! I added embroidery around the doorways of some of the houses, and they may get further embellishment. But for now, it's done. The quilt is wallhanging size, so I think it will look cute displayed in our home. Guild meetings and activities have also been waiting... and waiting. But we are going to give online Zoom meetings a try. A new skill learned due to the pandemic, which remains a serious concern. Hoping you and yours are doing well. I'll keep on stitching along with a few other creative endeavors, and will keep you posted.