Amongst everything else I’ve been trying to keep up with my Anderson Farm quilt, I’ve been concentrating on finishing block 9, the penultimate block, as I knew the final block would be arriving any day!!
It’s a really sweet block called ‘Welcome’ showing a mare and her foal. When I first looked at it I thought the trees would take FOREVER! But I persevered and actually they didn’t take that long! The leaves on the left hand tree are lazy daisy stitch together with three french knots. I used a DMC variegated thread in green and purple which I think work pretty well.
The hills and the horses are all appliqued with bondaweb and blanket stitch,the foal is in a dark brown felt, which I find doesn’t stick quite so well as quilting cotton. The right hand tree leaves are just straight stitches. I picked a soft green/beige variegated thread to start with, but I decided within one branch it was too light, so I substituted one thread with a medium green. If I was stitching it again I would have used a more verdant green, but you can do a lot with hindsight! The button provided by Lynette as part of the block-of-the-month is of a bird in its nest, it sits in that slight gap on the left hand tree. I’m not stitching buttons on now until I’ve done the quilting.
I stitched another heart block and a hen and chicks block which together made block nine.
The instructions said I could now stitch this block to a length of 1.5″ blocks I made a couple of months ago, together with the rabbit and the fox blocks I stitched in the summer. The blocks were now taking shape.
I arranged on the floor the remaining blocks in a possible pattern and actually when the final block arrived today in the post I wasn’t far out 🙂
I’m linking up with Kathy’s Quilts for Slow-stitching Sunday, why not have a look what everyone else has been stitching,.
thecraftycreek 
Well done, Margaret!
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Thanks Del 🙂
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LOve This quilt!!
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Thanks Kathy, hopefully it will be finished soon!
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This lovely, especially the cute chickens!
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Thanks Trisha, I think the chickens are my favourite bit too, though I’m probably slightly biased as we keep chickens 🙂
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Oh that is going to be such an adorable quilt! I appliqued and embroidered blocks are interspersed with the pieced blocks. So pretty.
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Well done, I like the simplicity of the shapes.
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Love the hearts and the blue bird on the top of the trees!
What a spectacular quilt! So many details to see… way to go!
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Such a fun group of blocks to look at!
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That last comment was from me…sorry!
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This is such a beautiful project ; love all of the intricate embroidery!
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Aw, this is sooo cute! I hope you’re gonna keep it for yourself, it looks a good size for snuggling up on the couch when it’s finish 😃
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It’s beautiful! Love the stitches
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