Monday, April 20, 2020

Golden

My monthly little quilt celebrates our golden anniversary which passed quietly.  We're safe and healthy, so quiet is fine with us.  I was looking for happy in my quilting so the sunshine yellow replaced a gold - there's a lot of happy in that yellow :)  The center Wedding Ring block is 5".  The inner border is 3/4", cause that's what I had.  That dictated the hst at 1 5/8".  That took the block to a scant 10".  The Double Four outer border blocks are 2 1/2" which worked with a little easing.  The quilt will finish at 15".


The outer border needs to be an even number of blocks to work.


And just for fun, a view of the back -


When I first saw this thistle weed, there was a huge bumblebee on the big flower.  By the time I got back with my tablet, he was gone - but still a great picture of an eye-catching weed.


Have a great week!  Stay safe and be happy.



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