Green Quilt — All That’s Left is to Sew it Together

After some gorgeous, sunny and warm spring days, we’ve had rain the last couple of days. But after all that sun the trees in my neighborhood are exploding with blooms. My flowering pear trees and forsythia are gorgeous right now.

The air is filled with the lovely aroma of blooms.

The ornamental cherry trees around the neighborhood are in full bloom and are so incredibly gorgeous. They are the palest color of pink.

This small cherry tree might be new this year.

The blooms are so pretty.

I’m also starting to see the first tulip blooms!

And this is just the start! I just love this time of year in Portland. With all the water we get throughout the winter, when it warms up in the spring the blooms are so spectacular.

I’ve puttered a little this week in my sewing room but haven’t accomplished much until this evening. After our early evening walk followed by dinner, I hit my sewing room to finish up the 12 low volume nine patches I needed to wrap up this green quilt. I had already cut the strip sets into sections and matched up the sets of three sections for each block the other night.

It didn’t take long to get them all sewn and pressed.

Then I tossed them up on the design wall, moved a few things around, and decided that this might be the final design.

I wanted to add the little squares at the intersection of each row that will allow me to trim this up once it’s sewn together.

So rather than cutting more squares, I picked out the seams of some left over sets.

I soon had a little pile of squares and tossed them up on the design wall.

I’m thinking I can get this all sewn together tomorrow, then maybe add the borders on Sunday. We don’t have a sheep herding lesson tomorrow because it’s lambing season. I am playing pickleball in the morning, but then I’m free the rest of the day so can dedicate some time to this.

I played a LOT of pickleball this week. I played where I have my new membership on Tuesday morning and had a blast. Then I played outdoors with my club on Wednesday evening and had some really fun and competitive games. Typically, games go to 11 and you have to win by two points. We had one game that ended at 18 to 11. I was on the winning team!!!

Then I played again yesterday morning with my membership. There are four lovely indoor courts and we usually have a full house. But there were only four of us yesterday and I had a blast! We played for a solid two hours, just me and three guys. It was fun to get more accustomed to the playing styles, abilities, and weaknesses of each player and be able to take advantage! Most of the games were close and really fun. And I was exhausted by the end of it and really needed today to recover! It was so much fun that I just can’t stop thinking about it! This is so true!

Today I received some fabric I ordered last weekend. One is for the border for my current green quilt.

I’m thinking I might use that black and white stripe with my left over Brandon Mably fabrics. This will likely be my next project.

The idea is still formulating in my brain, but I’m close to knowing where I might go with this.

It’s getting warm enough that my dogs feel the need for water part way through our walks. There is a nice little park on the trail that we often walk that has a doggie drinking fountain. Bender was so disappointed yesterday that they haven’t turned the water on yet!

We had light rain most of the day today. But after work it stopped raining and we got to enjoy the sunset and some time outside together.

I’m so happy to see the weekend. Next week will be a short work week because I’ll be helping with lambing on Thursday and Friday! I can’t wait to get my hands on some lambs!