As well as taking my Zoe box to stitch on holiday, I also took my Coming Home quilt, well part of it! This is a BOM by Sarah Fielke and I’d got a bit behind with it as there was quite a lot of piecing and applique to do. I shared it with you just before I went on holiday, I ‘just’ had the applique to do…
I started with the suns and then moved onto appliqueing the clouds and birds, I was finding the birds a little fiddly when I realised from a comment on facebook that I’d got a bit muddled with the templates, I thought they included the seam allowance, but they didn’t. As I was away from home and all set up to sew, I decided to carry on regardless, my birds are just a bit smaller than most peoples!
The stars were pretty fiddly too, some points are better than others. The fabric I’ve used for the stars has little dots on and it does actually gently glow in the dark!! I was hoping to use this fabric for the background of the border before, but it was the wrong shade of green to have on mass. I love it for the stars though! It’s not easy to photograph but here goes…
The kites are meant to have appliqued bows on their streamers, but they were just too tiny, I decided to embroider them with some variegated DMC thread. I was a bit concerned that it may look funny to have just one bit of embroidery, but the tail is meant to be embroidered anyway and now it’s stitched I really like them.
I’ve just a couple more doors and windows to do (haven’t quite decided how many yet!) and then just the moon and a couple of stars for the other two corner blocks. I can then stitch this border to the main quilt…
…and start this months sewing – trees for the next border.
thecraftycreek 
I really like this quilt. I reckon the embroidered kite tail is just perfect.
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It looks lovely.
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I just love all those little houses.
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I am also making the Coming Home quilt. I am a bit behind…just starting the appliqué doors, windows, clouds, suns, etc. I like your idea of embroidering the kite tails. I hope to get caught up this month. You accomplished a lot of sewing on your vacation!
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Last months block was pretty heavy going with all the applique, this month looks easier, so hopefully I’ll catch up too 🙂
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Birds come in all shapes and sizes! I think you were clever to embroider the kite tails! 🙂
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Looking good.
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Love the quirky houses and the kites – you managed a lot on your hols
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Thanks Jane, I needed something to do in the evenings when we collapsed in a heap 🙂
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I’m not sure I would have got much sewing done during that walk, so you were obviously in good shape to still have the energy and concentration to do that! The kites are just right, I would have embroidered those bows too!
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