Timeless Stitches Has Arrived

 Hello Everyone,

My sample yardage of Timeless Stitches arrived on Thursday from Marcus Fabrics, and I dug right into it by cutting, starching and quilting.

I have only a limited amount of fabric, so I cut just what I needed for the center of the medallion quilt. I was eager to get started and didn’t want to starch the entire yardage. I have an antique wall‑mounted dryer in the guest bathroom that works perfectly for hanging the starched fabric over the bathtub. With the ceiling heat lamp on, they dry fairly quickly.

While I've been waiting for the fabrics to arrive, I've not been 'bone idle' as my British friend says.  I've been refining the pattern, working on taxes, and working on the four retreats I have planned for the year.  There's is never an idle moment under this roof!

I'm loving how the fabrics are 'playing well' together.  It is also so much fun to work with something new and challenging.

This much fun should be illegal!

As I'm working with the fabrics, I've been making minor changes to the original design of the fabric placement and how I turn the components.

Here's the original center block. I changed some of the piecing directions to make it easier to make the block. I also made a block layout sheet for this block.  Those of you familiar with my patterns know the sheet is invaluable for laying the components of the block.  The sheet is particularly helpful for this 24" block.

Here's the new center block.  There may be more changes as I work my way through the block.  I'm always cutting extra fabric to make the components in different fabrics and then decide which looks best.....or what I like the best.  That's a nice thing about the pattern which acts as a guide, but you can always make changes and make it your own.

I hope to get the center block done over the weekend, so I can move on to the first border around it.

I'll be blogging my progress as I work my way through this pattern.  My feet are held to the fire as this one has to be completely finished and mailed to Marcus Fabrics in New York so they can have it on display at the H & H show the first part of May.  Then it will go to Hobby House in Victor, NY where I will be teaching this pattern.

I'm really anxious to jump ahead and make a few of the baskets.  I LOVE BASKETS, and they are particularly cute!

I've been contacted by some of you saying that the blog is really slow to load.  Just give it time and it will load.  Try clearing out your cache on your computer, which may speed up the process.

Soon,

Lynn