My sewing room has been looking a bit like a building site for the last couple of days. I’ve been working on my Coming Home quilt and I had fourteen houses to build!
This border is being stitched over about four months, in July we made trees…
In August we had to make a selection of houses, they’re all either 4″ or 6″ wide. I’ve been putting it off all month as I was a bit over-faced trying to choose colours for all the houses. We were meant to work out the fabrics for all the houses last month, including the eight or so that we’re building in September. I just couldn’t picture it all at once. This is the centre square they are all going round…
In the end I chose fabrics I thought might work for the big ones, put those on one side and then chose fabrics for the little houses in pairs, hoping it will work when they all go together. I had a bit of an oops moment when I used a blob of fabric glue to hold the chimney’s in place…
There is one other oops where the background is upside down, luckily it’s not particularly noticeable. If anyone comments on it it’s a tree we used to see driving up to Wensleydale, we called it the upside down tree as there was a trunk and then lots of growth round the bottom!
The only house I’m not sure about is the rust coloured one, at the moment it stands out somewhat, but I’m going to reserve judgement until the bigger houses are made and I lay them all round the centre square.
From a distance they look OK, close up…well I wouldn’t get a job as a joiner, put it that way! Now I’ve got to start the bigger houses, they’re 8″, 10″ and 12″, so lots more windows! Hopefully this time I won’t prevaricate as much, seen as I’ve already chosen the main fabrics.
I’ll be linking up with Kathy’s Quilts tomorrow for Slow Stitching Sunday, why not follow the link to see lots more hand-stitching.
thecraftycreek 
It is really beginning to look great!
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Thanks, I’m looking forward to making the rest of the houses
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I like the rust colored house! đŸ™‚
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Cannot imagine all your patience in working on this. It is looking great!
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I’m a big fan of everything to turn your hand too, and I love this quilt. The rust coloured house is good, as it brings the whole quilt to life.
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Thanks Cathy, I think the rust house will be OK too, I won’t send in the bulldozers yet đŸ™‚
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I like the rust coloured house, but if you feel it jumps out too much, rather than make it again why not just use a little fabric paint to mute the colour?
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Thanks Kate, hadn’t thought of that, though I think once the bigger houses are made and I lie it next to the centre where there’s some more of that fabric,it will work. I put bigger windows on it to help tone it down a bit đŸ™‚
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I agree, I think the rust will add a pop of colour.
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Such a lot of work! And all those choices that needed to be made–yikes. I’d be paralyzed.
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Thanks, that’s why I kept putting it off, too many decisions đŸ™‚
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Love how this is coming together! Great work!
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Thank you, I’m pleased with it.
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Sometimes it is tough to make final choices. However, it looks great so far.
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Choosing colours is the bit I find hardest!
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It looks great. I think you are right to wait and see. The rust house when it’s found its street might work really well?
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Thanks, I think it will pick out the rust colours elsewhere in the quilt
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Looking lovely. I like the rust house—why not make two more and spread them out across the Quilt! There are always a couple of houses in each neighbourhood that draw your eyes to them–they are often the best ones!!!
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I’ve used the rust elsewhere in the quilt and one of the big houses will have big rusty coloured flowers, so I think it will work out OK
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I like all your color choices. You did a great job getting this all together. Its going to be gorgeous~ of course đŸ™‚
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Choosing colours is the hard bit of quilting for me, hopefully it will all come together!
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Hello Margaret, I think it’s coming along beautifully and will be quite stunning when it’s finished. I must admit I would be daunted by all the decisions but I would enjoy the applique. xx
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Gorgeous! My mom loves all of Sarah Fielke’s designs, I will have to share your progress with her!
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Love the quirky trees and the beautiful houses – you are making very good progress
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