Forest Litter

 The myriad of twigs, leaves, grasses, ferns, etc. littering the forest floor alongside the creek inspired the name for my latest finish, another triangle quilt. 

This quilt finished at about 72 inches square, and was part of my attempt to begin emptying the bin of batik fabrics.  Happy to say that after two quilt tops I can finally get the lid back on the bin, but it remains full.  Looking to make another small dent in these fabrics over the next couple months, just need to wrap up a few other projects to clear the deck a bit first.

I used up several of my favorite batik pieces in this quilt, including a couple for which there was just enough for one 8-inch triangle plus a side edge half-tri.

The quilting is all straight-line with the walking (even-feed) foot.  Looks easy, and it is, although a few of the longest diagonal lines made for a lot of quilt-shoving through the harp of the Janome. Six passes through each and every triangle gives a nice texture which will improve after washing the quilt (not yet done in these photos).  The quilting took a couple weeks to complete since I'm trying not to overtax my wrist joints these days.  

A completely different look for the back of the quilt with the formal floral fabric in the middle flanked by the tan fabric along each side.  That formal floral is gorgeous in person but I've had it in the stash for about 15 years now without a clue how I might use it so a backing it became.  

This quilt has been donated for the camp auction to be held over Labor Day weekend.  Hopefully, there will be time to make another couple quilts for the auction over the summer months.  

Mid-February and we are enjoying a break from the cold, cold winter weather.  Temperature is in the mid-40s this afternoon, the cat is enjoying a bit of sunshine on the deck, wishing I could get out for a long walk but the snow-pack is still fairly deep and walking along our heavily traveled road with all the logging trucks and dump trucks is less than pleasant.  

Winter/Christmas quilts being washed and put away one by one in eager anticipation of bringing out some lighter spring quilts by the end of the month.  I don't wash the quilts every year unless they've gotten soiled, but every few years they do seem to appreciate a freshening up.  

That's about it for today.  Wishing you all a lovely President's Day/winter break this week.